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Our founders

The founders of Pannónia Life Insurance are well-respected Hungarian individuals.

  • Zsigmond Járai

Founder of the Budapest Stock Exchange, Deputy CEO of Budapest Bank, Deputy Minister of Finance, President of the Hungarian Banking Supervisory Office, investment banker in London, CEO of Hungarian Credit Bank, President of the Budapest Stock Exchange, Minister of Finance, President of the Hungarian Central Bank, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hungarian National Bank since 16 November 2010, at present Chairman of the Company’s Supervisory Board

  • Béla Horváth

Senior instructor and branch manager at State Insurance Company, Sales Director of Hungária Insurance Company, founder of Gloria Insurance Company, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Nationale-Nederlanden Insurance Company, founder, Chairman and CEO of AVIVA Life Insurance Company, at present Chairman of the Company

  • Dr. Veronika Ádám

Medical doctor and biologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, wife of Szilveszter E. Vizi, the former president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

  • Founders and executives of the BROKERNET Group

Péter Kostevc, Pál Kutvölgyi, Erika Kósa, Zoltán Körtvélyesi

  • Charles J.L.T. Kovacs

Former Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank, consultant for numerous prestigious financial institutions, special consultant for Lehman Brothers and the OECD, one of the founders of the Company

  • Borbála Xénia Czakó

Global partner at Ernst and Young on regulatory, government relations and equal opportunities issues

  • Csaba Gaál

Former head of the Life Insurance Department of OTP Garancia Life Insurance Company, at present Lead Actuary, former Head of Product Development and CEO of the Company

  • Dr. Miklós István Illényi

Dentist

  • Zsolt Kelemen

Head of Finance and Deputy CEO of the Company

  • Tamás Kieselbach

Art historian, owner of the Kieselbach Gallery

  • Dr. István Komoróczki

Former spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, currently the leader of the EU Agency of Imperial Tobacco Group (ITC) in Brussels.

  • Tamás G. Korányi

Owner of a newspaper publishing company, journalist, one of the founders of the BSE

  • Lehman Brothers Investment Bank

One of the largest investment banks in the world (filed for bankruptcy protection on 15 September 2008)

  • Zoltán Mándoki

Former CEO of MÁV and managing director of MOL

  • Dr. János Martonyi

International lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs

  • Dr. Gyula Mikó

Former Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the University of Economic Sciences, Director of Finance and Product Development, and Deputy CEO at Nationale-Nederlanden Insurance Company, Chairman and CEO of Winterthur Insurance Rt., Deputy CEO of AVIVA Life Insurance Zrt., at present General Deputy CEO of the Company

  • Gábor Missura

Former spokesman and Head of Communications of Hungarian National Bank

  • Dr. Gábor Móricz

Former lead economist of the Hungarian Army, member of the Supervisory Board of Concorde Értékpapír Rt., owner of KAPTÁR Investment Zrt. (one of the founders of the Company)

  • Attila Németh

Former Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Vodafone

  • Dr. Kristóf Nobilis

Lawyer, one of the founders of the BSE, investor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Budapesti Ingatlanhasznosító és Fejlesztő Részvénytársaság

  • Béla Ernő Preisinger

Founder and owner of the S+H companies, member of the Supervisory Board of the Company

  • Elek Straub

Former Chairman and CEO of Matáv and Magyar Telekom

  • Dr. György Szapáry

Former Hungarian representative of the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Chairman of Hungarian National Bank, at present member of the Board of Directors of OTP Bank Nyrt.

  • Sándor Vígh

Former Deputy CEO of the Company