Slobodan Sudaric-Hefner

Chief Economist (external)

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Economist (PhD) with 10+ years of experience across economics, strategy, and technology, specializing in market and mechanism design for digital assets and decentralized infrastructure. Currently supporting Optimum as Chief Economist, working on incentive design, pricing, and economic architecture. Background includes lead economist roles in cloud technology, leadership in venture-backed digital asset initiatives, and expert consulting for global advisory firms.

Experience

Chief Economist (advisory mandate)Optimum
Feb 2026

FounderSSH Economic Advisory
Feb 2026

AdvisorImpossible Cloud Network
Oct 2024 to Oct 2025

Director EconomicsImpossible Cloud
Jan 2024 to Oct 2025

Head of StrategyMento Labs
Nov 2022 to Nov 2023

Senior Economist / Investment StrategistcLabs (now part of Celo Core Co.)
May 2022 to Oct 2022

Senior Research EconomistcLabs (now part of Celo Core Co.)
Jun 2021 to Apr 2022

Consultant — Antitrust, Energy, TechnologyNERA
Jul 2020 to Apr 2021

Analyst — Antitrust, Energy, TechnologyNERA
Oct 2018 to Jun 2020

Research Associate — Microeconomics Research GroupHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Oct 2015 to Sep 2018

Quantitative ResearcherE.CA Economics
Jun 2017 to Feb 2018

Corporate Finance AdvisoryDeloitte
May 2012 to Jul 2012

Risk Management AnalystCM-Equity AG
Sep 2011 to Apr 2012

Private EquityArmira
Jan 2011 to Feb 2011

Economic Research & Corporate DevelopmentAllianz
Sep 2010 to Dec 2010

Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Finance and Economics
2012 to 2013

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Economics
2013 to 2018

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Economics
2008 to 2012