Curriculum Vitae
Tomaž Perše graduated from the School of Economics and Business at the University of Ljubljana in 1999, specialising in marketing and finance. In 2004, he obtained a master’s degree in economics, specialising in industrial policy.
He began his professional career in 2000 at the Slovenian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, then part of the Ministry of the Economy, where he worked in the area of foreign direct investment. From 2005 to 2008, he worked in the Office of the Minister of Finance, becoming Head of the Office in 2008. In 2009, he joined the Tax Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, where he became Head of the Director-General's Service in 2012 and also served for eight months as Acting Director-General. In 2013 and 2014, he was Deputy Director-General of the Tax Administration. Following the establishment of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, he headed the Director-General's Service until 2016.
From October 2016 to April 2025, he served as Secretary at the Special Financial Office of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. From March 2017, he was also a member of the Fiscal Council. After leaving the Financial Administration, he continued his professional career at the Fiscal Council.
He worked mainly in the areas of foreign direct investment, public finance, taxation, and economic and fiscal policy. He also served on the supervisory boards of several companies. In 2012, he was a member of the expert group responsible for the merger of the Customs Administration and the Tax Administration. In 2016, he passed the examination to qualify as a TADAT Assessor, certified to assess tax administration performance.
He served as a member of the Fiscal Council for two terms, from March 2017 until the end of September 2026. On 1 October 2026, he took up the position of Acting Director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development of the Republic of Slovenia.
Curriculum Vitae
Alenka Kajzer received her PhD from the University of Maribor in 1996. She has worked at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) since 1995. Before joining IMAD, she was a research assistant at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor. At IMAD, she was in charge of the preparation of Spring and Autumn Reports in 1996–2000. From 2001 to 2025 she held the position of Deputy Director. From 6 September 2025 to 30 September 2026, she headed the Institute as Acting Director. Since 1 October 2026, she has served as Deputy Director of the Institute.
Kajzer's main research topics include aspects of the labour market and human resources development. Her bibliography comprises more than 100 works. She is also an assistant professor for economic theory, economic analysis and economic policy.
With her expertise in the labour market and human resources, she has been an active contributor to several national development strategies: the Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia for Accession to the European Union (1998), Strategic Goals of Labour Market Development and Employment up to 2006 (in 2000), Strategy for the Economic Development of Slovenia until 2006 – Slovenia in the European Union (2001) in 2000 and 2001, and Slovenia's Development Strategy (2005) in 2004–2005 in the area of human resources. In 2005, she was chair of the labour market reform group within the Reform Committee.
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Maja Bednaš graduated in 1992 from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana and obtained her master's Degree from the same university in 2005 with a thesis on economic policies in the European Union. From 1993 to 1995 and 1997 to 1998 she was employed at the Centre for International Cooperation and Development, where she was involved in analysing economic trends of countries in transition. In 1995–1997, she was an analyst in the department for planning and economcs of SKB Bank in Ljubljana.
Since 1998, she has been employed at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development. In 2000–2003 she led the preparation of spring and autumn forecasts of economic trends. She was also the editor-in-chief of the Spring and Autumn Reports (which were replaced in 2006 by the extended Spring and Autumn Forecasts). From 2000 to 2005 Ms Bednaš was head of the Division for Macroeconomic Analysis and Economic Policy. Between 2005 and the end of November 2018 she was Deputy Director of IMAD. She then headed the Institute as Acting Director and began a five-year term as IMAD's Director, which ended on 5 June 2024. After the end of her term, she continued to lead the Institute as Acting Director. After the end of her mandate, she served as Acting Director of the Institute until 5 September 2025, and since 6 September 2025 she has been holding the position of Deputy Director.
She manages and co-ordinates work related to the monitoring of current economic developments, the preparation of spring and autumn forecasts, the analysis of economic policies, and the co-ordination of macroeconomic and structural policies within the EU. She also acted as head of the Slovenian delegation to the Economic Policy Committee, which is a preparatory committee of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (Ecofin).