Istvan Lengyel
General Secretary, Banking Association for Central & Eastern Europe
Education
1978-83 Moscow State University of International Relations
(MGIMO), International Finances Faculty
Post-graduate education
- Brussels, SWIFT training course on international payments
- Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt - Bank credit risk trainin
- Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvani
Advanced Management Program for Overseas Bankers
- Eurobanque, Paris 3-month traineeship
Work experience
- Secretary General of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe, between 1996 and 1998 based in Brussels, since 1998 in Budapest.
- Secretary General of the Clearing Bank Association, based in Brussels. The main task in this position was to supervise an EU-financed project on the creation of a multicountry ecu (later euro) clearing system, the launch of the system and act as clearing manager.
- Head of the International Division, Member of the Credit Committee at Inter-Europa Bank, Budapest (member of the SanPaolo-IMI Group)
- Head of Correspondent Banking at Budapest Bank, Budapest
- Area Manager, later Regional Manager at the International Division of the National Bank of Hungary. Areas covered: Yugoslavia, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, financial relations within the COMECON, relations with the joint COMECON banks (IBEC, International Investment Bank)
Description of current job
I am in charge of managing the operations of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe, including running the Budapest Office, supervise the work of BACEE's staff (5 persons), organize regular meetings and professional events (seminars, conferences, training courses).
I also supervise BACEE's analytical work and act as the association's Chief Analyst. Under my supervision BACEE prepares analyses of commercial banks in the Central/East European region and summaries on the situation of the CEE countries' banking system..
Language knowledge
Hungarian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (basic)
Presentations
I am a regular speaker at international conferences and at BACEE's events.
August 2006
Istvan Lengyel
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