Davorin Stetner

Davorin Stetner (born in Zagreb, 10 November 1981) is president of the Croatian Automobile & Karting Federation[1][2] - a national Auto sport authority which is member of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. He also served as an advisor to the Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in her Economic Council from 2015 to 2020.[3][4]

Davorin Stetner
Born(1981-11-10)10 November 1981
Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationBusinessman

Stetner made a world breakthrough with acquisition of Formula 1 media rights for Croatia in 2011.[5] when he negotiated and signed a contract with Bernie Ecclestone beating huge multinational companies. At 29 years old then, he thus became the world's youngest private F1 rights holder. As he later said – Formula 1 and the contacts and friendships he made there were his true breakthrough and lifetime value.

Investor career and business angel

In 2011 Stetner joined Croatian Business Angels Network - CRANE where he started to invest in startup companies. He first became a Board member and then in 2015. President of this well-known union of investors in Croatia. He is maintaining his third mandate at the helm of CRANE. In 2018. he became a Board member of the European Business Angels Network - EBAN and in 2020. was re-elected[6] on this position. EBAN is one of the major Business Angels and investors unions in the World and it is headquartered in Brussels. Stetner invested in many startup companies and is actively mentoring and helping young Entrepreneurs worldwide.

Office of the President of Croatia 2015–2020

In 2015, President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic appointed him to the Presidential Economic Council. Stetner was there for five years until 2020. During the time he was loud and active in fighting for the Entrepreneurs and creating a positive environment for foreign and domestic investors.[7][8] Stetner was personal envoy to the President on many national and international occasions and events.[9][10][11]

Other duties

He is a member of the Innovation Council appointed by the Croatian Minister of Economy in 2018. Stetner has significant experience in diplomacy and working with Governments and was a member of many high-level conferences like Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Dubrovnik Forum, Wilton Park and others. He is working with international institutions and diplomatic representatives on a daily basis. He was a speaker at many conferences and events.

Stetner was official participant of the "The future of the UK’s bilateral relationships in Europe" conference organized by Wilton Park[12][13] - an executive agency of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2018. High-level conference was held in Wiston House castle, West Sussex and gathered European leading representatives from the worlds of politics, business, academia, diplomacy, civil society and media along with the British government with the main focus on UK and Europe relations after Brexit.

Stetner is the founder and owner of the Central European Sports TV channel Kreator TV.

References
  1. "Davorin Stetner novi predsjednik Hrvatskog auto i karting saveza". Večernji list (in Croatian). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Davorin Stetner novi predsjednik Hrvatskog auto i karting saveza, hrvatski poduzetnik i investitor na čelu HAKS-a: Čeka nas puno posla". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. "Kolinda osnovala Vijeće za gospodarska pitanja". 24 sata (in Croatian). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. "Croatian President met with the presidents of Hungarian and Croatian Automobile Federations". GP1.hr. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. "On je Davorin Štetner ima 29 godina i najmlađi je vlasnik TV prava Formule 1 u svijetu". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  6. "Davorin Stetner jos jedan mandat u upravnom odboru najjace svjetske organizacije podlovnih andjela - EBAN". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. "Davorin Štetner - EBAN Winter University 2016 - konferencija koja okuplja najjače investitore svijeta". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 21 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. "Davorin Štetner, savjetnik Predsjednice Kolinde Grabar - Kitarović iznio svoj prijedlog kako povećati plaće". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 24 May 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  9. "Izaslanik Predsjednice RH na konferenciji Stranih ulagača". Deloitte (in Croatian). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. "Otvoren ZAgreb Forum". City of Zagreb (in Croatian). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  11. "The second Annual conference of the ACAP". CRANE.hr. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  12. "Wilton Park - The Future of the UK's bilateral relationships in Europe" (PDF). Wilton Park. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  13. "Predsjednik Hrvatske mreže poslovnih anđela CRANE Davorin Stetner gostuje na prestižnom Wilton Parku". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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