Dr. Antal Pongrácz
Board member
Administration
OTP Bank
Hungary
Biography
He graduated from the Marx Károly University of Economic Sciences and earned a PhD in 1971. From 1969 he worked as an analyst at the Petrochemical Investment Company, then as a group manager at the Revenue Directorate until 1975. From 1976 he held various executive positions at the Ministry of Finance. After that, he was the first Deputy Chairman of the State Office for Youth and Sports. Between 1988 and 1990 he was the first Deputy CEO of OTP Bank. Between 1991 and 1994 he was CEO, and then Chairman & CEO, of the European Commercial Bank Rt. Between 1994 and 1998 he was Chairman & CEO of Szerencsejáték Rt, then in 1998-99 he served as CEO of Hungarian flagship carrier, Malév. Since 2001 he has been managing director of OTP Bank’s Staff Division and more recently – up until his retirement on 14 April 2016 – Deputy CEO. Since 12 April 2012 he has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OTP banka Hrvatska d.d.He has been a member of OTP Bank’s Board of Directors since 2002. He was a member of OTP Bank Plc’s Board of Directors from 9 June 2009 to 14 April 2016. As of 31 December 2016 he held 70,077 ordinary OTP shares.
Research Interest
Business Administration, finance, International marketing
