Ivo Božić

Vienna-based leveraged finance and M&A banker at Raiffeisen Bank International (Director since 2024), with a mathematics and quantitative-finance background: IMO 2009 bronze medallist for Croatia, LSE MSc in Finance, and a prior quantitative trading internship at Jane Street (2014).

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Identity is supported (IMO 2009 Croatia bronze, XV. gimnazija/MIOC alumni, LSE) and the Jane Street 'Trading Intern' 2014 role is an actual internship at a market-making/quantitative trading firm, distinct from student camps or offers. The only evidence is the LinkedIn-derived role in the index, so the Jane Street internship is index-based rather than independently corroborated by a Jane Street page.Sep 2014
• Career progression runs entirely inside Raiffeisen Bank International in Vienna from 2017: M&A Junior Associate (2017-2019), M&A Associate (2019-2020), Leveraged Finance TMT (2020-2022), VP - Leveraged and Acquisition Finance (2022-2024), Director - Leveraged and Acquisition Finance (2024-).Jan 2024
• Trading Intern at Jane Street (quantitative trading firm) in 2014, split 7 weeks London and 5 weeks New York HQ; built VBA models to predict financial parameters (value traded, bid size) and proposed trading strategies adopted by employees. Index-derived LinkedIn role, not yet confirmed by an independent Jane Street source.Sep 2014
• Serves on the Board of Advisors of Raiffeisen Bank International's 'Digital Basket' (since 2022), a corporate product, and leads the xVrstan alumni-lecture project for the Zaklada MIOC Alumni foundation (since 2022).Jan 2024
• Named student of the generation (ucenik generacije) 2006-2010 at XV. gimnazija / MIOC Zagreb, per the MIOC Alumni foundation write-up introducing his xVrstan talk.Apr 2, 2023
• Holds an MSc in Finance from LSE, a Master's degree in Financial and Business Mathematics from the University of Zagreb, and a Bachelor's in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb, plus a summer school in Options, Futures and Other Financial Derivatives at LSE.Jan 2014
• Awarded bronze medal representing Croatia at the 50th International Mathematical Olympiad (2009, Germany); individual rank 198, 65.1%, 19 points (7,7,0,3,2,0).Jul 2009
• Named on the guest list of Strategic Economic Talks 2026 (7-9 May 2026, Savudrija, Croatia) as 'Director Leveraged & Acquisition Finance at Raiffeisen Bank International', among business and political attendees.May 12, 2026
• Delivered the sixth xVrstan lecture (MIOC Alumni foundation alumni-talk series) in person on 4 April 2023 in Zagreb, covering his school days and career advice.Apr 4, 2023
• Spent a year (2016-2017) as an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group in Budapest, with commercial due diligence and strategic positioning projects in CEE before returning to banking.Dec 2017
• Investment Banking Intern at UniCredit in Zagreb in 2015: company valuations via trading and transaction multiples, and a client pitch with focus on oil-market overview. Actual internship (distinct from the later full-time roles).Dec 2015
• Listed as a speaker at BestInvest 2023 (organised by CVCA), titled 'Leveraged and Acquisition Finance, Scale-up Financing, Raiffeisen Bank International AG'.Jun 2023