Department Lead

Dénes Bulkai

Environmental & Social Due Diligence · Sustainability

Environmental and social expertise shaped by international investment and infrastructure experience.





01 / PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Environmental expertise.
International perspective.

Environmental and social expertise shaped by international investment and infrastructure experience.

Dénes Bulkai’s professional background spans environmental appraisal, energy efficiency, industrial development and the supervision of major investment projects.




Portrait of Dénes Bulkai


02 / PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Qualifications & Languages

Academic qualifications

1977
M.Sc. Chem. Eng. Technical University of Budapest.
1983
Ph.D. Anal. Chem., Technical University of Budapest.
1992
Postgraduate Degree in International Economic Relations, Budapest University of Economic Sciences.
2000
Extra Mural Diploma in History, Birkbeck College, University of London.

Languages

Hungarian
Mother tongue
English
Fluent
German
Good
Russian
Fair
French
Fair


03 / CAREER

Professional Journey

Industrial research, energy management and environmental assessment across international investment projects.


October 2009 — Present

Bulkai KFT

Budapest


1992 — 2009

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Senior Environmental Advisor


1990 — 1992

American Appraisal

Hungary · Technical Manager


1986 — 1990

Hungarian State Energy Efficiency Office

Founder and Technical Manager


1977 — 1985

Hungarian Aluminium Corp.

Technology Development Researcher






04 / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience





1992 — 2009

EBRD

Senior Environmental Advisor

Environmental appraisal and monitoring of large projects especially in the metallurgical and chemical process industries; also in other heavy industry, transport infrastructure, shipping and municipal services;

Energy efficiency projects: developing environmental guidelines for energy service companies;

Liaison with technical personnel of project sponsors and consulting firms, including preparation of terms of reference for environmental consultancy assignments and participation in the selection of consultants;

Project supervision, particularly compliance with environment-related covenants.



1990 — 1992

American Appraisal

Technical Manager

Supervised more than one hundred appraisals in Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland and Russia. The majority of the assignments were in the manufacturing and process industries; hotel chains, catering networks, retail, transport and recycling companies.





1986 — 1990

Hungarian State Energy Efficiency Office

Founder and Technical Manager

Conducting energy and environmental conservation projects, publicity campaigns, energy audits, demonstration projects, publication of manuals and handbooks, training programmes, R&D sponsoring;

Coordination of the implementation of two IBRD energy efficiency projects;



1977 — 1985

HUNGALU

Technology Development Researcher

Participated in industrial process development, including authorship of several UNIDO and UNEP studies on the bauxite/aluminium industry, patents and scientific publications.





05 / ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION

Publications & Papers

  1. Environmental Guidelines for Energy Service Companies
    EBRD, London, 2005.
  2. Slovalco Aluminium Smelter, Model of Modernisation
    Dr Denes Bulkai · ICSOBA, Travaux Vol. 29, pp. 205-210, Budapest, 2002.
  3. The Hungarian Environmental Credit Line
    Z. Pastor & D. Bulkai · In Sustainable Banking, ed. by J. J. Bouma et al., pp. 360-371. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, 2001.
  4. Environmental Audit Protocol
    EBRD, 1996.
  5. Environmental Aspects of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Production
    UNIDO, Vienna, 1984.
  6. Bauxite Testing Laboratories
    UNIDO, Vienna, 1986.

Earlier Publications

1977-1986, about 20 articles, conference papers and other publications related to the bauxite and aluminium industry, including two manuals.

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