Sefik Setkic was born in Doboj Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 04, 1944. He completed the Forestry Technical school, the Faculty of Law and the MBA degree at the University of Sarajevo.
Sefik Setkic spent most of his working career as an executive director in Visegrad and Sarajevo, Yugoslavia and in Atlanta USA. He is the winner of many awards, including the City of Sarajevo Award for productivity and economics in 1984, and the City of Sarajevo Memorial Plaque for his contribution to the overall development of the City of Sarajevo 1985.