Mustafa is Vice-Dean for Learning, International Cooperation and Quality Assurance at the Faculty of Management, at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, where he has worked since 2019. He became an Associate Professor in 2024.

He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Prishtina, and his Master’s Degree with a dissertation titled “Fiscal Decentralisation, Challenges and Sustainability”. He completed his Doctorate in 2018.

His academic career began in 2011, at the Faculty of Economics, University of Prishtina, where he was an assistant, and at Gjilani College in Prishtina, where he was a lecturer.

From 2007-2012, he worked as Head of Service for Master’s and Doctoral Studies at the University of Prishtina. From 2012-2020, he worked at Post of Kosovo, first as a business advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from 2012-2016 and then, as the Director of Sales and Marketing from 2016-2020.

He has offered his services as an external expert on financial issues in several Parliamentary Investigative Commissions, which are part of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. These commissions were focused on many issues, including; privatisation processes, decision-making in the energy sector, and the purchase of school books in the period 2006-2022. In March 2019, he was a member of the State Aid Commission at the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. From 2016-2017, he led the Audit Committee in the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. In April 2023, he was certified as a judicial expert in the financial field by the Judicial Council of Kosovo.

As a consultant in the field of business, he deals with research depending on the requirements of the Institute for Economic and Legal Research (IERLS). He regularly engages in public discussions covering economic topics in the country, providing analysis and advice on economic developments and public policies.

His scientific contribution focuses mainly on the field of public finance, macroeconomic policies, financial management, and cost. He has published a monograph and several scientific papers in indexed international journals. He has also participated in various local and international seminars and trainings organised by higher education institutions in the country.

He speaks English as well as his native Albanian.