Board and Secretariat

Chairman of the Board:	PharmDr. Martin Višňanský, PhD., MBA, MSc General Manager of Chiesi Slovakia s.r.o.
Vice Chairman of the Board:	MUDr. Branislav Budke General Manager of PFIZER LUXEMBOURG SARL
Member of the Board:	RNDr. Soňa Porubská, PhD. Country Head & General Manager GX of sanofi-aventis Pharma Slovakia s.r.o.
Member of the Board:	Charles Hackett General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline Slovakia s.r.o.
Member of the Board:	MUDr. Peter Musil General Manager of Merck Sharp & Dohme, s.r.o.
Member of the Board:	MUDr. Zsolt Kajtor CPO Head of Novartis Slovakia s.r.o.
Secretariat
	MVDr. Bc. Soňa Strachotová, MBA She graduated at University of Veterinary Medicine in Brno. In 2004 she completed MBA (Master of Business Administration) studies at Webster University St. Louis, Missouri. She has been working in pharmaceutical industry since 1993 and she has applied her experience in several companies, last as Business Development Manager for Bayer AG. Since 1999 till nowdays she is Executive Director of SAFS.
	Ing. Štefan Mesároš, PhD. Stefan Mesaros completed PhD. study of Analytical Chemistry at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. After his studies he worked as Assistant of Professor at Slovak Technical University and Research Associate at Oakland University in Rochester (Michigan, USA). Since 1998 he started in Pharmaceutical industry (AstraZeneca, Pfizer) on several different positions (Medical Sales Representative, Product Manager, Marketing Manager). The Last six years he worked as Corporate Affairs Director. Since May 2010 he left the industry to make his own business with focusing on consultancy in Market Access of drugs, nutrition and devices. He was member of SAFS Board members and SAFS Vice-chairman during 2005-2010. From 1st January 2011 Stefan stars at SAFS as Director for External Affairs