Senior adviser to business owners, CEOs and boards

Clarity for the decisions
that shape a business.

I work alongside owners and senior leaders when an organisation needs to stabilise, scale, change hands or move beyond founder-led operations. Together, we turn complexity into a clear course of action—and action into lasting performance.

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The moments that call for an experienced outside view.

Usually, it is not when the answer is obvious. It is when several valid interests, limited time and real consequences converge.

Stabilising under pressure

When control needs to be restored quickly—without losing sight of what comes next.

Growth has outpaced the organisation

When the opportunity is there, but structures, leadership capacity or ways of working are holding the business back.

Succession is becoming real

When a change in ownership must also become a credible transition in leadership, authority and trust.

Governance needs to catch up

When decision rights, accountability and the relationship between owners, the board and management need to be reset.

The decision cannot be delegated

When the person carrying the responsibility needs a candid, independent and experienced counterpart.

The owner is ready to step back

When day-to-day leadership should move to a trusted management team—without the owner losing strategic oversight or confidence.

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Leadership experience, applied

Change looks different
when you have been responsible
for seeing it through.

I have led organisations of national scale through restructuring, integration, financial pressure and operational change. That experience now serves owners, boards and senior executives who need more than a recommendation: they need a course of action that can work in the real organisation.
“Approach the work with humility. Stand by your professional judgement.”

Independent recognition

A track record recognised
beyond the boardroom.

Hungarian Association of Executives

Mentor to the next generation of executives

Selected as a MasterClass mentor after more than six years leading the MÁV Group as its first female President and CEO.

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Hungarian Association of Executives

Mentor to the next generation of executives

Selected as a MasterClass mentor after more than six years leading the MÁV Group as its first female President and CEO.

View the mentor profile
National and industry recognition

Honours for leadership and economic contribution

  • Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
  • Order of Merit for Logistics
  • Lánczy Leó Award
Executive career
A career built in demanding operating environments.

Across sectors and pivotal business transitions, the same principle has held: strategy earns its value in execution.

Where experience makes
the greatest difference.

01

Business transformation and performance

Finding what is constraining the organisation, strengthening the operating model and turning change into measurable performance.

02

Turnaround and crisis leadership

Restoring control, creating a clear leadership cadence and moving the business from immediate pressure to a viable path forward.

03

Ownership and leadership succession

Designing a transition that protects enterprise value while authority, accountability and trust move to the next generation.

04

Senior executive advisory

A confidential, candid sounding board for leaders making decisions with far-reaching consequences.

05

Organisation design and culture

Aligning structure, responsibilities and leadership behaviour with the strategy the business now needs.

06

Post-merger integration

Bringing organisations, governance and cultures together after a merger or acquisition—without losing momentum.

A pragmatic approach

From diagnosis to momentum.

1

See the whole picture

Separate symptoms from causes, surface the real constraints and identify the decisions that will change the trajectory.

2

Create momentum

Translate direction into a focused 100-day agenda, with clear ownership, operating rhythm and measures of progress.

3

Stay close to the decisions

Continue as a trusted adviser while the organisation embeds change and the next critical choices emerge.

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