She is the CEO of the non-profit association Bridge Budapest and General Partner of Oktogon Ventures. Previously she was a mentor at numerous accelerator programs. In 2016 she won the Central European Startup Awards Most Influential Woman category. In addition, she was listed in Forbes Hungary among the 50 Most Influential Women in three years. With an educational background in television directing (DLA), visual and cultural anthropology, and international relations, she has also produced television programs, run a communications agency, and worked in marketing. She is an expert with skills to build bridges between the mainstream and hardly understandable issues of society, for example, inspiring the youth and conscious business players who want to leave the country and showing them options, for instance, meaningful, globally opened, and connected work/business environment from Hungary. In 2021 she launched Bridge Institute as a research and European community-building initiative on legacy leadership. She is a board member at Startup Hungary.

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