Press Releases

Budapest, November 27, 2006 12:00

From January 1, 2007 László Mezriczky will act as Director of the Group Communication Directorate. At the same time Magyar Telekom decided to create the position of Media Relations Director. From January 1, 2007 this position will be filled by András Simon.

László Mezriczky graduated from the College of Foreign Trade, then from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences with a degree in marketing and obtained an MBA degree from Newport International University. He has been working in marketing for fifteen years. From 1991 to 1995 held various marketing executive positions at Kontrax. In 1995 he joined Digital as Marketing Director. In 1998 after the merger of Compaq and Digital he headed the marketing area in Compaq. From 2000 he acted also as Marketing Coordinator of Compaq’s East European subsidiaries, then from 2001 he was member of Compaq EMEA Marketing Council representing the region. From the summer of 2002 after the merger of HP and Compaq he was in charge of HP’s corporate communication and marketing in the area of large companies.

Dr. András Simon graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Pécs, then obtained a degree in lobbying from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration. He worked for eleven years as a journalist. From 1994 to 2005 he was editor/presenter of news programs on Hungarian Television and TV2, from 2002 he was chief editor/presenter of the Pulitzer Award winning public affairs/political magazine Este (Evening). From 2005 to 2006 he was Vice-President of Hungarian Television in charge of programs.