The rules are set. The question is always the same: who dares to say no?
Yesterday, the HBLF Ethics Working Group’s professional event was held with great success at EY’s Budapest office. In the HBLF Top 20 Compliance Leaders initiative launched last year, we brought together the industry’s leading figures; building on that this year, rather than presenting awards, we provided a space for genuine, candid professional discussions.
In four roundtable discussions, we explored the same dilemma from four different perspectives: the gray areas between personal responsibility, business pressures, and technological decision-making.
Delivered opening remarks and moderated the discussions: András Bácsfalvi, EY partner, hashtagHBLF board member. The topics of the panel discussions and the participating experts:
1️⃣Global Banking Compliance – Central and Local Responsibilities
🔹Gábor Mandák — Citi - Compliance Risk Country Officer CE5 Sub-cluser Compliance Head
🔹Nóra Sljukic — Unicredit Bank Hungary Zrt – Compliance Manager
🔹Zoltán Halmai — ING Bank - Compliance Director
2️⃣Domestic Banking Compliance, Prudential, AML, and Legal Responsibilities
🔹Dr. Anna Kósa — Erste Bank- Compliance Manager
🔹Éva Takács — CIB Bank - Head of Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering
🔹Gábor Mabda— KDB Bank - Head of Compliance
🔹Ákos Tisza-Papp — MBH Bank - Managing Director, Legal Counsel
3️⃣System-wide compliance – infrastructure and corporate governance
🔹Adrienn Esztervári — Telekom Hungary - Data Protection Officer and Data Privacy (CoE) Center of Excellence Lead
🔹Péter Bán — E.ON - Director of Legal and Compliance
🔹Katinka Tölgyes — MVM - Head of Compliance
🔹Péter Sükösd— Auchan Hungary Zr t- Corporate Secretary
4️⃣Decision-making under pressure: when compliance clashes with business
🔹Szabolcs Mosonyi — Yettel - Ethics & Compliance Officer
🔹Laura Juhász — Schneider Electric - General Counsel és Compliance Officer
🔹Ferenc Batonai — AutoWallis - Group Compliance Manager
🔹Györgyi Birkás — Jungheinrich - Head of Legal and Compliance
🔹Dr. Zoltán Varga — Magyar Suzuki Zrt- Operative Director
We would like to thank EY for their hospitality and all participants for their active contributions. The HBLF Ethics Working Group remains committed to providing a platform for genuine dialogue on responsible business decision-making.