Mihály Horváth

Michal Horvath is Executive Director for Monetary Policy and Market Operations at the National Bank of Slovakia. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of St Andrews, and has held academic positions at the University of Oxford and University of York before joining the Slovak central bank in 2020. In his capacity as adviser to finance ministers, he served as member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union between 2009 and 2011. He was a founding member of the Council for Budget Responsibility, Slovakia’s fiscal watchdog, between 2012 and 2015. In the six months from May 2023, he served as Slovakia’s Finance Minister in the caretaker administration appointed by the Head of State.