Chapter spotlight: PRMIA Hungary

PRMIA’s Hungary Chapter dates back to 2003 and has operated under the current setup since 2009. The chapter stepped up its activity and visibility under the leadership of the former director, Tamás Tóth, organizing 6-8 events annually. The main goal of the chapter is to bring together and develop the Hungarian risk management community to enable a platform for sharing knowledge and ideas on current risk management challenges.

In its early years, the chapter focused on practical risk management issues, organizing events for the risk management professionals to discuss the effects and implementation of new regulations. Chapter members are professionals of the Hungarian banking and corporate sector, the supervisory authority, and members of the academic community. Our upcoming events cover digital finance, ESG risk management and extreme risks in operational risk management.

While the chapter mainly focuses on applied risk management topics, lately our activities also incorporate academic research. We are organizing our annual research conference for the 7th time in a row this upcoming autumn, giving floor to the presentation of both theoretical and practical research results. Also, we regularly participate in organizing the regional round within PRMIA’s Risk Management Challenge competition. To strengthen our cooperation with academia, we work on awarding the PRM accreditation for the Finance Master and Finance and Accounting programs of Corvinus University of Budapest, the leading university in economics in Hungary.

We focus on the local risk management profession but also aim to channel the Eastern European countries’ risk management experts to PRMIA’s community. The chapter’s work continued also during the pandemic years, with regular online workshops. However, we look forward to returning to on-site events that allow better networking and relationship building.

The steering committee consists of a wide range of professionals dedicated to voluntary work for our community.

Our sponsors: Budapest Institute of Banking; International Training Center for Bankers, KPMG, OTP, MFB, National Bank of Hungary, SAS, contribution is essential in maintaining the operation of the chapter.

Regional Directors

• Barbara Dömötör, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Corvinus University of Budapest

Steering Committee • Ákos Lois, Head of Risk Department, MKB Bank • Alexandra Szatmári, Risk Manager, MagNet Magyar Közösségi Bank Zrt. • Balázs Vajai, Deaputy CFO, Delta Technologies PLC • Béla Öcsi, CEO, International Training Center for Bankers • Csilla Bokor, Advisor to the CEO at Budapest Institute of Banking • Gábor Boros, CEO, Mérlegállás Kft. • Gergely Gabler, Deputy CEO at Interactive Brokers Central Europe • Kinga Oravecz, Head of Equity- and Debt Capital Markets, Erste Bank Hungary Zrt. • Péter Endre Kovács, Director, Finalyse • Tamás Kálmán, Senior Manager, MFB Zrt., Hungarian Development Bank, Advisor to the CEO,

Garantiqa Zrt. • Tamás Tóth, Senior Adviser, Freelance

• Viktor Bóna, CEO, Lippert Ltd. • Zoltán Pollák, Partner Consultant, International Training Center for Bankers • Zsuzsanna Tamásné Vőneki, Head of Operational Risk Department, OTP Bank