János Csák

János Csák
Born (1962-10-15) October 15, 1962
Residence Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Alma mater Corvinus University of Budapest
Occupation Economist and entrepreneur
Board member of

Richter Gedeon Plc.

Bank of China (Hungary)
Children Four

János Csák (born 15 October 1962) is a Hungarian corporate leader, honorary professor of management and former Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom.[1] He is currently the head of Project ConNext 2050 at the Social Futuring Center,[2][3] Corvinus University of Budapest.

Education

János Csák holds an MSc in Finance and Sociology from the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary, 1987), and completed the Challenge of Leadership Program, INSEAD (France, 2000)[4] and the Executive Program at the University of Michigan Business School (USA, 1996).[5][6][7][8]

Career

During his career János Csák worked in executive and board positions for several companies in Europe, the USA and Australia including Matáv (treasurer, 1993-2000), MOL Group (chairman, 1999-2000), T-Mobile Hungary (incl. chairman, 1997-2001), Creditanstalt Investment Bank (CA-IB),[9] Budapest Bank (GE Money Bank) Falcon Oil and Gas, and Wildhorse Energy Ltd.[10]

He worked as treasurer of Matáv (now Magyar Telekom) playing an instrumental role in Matáv's $1 billion listing on the New York Stock Exchange, a deal seen as the model for future privatizations[11] winning the International Financing Review Award in 1997. János Csák also crafted and negotiated the biggest mobile deal in the Central European region to its date: the acquisition of Westel (now T-Mobile) for $885 million from MediaOne in 1999.[12] Under his leadership in finance Matáv won the World’s Best User of Syndicated Loans Award (Euromoney, 1997)

In 1996 he was a Senior Treasury Advisor at Ameritech Corporation (Chicago, USA).

During his tenure as Chairman of the Board at MOL in 1999-2000, he orchestrated a comprehensive growth strategy which resulted in the reconstruction of the leadership and the strategy of the group. As a result MOL Group became a top-notch enterprise in the oil industry and a regional leader.[13][14][15]

He was an executive board member of Creditanstalt Investment Bank, a Vienna-based comprehensive investment bank focusing on Central-Eastern Europe in 2001-2003, where he supervised the energy and telecom practices.

In 2003, János Csák started his own management and strategic advisory practice. As an entrepreneur, he turned around a number of companies, notably he revitalized Helikon's (a publisher of quality literature and art),[16] and Heti Válasz's (a magazine reaching over 1% of the population nationwide, covering politics, economy and culture) brand strategy, and successfully sold both as efficient companies.[17][18]

János Csák was a visiting fellow in political economy and energy security at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC in 2009-10.

He served as Hungary’s Ambassador accredited to the United Kingdom between 2011-14.[19][20]

Currently, he serves on the board of Gedeon Richter Plc.[21] and Bank of China (Hungary) Ltd. as non-executive director. Since 2016 he is the Chairman of Design Terminal,[22] a non-profit incubator, Chairman of Arete Ltd.[23], an early-stage investment company, and majority owner of Brain Bar,[24] a major European festival on the future.

He is a member of the supervisory board of the Saint Francis Foundation of Déva. In 2003 he founded the Kálmán Széll Foundation an association of business leaders.

Awards

In recognition of his economic and social activities he was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary in 2010. He was conferred the Honorary Citizenship of the 20th district of Budapest (2013),[25] and the Knight Grand Cross of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (UK, 2013).[26]

Personal life

He is married to Júlia Márton, they have four children. In his spare time, János Csák enjoys literature. In addition to writing essays,[27] he also translated several books to Hungarian including novels and professional literature.[28][29][30][31][32][33]

References

  1. ↑ "Csák, János on Who's Who UK". Who's Who UK. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-254151 (inactive 2018-03-31).
  2. ↑ "Connext 2050". Connext 2050 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. ↑ Csák, János. "Social Futuring - Normative Framework" (PDF). Working Paper. 2/2018: 36.
  4. ↑ "Manfred Kets de Vries - INSEAD". ketsdevries.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. ↑ "C.K. Prahalad, 1941-2010". Bloomberg.com. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  6. ↑ Chang, Arlene (2010-04-18). "C.K. Prahalad, Management Guru, Dies". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  7. ↑ "Dave Ulrich". University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  8. ↑ "Dave Ulrich | The RBL Group". daveulrich.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  9. ↑ www.napi.hu. "Csák János a CA IB magyarországi vezérigazgatója". Napi.hu. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  10. ↑ "WildHorse Appoints European Energy and Capital Markets Specialists to Board". 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  11. ↑ "New realities: Shrugging off the Asia effect". Euromoney. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  12. ↑ "Stretching Hungary's debt". Euromoney. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  13. ↑ "MOL's milestone". The Economist. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  14. ↑ "Mozgó Világ 2001. július, 27. évf. 7. sz. - EPA". epa.oszk.hu. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  15. ↑ "Ez az arc lesz a végső? - portré Hernádi Zsolt MOL-vezérről". magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  16. ↑ "Becsben tartott utánnyomások | Világgazdaság". Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  17. ↑ www.napi.hu. "Csák Jánosé a Heti Válasz". Napi.hu. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  18. ↑ "Nyelv és Tudomány- Főoldal - Eladták a Heti Választ". m.nyest.hu. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  19. ↑ Csak, Janos (2011-02-04). "Hungary's Agenda for Europe". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  20. ↑ Márton Békés, Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy (2012-09-17). ""A nyugati kultúra részei vagyunk"". jobbklikk. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  21. ↑ "Gedeon Richter Plc. - Board of Directors". www.richter.hu. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  22. ↑ VARGA, Attila. "Szakmai befektetőé lett a Design Terminal". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  23. ↑ "A privatizáció után szakítana nagyot – startupokkal a Design Terminál | Forbes.hu". forbes.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  24. ↑ "Szellemi csúcstalálkozó | Válasz.hu". valasz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  25. ↑ "Pesterzsébet értékteremtői" (PDF). Pesterzsébet. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  26. ↑ "Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George - Delegation for Great Britain and Ireland". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  27. ↑ "Móricz Zsigmond: Erdély - Kommentár ...a magyarázat. Közéleti és kulturális folyóirat". kommentar.info.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  28. ↑ A közgazdaságtan megváltása (John Mueller) (in Hungarian). ISBN 9789631246346.
  29. ↑ "Robert M. Pirsig, Csák János (ford.) - Könyv | bookline". bookline.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  30. ↑ Szex, pénz, boldogság és halál (Manfred Kets De Vries) (in Hungarian). ISBN 9789639912090.
  31. ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "BOOK REVIEW: 'Socrates'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  32. ↑ "Paul Johnson: Szókratész". Európa Könyvkiadó. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  33. ↑ HALM, Tamás (October 2017). "Reformáció a közgazdaságtanban?" (PDF). Közgazdasági Szemle.
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