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Barbara Kolm

February 27, 2025
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Founder of the Free Market Road Show, Director of the Austrian Economics Center, President of the Hayek Institute and Professor of Austrian Economics at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro

Barbara Kolm is the founder of the Free Market Road Show, Director of the Austrian Economics Center, President of the Hayek Institute and Professor of Austrian Economics at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro. She has served and continues to serve on several supervisory boards in the insurance and financial industries, e.g. as Vice President of the Austrian National Bank and on the Supervisory Board of Wiener Städtische Wechselseitige Versicherungsverein – Vermögensverwaltung – Vienna Insurance Group. She heads the world’s first UN ITU United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) National Hub in Austria and was appointed Vice Chair of the ITU Focus Group on Environmental Efficiency for Artificial Intelligence and other Emerging Technologies (AI4EE). 

Kolm is one of the most influential public intellectuals in the field of the Austrian School of Economics. She is the recipient of numerous awards.