• Emile Bootsma, Former GM,  Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest

    Emile Bootsma, Former GM, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest

    Mr. Bootsma, a native of the Netherlands, spent two years in the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center, managing the 526-room property and almost 900 permanent employees. Prior to China, he managed the similarly important Kempinski property Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich, Germany. He also worked for the Arabella Sheraton in that city as well as Cape Town in South Africa, where he was responsible for Food & Beverage operations.

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  • Xpat Interview: Tádé Alföldy

    Xpat Interview: Tádé Alföldy

    Born: Budapest, 1946

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  • Xpat Interview: Julianna Gulden, Principal Of Gulden Communications

    Xpat Interview: Julianna Gulden, Principal Of Gulden Communications

    Julianna Gulden, the daughter of Hungarian immigrants, was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the principal of Gulden Communications, a strategic communications consultancy located in Budapest. A recognized expert with nearly 20 years of experience in the region, multi-national companies regularly turn to Julianna for professional communications advice.

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  • Xpat Interview: Sherif Hosny, Former Sales Manager, BMW Diplomatic Sales

    Xpat Interview: Sherif Hosny, Former Sales Manager, BMW Diplomatic Sales

    Sherif is working at BMW Diplomatic and Special as a Sales Director - Conducting sales of BMW vehicles to the diplomatic accredited corps in Hungary.

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  • Xpat Interview: David L. Papp

    Xpat Interview: David L. Papp

    David was born in 1976 in Esztergom. After completing his telecom and IT studies, he received his International Business Management degree at the Université Paris X Nanterre. He has been working for over 12 years in communications and marketing strategy, and client services management at several Hungarian and international based companies. As a co-founder and CEO, David now leads COMFORCE Zrt., the first Hungarian cloud-based contact center company.

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  • Nandhini Duraisami, Presales for Eastern Europe @Tata Consultancy Services

    Nandhini Duraisami, Presales for Eastern Europe @Tata Consultancy Services

    I am Nandhini Duraisami, living in Hungary for 6 years now, married to a Hungarian and have a daughter of 1 year. I work for Tata Consultancy Services, an Indian company, started as Project Manger and now as Pre sales for Eastern Europe services.

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