Antal György Kovács

Biography

He graduated from the Marx Károly University of Economic Sciences with a degree in economics. He began his professional career in 1990 at the Nagyatád branch of K&H Bank, where he worked as a branch manager between 1993 and 1995. He has been working at OTP Bank Plc. since 1995, first as a county director and from 1998 as the managing director of OTP Bank’s South Transdanubian Region. Since 1 July 2007 he has served as OTP Bank’s Deputy CEO. He has received additional training at the International Training Centre for Bankers and on various courses held by the World Trade Institute. Between April 2009 and April 2012 he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OTP banka Hrvatska.He has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OTP Bank Romania SA since 12 December 2012. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTP Mortgage Bank Ltd. and OTP Building Society Ltd. since 24 April 2014.He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OTP Fund Management and OTP Mobile Kft.He was a member of OTP Bank’s Supervisory Board from 2004 to 14 April 2016. He was a member of OTP Bank's Board of Directors since 15 April 2016 till 17 March 2017. He has been a member of OTP Bank's Board of Directors since 12 April 2017. As of 31 December 2016 he held 22,000 ordinary OTP shares. He graduated from the Marx Károly University of Economic Sciences in 1983. After graduation, he worked at the Bank Relations Department of the National Bank of Hungary for 8 years, and then served as head of Treasury at BNP-KH-Dresdner Bank between 1991 and 1993. From April 1993 he was managing director of OTP Bank’s Treasury Directorate, and since 1994 he has been Deputy CEO of the Commercial Banking Division and a member of the Supervisory Board of DSK Bank. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTP banka Srbija since 10 December 2010. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OTP Real Estate Ltd. He has been a member of OTP Bank's Board of Directors since 15 April 2016. As of 31 December 2016 he held 595,791 ordinary OTP shares.

Research Interest

Business Administration, finance, International marketing