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      • International Reserves Rise in Hungary to Over Euro 60 Billion
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    • Banu Yesil, CE Chief Operating Officer, Tesco
    • Banu Yesil, CE Chief Operating Officer, Tesco

      Banu's career journey started while she was still in University. Her first job was a sales & marketing administrator in the telecommunication sector. Upon graduation, Banu joined Tesco’s new graduate program and started to work as an Assistant Store Manager in one of their stores in Turkey.

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  • Attila Őzse, Budapest-Based Event Photographer

    Attila Őzse, Budapest-Based Event Photographer

    Attila is a Budapest-based event photographer specializing in corporate event photography, including conferences, team-buildings, and a wide range of corporate assignments. He works with international clients across Europe.

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    Richard Holmes, Financial Planner & Part-Time Eco Warrior

    Richard is originally from Birmingham and moved to Budapest in 2001. He lives in Buda with his wife and two children.

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  • László Károlyi, President, French-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

    László Károlyi, President, French-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

    Experienced Executive who has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety and highly competitive economic environment. Proven track of high-level negotiation skills, strategical and tactical sense in B2B multicultural and institutional environment too.

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  • Ernő Varga, Chairman of the Board, VRG Hungary, Accounting & Tax Advisory Firm in Budapest

    Ernő Varga, Chairman of the Board, VRG Hungary, Accounting & Tax Advisory Firm in Budapest

    Ernő Varga has successfully led his company, VRG, for six years, which has become one of Hungary’s leading accounting service providers. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the company, which operates as a private limited company (Zrt.).

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  • László Dudás, Founder, Cortaxo Accounting, Budapest

    László Dudás, Founder, Cortaxo Accounting, Budapest

    László is the founder of Cortaxo, a business-focused accounting firm helping freelancers and founders in Hungary make better decisions - not just stay compliant.

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  • Dr Ákos Barta, Managing Director, Alberlet.hu

    Dr Ákos Barta, Managing Director, Alberlet.hu

    With a PhD in Economics, an MSc in Management and Organisation, and a BSc in Engineering Management, his background spans both the construction industry and business management.

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  • Norbert Tóth, Managing Director, Gablini Automotive Groups Budapest

    Norbert Tóth, Managing Director, Gablini Automotive Groups Budapest

    Norbert Tóth is a prominent executive in the Hungarian automotive sector, serving as the Managing Director of the Gablini Automotive Group.

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  • Dr. László Szabó, The Sitar-Playing Diplomat & Innovation Guru in Budapest

    Dr. László Szabó, The Sitar-Playing Diplomat & Innovation Guru in Budapest

    Dr. László Szabó is a man of many lives—and most of them involve a high-stakes balance between medicine, global diplomacy, and rock-and-roll. With a Doctor of Medicine degree from Debrecen , he swapped the surgical theater for the boardroom, leading giants like Eli Lilly and TEVA.

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  • Nathan Valla-Sarok, Franco-Hungarian Student, Corvinus University Budapest

    Nathan Valla-Sarok, Franco-Hungarian Student, Corvinus University Budapest

    Nathan is an 18-year-old Franco-Hungarian student whose life has always been a bridge between two cultures. Born in Budapest to a French mother and a Hungarian father, he has spent half of his life in France and the other half in Hungary.

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  • Amy Módly, Designer-Copywriter, Editor, Proofreader, Translator in Hungary

    Amy Módly, Designer-Copywriter, Editor, Proofreader, Translator in Hungary

    Having worked as a graphic designer-copywriter, editor, proofreader Stateside after and beyond college in Boston, the best thing about being retired now is not having deadlines.

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