Kristijan Cinotti Country Leader

Ph.D.Sc. Kristijan Cinotti is the Managing Partner of Forvis Mazars in Croatia and Serbia. In recent years, he has played a leading role in the development and integration of the Forvis Mazars operations across the Adria region, which includes Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Kristijan brings more than 20 years of experience in audit, financial advisory, and tax consulting services.

Throughout his career, he has led and participated in numerous business valuation, financial due diligence, audit, and tax advisory projects for both international and domestic clients. Prior to establishing his own company, he worked for several international audit firms, where he was responsible for business valuation engagements, audit assignments, and financial and tax advisory services across Croatia and Serbia.

Kristijan is also a lecturer at the Croatian Institute of Finance, where he delivers training in finance, accounting, and taxation. In addition, he served for many years as President of the Croatian Society of Appraisers and remains an active member of both the Croatian Audit Chamber and the Croatian Chamber of Tax Advisors. He has participated in numerous seminars and workshops in Croatia and abroad covering a wide range of topics in finance, accounting, and taxation.

n May 2023, he earned his PhD from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, defending his doctoral dissertation entitled Determinants of the Required Level of Economic Value Added with Adequate Financial Stability of a Company. He is currently pursuing both the Executive MBA (EMBA) and ACCA programmes. In addition, he has completed executive education programmes at Harvard Business School, earning a Business Strategy Certificate, and at MIT Sloan Executive Education and CSAIL, focusing on the implications of Artificial Intelligence for Business Strategy.

Kristijan holds professional licences as a Certified Auditor, Tax Advisor, Business Valuator, and Accountant, and is also a Certified Court Expert in Finance. He is the author or co-author of several books, including What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Finance?, How to Pay Less Tax?, How to Prepare for a Tax Audit?, Mazars Tax Advisor, Leasing in Practice, and his latest book, How to Start, Survive and Build a Business.

He has also authored numerous professional articles on financial statement analysis, value-based management, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, and financial due diligence.