Laszlo Varnai Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Achievements:· managing the merger of Berne Union and the Prague Club (setting up the world’s largest export credit and investment insurance industry association) and the complete legal revision of the Statutes due to the integration· leading the complete revision of the export credit insurance and investment insurance data reporting / statistical system (planning, leading negotiations and implementation)· setting up and running a legal and regulatory task force to educate the regulators on the particularities of the industry and to monitor the ongoing regulatory processes and judicial practices that may affect export credit and investment insurance · various publications on Members' best practice Responsibilities:· ensuring legal compliance (English or Swiss corporate law), advising on immigration law and management of work related visas· managing the BU committees covering short-term, medium and long-term export credit insurance and investment insurance, and the committee for developing countries’ export credit agencies (ECAs)· providing and publishing semi-annual data and trend analysis on industry statistics based on Members’ reported data (new business, exposure, claims and recoveries per obligor country, per sector, per Member, per business line)· leading the BU Secretariat preparations for General Meetings (250+ delegates) and organising various events for the exchange of experience among claims and recoveries specialists, project finance, and MLT rating and pricing specialists and SME specialists (60-120 delegates)· advising on compliance with international sanctions (OFAC and EEAS rules on Iran, Russia and Zimbabwe)· assisting the Secretary General corresponding with the ICC Banking Commission monitoring the implementation of the Basel and OECD regulations on the export credit insurance industry

Budapest

Achievements: · comprehensive comparison of official support programmes for export credits among the OECD countries, resulting in development of new lending and insurance products· successful rollout of state aid compliant pre-export finance products· arranged a refinancing agreement between Hungarian Eximbank and the International Investment Bank to support Hungarian and CIS based SMEs building export capacitiesResponsibilities:· assisting UW: ensuring international legal compliance and transaction compliance, extended supervision over both the bank and the insurer· coordinating relations with international organisations regulating export credit, guarantee and insurance activities and state-aid programmes (e.g. EU, OECD, Berne Union/Prague Club, European Association of Public Banks), and preparing national positions and policy proposals for the supervising Ministries· fulfilling international data reporting requirement (EU, OECD, BU) · overseeing compliance of sanctions (OFAC and EEAS rules on Iran, Russia)

Budapest

Achievements:· leading national negotiations and the implementation of the revision of the Commission Communication on ST export credit insurance activities pursued by the EU Member States and successful rollout of a temporary support measure· implementing the latest amendment to the OECD Arrangement on officially supported export credits, including the Common Approached on Environmental and Social Due Diligence into the corporate operations and underwriting process· assessment of future applicability of Basel 3 and Solvency 2 provisionsResponsibilities:· ensuring international compliance during officially supported export credit insurance decision process· institutional representation in various working groups of EU and OECD during the development of policies, maintaining contact with ECAs and MDBs· drafting policies for government departments· ensuring sustainable lending principles compliance via cooperation with the World Bank and IMF · conducting and coordinating international transaction and program notification procedures (EU, OECD)

Budapest

Responsibilities:- general company law tasks (company registry obligations, representation, contacting with public authorities, internal legal administration, conducting order for payment procedures- legal assistance to the claims and recoveries department

Budapest

Budapest

Budapest

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