Kata PÁL
Head of International Business Development & Innovation
KEY Strengths: Business development, sales, marketing, digital transformation, Fintech, AI, professional education programs. Building relationship with industry partners, relevant national and international network with key stakeholders! My main task @BIB next to business development is to enhance new innovative business sectors such as AI in Finance, FinTech, Open Banking, E-learning implementations. SME’s digital transformation, Women in business and international relations are also on my plate to build new business partner cooperation’s in financial education. Previously I strengthened my network in the V4 region mainly focusing on technology transfer, know-how and innovation.
As the Director for Business Sectors, Technology & Knowledge Transfer of the Hungarian National Trading House I was able to motivate a team of 40 employees to peak performance in order to facilitate export activities and business development of Hungarian SME’s.
To utilize my skills in the private sector, I took responsibility of driving organisational improvements at INFOTÉR (IT Pro Society Association Hungary) as marketing and sponsorship manager between 2014/2015. My deep professional commitment and experience in resolving complex issues has resulted in significant achievements in ICT and business development so far.
My Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Budapest Business School for Foreign Trade and my MSc degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs at Budapest Corvinus University gave me comprehensive knowledge of economic diplomacy, management and regulatory issues which has since been successfully applied in dynamic and demanding business environments. I finished my Excecutive MBA in July 2017.
Beside my professional career, I like being engaged with organizing charity events for more than 13 years. As the President of the year 2019/2020 & founding member of the Rotary Club Budapest Center I have proven some experience in managing the operations of a community-based organisation as well.