Alexander Sako has been appointed to the position of Director-General of ŽSR by the Slovak Republic’s Minister of Transport Jozef Ráž, effective from 8 November 2023.

Alexander Sako, Director-General of ŽSR

Sako graduated in 2012 from the Danubius University in Sládkovičovo, and in 2016 from the Pan-European University in Bratislava.

So far, Sako has had the following positions and worked for the following companies as:

• A methodologist and subsequently as Chair of the Board of Directors for Slovenská konsolidačná a.s., a company entrusted with the debt recovery of natural and legal persons to the state
• Director of the Commercial and Strategic Section and subsequently as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for Dopravný podnik Bratislava a.s., the Bratislava public transport provider
• Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of SPP Infrastructure a.s., a gas company
• A project engineer for Geoterm Košice a.s., a company dealing with geothermal energy

Sako also speaks English and German.

UIC expresses its sincere congratulations to Sako on his appointment, and would like to convey its very best wishes for the future.