The Management of Gedeon Richter Plc.
Supervisory Committee
Executive Board
Board of Directors
WILLIAM DE GELSEY (1921)
Senior adviser to CA IB Corporate Finance Limited, Member of UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking Division Vienna, London and Budapest. More than 50 years of international investment banking experience. Has significant banking experience in Hungary. A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined the Board in 1995. Chairman since 1999.
ERIK BOGSCH (1947)
Appointed Managing Director in 1992. Chemical engineer, qualified economic engineer. With Richter since 1970 in a number of Research and Development management positions. Medimpex director in Mexico from 1977 to 1983. Managing Director of Medimpex UK from 1988 to 1992. Member of the Board of MAGYOSZ (Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association), Chairman from 2006.
Dr GÁBOR GULÁCSI (1958)
Appointed Deputy Managing Director upon joining the Company in 2000. Responsible for Finance. Economist, University doctorate in Economic Sciences. Previously General Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Joined the Board in 2010.
Dr JENŐ KOLTAY (1944)
PhD in Economics. Between 1991 and 2004 Director of the Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, currently head of the Public Economics research programme. Visiting professor at the Sorbonne during 1994-1997, Széchenyi professor of ELTE during 2000-2003, currently teaching at the Pannon University. Joined the Board in 1998.
Dr LÁSZLÓ KOVÁCS (1944)
Strategic adviser to the Executive Board of Gedeon Richter Plc. Previously Deputy Managing Director with responsibility for Commerce and Marketing from 1990 to 2005. Economist, University doctorate in Economic Sciences. Formerly with Medimpex from 1966 to 1990, Secretary of the Commercial Section of the Hungarian Embassy in São Paulo, Brazil, 1975 to 1978. Joined the Board in 1992.
CSABA LANTOS (1962)
Economist-sociologist. Chairman of the Board of Directors of KELER Zrt. since 1993, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Budapest Stock Exchange from 2005. A member of the Boards of Directors and Supervisory Boards of several other companies. Joined Richter's Board in 2010.
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM LONG (1938)
Career diplomat. Experience in the full range of diplomatic work including management, personnel, political and economic analysis. British Ambassador to Hungary from 1995 to 1998. Joined the Board in 1998.
Dr TAMÁS MÉSZÁROS (1946)
Candidate of Economic Sciences, doctor representative of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Rector of the Budapest Corvinus University since 2004. President of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Privatisation and State Holding Company between 2002 and 2006. Joined the Board in 2006.
Dr GÁBOR PERJÉS (1941)
Medical doctor, urologist, nephrologist. Assistant at the Postgraduate Medical School between 1966-1970. Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1994. Currently practising as a physician, head of department with Gyógyír XI. Public Company responsible for medical services in district XI of Budapest. Has been a member of the Board since 1992.
GERGELY HORVÁTH (1961)
Managing Director of Hungarian State Holding Company since 2010. Graduated from Budapest University of Technology, then studied for a degree in engineering economics as well as an MBA. In a number of significant positions, mostly in banking. CEO of KELER Zrt. for six years. Joined the Board in 2011.
Prof Dr SZILVESZTER E. VIZI (1936)
Medical doctor, academician. Graduated from Semmelweis University of Medicine. From 1989 to 2002 Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine (IEM) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 2002 and 2008. Currently a researcher at the IEM. Joined the Board in 2008.