Zdenka Radičević is a highly respected legal expert in banking law, with over three decades of experience in the banking sector and financial regulation.
Born in 1960 in Kotor, Montenegro, she graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law in 1983 with an impressive GPA of 9.00.
In 1985, she completed postgraduate specialist studies in “Contracts in International Trade” at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, and in 1994, she passed the bar exam at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia.
She dedicated her professional career to the banking sector, spending 20 years at Jubanka a.d. Belgrade – 10 years in the Corporate Sector on loan approvals and 10 years in the Legal Affairs Sector.
She continued her career at HVB Bank, later UniCredit Bank, and since 2009, she has been working at Societe Generale Bank Serbia. Following its merger with Vojvođanska Banka a.d. Novi Sad, the bank was renamed OTP Bank Serbia, where she currently holds the position of Director of the Legal Affairs Directorate.
Throughout her long-standing banking career, she has been involved in major financial transactions, including:
- Cross-border financing and club deals
- Acquisition of KBC Bank’s operations (2013)
- Acquisition of Jubanka a.d. Belgrade’s receivables (2018)
Her vast legal expertise and extensive experience position her as one of Serbia’s leading legal professionals in banking law.
She has been actively engaged in the Legal Affairs Committee of the Association of Serbian Banks, serving as Deputy Chair since 2009.
She is one of the founding members of the Association for Banking Law, where she contributes her knowledge and expertise to enhancing the legal framework and regulation in Serbia’s banking sector.
