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Entrepreneur | International Banker | Think Tank Leader

With a background in business, international corporate banking and public policy research, Natasha Srdoc co-founded International Leaders Summit, a US-based think tank and Adriatic Institute for Public Policy focusing on the Balkan region and the European Union.  As co-host of America’s Roundtable Radio from Washington, DC — a weekly radio program first aired by 65 radio stations and then shared via 12 prominent podcast platforms, Srdoc engages influential leaders in business, government, media and the think tank arena on the vital issues impacting America and the world. 

For nearly half a decade, Srdoc was a regular contributor to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), The Economist Group.

Natasha Srdoc received her Master in Business Administration (MBA), magna cum laude, from Bentley University’s McCallum Graduate School of Business, Waltham, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Economics from the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia.

As co-founder of the International Leaders Summit, Natasha Srdoc has brought together a dynamic network of reform leaders and principled policy advocates, dedicated to strengthening the rule of law, advancing free enterprise, promoting healthcare reform, expanding free, fair and reciprocal trade, and securing peace through strength in the US, Europe, Israel, the Middle East Region and India. 

In 2015, Natasha Srdoc, Joel Anand Samy, and the late Sanford M. Saunders, a Jewish American leader, co-founded the Jerusalem Leaders Summit to strengthen US-Israel ties on the economic, security, healthcare and trade fronts. The prominent pro-Israel platform highlights the start-up nation’s creativity, innovation and positive contribution through technology, and engaging key audiences within America, Britain, continental Europe, the Middle East region and India.

In 2023, Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy launched the American-European Leaders Summit in the European Parliament with partners Manfred Weber, chairman, Group of the European People's Party and president of the European People's Party, U.S. Congressman Mike Bost, chairman, Veterans' Affairs Committee and member of Transportation &  Infrastructure Committee and Agriculture Committee.

Media Impact

Natasha Srdoc’s broadcast media interviews, articles and commentaries have appeared in Europe and the United States through the BBC, CBN News, CNN, Voice of America, HRT TV, Nova TV, RTL Hrvatska, N1 TV, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Swiss based business daily –Le Temps, The Sunday Times (UK) and The Washington Times.

Srdoc co-authored a book with Joel Anand Samy titled “Flat Tax – The Case for Tax Reform” – which was used by reformers in implementing the flat tax in Eastern Europe’s post-communist economies. The preface was written by Dr. Alvin Rabushka, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a chapter was written by the Slovak Republic's Finance Minister Ivan Miklos. Key contributors to the book included John Willman, chief leader writer of The Financial Times and Paul Rübig, member of the European Parliament, Austria. 

Founding Leadership and Partners

Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy were deeply honored to have Milton and Rose Friedman join them as founding partners and primary endorsers of the International Leaders Summit and the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy.

"Eastern Europe can benefit from the exposure to the fresh air of free market thinking and the experience of other formerly communist states in the region." — Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in economics in his support of the International Leaders Summit's initiatives on the European continent. 

The Economist | New thinking, old problems

Addressing the twin legacies of communist rule

ANOTHER broadside from the excellent Adriatic Institute on the slow pace of change in south-eastern Europe. Natasha Srdoc highlights the interplay between bad political practices (clientelism, cronyism) and poor economic outcomes.

If we want economic freedom in southeast Europe – and as we learn what it truly means we discover we definitely do – then we need to reprioritise. Yes, we need to see continued efforts to make business environments more conducive to foreign and domestic investment. But we also need to address more overtly the twin legacies of communist rule: disregard for private property rights and the inheritance of institutional power by networks of corrupt government officials and their private partners in crime."

The Washington Times | Croatia's Iron Lady

Natasha Srdoc's campaign for fiscal transparency terrifies Zagreb's rulers

The Jerusalem Post | Time for the United States to expand the Abraham Accords

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Bio | Joel Anand Samy, co-founder, International Leaders Summit and co-host, America's Roundtable

Joel Anand Samy’s professional background includes senior executive and leadership positions in the business sector, publishing industry, international relief and economic development, private foundation grant-making, media communications and public policy.

As co-host of America’s Roundtable Radio from Washington, DC — a weekly radio program first aired by 65 radio stations and then shared via 12 prominent podcast platforms, Anand Samy engages influential leaders in business, government, media and the think tank arena. 

He served as Vice President of Jonathan and David, Inc., Treasurer/Trustee of The Jonathan and David Foundation and also led the marketing communications and advertising activities as a senior executive at Zondervan–HarperCollins Publishers, a division of News Corporation. In the 1990s, Joel Anand Samy led several private-sector humanitarian and economic development initiatives in war-torn and post-communist economies.

Anand Samy’s spearheaded relief efforts in Rwanda, Somalia and within East Africa, Vietnam, the Balkan region including Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo. He also engaged ABC and NBC television affiliates on news programs traveling to Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. One of the unique projects Anand Samy worked on included raising funds to re-build the orphanage – The Egypt House – Stadlerov dječji dom Egipat in Sarajevo, Bosnia, that was targeted by shelling during the seige of the city. In 1996, Joel Anand Samy was part of a welfare reform initiative in the United States working with business and media leaders, members of Congress and state governors.

Joel Anand Samy is the co-founder of the International Leaders Summit, a unique platform which has brought together a network of reform leaders and principled policy advocates, dedicated to strengthening the rule of law, promoting healthcare reform, expanding free and fair trade and securing peace through strength in the US, Europe and India.

 In 2015, Anand Samy, Natasha Srdoc and the late Sanford M. Saunders, a Jewish American leader, co-founded the Jerusalem Leaders Summit to strengthen US-Israel ties on the economic, security, healthcare and trade fronts.  

The prominent pro-Israel platform highlights the start-up nation’s creativity and innovation and positive contribution to new audiences within America, Britain, continental Europe and India.

In 2019, Anand Samy and Natasha Srdoc, co-founder of International Leaders Summit launched the US-India Leaders Summit at The National Press Club in Washington, DC, bringing together Indian, Jewish and US leaders including US legislators, US administration officials, India's diplomats and networks of Indian American physicians on the healthcare reform, security and trade fronts.

In 2023, Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy launched the American-European Leaders Summit in the European Parliament with partners Manfred Weber, chairman, Group of the European People's Party and president of the European People's Party, U.S. Congressman Mike Bost, chairman, Veterans' Affairs Committee and member of Transportation &  Infrastructure Committee and Agriculture Committee.

Anand Samy also spent time in Europe working with reform leaders. Anand Samy co-founded the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy with Natasha Srdoc in advancing the rule of law and market reforms in the Balkan region and the European Union. 

He co-authored a book with Natasha Srdoc for Eastern Europe titled “Flat Tax – The Case for Tax Reform” – which was used by reformers in implementing the flat tax in Eastern Europe’s post-communist economies. The preface was written by Dr. Alvin Rabushka, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a chapter was written by the Slovak Republic's Finance Minister Ivan Miklos. Key contributors to the book included John Willman, chief leader writer of The Financial Times and Paul Rübig, member of the European Parliament, Austria.  

Anand Samy’s media interviews, articles and commentaries have appeared in media in the United States and around the world. He has appeared on broadcast media including CNN, CBN News, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC affiliates, Israel TV Channel 1 on the prime-time Roim Oalm program with anchor Yaakov Ahimeir and on i24NEWS with anchor Barbara Opall-Rome. His op-eds and interviews can be found in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, EU Observer, The Forward, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish News Syndicate, The European Journal, The European Parliament Magazine, The Huffington Post, The Times of Israel, Arutz Sheva – Israel National News, The Times of Israel, World Magazine, and other relevant media groups within Europe, Israel, the Middle East, and the United States. 

Joel Anand Samy