CHAPTER XI: APPENDIX E -- U.S. AND COUNTRY CONTACTS
A. U.S. Embassy Personnel
American Embassy Budapest
Ambassador: Peter Tufo
Deputy Chief of Mission: Thomas B. Robertson
Economic Counselor: Jean A. Bonilla
Commercial Counselor: John Fogarasi (see below)
Consul General: Susan Alexander
Political Counselor: Kyle Scott
Defense Attaché: Colonel James P. Mault
Szabadság tér 12
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4400
Fax: (36)(1) 475-4764
Homepage: www.usis.hu/emb.htm
U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID)
USAID Representative: Patricia Lerner
Bank Center Granite Tower
Szabadság tér 7-9
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4314
Fax: (36)(1) 302-0693
Homepage: www.c3.hu/~bobafat/usaid
U.S. Commercial Service
Senior Commercial Officer: John J. Fogarasi
Commercial Attaché: Pamela Ward
Bank Center Granite Tower
Szabadság tér 7-9
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4236
Fax: (36)(1) 475-4676
Homepage: www.usis.hu/fcs.htm
U.S. Information Service
Public Affairs Officer: Jim Nealon
Bank Center Granite Tower
Szabadság tér 7-9
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4766
Fax: (36)(1) 475-4764
Homepage: www.usis.hu/usisbp.htm
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Resident Local Agricultural Specialist: Ferenc Nemes
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4162
Fax: (36)(1) 475-4676
Agricultural Counselor (Embassy Vienna): Allen Mustard
Tel: (43)(1) 313-39
Fax: (43)(1) 310-8208
Homepage: www.usda.gov
Office of Defense Cooperation
Chief: Walter Riedle
Bank Center Granite Tower
Szabadság tér 7-9
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 475-4400
Fax: (36)(1) 475-4764
B. AmCham and Bilateral Business Councils
American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary
Executive Director: Péter Fáth
Deák Ferenc utca 10
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 266-9880
Fax: (36)(1) 266-9888
Homepage: www.hungary.com/amcham/
C. Trade and Industry Associations
Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
President: Dr. Lajos Tolnay
Kossuth Lajos tér 6-8
H-1055 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 474-5111
Fax: (36)(1) 474-5113
Hungarian Banking Association
Secretary General: Miklós Pulai
Roosevelt tér 7-8
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 312-5826
Fax: (36)(1) 331-1723
Association of IT Companies
President: Tibor Gyuros
Madách tér 3
H-1075 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 327-8345
Fax: (36)(1) 327-7343
Hungarian Chamber of Database Suppliers
Secretary: András Félegyházi
Kuny Domokos utca 13-15
H-1012 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 213-5089
Fax: (36)(1) 375-9722
Association of Hungarian Building Materials Industry
President: Dr. Miklós Szabó
Secretary: László Tamás
Fo utca 68
H-1027 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 201-6682
Fax: (36)(1) 356-1215, 201-6682
Association of the Hungarian Chemical Industries
Secretary General: Dr. László Bondár
Erzsébet királyné útja 1/c
H-1146 Budapest
Tel:(36)(1) 343-8920
Fax:(36)(1) 343-0980
Association of the Hungarian Electronic and
Informatics Industries
Secretary General: István Basa
Szemere utca 17
H-1054 Budapest
Postal address: POB 33
H-1525 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 331-8986 and 311-6271
Fax: (36)(1) 331-6320
National Professional Association of the Environment
Protection Industry
Managing Director: Anna Székely
Hegedus Gyula utca 68
H-1133 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 350-7271
Fax: (36)(1) 350-7274
National Association of Trading Companies
Secretary General: György Vámos
Kuny Domokos utca 13-15
H-1012 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 355-9689 and 202-6574
Fax: (36)(1) 355-9689
Hungarian Franchise Association
President: Endre Pinczesi
Margit körút 15-17
H-1024 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 212-4124
Fax: (36)(1) 212-5712
Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies
President: Dr. Ottó Csurgó
Deák Ferenc utca 10
H-1052 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 318-3473
Fax: (36)(1) 337-5394
Association of the Hungarian Light Industries
Secretary General: József Cseh
Address: Rózsa Ferenc utca 55
H-1064 Budapest
Postal address: POB 329
H-1390 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 341-4793
Association of the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Industries
Director: László Buzás
President: Dr. István Orbán
Vörösmarty tér 1
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 318-3788
Fax: (36)(1) 318-3957, 318-8587
Federation of Public Road Transport Firms
Secretary General: András Dénes
Teréz körút 38
H-1066 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 332-9939
Fax: (36)(1) 332-9939
Association of Real-Estate Dealers
President: Peter Mehrli
Deák Ferenc utca 10, III/305
H-1052 Budapest
Tel/Fax: (36)(1) 318-9857
Joint Venture Association
Acting President: Iván Toldy-Osz
Kuny Domokos utca 13-15
H-1012 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 212-2506
Fax: (36)(1) 356-2506, 212-2506
National Association of Building Contractors
Managing Director: János Nagy
Döbrentei tér 1
H-1013 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 201-0333
Fax: (36)(1) 201-3840
National Association of Food Processing Companies
Secretary General: László Piros
Kuny Domokos utca 13-15
H-1012 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 202-5586
Fax: (36)(1) 355-5057
National Association of Packaging and Material
Handling
Secretary General: György Viszkei
Rigó utca 3, I
H-1085 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 210-0101, 313-7034
Fax: (36)(1) 333-8170
Association of the Plastics Industry
Secretary: Kálmán Wappel
Erzsébet királyné útja 1/c
H-1146 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 343-0759
Fax: (36)(1) 343-0759
D. Government Offices
Ministry of Economics
International Relations/USA Desk: Vilmos Fohring
Honvéd utca 13-15
H-1055 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 312-2842
Fax: (36)(1) 332-9750
Homepage: www.ikm.hu
Ministry of Finance
József nádor tér 2-4
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 318-2066, 338-2633
Fax: (36)(1) 318-2570
Ministry of Environment and Regional Policy
International Relations: Eszter Szövényi
Fo utca 44-50
H-1011 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 457-3300
Fax: (36)(1) 201-2846
Ministry of Transport, Communication and Water
Management
Dob utca 75-81
H-1077 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 322-0220, 342-0520
Fax: (36)(1) 302-2394
Homepage: www.mar.hu/khvm
National Bank of Hungary
President: György Surányi
Szabadság tér 8-9
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 269-4760, 302-3000
Fax: (36)(1) 332-39
State Privatization and Holding Co. (APV Rt.)
General Director: Gyula Gansberger
Chairman:
Pozsonyi út 56
H-1133 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 359-7600
Fax: (36)(1) 349-5745
Hungarian Export-Import Bank Ltd.
CEO: Frigyes Bánki
Nagymezo utca 46-48
H-1065 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 269-0580
Fax: (36)(1) 269-4476
E. Market Research Firms
Kopint-Datorg Rt.
President: János Deák
CEO: Peter Kratochwill
Csokonai utca 3
H-1081 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 210-1550
Fax: (36)(1) 303-1000
Gallup Hungary
Vice President: Robert Manchin
Fo tér 1
H-1033 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 250-0999
Fax: (36)(1) 250-0650
Bau Data Project Information and Consulting
General Manager: Anna Gáspár
Németvölgyi út 114
H-1124 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 319-0241
Fax: (36)(1) 319-2959
Macro-TQI
Country Manager: Tamás Gecti
Vörösmarty tér 1
H-1051 Budapest
Tel/Fax: (36)(1) 266-6272
Amer-Nielsen Marketing Research Kft.
CEO: Christou Michalis
Váci utca 81
H-1056 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 327-9700
Fax: (36)(1) 327-9790
Homepage: www.anr.hu
F. Commercial Banks
Budapest Bank (GE Capital)
President: Richard Pelly
Alkotmány utca 3
H-1054 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: (36)(1) 269-2333 and 269-2358
Fax: (36)(1) 269-2417
Homepage: www.bbrt.hu
Commercial and Credit (K&H) Bank
CEO: Tibor E. Rejto
Vigadó tér 1
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 267-5000
Fax: (36)(1) 266-9696, 328-9088
Hungarian Credit Bank (Magyar Hitel Bank)
CEO: Zsigmond Járai
Barczi István utca 3
H-1052 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 266-6907, 117-1499
Fax: (36 (1) 266-6845
National Savings and Commercial Bank (OTP)
CEO and Chairman: Dr. Sándor Csányi
Nádor utca 16
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 353-1444
Fax: (36)(1) 312-6858
Postabank
Chairman & CEO:
József nádor tér 1
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 318-0855
Fax: (36)(1) 317-1369
Homepage: www.postabank.hu
Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank (MKB)
CEO: Tamás Erdei
Váci utca 38
H-1056 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 269-0922
Fax: (36)(1) 269-0959
Homepage: www.mkb.hu
Citibank Budapest
President: Richard D. Jackson
Szabadság tér 7
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 374-5000
Fax: (36)(1) 374-5100
Homepage: www.citibank.hu
Central European International Bank (CIB)
President & CEO: György Zdeborszky
Int'l Banking Rel.: Péter Bánki, Director
Medve utca 4-14
H-1027 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 212-1330
Fax: (36)(1) 212-4200
ABN Amro Bank Magyarország Rt.
CEO: Bernard Yoncourt
Pozsonyi utca 77-79
H-1133 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 202-2722
Fax: (36)(1) 349-4127
Creditanstalt
Managing Director: Matthias Kunsch
Akadémia utca 17
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 269-0812
Fax: (36)(1) 353-4959
Credit Lyonnais Magyarország Rt.
Managing Director: Jacques Yves Mulliez
József nádor tér 7
H-1051 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 266-9000
Fax: (36)(1) 266-9950
Internationale Nederlanden (ING) Bank
General Manager: Anthony van der Heijden
Andrássy út 9
H-1061 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 268-0140, 321-1320
Fax: (36)(1) 269-6447, 268-0159
Homepage: www.ing.nl/holland/
American Express Hungary Ltd.
Managing Director: Mrs. Erzsébet Lechner
Deák Ferenc utca 10
H-1052 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 235-4330
Fax: (36)(1) 267-2028
G. Multilateral Development Banks
Multilateral Development Bank Operations
U.S. Department of Commerce
USA Trade Center
Ronald Reagan Building
Mezzanine Level
Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-3399
Fax: (202) 482-3914
Homepage: www.ita.doc.gov/mbdo
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Head of Resident Office: Hubert Warsmann
Rákóczi út 42
H-1072 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 266-6000
Fax: (36)(1) 266-6003
Homepage: www.ebrd.com/english/index.htm
IBRD Int'l Bank for Reconstruction & Development
(The WORLD BANK)
Country Director: Roger Grawe
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 42-46
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 374-9500
Fax: (36)(1) 374-9510
Hungarian Representative (Washington D.C.): Katalin Demeter
Tel: (1) (202) 478-4673
Tax: (1) (202) 522-3453
Homepage: www.worldbank.org
IFC International Finance Corporation
Acting Resident Representative: Borbála Czakó
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 72-76
H-1054 Budapest
Tel: (36)(1) 374-9590
Fax: (36)(1) 374-9597
H. U.S. Government Contacts
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Senior Loan Officer: Walter B. Hill Jr.
811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20571
Tel: 202-565-3555
Fax: 202-565-3558
General Numbers
Tel: 202-565-3800
Fax: 202-565-3380
Homepage: www.exim.gov
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Insurance: Meryl Burpoe
Finance: Brian W. Treadwell
Investment Promotion: Barbara Brereton
Regional Business Development Manager: James Gale
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20572
Tel: 202-336-8617
Fax: 202-408-5145
Homepage: www.opic.gov
Small Business Administration
Homepage: www.sba.gov
Trade Information Center in Washington:
Tel: 1-800-USA-Trade
Homepage: www.ita.doc.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Foreign Agricultural Service
AgExport Services Division
Tel: (202) 720-6343
Fax: (202) 690-4374
Homepage: www.fas.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce
Market Access & Compliance (MAC)
14th & Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Hungary Desk Officer: Laurie Molnár
Tel: (202) 482-4915
Fax: (202) 482-4505
Jay Burgess, Director
Tel: (202) 482-2645
Fax: (202) 482-4473
Homepage: www.ita.doc.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Central and Eastern Europe Business
Information Center
(CEEBIC)
Loren Drake, Director
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
USA Trade Center
Suite 800 (Mezzanine Level)
Tel: (202) 482-2645
Fax: (202) 482-3898
Homepage: www.itaiep.doc.gov/eebic/ceebic.htm/
U.S. Department of State
Regional Economic Officer: Michael Spangler
Hungary Desk Officer: Becky Joyce
EUR/EE 5220
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Tel: (202) 647-4577
Fax: (202) 736-4853
Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs
Tel: 202-746-1625
Fax: 202-647-3953
U.S. Trade & Development Agency
Country Manager: Lance Ludman
Room 309 SA-16
Washington, DC 20523-1602
Tel: (703) 875-4357
Fax: (703) 875-4009
Homepage: www.tda.gov
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: Cathy Novelli
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC 20506
Tel: 202-395-3204
Fax: 202-395-3911
Homepage: www.ustr.gov
