• Gergely Ábrahám, CEO, Grayling Hungary

    Gergely Ábrahám, CEO, Grayling Hungary

    Gergely has over 10-year private and public sector experience in public relations and public affairs. His specialist expertise includes corporate communications, public affairs and issues & crisis management.

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  • Xpat Interview: Former Ambassador of India, HE Mr Gauri Shankar Gupta

    Xpat Interview: Former Ambassador of India, HE Mr Gauri Shankar Gupta

    Gauri Shankar Gupta was born in Ajitgarh, a small village in Rajasthan, India. He spent his childhood in rural milieu and did his Masters in Business Management. Gupta is a recipient of many gold medals and awards for excellence during his academic career. He is also member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

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  • XpatLoop Interview: Mark Badi, Former International Service Director, Computacenter Services Kft.

    XpatLoop Interview: Mark Badi, Former International Service Director, Computacenter Services Kft.

    Born in Birmingham UK in 1964, father of 3 children. Relocated to Hungary in 1991 and worked in IT industry. As Sales manager and then Managing director for 21 years with a Local Hungarian IT Product and Services company.

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  • Ferenc Kumin, Former Duty State Secretary For International Communications

    Ferenc Kumin, Former Duty State Secretary For International Communications

    Ferenc Kumin is an economist and political scientist. He holds two MAs from the Corvinus University of Budapest and from CEU, and is a PhD candidate at the former. His fields of interest have been political communication and campaigning, political effect on finances, e-governance and e-democracy, and functioning of the parliamentarian heads of states.

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  • Yves Giacometti, Former General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest

    Yves Giacometti, Former General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest

    Passions come and passions go, so the trick is to keep things percolating. For now, Yves Giacometti is into Budapest. “This is a city that needs to be discovered,” says the General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest, who arrived in “the Paris of Eastern Europe” in late 2010 and plunged into local culture with the aid of erudite guides, an all-Hungarian concierge staff and random encounters. “When it comes to getting a feel for a new city, I’m very selfish. I try to get everything I can from interactions with locals. The quicker I adapt to their world, the better.”

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  • Károly Rudits, Former LouLou Restaurant

    Károly Rudits, Former LouLou Restaurant

    Károly created, and after a few years' hiatus re-launched LouLou's Restaurant in Budapest, which then closed again.

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