Mr. Ronald Lauder serves as Board Member & Chairman at Estée Lauder. He was a Co-Founder of PanAfrican Investment. He is also the Founder of Central European Media Enterprises. He is a Founder and serves as Chairman and President at Lauder Foundation. His background includes extensive experience in European affairs that stretches from public service to his family's Austro-Hungarian heritage. His dedication was clearly on display during his tenure as United States Ambassador to Austria. Appointed by President Reagan in April 1986, he brought to his diplomatic post fluency in European languages and the experience he gathered in European affairs during his previous service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO policy. During his tenure as Ambassador, he built strong diplomatic bonds between the two nations while personally repudiating Austrian President Kurt Waldheim's Nazi past.