Edlira Muka is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Balfin Group..
In her more than 10 years with Balfin Group Edlira has held a variety of increasingly responsible executive positions. Upon her graduation Edlira started her career as a Financial Specialist for Euromaxx.Read More...
After that she was appointed Finance Director of Balfin Group and later also as the Vice President. Throughout her elevating career Edlira has managed large teams of experts and ensured timely delivery of project outputs and outcomes with great results. She has experience in specific fields such as: Strategic Planning and Leadership; Executive Management; Business Planning and Development; Investment Strategies, Team Management etc. Edlira graduated from the Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana in Finance. She also holds a Master’s Degree and is in the process of becoming a chartered accountant from the Charter Institute of Accounting and Auditing.

Steven Grunerud is a Vice President for the Balfin Group from 2009, focusing on acquisitions and investments on the international scale. Previously, as CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Albania, he led the acquisition and successful conversion from a state bank to the largest commercial bank in the country. Read More...
With 20 years of experience in the Balkans, in Romania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria, Steven is an experienced manager in the emerging markets of the region. Initially beginning in the financial services industry, working for ABN Amro, Citibank and Raiffeisen Bank, he has successfully acquired and turned around banks in region, lastly in Kosovo and Albania. Within Balfin he has lead the acquisition of the largest diversified chrome mine and smelter in the region, and acts as the Chairman of the Board of the company. He has successfully financed two of the largest shopping centers in the region, in Tirana and Skopje, and sold the Skopje Mall in 2016. Currently his focus is expanding the footprint of the Balfin Group outside the country. Steven has an MBA from Queen’s University in Ontario, and a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia.

Julian Mane is one of the Vice Presidents of Balfin Group. He leads the companies of Balfin Group that are focused in Retail and Real Estate Management. Read More...
He is part of Balfin Group since 2000 and over the years Juljan has held several key positions in companies of the Group. Before being named as Vice President of Balfin, Juljan has started his career as Project Manager in Mane TCI and after that, as Administrator of the company. With the opening of Neptun, the largest company in Albania for electronics, he is appointed as COO of company and later as CEO of Neptun. After that on 2013 he was appointed as Vice President of Balfin Group.
As Vice President of Balfin he serves on the company’s executive team and oversees retail strategy and the continued expansion of some of the retail stores in Albania and around the Balkan. He is responsible for the companies to meet and exceed national sales plans, implementing sales strategies, ensuring consistency throughout retail partner chains. Develop strategic relationships with retail partners at the corporate and regional level. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Law, from Faculty of Law, University of Tirana and has received the title of lawyer in 2002.

Ardiana Sokoli is the Vice President of Balfin Group from January 2018, focusing in Real Estate. Ardiana joins Balfin Group after several years of experience as the Banking Sector's Chief Executive Officer with very good knowledge of Financial Management and Corporate Governance.Read More... She has started her career as an academic and then was deeply involved for nearly 15 years in the Banking and Financial Sector. Ardiana has intensively worked with the private and public sector, in the form of direct investments, privatizations or managerial consultancy. As the founder of the American Bank, Ardiana has had a key role in placing the latter in a leading position in the market; in the realization of its sale, as well as the subsequent merger of two banks owned by Intesa Sanpaolo. Recently, Ardiana comes from a 4-year experience as Director of European Integration and Projects at the Ministry of Environment. Ardiana has an MPA from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, in addition to training and specialization in prestigious western schools such as London Business School, German Bank Academy, University of Illinois and San Diego in USA, etc.

Ervin Kajno is the Vice President for Projects and Development and also the Head of Project Management Department of Balfin Group.
In his more than 14 years of professional experience, Ervin has achieved a variety of increasingly responsible executive positions.Read More... He has worked in public sector, starting in Korça’s Municipality as Chef of Administration & Inventory of Public Property & Land Administration Sector and then at the Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization and the Ministry of Interior. Ervin joined Balfin Group in 2007 as a Project Manager. Through his hard work and dedication, he was promoted as Head of Project Management Department in 2010 and in 2012 Vice President of the Group for Projects and Development.
He has experience in specific fields such as: Project Strategic Planning and Leadership; Executive Management; Investment Strategies, Team Management etc. Ervin graduated from the Faculty of Economy, University “Fan.S.Noli” Korça, in Business Administration. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the “Institut Français de Gestion”.

As Vice President, International Business, Martin Roussel is responsible for developing international opportunities and building a network of partners that will lead to the continued growth of the Balfin Group. Martin has over 20 years of global senior banking experience in North America (Business Development Bank of Canada), Europe (Raiffeisen Bank International, Executive Director, Small Business Banking) and the Middle east (Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, EVP Business Banking). Over the years, he has led various strategic transformational initiatives in the areas of retail and corporate banking that resulted in substantial profitability improvements. In his last role, he was managing the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund, a 500 mil USD fund dedicated to UAE based early stage innovators. Read More... He also delivers training on behalf of Fitch Learning in Asia and the Middle East (Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia) on Financial Modeling, Credit Risk Analysis and Strategic Planning/Budgeting.
Martin holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge (UK), a B.Sc. from University Laval (Canada) and is a CFA chartholder since 2001.

Blerina Daka is the Chief Finance Officer of Balfin Group since March 2015. She has had a progressive carrier within the Group starting from 2008 as Finance Manager of Mane TCI Shpk, the Group’s construction arm, and later on as Corporate Risk Manager.Read More... Before joining Balfin Group, she had a vast experience in large development agencies such as UNDP/UNOPS and AEDP Project of Soros Foundation for Albania. Her professional expertise includes financial management, treasury operations and cash flow management, financial planning and analysis, controlling, budgeting and financial accounting.
Blerina was graduated at Tirana University, Faculty of Economics in Finance and Accounting in year 2002, and additionally holds an MBA in Finance from ESCEM - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et Management, France.

Arsim Papraniku is a good influencer and a leader on the business market in Republic of Macedonia as well as in the Balkans region and has been involved in the world of retail business for the last twenty-five years. Read More... His beginnings in the retail business dating back to the 1993 with the opening of the first retail shop in Skopje as a part of the company EURO MEDIA LTD were significant in his career, laying firm foundation as a recognizable entrepreneur and excellent manager, continuing to integrate with the Neptun International Group starting in 1998 with NEPTUN MAKEDONIA LTD.
Arsim has also been directy involved as a partner and a shareholder of several multinational companies such as NEPTUN KOSOVO, NEPTUN SERBIA and JUMBO KOSOVO.
He led himself as an experienced real estate project manager, leaving behind identifiable projects in Skopje such as TOYOTA building, LACKA MEBEL building, SKOPJE CITY MALL building and CITY TOWER. He is now developing a megaproject of SKOPJE EAST GATE SEG Skopje and sustained to be a part of MACREM as a leading company in Facility Management in Skopje.
Arsim was awarded as one of top 100 businessmen in Republic of Macedonia in 2016 and 2017 and with a great honor, by The Republic of Kosovo, he was appointed as the honorary consul of their country in Republic of Macedonia, due to his successes on economic plan as well as his contribution in establishing business relations in between both countries.