General Assembly of Vienna Economic Forum on 28 March 2018
On 28 March 2018, the annual General Assembly of Vienna Economic Forum took place.
The present Members of the Board and Ordinary Members were welcomed by the Secretary General, Ambassador Dr. Elena Kirtcheva, who informed about the activities of Vienna Economic Forum in 2017 and the planned events in 2018.
Chaired by the President, DI Dr. Günther Rabensteiner, Member of the Board of Verbund AG, the following new members have been confirmed by the General Assembly:
New Members of the Board:
- Mr. Alejandro Plater, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer, A1 Telekom Austria Group
- Dr. Aleksandar Vlahovic, President of the Serbian Association of Economists
Changes in the Board:
- New Vice President DI Peter Umundum, Member of the Board of Österreichische Post AG and longtime VEF Member of the Board
New members of the Patrons Committee:
- H.E. Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo
- H.E. Mr. Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of Macedonia
- H.E. Mr. Pavel Filip, Prime Minister of Moldova
- H.E. Mr Duško Marković, Prime Minister of Montenegro
New members of the Ambassadors Committee:
- H.E. Mr. Victor Osipov, Ambassador of Moldova
- H.E. Mr. Mehmet Ferden Carikci, Ambassador of Turkey
- H.E. Ms. Ksenija Škrilec, Ambassador of Slovenia
- H.E. Mr. Željko Perović, Ambassador of Montenegro
New members of the Honorary Committee:
- Dr. Karl Stoss, CEO Casinos Austria (2007-2017), President of the Austrian Olympic Committee, founding member and long-time active supporter of the Vienna Economic Forum
- Dr. Erwin Pröll, LHM of Lower Austria (1992-2017) and long-time active supporter of the Vienna Economic Forum
- Dr. Milan Parivodic, President Parivodic Advokati, previous VEF Member of the Board, long-time active supporter of the Vienna Economic Forum
Following this year’s general meeting, Wiener Börse AG, together with the Board of Vienna Economic Forum, invited to a Cocktail Reception. Present were the Members of the Ambassadors Committee H.E. Mr. Roland Bimo, Ambassador of Albania; H.E. Mr. Tomislav Leko, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Representatives of the embassies of Romania and Montenegro; the newest Member of the Board of Vienna Economic Forum, Mr. Alejandro Plater as well as arbitrators and honorary members of the Vienna Economic Forum.
The team of Vienna Economic Forum would like to thank all Members and Partners for their excellent support of the numerous activities of VEF in Austria and abroad in the year 2017 and for their constant trust!
The success story of this development motivates us further to conquer new horizons!