Andi Ballta

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Mr. Andi Ballta serves as Board Member & Chief Executive Officer at American Bank of Investments. He served as Managing Director, President of Tranzit and ABI at NCH Capital. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President at Tranzit. He joined NCH Capital in 2008. Through June 2014, he was responsible for investment opportunities in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, and Montenegro. During this time he led the acquisitions of and managed a regional portfolio of prime shorefront land for development in Greece and the Western Balkans. In July 2014, his primary-focus shifted to the management and growth of NCH's regional debt purchase, collection, and financing company, Tranzit. Prior to joining NCH, Mr. Ballta worked for seven years with Israel Discount Bank in New York and Miami as Senior Vice President-Head of Sponsored and Syndicated Financing. In this role, he managed a buy side team for high-yield loans, sourcing business, structuring, evaluating credit and trading in both the primary and secondary market. During the mid-1990s in Albania, Mr. Ballta assisted small and medium-sized enterprises in the privatization process and in facilitating direct investment in the country. Mr. Ballta received his B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of Tirana and a MBA from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.