Michael Zettel

LA is my second home. The USA has shaped me like no other nation – in my childhood through TV series, cinema and music, and in my career with its values, approaches and can-do-attitude.

Accenture has its roots in the USA and is listed on the NYSE. We practice an American way of working – even though we are very local in Austria, we take a lot of the US spirit with us.

It is an underestimated relationship with significance importance to Austria as the US is one of the top 3 trade partners. I am convinced that we could get a lot more out of it. Right now we can see again how important common values are. This is a deep and long-term relationship.

On the one hand, we must eliminate prejudices through education, and on the other hand we must not play ourselves out of the game through excessive regulation.

We need the hyperscalers to deliver cloud computing to Austrian companies. This will be a decisive competitive factor in the future and the foundation for the digital transformation.

We have to remove barriers – those in law and regulations and those in people’s minds.

See Europe and the EU as partners in geopolitics and the global economy.

Austria needs more American Dream mentality. The U.S. can learn education with the apprenticeship program, which can be a critical response in an age of skills and labor shortages.

The intensive exchange with interesting stakeholders and the close alignment with the US Embassy. The AmCham is a great Austrian-US-business community!

Make a real impact on trade and relationship between USA and Austria.