02: Economic Efficiency between Competition and Regulation
The success of individual enterprises, as well as economies at large, is determined by their economic efficiency. How do factors like human capital and knowledge, government policies and regulations, incentives and taxation affect the efficiency of companies in our globalised economic world? This working group will focus on the seemingly ubiquitous friction between protectionism and laissez-faire in taxation, migration, energy, trade and a variety of other fields. What kind of political and economic system is best able to attract new business and create opportunities?
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Ann Victoria CURZON-PRICE
Professor Emerita, Department of Economics, University of Geneva
1982-2008 | Professor of Economics at the University of Geneva and at the European Institute of the University of Geneva |
1994-1998 | Director of the European Institute |
2003-2007 | Member of the Governing Council of the University of Geneva |
2004-2006 | President of the Mont Pelerin Society |
2006-2010 | Senior Vice-President, Parliament of Canton of Geneva |
2008-2009 | Deputy, Parliament of Canton of Geneva |
Dr. Peter JUNGEN
Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH, Cologne
Chairman, Owner, Founder, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH | |
Started his career with Otto Wolff Gruppe | |
1986-2004 | Co-Chairman of the Saudi-German Businessmens Dialogue |
1987 | CEO, steered its restructuring back to profitability, Strabag AG, Cologne |
1991 | Founder of Peter Jungen Hlolding GmbH, Cologne |
Co-Founder and Investor in more than 60 start-ups in Europe and in the USA, including Idealo Internet GmbH | |
Partner, Halo Fund, Palo Alto | |
2001-2004 | Founding President of Business Angals Deutschland (BAND) |
Co-Founder, President, European Business Angels Network (EBAN) | |
Co-Founder, President, International Angelinvestors.org, Palo Alto | |
Co-Founder, President, European Enterprise Institute (EEI) | |
Vice Chairman, German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers' Association (VDMA) | |
Chairman, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University, New York | |
President of the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Union of the EPP (SME-Union), Brussels |
Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Wolfgang KNIESE
Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer, T-Mobile Austria GmbH, Wien
1986-1988 | Training as Reserve Officer |
1988-1995 | Study of Business and Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe; Diplom als Wirtschaftsingenieur |
1996-1999 | Director, Deputy Head of Investor Relations, Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn |
1999-2000 | Director, Head of Investor Relations, T-Online International AG, Darmstadt |
2000-2002 | Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, Fraport AG, Frankfurt |
2002-2007 | Executive Vice President, Accounting & Corporate Finance, T-Mobile International AG, Bonn |
since 2007 | CFO and Deputy CEO, T-Mobile Austria GmbH, Vienna |
Executive Education | |
2005 | Advanced Management Programme, INSEAD |
2008 | Board Academy of McKinsey & Company, EgonZehnder, KPMG |
2011 | Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche |
Mag. Dr. Barbara KOLM
Vice President, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
seit 2008 | Gründerin und Direktorin, Austrian Economics Center, Wien |
Präsidentin, Friedrich A.v.Hayek Instituts, Wien | |
seit 2018 | Vizepräsidentin, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Wien |
Mag. Dr. Madeleine MAHOVSKY
Member of Cabinet and Adviser of Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Brussels
1988 | Masters (Magistra) and 1992 PhD (Doktor), University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria |
1993 | , 1998, 2000 London School of Economics, Summer University |
1983-1990 | Freelance Journalist |
1988-1989 | Independent Researcher on Environmental Economics |
1989-1990 | Lecturer in Economics, University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna |
1992-1995 | Monetary Economist, Foreign Research Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
1996-1997 | Policy Analyst for Pension Systems, DG Employment, European Commission |
1997-1999 | Policy Analyst, Unit Structural Actions, DG Budget, European Commission |
1999-2004 | Economic Analyst for Austria, DG Economics and Financial Affairs, European Commission |
2004-2006 | Senior Economist, Unit Conception and Analysis, DG Regional Policy, European Commission |
2006-2007 | Acting Head and Deputy Head, Unit Evaluation and Additionality, DG Regional Policy, European Commission |
2007-2009 | Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Danuta Hübner - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
2009-2010 | Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Pawel Samecki - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
Since 2010 Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Johannes Hahn - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
Master of Econometrics Nico NUSMEIER
President CEE, Heineken N.V., Vienna
1988-1990 | Line Manager, Shift Manager, Zoeterwoude Brewery, NL |
1990-1991 | Production Manager, Cagliari Brewery |
1991-1993 | Amministratore Delegato, Alidrinks, s.r.l.,Roma, Italy |
1993-1996 | Managing Director Commonwealth Brewery, Bahamas, Nassau |
1996-1997 | Director Corporate Purchasing, Heineken NV, NL |
1997-2001 | Brewery Director Zoeterwoude Brewery,NL |
2001-2001 | Vice President Grupa Zywiec, PL |
2001-2005 | President Grupa Zywiec S.A. |
2003-2005 | Board Member Brau Union AG |
since 2005 | President Heineken CEE, CEO Brau Union AG |