MABISZ President, Anett PANDURICS elected to the committee that will assess the candidacy of Budapest to hosting Olympics of 2032

1 February 2021 — Daniela GHETU
Anett PANDURICS, President of MABISZ-the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies and Chairwoman and CEO of Posta Biztosito, was elected to be part of the Budapest 2032 Committee, a body established by the Hungarian Olympic Committee to assess the possible candidacy of Budapest to organizing the Olympics of 2032.

While the 2020 edition of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokio is still questioned because of the pandemics, the following editions are already set for Beijing (2022), Paris (2024), Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo (2026) and Los Angeles (2028).

For the 2032 edition, if the final decision will be positive one, Budapest will join a rather large group of bidders among which Brisbane (Australia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Doha (Qatar), Istanbul (Turkey) etc. The 2032 bid would be Hungary's seventh attempt to host the Olympics, after some of the previous ones were abandoned because the weak political support.

"In 2021 we arrived the year in which the Hungarian Olympic Committee has to address the tasks preceding candidacy for and hosting the 2032 Olympic Games and has to set up a respective team, otherwise the Hungarian Olympic Committee would not do its job properly," said HOC President Krisztian Kulcsar quoted by aroundtherings.com, one of the most influential internet presence on the Olympics. "Members of the newly founded committee are accomplished captains of industry whose membership guarantees the professional and scrupulous conduct of this study," he added. According to the current estimates, the committee will need about 1.5 years to create a comprehensive feasibility and macroeconomic impact assessment.

The unanimously elected Members of the Budapest 2032 Committee include:

  • President
    • Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy, former President of the Budapest Stock Exchange,
  • Members
    • Gabriella Balogh, Directors Board Member of the Portfolio Group, the leading economic site in Hungary
    • Gabriella Heiszler, Chief Executive Officer of SPAR Hungary,
    • Csaba Lantos, Chair of the Directors Board of the MET Group, a Swiss-based energy company,
    • Sandor Nyul, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Granit Bank, a Hungarian commercial banking institution,
    • Gabor Orban, Chief Executive Officer of Richter Gedeon, a leading pharmaceutical company in Hungary,
    • Anett Pandurics, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Posta Biztosito, the subsidiary insurance company of Hungary Posta
    • Jozsef Varadi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air.
Olympic Champion judoka and Communications Director of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant Antal Kovacs will liaise on behalf of the Executive Board of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.


3086 views