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Dr. Demir Bektić has an extensive work experience in the finance industry. Dr. Demir currently serves as the Head of Portfolio Management at FINVIA since September 2022. Prior to this, they worked as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the International University of Monaco from January 2019. Furthermore, Dr. Bektić has held roles such as a Member of the Jury for the Annual BAI Science Award at Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. since December 2022, and as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Technische Universität Darmstadt from June 2018.

In terms of their previous positions, Dr. Bektić served as the Director of Absolute Return at ansa capital management GmbH from December 2020 to August 2022. Before that, they held the position of Managing Director at IQ-KAP, a private institute for quantitative capital market research at DekaBank, from December 2019 to November 2020. Dr. Demir was also a Senior Portfolio Manager and Executive Director - Head of Quant Fixed Income at Deka Investment, from May 2014 to November 2020.

Additionally, Dr. Bektić has a background in academia, having worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Miami in November 2018, and as a Portfolio Manager at Monti Investment GmbH from February 2013 to April 2014. Dr. Demir began their professional career as a Portfolio Manager in the Portfolio Management Absolute Return/Trading department at Lupus alpha Asset Management AG from January 2010 to January 2013.

Dr. Demir Bektić completed their education in a chronological order, beginning with their Bachelor's degree in Wirtschaftsinformatik (equivalent to Master's in Business Informatics) from the University of Mannheim, which they achieved from 2005 to 2010. After completing their Bachelor's degree, they pursued a Ph.D. in Finance from Technische Universität Darmstadt, from 2015 to 2018, where they earned the degree of Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.). In 2016, they also had the opportunity to be a Visiting Ph.D. Student at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, focusing on Finance.