The Budapest Business Journal Podcast

The second BBJ CEO Boardroom Meeting of 2023 took place on June 15 at the Matild Palace Hotel.
 
The panel discussion is part of our ongoing series examining the critical factors driving the markets and the Hungarian economy in the months ahead. This time, we will also had a thought-provoking presentation on the challenges in and around the development of autonomous driving.
The themes covered include MNB’s monetary policy and inflation, Hungary’s energy diversification, renewables in general, and what should we look for in the future.

Our speakers were Zsófi Beck, managing director of Boston Consulting Group Budapest and Tamás Lőcsei, country partner for PwC Hungary, and a regular guest speaker for us.
Questions were asked by Robin Marshall, editor-in-chief of the Budapest Business Journal.

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The first BBJ CEO Boardroom Meeting of 2023 took place on February 28 in the Matild Palace Hotel. 

The panel discussion is part of our ongoing series examining the critical factors driving the markets and the Hungarian economy in the months ahead. The themes covered include the impact and likely developments with inflation, GDP growth, the energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, the labor market, and investment.

Our speakers this time were Róbert Ésik, partner at EY dealing with Global Location Services & Incentives for the Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa markets; and Ákos Janza, the managing director, head of enterprise transformation, and global head of offices at MSCI Inc. 

Our moderator of the day was Farkas Bársony, CEO of impact advertising company Sharity Zrt. and a board member of financial services provider Kondor Global. 

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Developments, Innovation, and Investment in Hungary’s Logistics Sector

Agility key for Logistics Services Providers

Agility is crucial: that was perhaps the key takeaway from the latest CEO Breakfast Briefing, organized by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its content partner, the Budapest Business Journal, at the Antara Hotel New York Palace on March 7. 

Logistics was the overarching theme, with panelists representing the road, rail, and air freight aspects of the sector: René Droese, Chief Development Officer at Budapest Airport; Ádám Meszaros, Country Managing Director at DHL Express Hungary; Ádám Tálosi, head of legal affairs and board member at East-West Intermodal Logistics Plc.; and Thoralf Wagner, Chief Executive Officer at Lufthansa Technik Budapest Ltd. 

Other topics covered included the HR battle for talents, the need to innovate and find green solutions such as sustainable air fuels, and the lack of rail infrastructure. The now regular event features breakfast and networking opportunities around a moderated roundtable discussion.

Questions were asked by Robin Marshall, editor-in-chief of the Budapest Business Journal.

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The third CEO Boardroom Meeting in 2022 took place November 9., over breakfast in the beautiful Matild Palace Hotel.

The Boardroom Meeting is an invitation-only event for some of the leading expat CEOs and Budapest-based diplomats. As usual, the event will feature an in-depth roundtable discussion, this time focusing on the economic prospects for Hungary for Q3-Q4 2022.

The BBJ's latest Macroscope Report for the period (available to purchase from our webshop) identifies some of the issues we hope to cover: Will the energy crisis prove worse for business than COVID? Will an agreement be reached between the EU and Hungary to free up much-needed funding? Are we looking at contraction in Q3-Q4 and recession by Q1, and will the recovery, when it comes, be robust? 

Our roundtable speakers are Tamás Lőcsei, the Country Managing Partner for PwC Hungary, and Rezső Rózsai, the national senior partner and CEO at KPMG Hungary. 

Questions will be asked by Robin Marshall, the editor-in-chief of the Budapest Business Journal.

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"Welcome to the second CEO Breakfast Briefing organized by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Budapest Business Journal, where the theme of our roundtable is “The Future of Energy.”

Let’s introduce our first speaker, Attila Steiner, State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy at the Ministry of Technology and Industry. The rest of our panel are Ákos Hegedűs, managing director of Linde Gáz Magyarország Zrt., András Sávos, president of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce but here as vice president, head of digitalization and process optimization at Knorr-Bremse AG, and Viktor Sverla, head of group strategy at MOL Group.

The discussion covers key questions of the current energy turmoil. How do we source it? How will we pay for it? How green will it be? With electricity prices having risen multiple times this year, how soon before we see companies going out of business or relocating? How will we meet climate goals and keep homes and offices warm and well-lit and factories functioning? Given the possibility of Russian gas shortages, could/should coal make a comeback? How quickly can hydrogen come online, and when it does, will it be grey, blue or green?”

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This Budapest Business Journal podcast was recorded at the BBJ’s CEO Boardroom Meeting, held at the Matilde Palace Hotel on June 16, 2022.
The boardroom round table looks at the primary drivers influencing the Hungarian economy this summer.
It features John Ford, managing director at GoTo Hungary, Rezső Rózsai,  CEO of KPMG Hungary and Erik Slooten, global leader of delivery quality and transformation cloud services at T-Systems International. Questions are asked by Robin Marshall, editor-in-chief of the Budapest Business Journal. Thank you for downloading this BBJ podcast.

This Budapest Business Journal podcast was recorded as a new series event, the CEO Breakfast Briefing, organised by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with the BBJ. This kick-off event was held in the Antara hotel New York Palace on May 24, 2022.

The roundtable conversation you’re about to hear focused on the challenges facing businesses today: inflation, war, workforce, sustainability and more It features Károly Radnai, CEO of Andersen Consulting, Róbert Keszte head of the country for Continental Hungary and Árpád Goszták, CEO of Siemens Energy. Questions were asked by BBJ editor in chief Robin Marshall.

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This Budapest Business Journal Podcast was recorded at the BBJ Boardroom meeting for diplomatic and business stakeholders of the Expat CEO of the Year awards gala, held at the Matild Palace Luxury Collection Hotel on Feb. 10, 2022. It is taken from a roundtable discussion on the interplay between the upcoming Hungarian general election and the economy and features Tamás Lőcsei, Country Managing Partner at PwC Hungary, Károly Radnai, Managing Partner, of Anderson Hungary and head of the tax committee at AmCham Hungary, and Dr. Ildikó Taksz, KPMG partner, Head of Business Consulting, and Head of the Financial Services sector. Questions were asked by BBJ editor-in-chief Robin Marshall.

This Budapest Business Journal Podcast was recorded at the BBJ Boardroom meeting for diplomatic and business stakeholders of the Expat CEO of the Year awards gala, held at the Matild Palace Luxury Collection Hotel on Feb. 10, 2022. It is taken from a roundtable discussion on the interplay between the upcoming Hungarian general election and the economy and features Tamás Lőcsei, Country Managing Partner at PwC Hungary, Károly Radnai, Managing Partner, of Anderson Hungary and head of the tax committee at AmCham Hungary, and Dr. Ildikó Taksz, KPMG partner, Head of Business Consulting, and Head of the Financial Services sector. Questions were asked by BBJ editor-in-chief Robin Marshall.