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Citi Global Business Corporate Department – Academic Portfolio

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Introduction

Established by Citi Hungary and the Faculty of International Management and Business of Budapest Business School in February 2020, the Citi Global Business Corporate Department aims to create direct connectivity between education, business practices, and R&D activities.

Through the strategic corporate-university partnership and the various joint educational activities, the Citi Global Business Corporate Department strives to encourage creative and innovative thinking as well as to improve the students' entrepreneurial skills by adapting new learning methods and focusing on organisational and business development related topics.

About Citi Hungary

With a more than 35-year history of presence, ingenuity and leadership in Hungary, today, Citi Hungary operates as a unique global bank providing a wide range of world-class products and services to large local corporations, SMEs, multinational clients, financial institutions and the public sector. Together with the Citi Solutions Center Budapest – established in 2005, providing services in various areas of Technology, Operations, Finance, and Risk & Control for Citi-entities worldwide – more than 2,700 employees work for Citi in Hungary.

At Citi we see, recognize and value the unique backgrounds, identities and experiences our employees bring to work every day. Our commitment to celebrate and champion the diversity of our people makes the growth and progress we drive around the world possible. We work to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging to ensure that the most talented people around the world are inspired to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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Joint Pillars of Our Academic Activities

“Sustainable progress at Citi is driven by our commitment to advance solutions that address climate change around the world in support of the transition to a low-carbon economy. Recognizing the need for urgent action, we have set out our 2025 Sustainable Progress Strategy focused on the low-carbon transition, climate risk and sustainable operations.” ^{1}

“As digital solutions expand and become more integrated into our daily lives, we see increasing concerns related to privacy and security breaches. Data security and customer privacy are top priorities for Citi and for our stakeholders and are among our most material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.” ^{2}

“We provide a range of internal development and rotational programs for leaders at all levels, and we continue to evolve those learning programs to meet new needs.” ^{3}

"At Citi, we challenge our employees to never stop learning and continue growing. Business and technology are changing and evolving at an incredible speed. To keep pace, continual learning is critical. […] We believe education goes beyond the classroom and focus on real-world experience.” ^{4}

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Academic Activities Aligned to the Joint Pillars

Citi and the Sustainable Development Goals

Given our global footprint and our role in financing economies around the world, Citi has an important role to play in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In 2019, Citi joined with the UN and other business leaders to create the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance, which promises to do more to address the multi-trillion dollar shortfall in funding for the UN’s goals. The 30 members have committed to scale up our collective efforts to align our businesses with the goals and to remove barriers to finance.

Citi and the Sustainable Development Goals

Citi Global Business Corporate Department Staff

Citi Hungary

Dr. Klára Tatár-Kiss PhD, CE5 Cluster Head of Human Resources at Citi - Founder, Head of Corporate Department, Lecturer
Veronika Spanarova, Citi Country Head for Hungary - Senior Executive Sponsor of the Faculty, Visiting Lecturer
László Kremmer, Senior Program Manager at Citi - Lecturer
Balázs Gál, Cluster Talent Acquisition Manager - Visiting Lecturer
Erna Pandur, Talent Attraction Manager - Department Coordinator

Budapest Business School

Dr. Katalin Csekő PhD - Associate professor
Dr. Anna Forgács PhD - Associate professor
Dr. Károly Pirisi PhD - Senior lecturer

Citi Global Business Corporate Department Staff

Guest Lecture Topics

Against Money Laundering: Why and How?

In this lecture you will learn about the importance and requirements of the fight against money laundering. You will also hear about the origin and types of money laundering, the steps required by law to combat money laundering, how this fight is progressing and what its challenges are.

Bank of the Future

This lecture will provide you with a basic understanding of banking and will give you a high-level overview on its evolution while introducing you to current trends. The lecture will cover key differences of Incumbent Banks versus Challenger Banks giving you a brief summary on the key enablers that led to the rapid explosion of the challengers in the EU.

Business Continuity Management - The Day When the Worst Becomes Reality

In this lecture you will gain a basic understanding of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework, the benefits of its existence and the downsides if it is missing or implemented inadequately. The lecture also covers threats around us, and how Business Continuity responds to them, how BCM embeds into a company’s culture and how it helps to build and strengthen its operational resiliency.

Corporate Compliance

In this lecture you learn the definition and purpose of compliance, and its place in the corporate environment. You will also get to know more about the history of compliance in Hungary, its present regulations as well as the typical activities performed under the compliance umbrella.

Economists’ Role in Corporate and Investment Banks. Global and Regional Economic Outlook.

In this lecture you will be introduced to the job profile of market economists working for corporate and investment banks: who their internal and external clients are and how they cooperate in a global team. The lecture will also provide an economic update on the main global and regional trends, presenting the key external and domestic drivers shaping the outlook for the Hungarian economy.

Human Resources Management: Recruitment Practices

In this lecture you will learn more about the recruiting practices within Citi including the Talent Acquisition processes and KPI’s as well as the Recruitment Marketing highlights and Talent Attraction activities.

Inclusion and Diversity at Citi

At Citi, our employees reflect the remarkable range of cultures and perspectives of our clients. We recognize that unique individuals, collaborative teams and inclusive leaders have a far-reaching impact and are the engines of new ideas. We have several Employee networks, led by our employees on a volunteer basis, providing a wide range of activities in different fields of diversity. You will get an insight into a global organization, and experience first-hand what diversity means in business, how management and employees work together for a truly inclusive culture.

Infrastructural Developments Related to International Payment Systems

There are country regulations and system developments which continuously help Citi to sustain its strong global reputation. Citi uses the international standard payment systems, and it is essential to keep systems up-to-date with market standards. In this lecture you will hear more about these developments.

International Interconnections Between Departments

Being part of a global multinational company, Citi’s Payables Operations supports 56 countries in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, processing all the third-party invoices with different country specific requirements. Through the example of the Payables process, this lecture will point out the international interconnections between the different departments within Citi.

Introduction to Information Security

The lecture will mainly focus on the basics of information security and why it is important in a corporate environment. It will explain how companies or individuals will be able to protect their data and what the main information security principles are that need to be in used in a company’s daily activity.

Key Aspects of Building a Bank’s Strategy

During this lecture you will get an insight to the key considerations and elements of a strategy build out of a bank. We will review the mandatory elements of a strategy document, key strategy building tools, and primary triggers of reviewing a bank’s business model.

Procurement During COVID Times and in the Post-Covid World

The appearance of COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains globally in many ways. Organizations had to change focus from one day to another to be able to serve clients, procurement teams needed to adjust their approach to ensure business continuity. In this lecture you will hear about a couple of learnings and how resilient procurement looks in the post-COVID era.

The Key for a ‘Risk-Free’ Purchasing Process

Buying a product or service to fulfil your ‘need’ isn’t just a matter of having money and accordingly you pay for that product. Purchasing is a very interesting process, from the moment your ‘need’ pops up in your mind, till the point you get your money out of pocket for payment. As a market leading financial institution, a closer look on Citi’s purchasing process from our view will show you how you can bring value to your day to day ‘buying’ lifestyle.

The Role of Legal in Governance of an Organization and Internal Diplomacy

In this lecture you will get an introduction to the topic of Legal as a control function, an explanation about what lawyers do in a bank, and how Internal Diplomacy within a global bank looks like.

Guest Lecturers

Dr. Orsolya Gantner

Division Legal Counsel for Central Europe

After graduating from Law School, Orsolya joined Citi and has been working there ever since, for over 20+ years now. Orsolya is the Country Counsel of Citi Hungary and for the past few years has also been a Legal Counsel for Central Europe.

Balázs Gál

Head of Professional Talent Acquisition EMEA

Balázs is the Head of Professional Talent Acquisition in Citi’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He has 15 years of experience in Human Resources - out of which he spent 12 years in leadership positions. Balázs has been leading the HR strategy building and implementation of various multinational companies.

Eszter Gárgyán

Chief Economist for Hungary at Citi

Eszter joined Citi in 2007 and since then she has provided economic research coverage for global and local clients and Citi management in close cooperation with the global Economic Research team. Prior to joining Citi Eszter worked as an economist for OTP Bank in Hungary covering banking and economics in the Eastern Europe. Eszter has been awarded as the best overall forecaster for Hungary in the 2019 FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards. Eszter has a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Pécs and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Katalin Mónika Kozák

Business Strategy Manager of Citi’s Central Europe Cluster

Kata joined Citi Central Europe & Hungary Business strategy manager in 2018. She is the senior business support of the Managing Director responsible for Citi’s Central Europe cluster, and focusing on Citi’s businesses in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, and the non-presence countries’ activities in the Baltics and Balkans. Prior to her current role in Citi, Kata was responsible for strategic business programs in Citi’s Consumer business in London, Hungary, Moscow between 2010- 2014. She started her banking career in Citi in 2009. Kata is passionate “world citizen” has lived in five countries so far and speaks five languages fluently. She holds a BSC in Economics, and EXMBA in Business Administration.

László J. Kremmer,

MBA, CLC, PMP®

Senior Program Manager at Citi

László is a seasoned business and program management professional with MBA, PMP®, and CLC certificate. 10+ years of SSC experience and 20+ years of Project and Program Management experience. Areas of Expertise: Project- Program and Portfolio Management, Executive Management – Business Management and Development – Change Management – Culture Development – Strategy Development – Sales strategy implementation. Built and led high performing international project teams and organizational PMO function in the SSC environment. Successfully led global project teams and various system and migration projects and programs (ERP implementation, Software Development, Time Management System, Legacy System Decommission, System Upgrade). Incorporating extensive Business Management and Project Management knowledge. Trained over a thousand people in project management, Human Resources and Enterprise Management. Mentor-Trainer and Certified Leadership Coach.

Dr. Gábor Mandák

Chief Country Compliance Officer

Gábor is the Compliance Director of Citi Hungary and the Compliance Head for Citi in the Central Europe sub-cluster (CE5). He has a degree in law, bar exam and a post-graduate degree in economics. During the first period of his career he worked as legal counsel in the banking sector for 16 years. In his current position since 2015, Gábor is responsible for the operation of Citi’s Global and European compliance program in Hungary and in CE5, which also includes the oversight of compliance with anti-money laundering (AML), Sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption (AB&C) related requirements.

Mónika Maurer

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Mónika is Citi Hungary’s Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (AMLCO). She has over 20 years of experience in the Hungarian banking sector and over 7 years on the AML area at Citi as AMLCO and as Head of the AML Department. Mónika has been with Citi for more than 15 years and she is a certified AML Specialist (ACAMS graduate).

László Nagy

Continuity of Business Senior Manager

László is Governance Lead for Citi Business Continuity Management (CBCM) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. His main responsibility is to ensure that Citi’s Global Continuity of Business program is executed on a business entity, country, cluster and regional level in line with Citi’s Continuity of Business Policy, Standards and Testing Standards. He has been working in the IT industry for 20 years and joined Citi in 2015. He is committed to Business Continuity Management and to Operational Resiliency.

Zsolt Németh

Information Security Officer

Zsolt joined Citi in 2009 and gained experience in various departments. As a Fraud Analyst in the Consumer Bank’s Fraud Team he was detecting and investigating credit/debit and personal loan frauds. In 2015 he joined the EMEA Cyber Security Fusion Center as a threat analyst, and he currently holds the position of Information Security Officer. Zsolt has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing Communication and certifications as an institutional communicator, ISO 27001 auditor, and is a Certified Information Security Manager.

Hajnalka Nikolich-Bor

Securities Services Country Product Head

Hajnalka is the Securities Services Head for Hungary since 2011. After joining Citi Hungary in 2004, she fulfilled various positions in the local Securities Services team, both in operations and in the product team. Hajnalka is representing Citi Hungary in the Hungarian Banking Association, the Association of Investment Service Providers and is a member of the Settlement Committee of the Budapest Stock Exchange since 2013. Hajnalka has over 17 years of experience in the Hungarian capital market. She holds an M.B.A from the Central European University Business School and a B.A degree from Oxford Brookes University. She also holds a certificate of the Hungarian Banking Academy required for the provision of securities services.

Gábor Péter

EMEA Sourcing Manager for Facilities and Utilities

Gabor joined Citi in 2017. He has been in sourcing, in the world of facilities since 1996.Prior to Citi, Gabor worked over a decade for Shell and IBM in Asian and most in EMEA facilities roles. He studied linguistics, history, politics and law and has been an EU expert in law and politics.

Veronika Spanarova

Managing Director, Citi Country Head for Hungary

Veronika Spanarova assumed the role of Citi Country Head for Hungary in September 2020. In her current position Veronika is responsible for leading the growth of Citi’s businesses whilst maintaining the highest standards of franchise (bank and Citi Solutions Center) soundness in Hungary. Prior to her appointment to Hungary, Veronika spent four years as Citi Country Head for Slovakia, where she was also the bank’s Corporate Banking Head.
Veronika started her career with Citi in the Czech Republic more than 25 years ago. Since then, she has held various senior positions in the fields of Transaction Services, Corporate Banking, Consumer and Retail Banking areas in the Czech Republic, Brazil and Slovakia. She assumed the role of Citi Country Head for Hungary in September 2020. In her current position Veronika is responsible for leading the growth of Citi’s businesses whilst maintaining the highest standards of franchise (bank and Citi Solutions Center) soundness in Hungary. Prior to her appointment to Hungary, Veronika spent four years as Citi Country Head for Slovakia, where she was also the bank’s Corporate Banking Head.
Veronika started her career with Citi in the Czech Republic more than 25 years ago. Since then, she has held various senior positions in the fields of Transaction Services, Corporate Banking, Consumer and Retail Banking areas in the Czech Republic, Brazil and Slovakia. She holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Charles University, School of Social Sciences, Prague.

Barna Szima

EMEA and APAC Global Functions Sourcing Head

Barna joined Citi in 2014, leading a remote team of 25+ sourcing professionals procuring realty services, security, business and travel services and executive services. Previously he worked in the banking, manufacturing and FMCG industries both in sales and on procurement side.

Klára Tatár-Kiss

CE5 (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria) Cluster Head of Human Resources

Klára has over 20 years of HR director experience in various multinational corporations. She has experience not only with the Eastern European countries but previously Klara had a global Talent role based in a London Headquarter.
Klara throughout her career has been passionate about diversity, committed to promoting inclusive leadership and has been contributing to shaping the diversity agenda in her organizations. Her efforts were recognized both at the professional and personal level by receiving awards like Best Place to Work, Family Friendly Award, Disabled Friendly Workplace, and Healthy Workplace Award. Her personal commitment was rewarded at the society level when she received the Role Model Award from Lifegarden in 2016.
Klara is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (FCIPD), a certified senior practitioner coach by EMCC, has a certificate of coaching from Henley Business School and holds a post-graduate diploma in Management Studies from Henley Business School. Additionally, she is a NLP Master Practitioner, has a post-graduate economist degree, and a university degree in Biology and English, and PhD in the field of Sociology, with a research focus on women leadership in transnational organizations.

Tibor Vantsa

Head of Professional Talent Acquisition, Central Europe

Tibor manages the recruitment activities in Citi’s CE5 Region, covering Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. Tibor has almost 20 years’ experience in recruitment. He spent the first years of his career with recruitment consulting agencies and then joined Citi in 2008. He has a BSc economist degree from the Budapest University of Economics and an MSc degree from Corvinus University.