Dr. Jelena Janjusevic is Deputy Global Head of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University Dubai.
She teaches both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes in finance and economics. She has been a part of the University since 2017.
In her 20-year-long working experience, Dr. Janjusevic has worked with – government of Montenegro officials, municipalities, social partners, foreign government officials, and international institution representatives – World Bank, IFC, EBRD, USAID, UNDP, CHF, EC, etc.
Besides teaching, Dr. Janjusevic has strong managerial and research experience. She has previously been engaged with many different projects dealing with macroeconomics, sustainable development, and public administration capacity building (initiating several reforms in the energy sector, urban planning, financial, health, pension system, education system, investments, business environment, and legislation improvement).
Previously, she used to teach at Montenegro Business School and the University of Mediterranean in Montenegro. Dr. Janjusevic spent nearly seven years working in the first think tank in Montenegro as a researcher and analyst. Additionally, she has successfully organised and attended many conferences, seminars, workshops, and press conferences. Furthermore, Jelena has a deep understanding of econometrics and statistics, organising surveys, focus groups, trend analysis, training, etc., and preparing many macroeconomic, socioeconomic, and financial analyses and papers.
Her areas of interest are – Quantitative Finance, Portfolio Selection, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Finance, and Sustainable Tourism.
She has been recognised among the Top 100 Sustainability Voices of 2025 by Climate Penpal Media alongside inspiring leaders driving real change in the Middle East.