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Name Szabolcs Kordos Current company/position Red Lemon Media/ group head
Name Bence Vécsey Current company/position Colliers International/ head of investment services
Kordos joined media agency Red Lemon Media at the beginning of January 2013. Responsibilities include the development of the agency’s social media and B2B activities. After graduating from the Eötvös Loránd University, Kordos worked, among others, at Mai Nap, Színes Bulvár Lap and Magyar Hírlap. He also worked at the PR department of Budapest Airport. Before joining the agency, he was senior editor of Vasárnapi Blikk. He is the author of several best sellers.
Vécsey started his professional career at Quaestor Investment Management in 2002 and held various positions during his four years there. The last six years were spent at DTZ, based in Budapest and Warsaw. He gained crossborder commercial real estate experience during a four-year period with the company’s CEE Investment team, advising institutional investors on high value commercial investments and developments.
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Name Agostino Renna Current company/position GE Lighting/chairmanCEO for EMEA
Name Philippe Van der Beken Current company/position Goodman Group/ European managing director
Renna has been named as chairman-CEO responsible for the EMEA region at GE Lighting. He succeeds Phil Marshall, who will continue his career outside the company. Renna was previously vice president at GE Canada and in charge of growth and market strategies.
Van der Beken has been named managing director at Goodman Group and will be in charge of its European activities. From 2005 until 2008 he worked as head of corporate transactions and was a board member of logistics real estate fund GELF. Between 2008 and 2010, he managed his own real estate management company. Before joining Goodman, he was CEO at Brussels-based Inter Real Estate Trusty.
Name Diederik Pen Current company/position Wizz Air/ chief operating officer
Name Péter Radnai Current company/position Chello Central Europe/ production director
Pen has been appointed as the new COO of Wizz Air. Previously, he worked for Martinair, which he joined in 2006. For ten years prior to that, he worked in Australia for Virgin Blue and Brisbane Airport. He started his career at the Schiphol Group.
As of January 2 2013, Radnai holds the position of production director at Chello International Europe. Previously, he was responsible for preparing the television content production strategy for Ringier. He created the publisher’s independent web television editorial team in the past year, and was also heading the launch of Hungary’s first online tabloid video magazine, Blikk Mixer.
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2013 tax law changes LOCATION Deloitte offices, 1068, Budapest, Dózsa Gy. út 84/c REGISTRATION 5:30-6 PM TIME 6-8 PM ORGANIZER British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary FEE BCCH members free; non-members HUF 5,000 + VAT CONTACT www.bcch.com
Business Forum with Gordon Bajnai, former Prime Minister LOCATION Budapest Marriott Hotel, 1051 Budapest, Apáczai Csere János u. 4. REGISTRATION 12-12:30 PM TIME 12:30-2:15 PM ORGANIZER American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary Fee AmCham members in good standing HUF 12,700/person; non-members HUF 31,750/person Price includes VAT and the cost of lunch. CONTACT www.amcham.hu
Business Lunch with guest speaker György Barcza, Senior Analyst of Századvég Economic Research Ltd. LOCATION Palace Restaurant, Novotel Budapest Centrum, 1088, Budapest, Rákóczi út 43-45. REGISTRATION 11:30 AM - noon TIME Noon-2 PM ORGANIZER British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary Fee BCCH members HUF 8,900 + VAT, HABA members HUF 10,500 + VAT; non-members HUF 12,000 + VAT CONTACT www.bcch.com
Speed business meeting LOCATION Ballroom, Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge, 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi tér 2 REGISTRATION 5:30-6 PM TIME 6-9 PM ORGANIZER British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary Participation Fee BCCH members HUF 5,000 + VAT CONTACT www.bcch.com