Gábor Markovits Email & Phone Number

Hungary

Szeged, Hungary

One of Hungary’s leading and internationally ranked higher education institutions with extensive RDI activity covering 700 research areas.Activities/achievements:• Supervise the project management of high-value government-funded RDI projects in the area of molecular medicine, nuclear transmutation, 3D printing in life sciences and other innovative fields

Budapest

RESINFRA@DR, "Facilitating macro-regional scope and link up to socio-economic actors of Research Infrastructure in the Danube Region", a 1.5 year, 2.1 million EUR research project managed by CERS, focusing on research infrastructures in the Danube macro-region for policy makers, policy delivery organisations and research infrastructure operation organisations.Activities/achievements: • Provide management support to project management as Senior PM Advisor

Budapest

Hungarian subsidiary of Horvath & Partners Group, one of the top German management consultancies operating in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania and the Middle East. The Hungarian entity has ~100 consultants and sales revenue of cca. HUF 3 Billion (~EUR 9.7 Million).Activities/achievements:• Set up the infrastructure of donor funded international technical assistance projects• Led business development and project management• Monitored tenders and managed submission of 25 international tender applications/proposals

Budapest, West Balkans, Caucasus

Leading independent locally-owned consulting firm in Hungary with mainstream management & IT consultancy services and long track record of international project management in public sector modernization and institutional reform projects in Western Balkans, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa. The No. 1. company of international donor-funded project management in Hungary with 60+ consultants and sales revenue of cca. HUF 2 Billion (~ EUR 6.3 Million).Activities/achievements:• Responsible for business development in the West Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia and Turkey• Prepared tender proposals and managed entire bidding processes of ~40 international tenders• In charge of comprehensive end-to-end project planning• Actively managed clients, partners and experts of 7 international projects• Implemented Quality Assurance (QA) processes including contract management and financial management

Budapest

Consuline Business Consulting & Services provided consulting services in the banking and financial services sector.Activities/achievements:• Managed and successfully completed strategic business development and product development projects for banks, financial service providers and financial authorities• Provided on-site IT project management in banking and financial services projects

Budapest

MTM-SBS (a JV of a Hungarian production company; Scandinavian Broadcasting System; and ZDF Television, Germany) was the operator of TV2, Hungary’s leading commercial television channel set up in 1997 in the wake of the liberalization of the post-communist media sector of Hungary. The channel had 80+ employees and sales revenues of cca. HUF 15 Billion (~ USD 75 Million).Activities/achievements:• Set up the entire financial function and managed 10+ staff members of the newly established entity• Introduced a sophisticated new ERP system• Responsible for overall corporate financial management

Budapest, London

A boutique consultancy established in London with local offices in major Central Eastern European capitals, providing research and developing various production, distribution, sales strategies as well as structuring deals for Fortune 500 corporations seeking market entry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Major clients/projects in Hungary included U.S. WEST (leading to the establishment of WESTEL), BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB (resulting in the acquisition of Pharmavit), Eastern Electricity (privatization of electricity distributors), Kőbányai Brewery (post-acquisition strategy for South African Breweries).Activities/achievements:• Support of the HQ’s business development activities in Hungary• Project Management• General Office Management (including Financial and HR Management of local office)

Budapest

One of the Big Six accountancy firms, Arthur Andersen & Co. (AA&Co.) set up offices in Hungary in 1989 to provide mainstream audit services with local staff for clients in the Hungarian market place. Specialty consulting services division was set up starting from the early 1990s, including due diligence and valuation services for prospective foreign investors.Activities/achievements:• Participated and lead the field work of specific audit and consultancy assignments in various industry sectors• Attended course on “Company Valuation Methodologies” at AA&Co. Headquarters, St. Charles, USA (1992)

Budapest

The Central Bank of Hungary (NBH) as well as the representative of Hungary in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which it joined in 1982.Activities/achievements:• Prepared macroeconomic analyses and modelling, contributred to exchange rate policy proposals• Prepared sections of IMF country reports and NBH quarterly and annual reports• Participated as junior consultant in negotiations between the Hungarian government and the IMF• Attended 4-month IMF course on “Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy” in Washington DC, USA (1986)