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CEO
He graduated from the Faculty of Science at Eötvös Loránd University with degrees in Geophysics and
Astronomy and later earned a postgraduate diploma as an engineer-economist at the University of Economics
(Corvinus University).
He began his career at the Eötvös Loránd Geophysical Institute, where he was involved in the development of
computer processing programs for deep drilling geophysical measurements and the evaluation of the
measurements.
His first foray into the field of economics was at KPMG, where he worked in asset valuation for state-owned
enterprise privatisations and in both Hungarian and international audit areas. From there, he moved to OTP
Bank Nyrt., where he was involved in portfolio management of the OTP Bank's subsidiaries as a portfolio
manager. He later continued his career at the bank's Treasury Directorate, focusing on project financing as
a project manager.
Afterward, he worked at Budapest Leasing Zrt., handling asset risks and the management of risks as an asset
manager, and later became the head of the asset leasing division at Merkantil Bank.
He gained nearly a decade of experience in equity-based financing for small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) as the Director of Investment and Risk Management at Kisvállalkozás-fejlesztő Pénzügyi Zrt. Following
that, he served as Deputy CEO of Finance at Duna Televízió Nonprofit Zrt. and later took on the role of
managing director at an in-house company responsible for operations and technical services at the Budapest
University of Technology and Economics. He then led the Portfolio Management Directorate at the Széchenyi
Venture Capital Fund Management Zrt. before transitioning to his current role.
He has been the CEO of ACCESSIO Zrt. since 2020 and currently also performs the duties of the Board of
Directors. He is also a member of the Investment Committee.
President of the Investment Committee
He graduated as an economist from the University of Economics (Corvinus
University) with a degree in mathematical planning. In his early years, he worked as a research scientist at
the Institute of Labour Research, during which time he published about 40 works in Hungarian and English,
including journal articles, book chapters, and co-authored books. In 1994, he joined the Hungarian
Development Bank, where he led the Financial Investments Directorate. His responsibilities included
establishing the first state-owned venture capital companies financed from privatisation revenues (the
"Regional Development Companies," or RFTs). From then on, he participated in the establishment of several
state and privately funded venture capital management companies and private equity funds, including
Beszállítói Befektető Rt., Morando Venture Capital Management Zrt., and PortfoLion Venture Capital
Management Zrt., which is OTP Bank Nyrt.'s venture capital fund manager. Under his leadership, the Széchenyi
Venture Capital Fund received a unique EU operational license. From 2010 to 2019, he served as the CEO of
Széchenyi Venture Capital Management Zrt. The company, in recognition of its high-standard investment
activities, not only managed the Széchenyi Venture Capital Fund but also received the management of the
Irinyi I and Irinyi II Venture Capital Funds, the Carpathian Basin Enterprise Development Venture Capital
Fund, and the National Stock Market Development Fund. Afterward, he held the position of CEO at MFB Invest
Venture Capital Management Zrt. and later became a chief advisor on financial policy to the President of the
Hungarian National Bank. In addition, he holds numerous significant economic and academic positions, while
serving as chairman of the board of trustees of the Hungarian Foundation for Enterprise Promotion. He was a
co-author of the Hungarian Financial and Stock Exchange Almanac from 1996 to 1999. He regularly publishes in
the daily newspaper Világgazdaság and is currently awaiting the publication of a book on the Hungarian
venture capital market.
Partner, owner
After studying at Carlton University in Ottawa, he earned his law degree at Eötvös Loránd University. He began his professional career at the Cental Bank of Hungary (MNB), where he was responsible for projects related to the IFC (the private sector financing arm of the World Bank), including the first Central- and Eastern European capital fund, the first joint-venture commercial bank, and the establishment of joint ventures in various industries. After 1988, as Deputy Head of the MNB Capital Markets Department, he was responsible for direct foreign investments in Hungary. In late 1990, he joined Credit Suisse First Boston Investment Bank (CSFB), when the firm opened its first Central and Eastern European subsidiary in Budapest. As Managing Director of CSFB Hungary, he initially focused on M&A and capital markets business, managing all of CSFB’s public and private equity and bond transactions in Hungary. From 1995, his responsibilities expanded as Managing Partner of CSFB Ltd., first to Poland and the Czech Republic, and from 1996, the investment banking activities he led covered the whole of Central and Eastern Europe. He has significant business experience in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and Croatia, where he has acted as corporate advisor on M&A transactions and arranged bond issues in all of these countries. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of GTC, a Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed Central and Eastern European real estate development/investment company managing a €2.5 billion real estate portfolio. Over the past two decades, he has made several private investments in healthcare, agribusiness, construction, and real estate development sectors in Hungary and Croatia.