Supervisory Board

Attila Bánfi is Managing Director of OTP Bank’s Global Markets Directorate and Tribe Lead of the Global Markets Tribe. He oversees the Group’s financial markets, investment banking and services, asset management, private banking, securities origination, custody, institutional relationships and multi-asset research activities. A financial-markets executive with more than 25 years of international experience, he is Chairman of OTP Fund Management and the OTP Group Investment Committee and has held several board-level positions across the OTP Group. Before joining OTP Bank, he held senior roles at Intesa Sanpaolo in Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine, having started his career at the National Bank of Hungary. He holds degrees in economics, business administration, and law and economics, and completed doctoral studies in environmental economics and management.

Mr. Armand Duka, Albanian citizen, holds a Degree in Economy from the University of Tirana (Albania), specialized as Economist in Industry in 1986. Mr. Duka has started his career as Economist at the Mall Park of Burrel in 1986 and in 1990-1991 at the Export Mall Park of Durrës.

Starting from 1993, Mr. Armand Duka is a private entrepreneur and shareholder in some well-known businesses in Albania, where he reconfirms his great management and decision-making skills. Mr. Armand Duka was elected President of the Albanian Football Association in 2002, a position he currently holds by being re-elected in 2006-2010-2014-2018.

During these years as the President of Albanian Football Association, Mr. Duka was also elected as: Member of the UEFA Federations Committee (2008-2012); Vice-Chairperson of the UEFA National Federations Committee (2006-2008); Deputy Chairman of the National Team Competitions Committee (2008-2013); Deputy Chairman of National Federations Committee (2013-2016); Vice-Chairman of HatTrick Committee (2016-today); Member of the FIFA Federations Committee (2008-2012) and Member of the Confederations Cup Organizing Committee (2012-2017).

Through the years, Mr. Armand Duka has been honored with several titles as: “Honorary Citizen” (1998) conferred from Municipality of Shijak and “City Honor” (2001), “Symbol of Durrës City” (2002) and “Dyrrah-3000” (2003) conferred from Municipality of Durrës City and “Durrësi” Association.

In 2010, President of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Bamir Topi decorated him with senior title “Naim Frashëri” of the First Class for his outstanding contribution in the management and development of the Albanian football. In 2019, Mr. Duka has received the title “Honorary Consul of Hungary” for the Republic of Albania. Since October 2019, Mr. Armand Duka is Member of the Board of Directors of OTP Bank Albania.

Dr. János Veres, a Hungarian national, holds a Degree in Engineering from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Debrecen (Hungary) and a PhD in Economics from Karl Marx University, Budapest (Hungary).

Dr. Veres has a work experience of 32 years in both the private and public sector from 1997 untill 2002, Dr. Veres was the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.

He has been an elected member of the Hungarian National Assembly (1994 – 2014) and over the years Dr. Veres has developed his career in politics where it is worth mentioning his election as: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance (2003-2004), Secretary of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (2004-2005) and Minister of Finance (2005-2009).

In his role as Minister, Dr. Veres has been in charge of the regulatory, supervisory and monitoring issues of the banking sector and other financial institutions, taxation questions of the economy, the whole budgetary field and the management of the state owned assets.

He also elaborated and implemented a successful crisis management scheme in order to deal with the impacts of the 2008 financial crisis. Dr. János Veres has been elected as Mayor of his hometown, Nyírbátor (2002 – 2003) and now he continues to give his valuable contribution at the City Council of Nyírbátor.

In regard to his academic career, in 2009 Dr. Veres was a Docent at the University of Debrecen and he is the author of many financial related articles, publications and lecturer of Hungarian and foreign Universities in financial and economical field. Since March 2019, Dr. Veres is member of the Board of Directors of OTP Bank Albania.

Mr. Stavri Pashko, Albanian citizen, is graduated from the University of Torino in Strategic Sciences and has an MBA degree in Sustainability Management. Mr. Stavri Pashko has a strong background in internal auditing, risk management, business development and sustainability. With over 17 years of industry experience, Stavri has established a commendable track record progressing from ProCredit Bank Albania and former Societe Generale Albania to renowned international companies such as Telia Company, Volvo Group and Volvo Cars. Throughout his career, Stavri has demonstrated exceptional commitment to the internal audit profession. He is a founding member of the Albanian Institute of Internal Auditors and has contributed for several years as a member of the Guidance Committee for the Global Institute of Internal Auditors, based in USA. In the latest years, Stavri has acted as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Board Member of the former Alpha Bank Albania. Currently, Stavri is a Sustainability Business Developer at Volvo Cars, focusing on ensuring sustainability compliance and integrating sustainability practices into global business operations.

Ms. Orsolya Kovacs, Hungarian citizen, is graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest majoring in Management and Organization. Ms. Kovacs has been working in the banking industry since 2006, the year in which he joined OTP Group as a Financial Analyst. Since 2022, Ms. Orsolya Kovacs is Head of Strategic Analysis Department responsible for supporting strategic decision making in OTP Group. Since 2022 Ms. Kovacs is a member of the Supervisory Board of OTP Home, an online real estate ecosystem provider subsidiary of OTP Group. Ms. Kovacs has been a member of the Supervisory Board of OTP Albania since 2023.

Mr. Ilir Ciko is an Albanian economist who holds a Master in Public Administration by Harvard University (World Bank Scholar) and an MBA from the Economics Faculty, Tirana University and Nebraska University. Mr. Ciko has considerable experience and long-term commitment in managing private and public institutions and teams, as well as developing and implementing large projects and budgets. His 27 years of working experience includes research and various development consultancies for international organizations, contribution as an expert in public administration, including Deputy Minister of Economy position (2003-2005) and consistent academic activity since 2004 as a lecturer at University of New York in Tirana and currently at the Canadian Institute of Technology. For many years, Mr. Ciko has served in the boards of the largest public and private corporations in Albania. During the period 2012 – 2022 he served as an independent member of the board of directors of the former Alpha Bank Albania and member of the risk committee of the bank. Mr. Ciko has contributed to the preparation of notable sustainable development and strategic documents for Albania, including more recently the National Strategy for Development and European Integration 2022-2030 and many reports and policy documents related to Albania’s path in achieving Agenda 2030 SDGs. He has authored numerous articles and publications on a broad spectrum of economic issues in Albania and the region and he was an IMF Academic Fellow at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. He is a co-founder member, and for the period 2014-2020, president of the Harvard Club of Albania.

Mr. Örs Levente Szilágyi, Hungarian citizen, is graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest majoring in Investment analysis and risk management, minoring in Applied statistics (2007). He also holds a joint MBA degree in Business Administration from Maastricht School of Management and SEED Hungary (2020).

Mr. Szilágyi has been working in the banking industry since 2007 in the area of risk management. He started his career as a risk model developer and as of 2010 he was leading different risk departments in the Hungarian banking sector.

Mr. Szilágyi joined OTP Group in 2016 and since then he is the Head of Analysis and Modelling General Department.

Since 2023 Mr. Szilágyi is a member of the Supervisory Board of OTP Faktoring cPlc. subsidiary of OTP Group.

Mr. Szilágyi has been a member of the Supervisory Board of OTP Albania since 2023.