It's been a very exciting time. I moved my work and (partly) home base to Budapest in December 2012. Wholly appropriate after 20 years of training coaches and consultants here through Intact! To celebrate this anniversary we set up a series of Coaching and supervision salons. I give a monthly free and bilingual (English/Hungarian) presentation on a new concept or model. Each time we also invite a local artist, a local musician and a local caterer to showcase their work. The idea is to create a multidimensional fun experience for anyone who is interested in coaching, consultancy or leadership in Hungary! We are also completing both the ACTP (ICF) and the EIA (EMCC) accreditation for our courses! The new courses will start in September 2013, but there are lots of open workshops to go to before that time (see www.intact1.com)

2. On a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you with your life in Hungary, and why?
I am really happy with the community of professional coaches and consultants and the Intact team we've built up over the years. And I'm really happy with my group of friends in Hungary (you know who you are :)!

3. What’s the best party you’ve been to while in Hungary, and why?
I love the Christmas parties . It's so nice to meet people informally during "the festival of light". And ofcourse Hungarians bring loads of food - I often have enough to last me for weeks afterwards! What I usually do is distribute it amongst the cities' homeless.

4. What’s your favourite drink?
Anyone who knows me can tell you it's Caipirinha, full red wine or champagne, not necessarily in that order.

5. What hidden talents do you have?
I ran a salsa school for 12 years. We ran 4 groups per week in 3 different locations, 50 new students every 10 weeks. It may have seemed odd having a multinational directors job during the day and dancing every night, but it kept me sane and grounded in fun!

6. What was the most interesting travel trip you have ever taken?
Working in Shanghai for a semiconductor company was an extreme adventure at the time, seconded by attending a perfumers meeting in sao paulo, where the theme was to create a fragrance that reminded people of the happiest day of their life.

7. If you were given a wish that could come true, what would you ask for?
Political sanity in the world based on the happiness factor, like in Bhutan.

8. What’s the last book you read, and movie you watched?
Life of PI - AMAZING!

9. If someone wrote a biography about you, what would the title be?
Embrace life

10. What is the perfect pizza toppings combination for you?
I don't eat pizza if I can avoid it - I'm trying to lose weight!

11. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, real or fictional, with whom would it be?
That's an interesting question - I guess I am interested in anyone who is an expert in their field. For instance I met a cinematographer in the airplane to the film festival in Gothenburg. I'd like to see what he sees - translating stories into images, into light and dark, into angles and perspectives.

12. On a scale of 1 to 10 how unusual are you, and why?
I think I'm pretty unusual because I knew when I was 17 that I wanted to become a management consultant, and I started my own business at 22. I think what's also unusual is my international life style and combining management with dance. But I am pretty ordinary in my everyday worries about work-life balance, doing the right thing for my loved ones, wanting to get physically fit again.

13. What’s the best website you’ve ever visited, and why?
TEDtalks - because it opens a world of inspiration to me every day

14. Who do you admire the most, and why?
People who love and are loved well - in the end it's all that counts. And I don't mean that only in a direct person to person way, but as an attitude to the world and life.

15. What do you like best and least about living in Hungary?
I love the cosmopolitan cultural city life. I love least the intrigue of closed networks, and not only in Hungary.

16. What has made the biggest impact on your life so far, and why?
The random kindness of strangers and friends who give you a hand when you need it and a push when you deserve it.

17. If you won USD 30 million, what would you do with the money?
I would put almost all of it in a foundation that helps start ups in emerging countries with sustainable business ideas.

18. If your life had a theme song, what would it be?
I did it my way - is a tried and true classic - but in this case it's true.

19. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?
Funny you should ask that ..I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. It has to be near an airport, enough nature to reathe and “citified’ enough to go out and do business, close to the sea and close to my loved ones. When I have the answer I’ll tell you…

20. In ten years from now what will you be doing?
I will be doing the same things but hopefully at a higher level of consciousness and joy!