Žilvinas Šilėnas

Žilvinas Šilėnas is President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Žilvinas has a 10-year experience in research, policy analysis and advocacy. He has led numerous research projects, authored and co-authored numerous studies, policy papers, position notes, and legislative proposal packages. His fields of expertise include taxation, business regulation, social policy, energy, and general macro-economic policy.

Žilvinas appears regularly in major Lithuanian and international media outlets, runs a weekly radio show and is regularly invited to deliver speeches to major international and national conferences and public events, briefings and round table discussions. He has been recently named the 4^th most influential opinion leader in Lithuania. Žilvinas is also a co-author of an award-winning economics textbook for upper secondary schools Economics in 31 Hours. He holds a Master’s degree in financial economics from the ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Wesleyan University, USA.