Prince Michael von Liechtenstein is President of the Industrie- & Finanz-kontor, a financial services and trust company based in Vaduz. H.S.H. Prince Michael also serves as founding President of ECAEF, the European Centre of Austrian Economics Foundation, located in Vaduz. An economist, he has spoken at international conferences on international taxation and the taxation of financial services, notably in recent years organised by such institutions as the Cato Institute.