Dr. Jan ORAVEC
Born: June 6, 1964

President
The Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia
Cukrová 14
813 39 Bratislava
Slovakia

Mr. Ján ORAVEC graduated in 1987 from Commenius University in Bratislava (Philosophy - Political Economy), The Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia in 1994 (Business Administration) and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA in 1993-1995 (Bank Management). In 1996 he received his PhD. degree in economics at the Institute of Slovak and World Economy in Bratislava.

He started his professional career at the Institute of Economics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in 1987. In the beginning of 90-ies he was active in financial sector (financial manager in investment fund, Director of the Investment Banking Dept. in Devin Bank, internships in Banc One, Dallas, Texas, USA and Westpac Bank, Sydney, Australia).

In 1999-2002 Mr. Oravec was working as a Chief of Strategy at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. During that period he served as a chairman and member of various Supervisory Boards (SSE, a.s., - one three regional electricity distribution companies, The Slovak Guarantee and Development Bank, Transpetrol, a.s., Slovak Consolidation Agency, Slovak Post-Privatisation Fund), a chairman of a Board of Directors (National Agency for SMEs) and a vice-Chairman of the Government Council for Science and Technology.

In October 2003 he was elected as a President of The Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia. He is a member of a presidium of The Association of Employers, he represents employers in a Council of Economic and Social Agreement, he is a member of an Economic Council of the Government, and Collegium of the Finance minister. He is a founding father of The F. A. Hayek Foundation Bratislava (established in 1991) and The Slovak Taxpayers Association (1997). He is an economic advisor, he writes articles, gives lectures, TV interviews, and public speeches on various topics.

Abstract of the speech:

- a flat tax reform in Slovakia
- its possible impact on neighbouring countries and EU
- possible EU impact on the Slovak tax reform