Board of Directors

Mr. Chikan has been CEO of ALTEO Nyrt. since its foundation in 2008, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors since spring 2023. Under his leadership, ALTEO has grown to become one of Hungary’s leading energy companies.

Prior to that, he worked in various financial and investment positions. He received his degrees from the University of Economics of Budapest (now Corvinus University of Budapest) and the College of Foreign Trade (now a part of Budapest Business School).

The CEO, who is actively dedicated to sustainability issues, is the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Development of Hungary (BCSDH). He serves as a member of the Supervisory Boards of Blue Planet Climate Protection Investment Fund Management (Kék Bolygó Klímavédelmi Befektetési Alapkezelő Zrt.) and the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation (Kék Bolygó Klímavédelmi Alapítvány). He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board AutoWallis Nyrt., and a member of the Board of Directors at MÁV Start Zrt. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of UNICEF Hungary, a domestic representative of one of the world’s largest and longest-established child welfare organizations.

He is a member of the Board of the Sustainability Section of the Hungarian Economic Association, as well as a member of the Presidential Committee on Sustainable Development of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

As an active opinion leader on sustainability, he runs a blog under the name Chikansplanet.

dr. György Bacsa has been elected as the Deputy Chairman in 2023.

Dr. György Bacsa is a lawyer and economist, with degrees from Eötvös Loránd University, Corvinus University of Budapest, Heidelberg University, and Duke University in the US. He is a capital markets and transaction specialist and corporate executive. In the MOL Group, he is the Executive Director for Strategic Activities and Business Development, responsible for the management of M&A projects, corporate strategy development processes, project evaluation, coordination of group-wide legal and compliance tasks, venture capital fund investments, as well as corporate relations, corporate, regulatory, and internal audit activities. He joined the MOL Board of Directors in December 2021 and also took up the position of Managing Director of MOL Hungary in 2022. 2 Since 2013, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Budapest Stock Exchange and a member of the Boards of Directors and Investment Boards of Gran Private Equity Zrt., Lead Ventures Zrt., Market Asset Management Zrt. and Alpac East-West Venture Capital. Dr. György Bacsa is a member of the New York Bar Association and is on the arbitrator list of the MKIK (Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Since 2020 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Theatre and Film Arts, and from 2021 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Civic Education, Culture and Science, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the MOL-New Europe Foundation.

Ágnes Bencsik graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest with a degree in Corporate Finance in 2005. Ágnes Bencsik has more than 15 years of professional experience, most of which she gained in various positions at the MOL Group. During her career, she has mainly worked on M&A projects and transaction coordination. She is currently involved as an expert in the development of several companies.

Álmos Mikesy graduated from Corvinus University (BCE) in 2009 with a degree in International Economics and Business Administration, followed by further studies in Banking Management organized by BCE and ITCB; and in 2022 he received an MBA in Entrepreneurship and innovation from WU University in Vienna.

Álmos Mikesy has more than fifteen years of relevant business experience, having previously gained significant management and business experience in venture capital, private equity, and M&A. He started his career in 2007 at the Hungarian Development Bank, where he worked as a macroeconomic analyst and later as a project manager. He was involved in setting up Hiventures Zrt., the new fund manager of the banking group, where he worked first as Head of Business Development, then as Investment Director, and finally as Deputy CEO. He joined the Board of Directors of Diófa Alapkezelő Zrt. in April 2021, when he also served as Deputy CEO for one year. In addition, he has gained a wide range of professional experience as a member or chairman of the supervisory boards of several financial companies. He has been Chairman and CEO of Diófa Alapkezelő Zrt. since February 22, 2023.