Speakers

Markus Kriegler is a Managing Director with more than 25 years of experience in banking in the CEE area. Markus started his banking career in 1994 and is now leading the Group Corporates Division at Erste Group Bank AG.

Throughout his career, Markus spent several years abroad in different roles in Serbia, Czech Republic and Romania.

Markus holds a Masters degree from Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Juraj Kotian is an economist and Head of Macro and Fixed Income Research for Central and Eastern Europe at Erste Group Bank.

Juraj has over two decades of experience conducting a leading economic research in the CEE region and is a frequent speaker at international conferences, policy debates, and client events.

He also serves as Member of the Council for Budget Responsibility in Slovakia. His previous positions include Head of Research and Chief Economist of Slovenska sporitelna and fixed-income analyst at ING Barings in Bratislava.

He holds a master’s degree in Economic and Financial Mathematics from Comenius University, completed leadership development programs at Ashridge Business School in the UK and IESE Business School in Barcelona and is a Marshall Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

In his current role, he focuses on driving B2B payments growth by working with banks and partners to deploy commercial cards, virtual payments, and embedded payment solutions that help businesses operate more efficiently and scale across markets. He brings broad financial services experience gained across banking and fintech, having worked at Komerční banka in Slovakia, Citibank Czech Republic, Visa UK, and Jaja Finance in London. 

Onur is a senior banking and payments professional with 18 years of experience across transaction banking, cash management, corporate banking and cross-border payments. He currently coordinates Visa Direct business development activities across Romania, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria, working closely with financial institutions, EMIs, fintechs and remittance companies to support fast, secure and seamless money movement solutions. He holds an MBA in Finance from City University of Seattle and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.

Ádám Faragó is a Head of Capital Markets Corporate Sales in Erste Bank Hungary with more than 25 years of experience in Treasury corporate sales in Erste. Ádám started his banking career in 1997 in MKB (now MBH) in Corporate Banking with Institutional clients, following that in Corporate banking with international clients in BNP-Dresdner Bank Hungary. He gained international banking experience already during his studies in Paris, France at Commerzbank.

Ádám holds a Masters degree from Corvinus University of Economics and Business in Budapest, also studied at Université Paris XIII in France.

Agnes Horvath is the Chief Economist of MOL Group, has a Ph.D. in Economics and a long-lasting experience in macroeconomic analysis and model-based projections.

She has spent two decades in the central banking industry, working for the Hungarian and the Austrian national bank, the IMF and the EBRD.

10 years ago she turned her interest to the energy markets and the challenges oil & gas companies will have during an accelerated green transition.

She is representing MOL within a number of international associations and working groups.

Márton Pesti is Director of Asset-backed Energy Trading at ALTEO, where he runs wholesale trading and production management across a portfolio of renewable and conventional assets with over 2 GW of capacity. With an engineering and mathematics background, he started his career at ALTEO as a portfolio analyst and has spent five years building out the company’s wholesale trading and risk management capabilities.

Senior Equity Analyst, working for Erste / Santander/BZWBK Allied Irish / BZWBK for 22 years now. Previously working also for Raiffeisen and BRE (three years in both), also as Equity Analyst

Coverage: Utilities (CEE), Telecoms (CEE), Metals & Mining (Poland)

Top-ranked analyst in every sector covered, acc. to annual Polish ranking for institutional investors organized by Parkiet daily (10 podiums in last five years, incl. No. 1 rating in Utilities one year)

With more than 15 years of experience, Gergely Bolla leads BT Group’s Treasury Back Office and Middle Office functions, with an expanded remit focused on delivering Group Finance MTP and Treasury objectives. He is responsible for developing and executing strategy across these areas, ensuring the function operates as a valued business partner to the Group CFO and the wider Group Finance organisation.

Based in Budapest, Hungary, Adam Molnar is a Senior Manager in BT Group’s Treasury Back Office. He has built extensive experience through several roles at BT Group, as well as with PwC. Adam is an ACCA member and holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Corvinus University of Budapest, which he completed between 2016 and 2018.

With a career spanning 30 years, Gábor is an experienced leader in Corporate Treasury with a demonstrated history of working in multi-cultural environments in the accounting, consulting and IT industry.

Enterprise AI & Digital Transformation Strategist with over 20+ years of experience in the technology sector. I specialize in partnering with C-level executives to navigate the evolving IT landscape, architecting solutions across cloud computing, customer management, AI, and cybersecurity to drive sustainable business growth.

I manage and oversee the front office activities of the group treasury, which include cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, cash pool operations, and bank relationship management. I also manage and oversee the FX, commodity, and interest rate hedge operations, as well as the treasury and risk aspects of M&A due diligence activities.

I have more than 25 years of experience in the financial markets, with a proven track record in oil, gas, and emission trading, FX, money market, fixed income, and options sales and trading. I have also held various strategic advisory positions in energy-related M&A projects, and I have extensive knowledge of treasury and risk management systems, legal frameworks, and transfer pricing procedures. My specialties include treasury and risk management, due diligence, forex, fixed income, commodities, and options trading, frame agreement negotiations, and post-acquisition support and advisory. I am passionate about delivering optimal treasury solutions and value-added services to my organization and stakeholders.