ARATÓ, Bence: corporate professional, BI expert with 2+ decades' experience, was senior data architect at WizzAir, now executive director of BI Consulting Ltd. & organizer of Budapest BI Forum.
DANIS, András: Associate Professor, former Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech faculty. PhD from WU Vienna, extensive finance research.
IPACS, Laura: corporate professional & instructor. MBA from Imperial College Business School (UK). Certified Accountant (ACCA). Former finance director at DuPont and Hasbro.
JUHASZ, Peter: Associate Professor, research: business valuation, finance, ethics, simulation. Ernst & Young senior trainer in finance topics. CFA charter holder. SME management consultant.
KAPOSVARI, Anna: corporate professional, HR consultant, teacher, and coach. Deputy HR Director at Heidelberg Cement. Specializes in career consultations, change support, and onboarding coaching.
KOREN, Miklos Professor, international trade & development expert, prolific journal author, Harvard Ph.D., prior roles at New York Federal Bank & Princeton University.
KOZMA, Andrea corporate professional with LLM, MBA, LBS cert in Corporate Finance, US Entrepreneurial Mindshift Certificate, and INSEAD's Innovation in the Age of Disruption Certificate.
LEE, Tomy Assistant Professor at CEU, PhD from Univ. of Toronto. Research: financial markets, high-frequency trading, finance information.
MUCO, Arieda: Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics. Research combines Political and Development Economics, leveraging advanced methodologies.
PANDI, Zsolt: corporate professional, Co-CEO at DAA Labs, a data science startup. Former 16-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, including Head of Risk Analytics and Head of Fixed Income Devision.
SALLO, Laszlo corporate professional, Senior IT Manager, Nokia, Oracle, UBS & Deutsche Bank projects. Key role in EPAM's growth. Agile Project Management expert.
SCHINDELE, Ibolya Associate Professor, ex-University of Vienna, EDHEC Business School, Toulouse Business School, and BI Norwegian Business School. PhD in Financial Economics, extensive finance research.
SZARVAS, Krisztina: corporate professional,15 years of international corporate experience (Telenor, Schwarzkopf, Henkel CEE), 10 years of entrepreneurship, bootstrapping startups and consulting.
SCHOPPER, Christian working professional, corporate finance expert, experience with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, Raiffeisen. Holds multiple doctorates.
SZALAY, Szabolcs corporate professional, Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 20+ years advising financial services. Expert in Banking IT and Post Merger Integration.
TAJTI, Tibor Law Professor at CEU, corporate counsel, extensive international experience. Expertise: secured transactions, bankruptcy law, corporate law.
TOTH, Zoltan corporate professional & industry expert, CTO of Datapao. 15+ years in data-intensive apps. Scaled Prezi's Big Data infrastructure, worked with RapidMiner.
VOROS, Tibor corporate professional and senior lecturer at CEU, innovation award winner, extensive research in IT and finance. MSc in Maths, Physics, and IT.
ZAWADOWSKI, Adam: Associate Professor, formerly at Boston University, PhD from Princeton. Researches financial frictions, liquidity, credit default swaps, and networks.
MS in Finance Advisory Committee
The MS in Finance Advisory Committee is a working group of senior executives offering professional guidance. It meets regularly to
- advise on the curriculum to ensure professionally relevant training
- contribute courses, case studies, simulations, site visits
- assist with internships, consulting projects, career placements
- set professional standards, contribute to the program’s credibility and reputation.
Current members:
- János Babos | Owner, Managing Partner | Process Solutions
- Tommy Erdei | MD, Global Co-Head of Healthcare | Jefferies (UK)
- Norbert Fogarasi | MD, Head of Budapest Office | Morgan Stanley
- Elemér Gidófalvy | Senior Advisor | WOOD & Company
- Orsolya Hegedűs | Partner, Financial Advisory | Deloitte (Austria)
- Ákos Janza | MD, Global Head of Offices, Head of Budapest Office | MSCI
- Levente Jánoskúti | Managing Partner | McKinsey
- George Juscsak | ED, Senior Sales Executive CEE | JP Morgan Asset Management (Austria)
- Zsolt Katona | CEO | Solus Capital
- Zoltán Major | Head of OTP Russia, Ukraine and Moldova | OTP Bank
- Sriram Nagarajan | SVP Global Operational Controller | GE-Genpact
- Szabolcs Szalay | Partner, Associate Director | BCG
- György Ungár | Director, Head of CSC Budapest Finance | Citi
- Bence Várady-Szabó | Group CFO | Partner in Pet Food
- Balázs Vinnai | President, Investor | W.UP.
fINANCE@ceu sPEAKER sERIES
This expert speaker series brings you industry people working at the daily cutting edge of finance. Guests deliver talks, case studies and simulations at CEU or off campus. The series covers a wide range of topical themes, institutions and roles.
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