Robert Šimončič

Robert Šimončič is General Director of the Slovak Investment and Trade Agency SARIO; he has over 30 years of professional experience in the U.S. and Slovakia. He headed the Slovak branch of Microsoft and in April 2004 he was awarded the prestigious IT Personality of the Year award for 2004 in Slovakia. Prior to that he had worked for Pwc and IBM. He was the President of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Slovakia and also the Chairman of the Board for the American Chambers of Commerce (European Council of American Chambers of Commerce – ECACC).