In May 2013 Badi joined Computacenter PLC, Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions to establish its latest International Service Centre in Budapest, Hungary aimed at satisfying increased demand for multilingual customer support within its customer base.

The new office will be formally opened by Group CEO Mike Norris on the 14th January 2014, with President of HITA Berényi János.

“Expanding to Budapest is our next step in ensuring that customers in the UK, France and Germany are provided with the best possible service,” says Mark Badi, International Service Director at Computacenter and head of the new Budapest office. “I am delighted that we have been able to open quickly whilst also maintaining our global industry standard and very much look forward to the official opening.”

The first customer to be supported from the Budapest offices will go live in the middle of January 2014. The office will build on the language flexibility offered by the Barcelona office and will support organisations across all sectors and geographies.

The Budapest office expansion will be Computacenter’s tenth Service Centre to open in the last two years and will initially host 50 dedicated employees with room to grow to 230 seats. Computacenter’s service desk capabilities currently support more than 1 million users and the Hungarian office will complement existing locations in Spain, Malaysia, UK, Germany, USA and South Africa.

1. Where did you grow up?
Birmingham, UK

2. If you could be an expat anywhere in the world, where would you choose?
Budapest, Barcelona, Seychelles islands

3. What would you miss most if you moved away from Hungary?
Family, Friends, Hungarian tastes

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Szechenyi /Gellert Baths, Castle District, Varos Liget, Gellert Hegy, Bascillica, Vaci utca Shopping Street, taste Hungarian Wine

5. What is your favourite food?
Libamáj, Hekk at Balaton, Cake at Gerbaud

6. What is your favourite sport / form of exercise?
Motor Racing, Swimming

7. What is your favourite place in Hungary?
Budapest

8. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Music

9. What’s a job you would definitely never want?
BKV ellenőr

10. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Barcelona

11. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Barcelona, and or Indian Ocean region

12. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
George Benson, Snooker and Godfather

13. Apart of temptation what can’t you resist?
Cake at Gerbaud

14. Red wine or white?
Both as long as they are good

15. Book or movie?
Movie

16. Morning person or night person?
Both

17. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Environmental issues

18. Buda or Pest side?
South Buda

19. Which achievement in your life are you most pleased about?
Becoming a Father for the 3rd time at age 47 and establishing our new Computacenter Operation in Budapest at the end of last year.

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
You harvest what you sow.