Executive

Executive Director and member of the board
Mr. Jerzy Samborski

jsamborski@european-enterprise.org

Jerzy Samborski is a co-founding board member of the EEI with an executive function as its Executive Director. Jerzy Samborski is a Polish entrepreneur and international business consultant. In 1982, after Martial Law was imposed in Poland he sought political asylum in the UK where he undertook Ph.D. studies at the London University while running his own publishing firm. He was elected Member of the Board of the Polish Educational Society Abroad, responsible for cooperation with the Polish communities worldwide; he was also the Editor-in-Chief of "The Word of Homeland".
After his return to Poland in 1992, Jerzy Samborski served as the CEO of several Polish and foreign companies, i.e., Ringier Poland (CH) and Trader Polska (USA); for the latter he designed and launched the largest Polish Auction and B2B, C2C internet portal www.trader.pl. In 1996 he founded Polish Middle Class Association with 35 000 members and six years later the European Union of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and of the Middle Class.
He is the author and coordinator of “SMEnterReg� project – the European Programme of Activation and Integration of Subregions.
Mr Samborski serves also as Vice-President, responsible for regional policy, of the SME-Union, a business association within the EPP-ED party. He frequently participates in public and political activities at a national and European level.

Director of Policy
Mr. Marcus Stober

mstober@european-enterprise.org

Mr. Stober serves as the Director of Policy at the European Enterprise Institute (EEI). Mr. Stober will be in charge of coordinating the overall policy and research work of the institute. Mr. Stober is the editor in chief of the EEI policy journal "Enterprise Europe".

Mr. Stober brings with him a thorough know-how of EU policies and of the corporate sector. He has professional experience from the EU institutions, a leading American policy institution and has been working in the financial sector in an internet start-up. Mr. Stober holds Master degrees in Business/Economics from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and a degree in EU affairs from the Natolin (Warsaw) campus of the College of Europe.

Director of External Relations, Policy Counsel
Mr. Chris Horner

chorner@european-enterprise.org

Christopher C. Horner serves as Director of External Relations, Policy Counsel for the European Enterprise Institute. In addition to this he is practicing law and working with several think tanks and policy organizations in Washington, DC, principally on issues of treaties, international trade, energy and environment.

For EEI, Mr. Horner brings over a dozen years of experience in Washington on Capitol Hill and with law and government-affairs firms providing counsel to policy organizations, elected officials and regulated entities. With EEI he builds on his experience also working closely with European think tanks and political organizations.

Mr. Horner frequently speaks before academic and industry audiences, and has written on numerous topics in publications ranging from law reviews to legal and industrial trade journals to print and online opinion pages. He has testified before the United States Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works. Horner has made several hundred appearances each on both television and radio in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia.

Horner appears weekly on nationally and regionally syndicated radio shows in America, is a regular guest host of several radio and television programs, has frequently written in the Washington Times opinion pages and is a guest columnist for United Press International, TechCentralStation.com, and OpinionEditorials.com.