Director
International Visegrad Fund
Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi is currently the Executive Director of the International Visegrad Fund. Prior to that she was the Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Slovenia (2015-2020). She occupied several positions during her professional career in Budapest, such as National Coordinator for V4 and CEI and deputy head of Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2010-2014), Head of Department for Economic Relations with European Countries at the Ministry of National Development and Economy (2008-2010), Head of Department for International Economic Relations at the Ministry of Economy and Transport (2006-2008), diplomatic postings in Berlin and Prague.
Mrs. Szilágyiné Bátorfi graduated at the Faculty of Trade of the University of Economics in Prague. She speaks fluently Czech, English, German, Russian and Slovene.