He has worked in a number of healthcare facilities and companies. In addition, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the University Hospital in Nové Zámky and Vice-Chairman of the Categorization Commission for Special Medical Materials of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. Since October 2023 he has been the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic.

Martin Kultan graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Economics in Bratislava, Department of International Business. In the years 2003-2005 he worked in the  Health Insurance Company Dôvera. The end of 2005 caught up with him in the Department of International Relations and Settlements at the Office of Health Care Supervision. Since In 2006, he gradually headed the department of health care providers in Dôvera, and later the health care purchasing department, and finally, until November 2010, he managed the entire health care purchasing department and was also a member of the Board of Directors. From November 2010 to February 2012, he gained experience in the state health insurance company, where he worked as an expert and director of the …

MUDr. Mgr. Michal Palkovič, PhD., MHA, MPH has been acting as the chairman of the Office for Health Care Supervision (ÚDZS) since February 2024. From May to October 2023, he was the Minister of Health in the caretaker government. Before that, he worked at ÚDZS since 2005 in various positions. From a doctor performing autopsies, he became the deputy head doctor, later the head doctor of the pathological-anatomical workplaces in Bratislava. From 2012, with a short break until 2022, he was the director of the Section of Forensic Medicine and Pathological Anatomy of the ÚDZS. From 2022 to 2023, he was the deputy chairwoman of the ÚDZS. Since 1999, he has been working as a university teacher at the Institute of Pathological Anatomy LFUK and …

Šimon Jeseňák is the CEO and editor of the specialized portal ozdravme. He specializes in health insurance market developments, health policies, hospitals and market solutions in the healthcare industry. He has dedicated his entire journalistic career to the pursuit of dispelling myths in the healthcare industry, which are still deeply rooted in public discourse. He considers healthcare to be a fascinating sector that is developing dynamically and shows in practice that human creativity, thinking and initiatives can improve the daily life of the entire population. He would like to see us stop putting logs under the feet of the market. He is also a presenter, and in his regular session, "ozdravme", the podcast brings viewers and listeners…

Matúš Jurových has extensive experience in project management, consulting, mergers and acquisitions, as well as in private equity. He completed his engineering and doctoral studies at the University of Economics in Bratislava. Throughout his career, he led the energy sector at Nafta, a.s., where he was responsible for procurement, asset management, and M&A activities. Additionally, he has worked at leading consulting firms such as PwC Advisory and Ernst & Young, specializing in optimization projects and audits in the financial and manufacturing sectors, where he established himself as a recognized project and strategic manager. Currently, he brings valuable experience in strategic decision-making and management, which he applies to the t…

He graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava and has been working at Union Insurance Company since 2002. He started as an actuary and gradually worked his way up to becoming a member of the Board of Directors. He also spent two years with his family in the Netherlands and nearly four more in Romania, where he represented Union’s parent company, Achmea. Since January 2023, he has been serving as the Director of Union's Health Insurance Division.