Dr. sc. Marijana Ivanov is a full professor at the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb. Her narrower areas of specialization are monetary policy, monetary analysis and personal finance. She is often a media commentator on current macroeconomic trends and a participant in panel discussions on financial literacy. In addition to working at the Faculty, she actively cooperates with public and private sector entities, and is a member the Supervisory Board of the Central Depository and Clearing Company and the chief macroeconomist of the Croatian Exporters Association.