UK Hungary Trade at the Hungarian Embassy

Ferenc Kumin is an economist, political scientist, and international relations expert. He holds two MAs, one from the Corvinus University of Budapest, the other from Central European University, and has earned his PhD degree at the former. He started his career as a political analyst in 2002, with frequent appearances in various media. In the meantime, he started his guest lecturing activity at Századvég Political School, Corvinus University of Budapest, later at Budapest College of Communication and Business, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, and Mathias Corvinus Collegium.

In 2006, he became Head of Department at the Office of the President of the Republic, responsible for the communication and strategic planning of the former Head of State, László Sólyom. Before becoming Deputy State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, responsible for international communications in 2012, he worked for two years as a senior analyst at a conservative think tank, Századvég Foundation.

In 2014, he was appointed as Consul General of Hungary in New York. After returning to Budapest in 2018, he served as Deputy State Secretary for the Development of European and North American Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. From May 2020, Ferenc Kumin has been the Hungarian Ambassador to the Court of St James’s in London.

As an Investment and Trade Commissioner, Judit is engaged in developing business relationships between Hungary and the United Kingdom. Her focus is on realizing the Government’s priorities by attracting foreign direct investments into Hungary and facilitating the export of SME companies.

Since taking this office, Judit has been working closely with UK business communities and companies. Judit has a strong investment promotion background. Prior to being posted to the UK, she worked in the same position in New York City, and before that, she was a member of the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency’s team (HIPA), being responsible for investment projects of foreign companies representing a variety of sectors.

Judit started her career as a consultant at HIPA; later, she became Head of Department for Incentives. She has been working closely with many multinational companies, managing their investment projects from the decision-making phases through to implementation, resulting in thousands of newly created jobs in Hungary. She gets inspired and gains new ideas for her professional life during her long-distance runs.