Gordana Kalezić


Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Montenegro


Gordana Kalezić

Date of birth: 28 May 1981

Place of birth: Podgorica, Montenegro





Education
2006
Graduate lawyer, Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro


Professional career
Since 2025
Vice-Governor of the CBCG
2019-2025
Directorate of the Directorate for Supervision of AML/CFT Compliance and the Financial and Credit Institutions Consumer Protection, CBCG
2016-2019
Director of the Unit of the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing,
Azmont Bank AD Podgorica
2007-2016
many positions at the Department for analytics at the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, head of Department since 2011


Other functions
2020-
Member, Chair, Deputy chair of the Committee for supervision and resolution of credit institutions, CBCG
2024
Coordinator of a part of activities in the CBCG team for preparing the application for adherence to SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area)
Since 2023
Member of the Coordination Body for drafting National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment and managing specific risks

Member of the permanent delegation of Montenegro and MONEYVAL evaluator, externally engaged for assessing compliance of other jurisdictions’ financial systems, including EU member states with FATF (Financial Action Task Force) standards
2020-2024
Member of the Permanent Delegation of Montenegro to the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism – MONEYVAL, as the Council of Europe’s permanent monitoring body

Member of the Steering Committee of the Project on Combating Economic Crime in Montenegro – a joint European Union and Council of Europe programme, “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey” (Horizontal Facility III)

Member of the Negotiating Working Group for the preparation and conduct of Montenegro’s EU accession negotiations in the area of the EU acquis for Chapter 4 – Free Movement of Capital

Member of the Coordination Body for monitoring EU accession negotiations within the scope of the CBCG’s mandate and the perspective of integration into the Economic and Monetary Union and the Eurosystem

Coordinator of activities in the process of obtaining equivalence in accordance with the requirements of the European Banking Authority (EBA) for Montenegro, with a focus on confidentiality and professional secrecy, equivalent to the standards prescribed in EU financial sector directives
2015
Secretary – co-author of the project for drafting the first strategic document: the National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing