Michal Kardoš has more than 10 years of experience working for business, state administration, NGOs but also from his own business.

He has been long term dedicated to supporting Slovak companies in export activities, e.g. to the USA and Israel as head of exports at SARIO.

He worked as an expert for government and interinstitutional relations in the American Chamber of Commerce, where he participated in topics such as the digital agenda, energy and others to improve the business environment through various legislative proposals and a number of projects in Slovakia and also at European level.

He has been part of teams and co-organized many conferences, workshops and other events such as Globsec and Startup Awards. He has been long term involved in the support of startups and innovation and is the author and co-author of several analyzes and media articles, such as The Titans of Tomorrow, the first scaleup study in Slovakia.

Michal studied international relations at the University of Economics in Bratislava, economics at the University of Oxford and completed study stays in Iceland and France.