Primož Karpe

Primoz Karpe (born 1970) is the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) since 2016.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Karpe was born in 1970 in Slovenia.[4] He earned an undergraduate degree in economics, specializing in finance, from the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Economics. He then obtained a Master of Science degree in business administration with a specialization in finance from San Diego State University.[5][6]

Career

After early roles in asset–liability management at SKB Bank and business development work at Telekom Slovenije,[7] Karpe moved into corporate finance, heading mergers and acquisitions at Publikum Korpfin (2007–2008).[4][8] He co-founded the advisory firm Vafer Ltd. (2008–2010) and in 2011 became a founding partner of Blue Sea Capital, a Luxembourg-registered private-equity fund focused on counter-cyclical sectors in the Western Balkans, where he remained active until 2015.[3][4] Since 2015 he has managed the Croatian investment company Angler d.o.o., and in 2020 he co-established Cedars d.o.o., which advises alternative-investment funds across Central and Southeast Europe. Karpe also serves as Investment Committee member for the largest private regional multi-class asset manager, ALFI Funds.[8]

Karpe joined the NLB Supervisory Board in February 2016 and was elected its chairman the following month, succeeding Janko Gedrih.[9][10][11] A second four-year mandate began in 2020, and in July 2024 the board re-elected him for a third term running to 2028.[12][1] During his tenure, NLB completed an IPO in 2018, acquired regional banks (Komercijalna Banka Belgrade, SLS Leasing operations, Sberbank Slovenia), and accelerated digitalization.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 Kos, Suzana (20 July 2024). "Primož Karpe: Odnos z državo nikakor ni podrejen". Delo.
  2. ↑ "Kdo si upa: Primož Karpe". Finance.
  3. 1 2 Kos, Suzana (3 June 2017). "Vsakdanje navade uspešnih ljudi: Primož Karpe". Delo.
  4. 1 2 3 Jenko, Miha (April 18, 2016). "Primož Karpe, novi prvi nadzornik NLB". Delo.
  5. ↑ "Primoz Karpe profile".
  6. ↑ Požar, Bojan (9 December 2018). "Ta neverjetna naključja slovenske tranzicije. Primož Karpe iz NLB - vse poti vodijo v San Diego". Pozareport.si.
  7. ↑ Dekleva, Luka (29 June 2006). "Primož Karpe, Vodja mednarodnega poslovanja Telekoma Slovenije: V Makedoniji in na Kosovu želimo več kot 50-odstotno rast". Finance.
  8. 1 2 "Primož Karpe biography".
  9. ↑ "Three NLB supervisors step down". The Slovenia Times. April 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ Jenko, Miha (18 April 2016). "Primož Karpe, novi prvi nadzornik NLB". Delo.
  11. ↑ "Novi predsednik nadzornega sveta NLB je Primož Karpe". 24UR.
  12. ↑ "Primož Karpe ostaja prvi nadzornik NLB". Delo. 29 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Nova Ljubljanska - NLB: 42nd GM of the Shareholders of NLB d.d." Research Tree.
  14. ↑ "NLB bank's 2024 profit down but still tops half a billion euro". The Slovenia Times. February 20, 2025.
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