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Karlo Definis, Business Director and Acting CFO at TENET.
Business Director and Acting CFO

Karlo Definis

Leads studio business and finance: contracts, budget, development, and work with professional investors. Architecture sits with the Director of Architecture.
Karlo Definis, Business Director and Acting CFO at TENET.
1 · Biography

Karlo Definis has been Business Director and Acting CFO at TENET since April 2026. He leads business, finance, contracts, studio development, and work with professional investors. Architecture sits with the Director of Architecture.

He holds the Financial Industry Certified Professional (FICP) qualification, an Executive Master in the Financial Services Industry (Luxembourg School of Business), and a degree in Economics and Business Administration (University of Split).

For over ten years he has run operating processes in regulated, cross-border financial organisations. Since April 2024 he has been Head of Operations & Digital Transformation at the New Technologies and Investment Funds Institute (NewTIFI) in Luxembourg. Through April 2025 he was Program Director for LSB Global and Financial Industry Management at Luxembourg School of Business.

He reads architectural decisions against cost, risk, and investment phasing. Signed documentation stays with the Director of Architecture.

References
2 · Credentials

Education and memberships.

  • 1Financial Industry Certified Professional (FICP)
  • 2Executive Master, Financial Services Industry, Luxembourg School of Business (first cohort)
  • 3BSc Economics & Business Administration, University of Split
  • 4Leadership, Harvard Business School
  • 5Strategic Innovation & Design Thinking, ESADE
  • 6Head of Operations & Digital Transformation, NewTIFI (Luxembourg), from April 2024
3 · Focus
  • Business and contracts
  • Project financial structuring
  • Budget and cost
  • Real-estate investment perspective
  • Regulatory and compliance operations
4 · Languages

English (fluent), Croatian (native), French (B1–B2), Italian (intermediate).

Memberships and registries
  • HKA, Croatian Chamber of Architects
  • TENET Arhitektura d.o.o.
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