Annual General Meeting 2014

Vienna Economic Forum is proud to announce that, in addition to the current Vice President, Dr. Wolfgang Kindl, Board Member of UNIQA Insurance AG, two new Vice Presidents have been appointed: Mr. Stefan Szyszkowitz, Board Director of EVN AG, and Mr. Mark Arnold, Board Member of Sberbank Europe AG.

Vice President Mr. Stefan Szyszkowitz welcomed new members of the Committees and Cooperation Partners of Vienna Economic Forum, as well as the new Board Member:
• Mr. Hermann Anderl, Managing Director, Canon CEE GmbH

New additions to the Honorary Committee of Vienna Economic Forum include:
• Dr. Herbert Stepic, Senior Advisor to the Board, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Founding Father of Vienna Economic Forum
• Mr. Karl Fink, Member of the Executive Board, Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein, Founding Father of Vienna Economic Forum, long-serving Vice President of VEF, Honorary Consul of Montenegro in Austria with consular district in Burgenland
• Dr. Veit Sorger, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mondi AG, Founding Father of Vienna Economic Forum
• Dr. Claus Raidl, President of the Austrian National Bank, long-time supporter of Vienna Economic Forum
• Amb. Dr. Daria Krsticevic, Head of Office, State Office for Croats Abroad, former Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria, former member of the Ambassadors’ Committee of Vienna Economic Forum

New members of the Patronage Committee of Vienna Economic Forum are the newly elected Prime Ministers:
• H.E. Mr. Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• H.E. Mr. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania
• H.E. Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister of Lithuania

New members of the Ambassadors’ Committee of Vienna Economic Forum include:
• H.E. Mr. Andrei POPOV, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova
• H.E. Ms. Slavica MILACIC, Ambassador of Montenegro
• H.E. Dr. Andrej RAHTEN, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia
• H.E. Mr. Mehmet Hasan GÖGÜS, Ambassador of Turkey
• Edvilas Raudonikis, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Lithuania
• H.E. Mr. Roland Bimo, Ambassador-designate of Albania

New members of the Governors’ Committee include:
• Mr. Boris VUJCIC, Governor of the National Bank of Croatia
• Mr. Milojica DAKIC, Governor of the Central Bank of Montenegro
• Mr. Boštjan JAZBEC, Ph.D., Governor of the National Bank of Slovenia

New members of the Presidents of the Chambers of Commerce Committee include:
• Mr. Rimantas STANKEVICIUS, President of the Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce
• Mr. Željko SERTIĆ, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia

Additionally, the following new committees have been introduced within Vienna Economic Forum:
• Committee of the Ministers of Economy of VEF Member Countries
• Committee of the Mayors of VEF Member Countries
• Cultural Committee

The Vienna Economic Forum team extends its sincere thanks to all members and partners for their continued support in contributing to the outstanding development of the Forum’s numerous initiatives both domestically and internationally, and for the trust they consistently place in us!