Kaj Jež
Highly motivated finance and economic research professional with over a decade of worldwide experience.
Work Experience
2023 - Present
Independent Financial Offshoring Consultant/Researcher
Providing offshore incorporation and contracting services to everyone from startups and established small businesses to IT professionals and high-net-worth individuals. Provided consulting and jurisdictional and legal research reports for pharmaceutical startups with regulatorily complex products.
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Slovenia
2023 - Present
Economic/Commercial Specialist
Performing economic, policy and financial research on global and regional economic and geostrategic issues, offering commercial services to U.S. entities commercially engaged in the region. Extensive use of and experience with the Microsoft ecosystem for business.
Recipient of the Eagle Award for outstanding contributions to the Political and Economic section’s daily reporting and nuclear energy engagements. Headed the creation of an on-demand International Visitor Leadership Program on venture capital financing, engaging with State Secretary and CEO-level contacts in government and major financial institutions to help harmonize venture capital legislation and best practices between Slovenia and the United States. Actively involved research and stakeholder engagement on commercial advocacy projects on behalf of U.S. businesses, including Westinghouse Electric Company, RTX and Boeing.
NHB Consulting
2023 - Present
Senior International Financial and Human Resources Consultant
Providing consulting services to clients seeking offshore banking and company incorporation services, tax consulting for international finance and cryptocurrency engagements and bespoke B2B contract plans for leveraging transnational Human Resources.
Ruj Ventures
2023 - Present
Consultant
Consulting and LP relations management for a newly founded early-stage deep tech venture capital fund focusing on CEE region prospects.
Adrianople Group
2018 — 2023
Researcher
Over half a decade of experience in a fully remote and distributed company, extensive use of G-suite. Performed research and consulting services in the special economic zone and special jurisdiction space. Extensive B2B and B2G consulting and engagement. Worked with policymakers to craft world-leading special economic zone policy recommendations in multiple jurisdictions. Extensive engagement with businesses, local and national governments on six continents. Experience traveling on business to high-risk jurisdictions such as Malawi, Armenia or Nigeria. Experience managing and participating in deeply international teams. Direct engagement with established entities and startups in venture capital, private equity, fintech, cryptocurrency, medtech, medical tourism, govtech, manufacturing, aerospace, edtech and agritech.
Pronomos Capital
2020 — 2022
Researcher
Tasked with creating and implementing a due diligence policy tailored for venture capital investments in the special jurisdiction space. Performed extensive due diligence and partial incubation on different stage startup projects in the fintech, cryptocurrency, govtech and agritech space.
Libertas, inštitut za svobodno kritiko (Institute Libertas)
2016 — 2017
Director
2017 — 2023
Advisor
Founding member, director and long-term advisor to Slovenia’s foremost free market think tank and advocacy organization. Extensive engagement with policymakers on economic and health related issues.
University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business
Akita International University
University of Washington, American Slovenian Education Foundation Fellowship 2017 Research Fellow