Speakers

• Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser, Team Lead & Director CEE & Research Location at Austrian Business Agency **(**ABA)
  • Mrs. Reiter-Braunwieser is Team Lead & Director for CEE and Research Location at ABA-Invest in Austria, the business location agency of the Austrian Ministry of Labor and Economy. In this role she advises and supports foreign companies seeking to start business in Austria. From 1997-2003 she worked at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group in Washington, DC as expert for foreign direct investment. Mrs. Reiter-Braunwieser graduated from the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg (Mag. Phil. Political Science) and holds a Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University. She has studied and worked in France, Italy and the United States besides Austria.
• Jakob Cencic, Director Strategic Investment, Africa & Middle East at Austrian Business Agency **(**ABA)
  • Jakob Cencic is working for the Austrian Business Agency about 7 year, he is responsible for CEE and Middle East and has international experience in dealing with Startups and companies. He provides with his knowledge international enterpreneurs and Startups a range of competent services for example on tax and labor issues, identifying contact partners, dealing with funding bodies and authorities to the company formation.