Topic outline

  • General

    • Profile Renata

    • Short bio:

      Renata Petrevska Nechkoska

      After completing double PhD degree in Business Economics from Ghent University Belgium (UGENT) with PhD in Management at University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola, North Macedonia (UKLO), she currently works as: assistant professor at UKLO and postdoc at UGENT. Since 2015, she is also engaged as European Commission evaluator for projects in Horizon 2020. Before academia, she was a practitioner for almost a decade - a banker in international financial institution ProCredit Bank - with HQ in Frankfurt Germany, mostly on middle management positions - head of HR, branch manager, project coordinator, … She is Ghent University alumni ambassador since 2015, Western Balkans Alumni Association Head of research team since 2019, Elsevier Advisory Panel member since 2015, Harvard CID PDIA Community of Practice Alumni since 2017, and during the pandemic, she was EUvsVirus project manager for academia and R&D partners and is now facilitating open innovation in science collaboration under the name of Academia diffusion experiment, with global scholars and practitioners. 

      Her research in ‘Tactical management in complexity: managerial and informational aspects’ has been her way to build bridges of multiple disciplines (information systems, management, complexity, ...), countries and is being applied in diverse settings.

      Setting pathways in unchartered territories, co-dreaming, co-creating and co-evolving are the things she dives in with challenge, pleasure and passion for. 

  • Professional Experience


    • PostDoctoral Researcher
      (current)
      November 2017 - present
      Faculty of Economics and Business Administration 
      https://www.ugent.be/eb/en
      Ghent University, Belgium

    • Assistant Professor (Docent) 
      (current)
      March 2018 – present
      Lectures (undergraduate and postgraduate studies) in: Change Management, e-Banking, Business Communications, e-Business Management, Information Management ...
      Faculty of Economics, Prilep,
      University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola



    • European Commission
      Expert        
      (current)
      June 2014 – present
      Evaluator (Horizon 2020, EACEA, COSME-ICT Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme, EIC accelerator) for funding up to 3.000.000 EUR in grants and up to 9 mil EUR in equity

    • UGent Ambassador for Western Balkans 
      (current)
      December 2014 – present
      Disseminating & promoting UGent and WB educational, cultural standards, challenges, exchanges, collaboration

    • Western Balkans Alumni Association (WBAA) 
      Head of Research        
      (current)
      March 2019 – present
      Heading the regional WB<>EU research efforts towards improving the higher education in the Balkans

    • Elsevier BV
      Advisory Panel Member    
      (current)
      2015-present
      Software prototypes requirements engineering and testing

    • EURAXESS
      (current)
      2015 - present
      Macedonia, LCP 

    • Doctoral Associate & Lecturer
      December 2012 – February 2018
      Faculty of Economics,
      University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola


    • PhD Researcher for Double Degree 
      Doctor of Business Economics & Doctor of Management
      December 2012 – October 2017
      Faculty of Economics and Business
      Administration
      Ghent University, Belgium  
      https://www.ugent.be/en
      Faculty of Economics, Prilep,
      University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola 
      Research – Tactical Management Information Systems and Adaptability http://moodle.eccfp.edu.mk/course/view.php?id=173



    • Banking decade (mostly middle management experience)
      October 2003 – December 2012
      ProCredit Bank Macedonia
      HQ: ProCredit Holding AG Frankfurt, Germany

    • - Project Coordinator in ICT projects
      November 2008 – March 2011
      ProCredit Bank, Head Office Skopje, Macedonia
      - ICT projects and software development (architecture, database and development), Overall projects in the bank regarding optimization and/or development of processes, Design, development, consulting & maintenance of software projects (CRM, HR, e-Learning Moodle, ...)


    • - Branch Manager
      March 2007 – November 2008
      ProCredit Bank, Branches Bitola 1, 2 & Resen, Macedonia
      - In charge of ~ 40 employees in 2 branches in Bitola and 3rd newly opening branch in the region and overall business results (growth in loan and deposit portfolio, banking services and stabile arrears percentage), as well as introducing and maintaining highest standards of client service.

    • - Head of Human Resources Department
      October 2005 – December 2006
      ProCredit Bank, Head Office Skopje, Macedonia
      - Establishment of Human Resources department, from zero to stabile structure, supporting the extensive growth of the organization (from 250 on to 550 employees during the engagement). - Introduction and implementation of the core processes: recruitment, training for all positions, evaluation, appraisals, staff migration (vertical, horizontal and geographical), remuneration, salaries, promotions/demotions/hiring, firing, staff talks, incentives, ...

    • - Miscellaneous Banking positions
      ProCredit Bank, Head Office Skopje, Macedonia
      - Customer Relationship Manager, IT Specialist, Supervisor

    • Part-time Associate
      September 2002 – November 2003
      Apostollada LTD, Bitola, Macedonia
      - Export - import officer, Marketing officer, Software developer

    • Junior Teaching Assistant
      September 2000 – October 2003
      Faculty of Economics, Prilep, Macedonia
      University “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” Bitola, Macedonia

  • Educational Background

    • Doctor of Business Economics
      (UGent Belgium)
      Top 100 University
      &
      Doctor of Management(UKLO Macedonia)
      as
      Double PhD degree
      October 2012 – October 2017
      Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
      Ghent, Belgium /
      Faculty of Economics,
      Prilep, Macedonia
      University of Ghent, Belgium /
      University “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” Macedonia
      Doctoral dissertation: “Tactical management sense-and-respond framework enhancement using ICT”
      - Department: MIS/ Management
      - Promotor BE: Prof. Dr. Geert Poels
      - Promotor MKD: Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Manceski


    • Master DegreeInE-business(MSc)
      2011 - October 2012
      Faculty of Economics, Prilep, Macedonia
      University “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” Macedonia
      Master thesis: “Innovative models of application of e-Learning in Education and Business”,e-Business
      - State scholarship for the masterstudies, 9.4 grd

    • Bank Manager Graduate
      February 2008 - July 2009
      ProCredit Bank Regional Academy Eastern Europe - PCRAEE, Veles, Macedonia                                                   
      Graduation project: “Induction of a new Micro-Finance Institution in Macedonia”

    • Bachelor DegreeInEconomy(BSc)
      October, 1997 – October, 2001
      Faculty of Economics, Prilep, Macedonia
      University “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”, Macedonia
      Diploma thesis and work: Web-siteprojectof the Faculty ofEconomics, Cybernetics, 9.17 grd

  • Trainings and Workshops

    • Semestral courses in Adaptation and Complexity
      Climate Change Adaptation,
      Harvard University, USA,
      Center for International Development (Sep 2017 –Dec 2017) Grd. 97%
      Project: Worsening of the air quality in Macedonia during heating season–building state capability
      Introduction to Complexity,
      Santa Fe Institute, USA,
      Lead instructor: Mellanie Mitchell (Oct 2016 –Jan 2017) Grd. 96%,

    • Completed PhD Doctoral Schools for Double PhD degree UGent, Belgium and UKLO, Macedonia
      Doctoral School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UGent, Belgium; MIS Department,
      Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
      Department of Management Information Science and Operations,
      UGent, Belgium (Oct 2013 – Oct 2017)
      BENAIS (BeNeLux Association for Information Systems) Seminar
      (January 2014)
      Engineering and Design Science Methodology,
      University of Antwerp, Belgium
      (February–May 2014),
      Low Countries Studies, Post academic acculturation programme,
      UGent, Belgium
      (February–Jun 2014),
      Data Preparation Social Network Analysis, GEPHI, GhentCDH, HNR2014 Conference
      (September 2014),

    • Trainings and Workshops
      Schwartz & Partner, Germany
      (April, November 2008; March, September 2009)
      Middle Management Training (Modules I –IV)
      ProCredit Sister Bank Network (Serbia, Bulgaria, ...)
      Numerous Middle Management and Staff trainings for soft and technical skills,
      Project Management, Document Mng Syst


  • Research Publications, Awards, Projects, ...

  • Presentations, panels, moderation, ...

  • Topic 6

    • Prof. Dr. GEERT Poels, Ghent University Belgium

    • Prof. Dr. GJORGJI Manceski, University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola, North Macedonia