Titles and Degrees

  • Environmental Economics & Policy Analysis – Certificate, Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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  • PhD — International Finance (Summa cum laude) Budapest University of Economics, Finance Department
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  • Bachelor — International Trade & Business Administration (Summa cum laude) Hungarian Academy of International Trade and Business Administration
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  • Masters – Architecture (Good) Budapest University of Technology, Architecture Faculty

Languages

  • English (excellent)
  • German (excellent)
  • French (good)
  • Russian, Spanish (fair)
  • Hungarian (mother tongue)

Employment

Environment and Infrastructure Development Expert, September 2009 – Present

Climate change adaptation and mitigation versus agriculture, fisheries and forestry study; roadmap
to zero waste and green jobs creation; lecturer at universities; EU funded energy efficiency studies
under INTENSE; campaign to fight hunger; environmental country studies; for UNDP, FAO, Regional
Environmental Center, Government of Hungary.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Liaison Officer for Hungary, September 2005 – August 2009 (until Office closure)


Managed and coordinated a portfolio of about 12 projects in the amount of US$ 20 million TA:
GEF Projects: energy efficiency, energy audits for municipal institutions; biodiversity protection in
the Tisza River Floodplain; Tisza Watershed five countries’ demonstration project for integrated
water management; Lake Balaton climate change adaptation and learning global pilot project;
UN Global Compact; EU funded CSR project in eight countries; social inclusion of Roma; EQUAL;
Rural, regional, and cross border development projects; Hungary’s ODA donor activities project;
programme for development of most back-warded regions; cross-border cooperation; environment
and security; coordination with heads of IMF, UNHCR, ILO, FAO, EBRD, IOM and WHO offices.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Project Manager of a GEF global pilot project in 12 countries from all over the world to
develop National Implementation Plans (NIPs) to phase out POPs under the Stockholm,
Rotterdam and Basel Conventions; Geneva, June 2002 – August 2005


Guidance document on the preparation of NIPs; related global Communications Strategy;
organization and provision of trainings on POPs inventorying and phase out in the 12 countries
with all stakeholders and at regional and global conferences; quality assurance and technical
backstopping to all the countries; holding steering committee meetings in coordination with all other
international development institutions; reporting to GEF and UNEP management.

Environmental Economist, Task team Leader, at the Regional Office in Hungary
October 1992 – June 2002 (until Regional Office closure)


World Bank loan and GEF grant funded integrated watershed management for water quality
improvement; wastewater treatment and sewerage development; railways restructuring; urban
transport development; M0 motorway; road and bridge rehabilitation; demand side electricity
management; erection of strategic storage tanks for MOL; ODSs phase out investments and
technical assistance in the CEE countries; renewable energy; housing; write-up of environmental
parts of country and sector studies; completion evaluation reports; support the EU accession
process.

Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte London and Coopers & Lybrand Budapest

Senior Manager of the Environment and Infrastructure Development Group
London and Budapest, October 1989 – September 1992


Business evaluations, quick-scan of 50 industrial enterprises; environmental audits, studies;
industrial park development, advisory, and management on privatization process.

National Bank of Hungary – Project Manager of World Bank

Projects (infrastructure development, energy and environment), August 1986 – September 1989

Sumitomo Corporation and Technoimpex, Budapest

Foreign Sales Engineer and Project Manager, September 1982 – July 1986

Bridge Construction Company, “Ybl” Architectural Design Co., Budapest

Architect Designer, August 1978 – August 1982

Experience

Project, programme management of environmental and infrastructure development projects throughout the project cycle from identification, design, through supervision, to monitoring and evaluation, multi-task, multi-ethnic team management;
Environmental management, assessment in the areas of climate change, energy efficiency, renewables, POPs and ODSs phase-out, biodiversity protection, waters;
Sector advisory including road and bridge rehabilitation, housing, railways, urban development, urban transport; architectural design, cultural heritage protection, utilities, transport and energy sectors;
Strategic planning; policy analysis and development; environmental economic sector work; projects related institutional strengthening and capacity building;
Proven knowledge of World Bank, GEF, UN operational rules and Kyoto, Montreal Protocol, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Basel and Biodiversity Convention regulations and their practical applications; fluency in all IT software applied at World Bank and UN agencies;
Creative, innovative, persuasive, empathic, team spirited; good presentation, negotiation, communication and training skills; strong perspicacity; drawing, painting, designing.