South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

Mr. Drilon Lajci holds a Master's Degree with Merit from the University of Sheffield in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations and, a BA in Management, Business Administration from CITY College, University of Sheffield. In 2015 he was hired from Banka Kombetare Tregtare in the Internal Auditing Department in Prishtina, Kosovo where he worked until December, 2016. In 2016, he was given the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from Mehmet Akif College, for his achievements, charitable work and extracurricular activities. He is a board member of FC Peja Futsal, who plays in Kosovar top league of futsal. Recently he has founded a Non-governmental organization (NGO) called “OMK” which aims to protect customer rights in Kosovo, there he also acts as the president and is involved in the NGO’s activities. Apart from this he is the co-founder of a new startup called “Intuit Consulting Group” which specializes in consulting, market research and trading. He was also very active during his time at the University acting as the President of the City Marketing Club in 2015, which organized several events, seminars and workshops.  He speaks Albanian, English and Turkish.

His research interests are related to employee relations, employee engagement, communication at work, public relations, EU integration, public policy, employment relations and political economy