Imprint and Summary

Jan Vlachý, the author of Financial Markets and Risk Management, spent 25 years of his professional career in the domestic and international finance industry, gradually assuming responsibility for Treasury, Risk Management, Financial Markets and General Management. He was personally involved in numerous IPO and Structured Finance transactions, as well as in corporate reorganizations and in the implementation of the EU Capital Requirements Directive. More recently, he proceeded to pursue an academic career with research and teaching interests in Finance, Risk Management and Economic History. He also took responsibility for the development and management of international projects and study programs at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague School of Business.

Domagoj Sajter, the guest author of Blockchain Applications and Decentralized Finance, is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia. He teaches courses in the field of finance: Financial management, Financial derivatives, and Risk management. Among other notable professional activities, he was a chair of the Department for Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, a member of the Croatian National Committee for the field of economics, a director of the Postgraduate specialist study Finance and banking at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, an apprentice in the corporate sector of the Zagrebačka Bank, and an Expert Assistant of the Croatian Language Department at European Commission in Luxembourg and Brussels. In total, he has written more than 130 scientific, professional and popular papers.