Contacts for media

Mária Valachyová

Chief Economist

Mária Valachyová leads the research team of Slovenská sporiteľňa since 2011. She has been analyzing Slovak macroeconomic and banking sector environment for 15 years. Her main focus areas include the Slovak economy, Slovak banking market and market research (client surveys). She graduated from the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) in Prague, with focus on monetary economics, econometrics and economy of transition countries. She is also a graduate of the University of Economics in Bratislava. In 2020 she became the Head of Strategy and Customer Experience Division.

tel.: +421 911 891 102

valachyova.maria(at)slsp.sk

Matej Horňák

Analyst

Matej Horňák focuses on the macroeconomic development of the Slovak economy. He graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava. He chose analysis of the linkages between industry and services in the economy as his thesis. During his studies, he worked as research assistant at Industriewissenschaftliches Institut in Vienna and in February 2020 he joined Slovenská sporiteľňa.

hornak.matej1(at)slsp.sk