September 1995 – Present (17 years 2 months) Budapest
I am responsible for developing communications strategies for banks, oil & gas companies.

SVP Marketing - Amex - 1976 – 1992 (16 years)
I was in charge of all marketing strategy for Europe 1976-78, then Amex Italy 1978-80, then Amex Japan 1980-84, then Amex Germany. I was then SVP global product development at Visa International HQ, San Francisco

SVP Marketing - Amex - 1976 – 1992 (16 years)
In charge of Card acquisition, cardmember retention, card use generation, corporate card sales team, service establishment sales team, Travellers cheque marketing & sales

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
15 years ago. To be with my son, András, now 15

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
Yes, in Germany (12 years), Italy (10 years), USA (5 Years), Japan (5 years)

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
The wonderful weather

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Go to the big market hall and the opera

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Lecsó cooked over a fire in the garden

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
English pork pies and cheddar cheese

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Legjobb

8. What do you miss the most from home?
My English club and watching cricket from the MCC Pavilion

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
International lawyer

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Underfloor heating defective

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
India

12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Italy

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Buddy Holly, Otto e mezzo, cricket

14. What can't you resist?
Temptation

15. Red wine or white?
Red

16. Book or movie?
Book

17. Morning person or night person?
Night

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Corruption in Hungary

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Buda

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Take the money and run