Our people

Expertise is personal. Responsibility is clear.

Meet the leadership and specialists behind the work. Team composition, responsibilities and availability are confirmed for each mandate.

Founder & Managing Director

Artan Avdiu

Strategy, investment & management

Artan works at the intersection of commercial direction, capital and the organisation needed to deliver. His background includes senior private-sector and internationally funded programme roles.

Professional background

MBA from Vienna University of Technology; experience with ALBA Group, King ICT Kosovo and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Professional work includes energy, resort expansion, public administration and enterprise development, with information-security management credentials aligned with ISO/IEC 27001.

Senior Consultant

Nermin Mahmuti

Governance & institutional operations

Nermin brings a portfolio-management and institutional perspective to organisational questions. Her experience links executive oversight with local infrastructure and community relationships.

Professional background

Executive Director of the Community Development Fund; joined CDF in 2010.

Her professional record includes support to projects above €65 million, policy work, resource mobilisation and governance. These are individual-role figures.

Senior Consultant

Albulena Zaimi

Workforce development & inclusion

Albulena combines programme leadership with an understanding of how people develop and participate. She contributes to workforce, organisational capacity and inclusive delivery assignments.

Professional background

More than two decades in programme and inclusion work, with postgraduate qualifications in psychology.

Roles include Deputy Chief of Party for USAID Inclusive Economic Engagement and responsibility for the Austrian Development Agency education portfolio in Kosovo.

Senior Consultant

Sara Habipaj-Polloshka

Financial systems & workforce administration

Sara contributes the controls and management information that make an operating plan credible. Her work spans finance, procurement, payroll and organisational performance.

Professional background

More than 25 years of experience, including senior CDF and Mercy Corps responsibilities.

Individual professional experience includes more than 30 projects with combined budgets above €50 million, across private advisory and internationally supported programmes.

Senior Consultant

Xhelal Jashari

Information systems, data & AI

Xhelal connects software and data architecture to the needs of the organisation. He contributes to system design, reporting, automation and controlled technology adoption.

Professional background

MSc in Computer Science and doctoral research in digital competencies at Graz University of Technology; more than 15 years in engineering and analytics.

Experience includes programme information systems and a student-management platform serving more than 20,000 accounts.

Senior Consultant

Edona Deva

Health policy & programme systems

Edona brings clinical knowledge and institutional experience to health-sector assignments. She connects policy priorities with programme governance and sustainable service arrangements.

Professional background

Medical doctor, public-health specialist and MSc in Health Management; more than 25 years in policy and programme responsibilities.

Former National AIDS Coordinator and Global Fund HIV programme manager, with experience in the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund Board.

Consultant

Rreze Shatri

Programme coordination & project records

Rreze helps keep stakeholders, records and implementation activity connected. Her contribution focuses on the practical coordination behind a documented workplan.

Professional background

MSc in Management from CITY College, the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield.

Experience in corporate administration, agribusiness board-secretariat work and environmental or community activities.

Team composition is agreed, not assumed

Profiles describe individual experience, not permanent employment or availability for every mandate. A proposal confirms team members, current affiliations, responsibilities and any specialist professional sign-off required.