Aleksandar-Andrija Pejović holds a PhD in Law, with a focus on the Rule of Law in the EU, and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. He currently chairs executive master’s courses on EU enlargement and fundamentals at the University of Tirana. He has lectured at a number of European educational institutions, including the College of Europe, ADA University and ReSPA. He has more than 26 years of experience in project management, institution building, international affairs, European affairs, government initiatives, strategy drafting, public administration reform, and EU and other international projects. He has held various senior positions, including Minister of European Affairs, Chief Negotiator, State Secretary for European Integration, National IPA Coordinator, Ambassador of Montenegro to the EU, as well as key diplomatic positions in the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has led complex government reform and EU negotiation structures, coordinated large-scale policy, funding and institutional processes, and worked extensively with EU institutions, EU Member States, and Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan partners. His expertise is particularly relevant to the AI agenda through his work on governance, institutional transformation, strategic foresight, regulatory alignment, and the use of innovation-driven approaches to modernise public administration and support evidence-based policymaking. He is the author of several books and articles on European integration, EU law, diplomacy and public policy, and is a member of MENSA.