István Joó is the CEO of HIPA (Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency), and Government Commissioner for the Implementation of Large Foreign Direct Investments. Previously, he served as Deputy State Secretary for Foreign Economic Development and Deputy State Secretary for Export Increase at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. From 2020 to 2022, he was the government commissioner in charge  of organizing the Planet Budapest 2021 Sustainability Expo and World Encounter. In 2019 and 2016, he was the chief organizer of the Budapest Water Summit and he holds Executive Masters of Business Administration, energy specialist, and economic agricultural engineering degrees.