British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary closes one of its most successful years
The BCCH held its Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2009, where the management of the Chamber reported on last year’s results. Despite the economic difficulties, the BCCH stabilised its membership, held more than 50 events, and its ten Special Interest Groups worked on serving members’ professional, event and business needs, as a result of which the Chamber has closed one of its most successful years since its establishment.
Another achievement of the year is having a greater emphasis on maintaining British traditions and culture, part of which was introducing new British-themed events, which included a Fish & Chips night, a Pie & Mash evening, a tribute to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, a Late afternoon tea event, St. George's Day celebrations, and most recently, a highly successful Big Ben 150th anniversary / Strawberries and cream night.
Attendees of the AGM also elected the new Chairman and managing Council of the Chamber, both for a period of two years instead of the earlier one-year mandates, according to the Charter modifications accepted by the AGM. Gergely Mikola, Director of Corporate Affairs at Provident Financial was re-elected as BCCH Chairman.
Full members of the BCCH Council:
Csaba Csizmadia, e-Post Ltd.
Adrian Ellis, Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal
Alan Griffiths, Ernst & Young
Mónika Hackl, Tesco-Global Zrt.
Gábor Horváth, Hotel Mercure Budapest City Center
Gergely Mikola, Provident Financial
Tamás Molontay, Calyon Bank Hungarian Branch Office
Christopher Noblet, Partos & Noblet in co-operation with Lovells
Dr. Iván Sefer, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Zaid Sethi, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Alternate Council members:
Tamás Ferenczi, BT Limited Hungarian Branch Office
Zsuzsanna Rózsa, ING Bank
“We are very proud of the achievements of the last year. Businesses have faced challenges of different sizes and natures and the BCCH successfully aligned its operations to meet these needs.” – says Gergely Mikola, the re-elected Chairman. “We will continue to put major emphasis to support our members do business successfully in Hungary and also our efforts to help Hungary be an attractive place for investment and re-investment.”
The Council’s work will be aided by the BCCH office, headed by Executive Director Csilla Csurgai, who was appointed in February 2009.
A photo gallery of the AGM is available here.
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