Ivan Štefanec, Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy.
Education
1979 – 1983 University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Management
1987 - 1989 Comenius University in Bratislava, postgraduate study of English language
1991 – 1992 Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, Master of Business Administration program
1994 University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economic Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy.
Career
Ing. 1979 – 1983 University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Management Ivan Štefanec started to work as a researcher and later as a Project Manager at the engineering plant Považské strojárne, Považská Bystrica in 1983. Between years 1992 and 1993 he worked as Branch Manager of Ernst & Young CS Consulting and since 1994 his professional career was connected with the company Coca-Cola. He started as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy General Manager and he was successfully running the company Coca-Cola Beverages Slovakia as the General Manager for 5 years.
This role, among other responsibilities, incorporated the preparation of the company business for European Union Enlargement in all accession countries.
Ivan Štefanec was the President of the Business Alliance of Slovakia from its foundation in 2001 until 2005. In 2003, he was nominated for the position of European Commissioner by Slovak Democratic and Christian Union.
After the 2004 wind disaster in High Tatra Mountains, Ivan Štefanec was leading the Government Committee for the recovery and development of High Tatras. In 2006, he was appointed as the Plenipotentiary for adoption of the euro in Slovakia.
He focused specifically on Economic issues and European affairs
Moreover, he was active in the area of SMEs, entrepreneurship and Slovak/Taiwanese relations. In 2010 he was appointed the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs. His priority topics are digital single market, SMEs, TTIP, employment and red tape reduction.
Currently he also holds the position of the Vice-President of Small and Medium Size Enterprises Europe.
Politics
On February 19, 2015 Ivan Štefanec left the SDKÚ-Doctor of Science party claiming that the party has ceased to function. Since November 2015 he is a member of the Slovak political party KDH (Christian Democratic Movement).
Membership
Born September 30, 1961 in Považská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician and top manager, former Member of the Slovak Parliament and currently Member of the In 2006 – 2010, 2010 – 2014 he was Member of the Slovak National Council. In May 2014, he successfully ran for a mandate and was elected as Member of the for the SDKU-Doctor of Science and subsequently joined the EPP Group. Currently he serves as a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and a substitute in the Committee on Budgets, the Delegation to the European Union-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.