Matúš Vallo is the Mayor of the City of Bratislava, Bratislava, and Chair of the OECD Champion Mayors Initiative for Inclusive Growth. He is a renowned architect and the former co-owner of the Vallo Sadovsky Architects architectural studio. In 2021, Mayor Vallo received the World Mayor Future Award from the City Mayors Foundation. He authored the most comprehensive publication on solutions for Bratislava, Plan Bratislava, created in cooperation with 76 top city experts. Vallo is a graduate of the Slovak Technical University and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at Columbia University in New York.