Silke Horáková is the co-owner of Albatros Media, a.s., the largest Czech book publishing company and the Co-Founder of Tilia Impact Ventures, the first social impact fund in the Czech Republic.

In the past, Silke worked in senior positions for private equity funds and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and as the CEO of the Czech Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. She was also teaching Entrepreneurship Finance at the Prague University of Economics.

Silke is the founder and chairperson of the supervisory board of the Albatros foundation, which supports socially disadvantaged children in education, and a co-founder of the Foundation for support of independent journalism in the Czech Republic. She has closely worked with organisations like Ashoka, NESsT and the Social Impact Award on the promotion and development of social entrepreneurship. She served as a member of the Ashoka ASN global advisory board and is currently a board member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association.

Silke holds a PhD in Economics from the Berlin (East) University of Economics. In 2023, she was selected by Forbes as one of the 50 over 50 women leaders in Europe, Middle East and Africa.