Šerif Isović was born on April 5, 1962. After completing the Secondary School of Economics and the Faculty of Economics, he acquired a degree of M.Sc. in Economics at the Department of Accounting and Auditing of the Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo.

He has over 32 years of working experience. From October 14, 2015, he has been working as acting Director of Tax Administration of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his professional career, he worked since 1987 to 1990, in the Tax Administration as a Municipal Inspector, from 1990 to 1993, he worked in Sarajevo City Incomes Administration of as a City Inspector, from 1993 to 1994, he worked in the Financial Police as a Financial Inspector, since 1994 until 1998, he worked as Director of the Tax Administration of Sarajevo Canton and a Member of the Executive Board of Sarajevo Canton until the constitution of Sarajevo Canton. Since 1998 to 2002, he worked  in public company “BH PTT” as Finance Advisor, from 2002 to 2005, he worked in the public company “BH Pošta” as Chief Inspector (Internal Auditor), from 2005 to 2007, he worked in “BH Pošta” public company as Executive Director for economic and financial operations, from 2007 to 2009,  in “BH Telecom” as Executive Director for economic and financial affairs, and from 2009 to 2010 in “Fabrika Duhana Sarajevo” as Executive Finance Director.

In the period from March 22, 2011 to October 13, 2015, he was a Member of the Council of the Agency for Post Office Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In addition, he also performed a number of other duties, such as: Member of the Audit Committee in company “JKP Tržnice Sarajevo”, Member of the Commission for Economic Issues of Sarajevo Canton, Director of Internal Audit in “Energoinvest d.d. Sarajevo”, Member of the Supervisory Board at “BH Telecom d.d.”, Member of the Supervisory Board at “Centrotrans bus Sarajevo”, Member of the Budget and Finance Commission of Sarajevo Canton. From November 1998 until December 2011 he was the owner of the Agency for Tax, Finance and Accounting Consulting.

He also completed numerous trainings in the area of financial-fiscal policy, work of supervisory board members, corporate governance, crisis management, analysis of financial reports, successful collection of receivables, direct sales, network marketing, internal audit on quality, accounting control, financial management and human resources management) and he acquired the certificates in various professional fields (certified accountant, certified auditor, court expert in economics - specialized in finance, market relations and financial reporting, and a certificate for work in the state administration bodies).

He has been Court Expert in Finance since 1997, and is the author of numerous financial expertise documents in commercial law suits, labor law suits, economic crimes, money laundering and tax evasion.

He has been also the participant and a lecturer at several international symposiums, conferences and faculties, and he is a lecturer at the Education and Consulting Firm “FINconsult” in the School for education of candidates for obtaining a title in the financial-accounting profession.

He is the author of numerous papers in scientific-professional magazines, as well as in paper collections from the international conferences. 

Since November 1, 2017, he has been the member of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH) Governing Board.