Tamás Erdei
Board member
Business Administration
OTP Bank
Hungary
Biography
He graduated in 1978 with a degree from the College of Finance and Accountancy. He began his professional career at OTP, in a variety of administrative roles (his last position was branch manager), before going on to work at the Ministry of Finance for two years in the area of bank supervision. Since 1983 he has been employed by the Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank (today MKB), where he gradually worked his way up through the ranks. In 1985 he became managing director, in 1990 he was appointed deputy CEO, then in 1994 he was made CEO, and from 1997 until the end of March 2012 he was Chairman and CEO. Between 1997 and 2008 he was the elected president of the Hungarian Banking Association. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the International Children’s Safety Service. He has been a member of OTP Bank’s Board of Directors since 27 April 2012. He has been Chairman of the OTP Bank’s Risk Assumption and Risk Management Committee and of its Nomination Committee since 2014. As of 31 December 2016 he held 6,439 ordinary OTP shares.
Research Interest
Business Administration, finance, International marketing
