Hungary

Welcome

ISG International founded 1999 in Austria having its headquarters in Vienna is one of the leading HR Consulting, Executive Search companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) acting in 35+ countries with more than 60 offices and 800 employees.


We ensure professional and comprehensive support in complete portfolio of HR Services and all our services are tailor-made according to the request of our Customers. Our Consultants are generalists but naturally, with the help of internal specialisation our colleagues are active in different market segments and their work is supported by a strong Research Team.

Staff

Meet the team behind Hungary

Krisztina Pulay

Managing Director / Country Manager

Expertise

Krisztina graduated as an Economist at the University of Economics and did her MBA at the University of Technology and Economics.

She started her career in the field of foreign trade. Due to her enthusiastic, proactive and professional attitude, she was soon promoted and became the Procurement Manager of a manufacturing company. A few years later, she continued her career as Managing Director and became responsible for the representation of a multinational company in Hungary.

In 1996, she joined CATRO International Management Consulting Ltd. as a Senior Consultant. One year later, she became the Managing Director of the company. She led the Hungarian subsidiary successfully for 13 years. In 2010 she joined ISG as Managing Director – Country Manager, and the Head of the ‘Consumer / Commercial Sector’ of the ISG Group.

Over the years together with her team, they completed countless successful domestic and international Executive Search, Direct Search and Selection, Outplacement, Assessment / Development Center, Talent Management, Organizational Development, Talent Search and Market Monitoring projects. Moreover, she developed long-term partnerships with the leaders of multinational companies as well as Hungarian large and medium-sized companies.

HER MAIN FOCUS POINTS

  • Building up and keeping in contact with HR managers and Top Managers, Business Development
  • Coordinating International Corporate level and Regional cross-boarding businesses
  • Providing HR Consulting activities at Executive Search, Direct Search and Selection, Outplacement, Assessment / Development Center, Talent Management, Organizational Development, Talent Search and Market Monitoring projects
  • Management Consulting

 

Motto: “It does not matter where you start, what matters is the decision about where you eventually want to get to.” (Anthony Robbins)

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Viktória Kaposvári

Senior Executive Consultant / Head of ExS / HH Business Operations

Expertise

Viktória started her career in the world of the professional tennis. She managed the sponsorship of the competitors and tournaments and the international sales. She got engaged with Human Resources during her studies and decided to continue her career in this direction.

After graduating as an HR Manager she got insight into the world of a multinational IT company SAP, later she became the Office Manager of the Catro Executive Consulting Ltd.

Beside her administrative tasks she learnt the method and technique of the Search & Selection, Research, Direct Search / Headhunting. She also took part in preparing Organisational Development projects and supported actively the work of Consultants.

She joined ISG 2010 as Research & Administration Manager. In this position she had full administration responsibility and also provided professional support to the Researcher Team and coordinated their work, delivered successfully several Search & Selection projects to different international and local companies.

2015 she was nominated to the Head of Search & Selection Division of ISG Hungary and lately she was promoted to Head of Executive Search & HH Business Operations.

She delivered successfully numerous Executive and Direct Search & Selection projects (segment-specific and support function positions) in different market segments – R&D, IT/Telecommunications, Automotive, Production / Manufacturing, SSC/BSC, Media, Technical Trade, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG etc.

Her personal specialities include:

  • Executive Search, Headhunting, Direct Search projects (national and international)
  • Account management – liaising with clients to understand recruitment needs, developing and maintaining strong working relationships with HR Business Partners, Hiring Managers and Talent Acquisition teams to hire “best in class” talent
  • Implementation of Outplacement projects
  • Market Screening / Scope, Competence Diagnostics, Talent Management
  • Contact with international subsidiaries, coordination of international projects
  • Board Services and Executive Consultancy
  • Preparing and managing of Organisational Development projects
  • Working out Assessment / Development Centres and Evaluating them
  • Coordination of the work of Researcher colleagues
  • Managing the business unit and development of business processes

Motto: “Amateurs hope, professionals work.”

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Judit Gelencsér

Senior Consultant

Expertise

Judit Gelencsér graduated at ELTE Teachers Training College, Budapest, at the Faculty of English-Russian. In order to gain some business knowledge, she completed her economics studies at the College of Foreign Trade, Budapest.

After spending some time in foreign trade field, she joined an Austrian consulting company, where she spent 11 years as a Consultant and Senior Consultant.

In October 2010 Judit Gelencsér changed and joined ISG as a Senior Consultant, in 2011 she successfully obtained ISG International Consultant Certification, and now she works in the Executive Search Division for a variety of international companies in different industries and on cross-boarding, regional projects and supporting international clients in several countries, regionally too.

She supports with great success her national and international partners in different fields.

INDUSTRY FOCUS POINTS

FMCG, Food, Agriculture, Production, Building Industries, Technical Commercial companies, Oil Industry, Automotive Industry, Energetic market, Banks, Financial companies, BIG4.

Her personal specialities include:

  • Executive Search, Headhunting, Direct Search (national and international)
  • Account management – liaising with clients to understand recruitment needs, developing and maintaining strong working relationships with HR Business Partners, Hiring Managers and Talent Acquisition teams to hire “best in class” talent
  • Board Services and Executive Consulting
  • Management Diagnostics
  • Personnel Search & Selection
  • Business Development
  • Assessment / Development Centre
  • Potential Analysis, Talent Management
  • Career Consultancy, Outplacement
  • Market Screening and Scope

 

Motto: “If you can dream it, you can even realize it.”

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Judit Martonosi-Nagy

Senior Consultant

Expertise

Judit graduated at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration as an Economist and Teacher of Economics. She started her professional career in the field of Controlling and Accounting as a Specialist, later continued as a Supervisor in the same area working for multinational companies in the Energy and Service Sectors.

Following her instinctive feeling to support people and their life-long development she later changed to the field of Human Resources Management.
As Branch Manager of the Financial Division of Kelly Services Hungary, she started her HR-career by Headhunting Financial, Accounting professionals and executives. From here she moved to Assessment Systems Hungary as a Consulting Team Lead and Project Manager, and she was dealing with the design and execution of Assessment- and Development Centers, Psychometric Testing, Competence-analyses and -development, Executive and Team-Coaching, Career Management and Outplacement Consulting. Later she broadened her specialisation to the fields of Engineering, Marketing, Commerce, HR, Legal and general / Executive Management at GreenSearch pursuing Executive Search.

As a qualified Business and Life Coach, Outplacement- and Hogan-Consultant, she is devoted to support people in their own professional development.
She joined the Executive Search and Headhunting team of ISG as a Senior Consultant.
She gained major experience in the following business segments: Manufacturing / Production, Technical Commerce, Automotive, Construction, FMCG, Energetics, Oil- and gas, Business Support Centers, Banking and Finance, Big4.

MAIN FOCUSES:

  • Executive Search and Headhunting / Direct Search projects
  • Management Diagnostics / Tests
  • Design and execution of Assessment / Development Centers
  • Executive Consulting, Career-Management Consulting, Outplacement
  • Executive and Team-Coaching

Motto: “And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln

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Dóra Középesy

Senior Consultant

Expertise

Dóra graduated as a language teacher at the Kossuth Lajos University of Debrecen, and also has a degree in foreign trade.

She gained extensive professional experience in international companies, worked as a Purchaser, Key Account Manager, PR and Communication Manager.

She spent 6 years in HR consultancy, mainly dealing with middle, top and expert positions, as well as being an Observer/Assessor and Project Manager for AC/DC processes. She participated in Outplacement processes, Career Counselling and Intercultural Training.

In 2019, she joined ISG team as a Consultant, focusing on Middle Management and Senior Experts.

She has an extensive experience in the following industries: Finance, Banking & Finance, Pharmaceuticals, Service Industry, FMCG.

Her personal specialities include:

  • Execution of Headhunting / Direct Search projects from negotiation with the Client to successful candidate placement (preparation of Research Activity Report, Long-list, interviewing, testing, Short-list compilation, preparation of reports)
  • Development of Assessment / Development Centers, participation as an Assessor or Moderator
  • Conducting Outplacement Projects, Career Counselling
  • Online Diagnostics / Tests

 

Motto: “Optimism is a faith that leads to success.”

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Erika Gazdag

Back Office Specialist

Expertise

Erika graduated at Budapest Business School Faculty of International Management and Business.

She started her professional carrier in HR services working as Headhunter / Consultant at a consultancy company. She gained extensive professional experience in the Search and Selection of Engineers and Mid-managers. She has proven evidence of numerous successful placements in different sectors (automotive, production / manufacturing, SSC, IT, banking).

She joined ISG team as a Consultant, focusing on Direct Search & Selection projects of international companies with generalist approach.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • End-to-end execution of Headhunting / Direct Search projects on national and international markets
  • Market research, identification of potential candidates
  • Participation in Assessment/Development Centers as an Assessor or Moderator
  • Active participation as Consultant in different HR projects (e.g. market benchmark, salary scope, etc.)

Motto: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Viktória Szabó

Executive Research Team Lead / Senior Researcher

Expertise

Viktória graduated at the University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration of Budapest in Public Management to which she added a second degree as Protocol Expert at the University of Public Service. Her professional career started in the public administration sector in the area of customer affairs and continued as Expert of Social Insurance at the Hungarian State Treasury. Later on, she moved to business direction and worked as Office Manager. Lifelong learning is matter of prime importance for her, hence she continuously trains herself and broadens her horizon.
Viktória joined ISG in as Researcher, and now she supports the work of the Senior Consultants as Executive Research Team Lead.

Her personal sub-specialities:

  • Research – mapping of different market segments, identifying target persons, contacting – by using Direct Search, Headhunting method or depending on the position level using Executive Search methodology
  • Contacting Candidates, presenting the position, convincing
  • Coordinating the work of the Research team

Motto: „Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.”– Dalai Lama

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Emese Gál-Sziklai

Senior Researcher / Research Team Lead

Expertise

Emese obtained her master’s degree at University of Debrecen on the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

After completing her studies, she has been working for 7 years as an Account Manager at a business management software company. She was responsible for clients in the SME sector.

She has joined ISG team in 2019 as a Researcher, was promoted to Senior Researcher and Research Team Lead in 2021 and supports currently the work of Senior Consultants, and coordinates the work of the Researchers.

Her personal specialities:

  • Handling of databases and records;
  • Keeping contact with Candidates, presenting the positions, convincing Candidates;
  • Research – mapping of different market segments, identifying target persons, contacting – using Direct Search, Headhunting and depending on the position’s level using Executive Search methods;
  • Preparing Reports;
  • Administrative tasks;
  • Supporting the work of Senior Consultants.

 

Motto: „You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

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Zsuzsanna Benkő

Senior Researcher

Expertise

Zsuzsanna obtained her bachelor’s degree in Economy at Budapest Business School, at the tourism faculty.  After completing her studies she was working at MEMRB Market Research Agency as Account Executive, managing main multinational clients’ requests. In this role she prepared and held market analysis presentations.

After leaving MEMRB, Zsuzsanna was working 7 years at British American Tobacco Kft. as Research Executive. She was coordinating the qualitative and quantitative market research projects for BAT Hungary and BAT Austria and she participated in main global market research projects. After this period she joined Tesco Hungary where she worked as Coordinator. In this position her main responsibilities included the coordination of store and category specific researches.

Between 2014 and 2017 Zsuzsanna worked as Research Analyst at Egon Zehnder Kft. She was supporting the German and Austrian market by searching for candidates, writing reports about potential candidates, preparing company profiles. Beside this she participated in candidate screening, interviewing and selection for Egon Zehnder Budapest office new colleagues.

Zsuzsanna joined ISG Team in 2018 as Senior Researcher.

In her current position she identifies the potential market segments and target candidates. She is contacting the potential experts and managers with Executive Search and Headhunting methods.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • Research – identifying different market segments, identifying and reaching the potential relevant Candidates – Executive Search, Headhunting
  • Keeping contact with potential Candidates, Clients
  • Preparation of reports
  • Supporting the Consultants work

Motto: “Either you move forward in the direction of growth or you go back to safety.” Abraham Maslow

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Anna Krizsanyik

Researcher

Expertise

Anna studied at Budapest Business School’s Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality.
She has collected experience in several work projects and gained insight into the operation of different areas and sectors (e.g. tourism, banking, state and local government financed investments). Currently she is doing her master degree in Marketing at ELTE.

Anna joined ISG as Researcher, and supports the work of the Consultants since Spring 2021.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • Research – mapping of different market segments, identifying target persons, contacting – by using Direct Search, Headhunting method or depending on the position level using Executive Search methodology
  • Preparing reports
  • Contacting Candidates, presenting the position, convincing

 

Motto: „Be like a flower, survive the rain but use it to grow.”

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Brigitta Szekeres

Researcher

Expertise

Brigitta graduated as journalist at the University of Szeged, Faculty of Communication and Media Sciences. She has worked as writer, Social Media Manager, and also as Crew Trainer in the United Kingdom. Later on she joined a company in the building and construction industry as HR Project Assistant, then she strengthened the team of an Engineering Office as Marketing Assistant. Human Resources have interested her for long years as she sees herself as a supportive person.

Brigitta joined ISG as Researcher.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • Research – mapping of different market segments, identifying target persons, contacting – by using Direct Search, Headhunting method or depending on the position level using Executive Search methodology
  • Contacting Candidates, presenting the position, convincing
  • Supporting the work of the Consultants

Motto: „Investing in your own development is the best and most rewarding investment.”

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Barbara Bite

Senior Trainer & Coach

Expertise

STUDIES

2015 SolutionSurfers – Briefcoaching – PCC
2015-2019 Nordske Gestalt Institut– Gestalt Therapist Training – in progress
2013 Gestalt Coaching Center – Leading Blind spots and Organizational Taboos – Coach Training
2013 Bewise – Action Learning Group Facilitator Training
2013 Captain – Captain Expert Training
2011-2012 Sämling Solution Consulting Ltd. – Team and Group Coach
2009-2011 Business Coach Academy – Qualified Business Coach
2011 Antares Group Ltd. – Transactional Analysis training
1999-2001 University of Pécs – Economist Msc.
1995-1998 College of Szolnok– External Trade Economist

MAIN REFERENCE WORKS

  • Executive and Business Coaching
  • Communication, Assertivity, Stress Management
  • Team and Group Coaching
  • Delegation, re-structuring cooperation
  • Leader Development
  • Changes and Crisis Management
  • Organisational Development
  • Career Path
  • Dilemmas of young Top Level Official
  • Becoming leader, Talent Management
  • Motivation, recognition
  • Action Learning (group)
  • Time Management
  • Burn Out
  • Self Knowledge

WORK EXPERIENCE

In 2010 she and her companions established the Coaching Team professional community, and she has been working in the field of business as individual, Group and Team Coach, Action Learning facilitator and Trainer.

She is a member of the Hungarian ICF department, since January 2014 she has been filling a Vice-President post in the Hungarian ICF department. From 2015 she is the president of the Hungarian ICF.

She started the life of business with the past of a professional sportswoman. She gained wide experience at Baumax Hungary Ltd. where she learned everything that was possible about trade. In a short time she filled a Leader position where she spent more than seven years.

She could not avoid those problems which every manager has to face. Today she wishes as a Leader she had a Coach who supports, helps, asks, is there, holds a mirror, encourages, pulls down to the ground, practices with her etc. Then all of these she did not receive and she was forced to work on herself without any support which took a lot of time and effort. However, through all these own experiences she is able to help her customers more genuinely.

LANGUANGE KNOWLEDGE

  • English

Motto: “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”– Muhammad Ali

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Viktória Szabó

Trainer

Expertise

STUDIES

2018 Coaching Team – Coach
2017 Legacy – Trainer, team coach, facilitator training
2015 BME – Work and Organizational Psychologist
2013 BCE – Organizational communicator
2011 ELTE – Psychologist

WORK EXPERIENCE

As an organizational psychologist she works with individuals, groups and organizations. She believes, if we want to achieve a real and long lasting result we have to focus not only on the individual but also on the wider circumstances. During her work she supports people and organizations in finding the most efficient ways to do their best and also to bring the best out of each other.
In order to succeed she mixes the tools of solution-centered approach and positive psychology with the methodology of traditional development.

MAIN ACTIVITY FIELDS

Organizational development projects
Attitude and skill development programs and trainings:
– Motivation
– Acknowledgment, feedback
– Assertive communication
– Self awareness
– Work orientation, career advising
– Time management
Open leadership and personality development programs

Motto: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.“ – Albert Einstein

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Rita Gallen

Trainer & Coach

Expertise

QUALIFICATIONS

2015-2016 Watson Coach School Action-Oriented group coaching- 40 hours of coaching course
2014-2015 ’Train the trainer’ training qualification- 120 hour of coaching course- Tolerance Training Kft
2014-2015 ’Master coach’ qualification- 100 hour of coaching course- Tolerance Training Kft
2011–2012 DIADAL coach training 60 hour of coaching course- Businesscoach Kft
1996-1999 Business School, Faculty of International Communication, Publicity Major, Foreign Trade Economist Degree
1991-1996 Janus Pannonius University of Sciences, Faculty of Arts, English major
1989-1990 Tourist Guide Qualification

KEY PROFESSIONAL AREAS

  • Handling of Emotions, Emotional Intelligence
  • Stress-management
  • Burnout, self motivation and energy level
  • Development of Executive Self-awareness
  • Leadership role, Vision and Profession
  • Work Life Balance
  • Time-Management and Personal Efficiency
  • Communication
  • Giving and receiving constructive feedback
  • 2-in-1 coaching: personalized development in English language, confidence-building, stress management
  • Professional experience
  • More than 2 decades in Executive Development: Business Coach, English language Coach and Trainer. Individual and Group Coach in Hungarian and in English language
  • Co-translator of methodological book:’ Toolful coach’
  • Founder of ‘Women Between Each Other’ community
  • Joined Coaching Team in January 2015
  • Coordinator of Lean In Budapest

ONGOING PROJECTS

  • 2016- TEVA Individual Coaching Process
  • 2015- Omya Hungary Kft.- Individual and Team Coaching, in progress
  • From 2013 Freelancer Business and Language Coach
  • From 2015 Coaching Team member, Coach, Trainer
  • From September 2015 NVA Coach, Trainer
  • From 2015- Lean In Coordinator
  • From 2014- facilitation of women workshop: ‘Women between each other’

LANGUANGE KNOWLEDGE

English

Motto: „I believe, that without continous development of self-knowledge there is no progress. The biggest happines for me is, when we both are in flow, and the coachee gets closer to his/her goal on every session.”

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András Makai B.

Senior Trainer & Coach

Expertise

STUDIES

2010-2014 Gestalt-therpist training – Nordske Gestalt Institute, Gestalt-therapist
2009-2010 Flow Coaching School – Flow Group, Business Coach
2008-2009 Gestalt approached Organisation Development – Hungarian Gestalt Association
2008 Trainer Academy – GROW Group, Trainer
2007-2009 SZEVA – Flow Group, Organization Development and Change Management Consultant
2007 Coaching Approached Leadership Training, GROW Group
1993-1997 Technical University, Nagyvárad, High- Voltage Electrical Engineer
1987-1990 Temesvári Politehnica, High- Voltage Electrical Engineering Faculty

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

ARPe® Authority Responsibility Power expanding profile
GPOP® (Golden Profile of Personality)

KEY PROFESSIONAL AREAS

  • Executive and Business Individual Coaching
  • Organization Development Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

As Owner and Managing Director he successfully built up a medium sized company group. After 10 years he intentionally chose succession, handed over his position and limited his responsibilities to “simple” Owner duties. During these years he kept training himself since he was a way more interested in human energy and resources than his former field; electrical energy.
As a Coach and Trainer he supports his clients in realizing their obstructions and find their energy in order to change, feel and function better.
He works in Hungarian, Romanian and English.

MEMBERSHIP

  • Hungarian Gestalt Association (MAG)
  • European Gestalt Therapy Association (EAGT)

LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

English
Romanian

Motto: „Wasted energy is the most expensive one!”

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Györgyi Szalay

Executive Coach

Expertise

Her work is charactherised by system and solution-oriented approach and also by the effective combination of emotional and energetic coaching. Thanks to these the coaching process results in detectable and sustainable improvement in the personal managerial effectiveness, stress tolerance and conflict stability.

She spent more than 1500 hours coaching – Hungarian and German – clients and uses a wide range of methodological techniques what gives her the possibility to support her clients unfolding their abilities in the way best suited to their personalities and goals.

During her work she focuses on facilitating personalised solutions, improving individual abilities and resolving factors interfering the unfolding of the client’s abilities. Her methods applied during the coaching process are based on the integration of modern behavioural science researches and effictive coaching procedures.

Activity focal points:

  • Leadership development – Great ones from good ones!
  • Talent management of the highly important employees
  • Development of managerial effectiveness of experienced professionals
  • Intercultural personnel development
  • Development of cooperation – Conflict sesolution and dediation
  • Work-life balance
  • Stres management / Burn out prevention
  • Train the coach

Motto: “There is only one knowledge, the other is just jointing: Beneath you the earth, above the sky and in you are the ladder.”

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Szilvia Malinovszky

Business Support Specialist

Expertise

Szilvia graduated at College of Foreign Trade as Economist, later on at the Eötvös Loránd University as translator and interpreter. She spent several years at a multinational production company providing translation services for different departments (Sales, Production, Quality, Marketing, HR) and compiling company materials. She has gained many years of experience as top management assistant. She also worked for a translation agency as proofreader using and developing her language skills in Hungarian, German and English.
She joined the team of ISG in 2019 as Business Support Specialist where she is responsible for the full administrative support of the Consultants and strategic business support for the Management.

Main tasks:

  • Preparing proposals, contracts and tender documentations
  • Preparing information materials, presentations, statements and reports
  • Managing databases and files
  • Supporting the work of the Managing Director and the Consultants
  • Market Research
  • Keeping contact with the regional offices, business coordination
  • Employer Branding
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Imola Rohonczy

Office Manager

Expertise

Imola graduated at Budapest College of Commercial, Tourism, and Catering as Tourism Specialist. Prior to joining ISG, she spent 20 years in tourism as a Tour Operator, then gained 5 years of experience as an Office Manager and Personal Assistant. She joined ISG team with full responsibility for the Back Office function of the Hungarian office.

Main tasks:

  • Managing and coordinating the office operation (administration, financial tasks, procurement etc.)
  • Managing databases and record files
  • Preparing reports and statements
  • Welcoming/Greeting clients and candidates
  • Recording new candidate materials
  • Supporting the work of the General Manager and Consultants
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Veronika Varga

Office Manager

Expertise

Veronika graduated at Szent István University in Jászberény. Prior to joining ISG, she spent 9 years at a leasing company as an office manager – receptionist. She joined ISG team in 2018, where she is responsible for the entire Front Desk and from 2020 she performs Office Management tasks as well.

Main tasks:

  • Managing and coordinating the office operation (administration, financial tasks, procurement etc.)
  • Managing databases and record files
  • Preparing reports and statements
  • Welcoming/Greeting clients and candidates
  • Dealing with incoming and outgoing post
  • Responsible for preparing meeting rooms properly and daily record keeping
  • Registration of customer and supplier accounts, contracts, other documents
  • Handling invoices, preparing financial statements
  • Recording new candidate materials
  • Supporting the work of the Manager and Consultants
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Lorenzo Molinari

Senior Consultant

Expertise

After his technical apprenticeship with ABB (former BBC) in Zurich, Lorenzo worked in the field of project management for different departments within ABB. During this time, he successfully completed an evening business school in Zurich.

November 1992 he moved to Hungary. From the planned six months stay he finally remained for 8 years, during which he was working for the internationally highly recognized Berlitz language school.

By the end of 2000 he returned back to Switzerland and worked with Credit Suisse in the HR department of the Private Banking International division supporting HR Business Partners.

Lorenzo joined ISG Hungary October 2006 as HR consultant. Since then he established a wide business network. Thanks to his knowledge of both Swiss/German and Hungarian cultural and social aspects he is able to support his clients in an effective way. He is a native German speaker, and fluent in Hungarian, English, Italian and French.

INDUSTRY FOCUS POINTS

IT / Telecommunication, Pharma, Production / Manufacturing, Finance-Banking.

His personal specialities include:

  • Executive Search, Headhunting, Direct Search (national and international)
  • Personnel Search & Selection
  • Designing of Assessment / Development Centres, acting as an Assessor
  • Potential Analysis, Talent Management
  • Outplacement
  • Market Screening and Scope
  • Career Consultancy
  • HR Consultancy

 

Motto: “Treat others the way you want to be treated. “

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Nóra Németh

Senior Consultant

Expertise

Nóra started her professional career in the Sales of FMCG sector. At the same time, she studied International Marketing as postgraduate at Budapest Business School (BGE).

After her graduation, she switched towards consultancy and joined the Hungarian subsidiary of Recruitment International Consultancy Group, where she spent significant time as a Senior and later on as Lead Consultant of the Sales, Marketing & Supply Chain Division.

Later on, she spent 5 years with the team of MP Solutions. Her portfolio was expanded here with further areas mainly Finance / Controlling, and HR, IT, Quality Management.

Nóra joined ISG‘s Executive Search & Headhunting Division as a Senior Consultant with the experience of hundreds of successful placements from Specialist to Top Management level in different market segments.

She considers it as her main strength assessing the Client demands correctly and transferring them into the targeted search strategy. She feels utmost delight when the Client and the right Candidate find each other.

INDUSTRY FOCUS POINTS

FMCG, Retail, Pharmaceutical Industry, Telecommunication, Finance / Banking, IT etc.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • Executive Search, Headhunting, Direct Search projects
  • Account Management
  • Executive Consulting
  • HR Consultancy

 

Motto: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

(Albert Einstein)

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Zsófia D. Varga

Senior Consultant

Expertise

Ms Zsófia D. Varga started her professional career in corporate HR at Hungarian Tourism Plc, where she was involved in internal HR audit and reorganization project including implementing new HR processes.

In 2005, taking use of her corporate experiences, she started with the Anglo-Saxon Recruitment International consultancy company and successfully coordinated Search &Selection of Senior Specialists and Executives in different business areas but with main focus on Corporate Finance, Banks and Shared Services.

After successful 9 years she joined Korn Ferry International where she had the opportunity to work on C level Executives search projects focusing on Central European region.

After an intensive 2 years she wanted to return to the Hungarian market and she joined ISG team as a Senior Consultant where she is focusing on Executive Search and Headhunting projects in generalist function.

During her career she spent one year in Australia studying international HR and during this period she also had the pleasure to work for Woolworth Chain Commercial Department.

In her free time she is actively taking part in Unicef’s Child Rights Education Programme as Trainer.

INDUSTRY FOCUS POINTS

Banks and Financial Corporates, Shared Service Centers / Business Service Centers, BIG4,  Insurance Corporates, Telecommunication, Media, Production Industry, Automotive Industry, FMCG, Energetic market, Oil Industry.

Her personal sub-specialities do certainly include:

  • Completing Executive Search, Headhunting, Direct Search projects
  • Coordination of international projects
  • Account management
  • Board Services and Executive Consulting
  • Management Diagnostics
  • Working out Assessment / Development Centres and acting as an Assessor

 

Motto: “If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs”

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