Ernadina Bajrović was born on December 27, 1971, and she completed her elementary and high school education in Sarajevo. She acquired the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in communications at the Political Sciences Faculty at University of Sarajevo. Upon completion of postgraduate "European Studies", she was conferred with the degree of Master of Arts in corporate law and banking (diplomas of University of Sarajevo, University of Bologna and London School of Economics). She was approved to work on Ph.D. paper in strategic management by University of Sarajevo Regents. She has been working in the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1997, firstly engaged by the IMF, as the assistant to the first CBBH Governor, then, on the project of putting in circulation the domestic currency (convertible mark), afterwards in the reforms of payments system and capital markets. Since June 2001, she has been employed by the CBBH, in the Office of the Governor, as assistant for financial market issues, being, inter alia, in charge of sovereign credit rating issues Then she worked as the expert in the Department for European Integration and International Cooperation. During 2006, on behalf of the CBBH, she was assigned to the membership of financial sector working group for negotiations with the EU in the process of preparation to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement. Since January 2007 she worked as the Head of the Human Resources Management Department, where, along with other tasks, she led the technical cooperation with the central banks. During 2010, she was a project manager of the EU project "Strengthening the Capacity of Human Resources Management in the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina". She completed a number of trainings and courses in the field of the central banks' preparations for the European integration and monetary policy, management process in the central banks, human resources management, project planning, negotiation and management skills. At the Governor's proposal, followed by the Governing Board Decision, she was appointed as Vice Governor in charge of administration and finance issues, on a four year term, starting from January 1, 2013.