Management Committee

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MR. JÓZSEF MOLNÁR

MOL Group position:

  • Group Chief Executive Officer since May 2011
  • Member of the Board of Directors since October, 2007
  • Member of the Sustainable Development Committee since September 2013
  • Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of INA d.d. since April 2010
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FGSZ Zrt. since May 2011

From 1978 to 2001, Mr. Molnár held various management positions at BorsodChem Plc., including Head of the Pricing Department from 1982 to 1987 and Head of the Controlling Department from 1987 to 1991. Between 1991 and 2001, as Chief Financial Officer and first deputy to the Chief Executive Officer, he contributed to the crisis management and reorganisation of the company, and later to creating the Company's vision and fulfilling its subsequent privatisation. He played a key role in the stock exchange listing of BorsodChem shares. He was Chief Executive Officer of TVK between 2001 and 2003, Group Planning & Controlling Director from 2003, and from 2004 until his appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer in May 2011, he was Group Chief Financial Officer of MOL. Within MOL Group, he was a Board member of Slovnaft a. s. between 2004 and 2008, and Board member of TVK between 2001 and 2011.

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Dr. György Bacsa

MOL Group positions:

  • MOL Hungary COO since 2022
  • Group Strategic Operations and Corporate Development EVP
  • Member of the Management Committee since 2021
  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2021

He started his career as a Corporate Legal Counsel. After spending two years in INA d.d., he became the leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions team upon his return. Since 2011 he has been leading MOL Group’s major M&A projects including, but not limited to, the ENI acquisition in five CEE countries, the Exploration&Production project in Azerbaijan and further business development projects at a large scale. The Group Strategic Operations and Corporate Development organization under his leadership is responsible for coordinating M&A, corporate strategy, project evaluation, macro and industrial analysis, ESG coorindation, legal, regulatory and public affairs, IR, corporate governance and audit related activities as well as investments related to venture capital platforms.

Since 2013, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Budapest Stock Exchange, and he is also a Board and investment committee member of several reputable fund and asset management companies, such as Lead Ventures. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Alteo Plc. since 2023.

He holds degrees in law and economics from Eötvös Loránd University and Corvinus University in Budapest, from University of Heidelberg in Germany and the American Duke University and is admitted to the New York Bar and the MKIK Arbitration Register. Furthermore, he is a curating member of MOL New Europe Foundation, the Foundation for Civil Education, Culture and Science and the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation. In 2021 he was awarded with the yearly Award „For Hungarian Economy”.

MRS. LANA FAUST KRIŽAN

MOL Group position:

  • Group Human Resources Senior Vice President since 2021
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee

Lana Faust Križan has started her MOL Group career in 2010 in INA, as Learning & Development Expert at Sisak refinery. During her tenure within MOL Group, she fulfilled various local and group level HR roles, as well as managerial positions, last one being Head of Group Downstream HR. She has proven track record of successfully partnering with our core businesses as their strategic HR Business Partner, leading organizational transformations and delivering core leadership development programs and talent management activities. As Group HR Senior Vice President, she is leading HR activities across the board, while being responsible for implementing People aspect of our Shape tomorrow 2030+ Strategy.

She has Master’s Degree in Psychology from Faculty of Social Sciences, University in Zagreb, and holds CIPD professional degree in HR Management, along with being a certified coach.

Péter Labancz

MOL Group positions:

  • Vice President for Industrial and Corporate Services since 2022
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee since 2023
  • Member of the Board of Directors of SLOVNAFT since 2022

Péter Labancz joined MOL Group as Group Chief Procurement Officer in April 2018 and orchestrated a successful organizational transformation of the Group Procurement and Supply Chain functions. Since February 2022 Péter works as Vice President for Industrial and Corporate Services in MOL Group, overseeing the Group Maintenance Service Management, Asset and Service Management, Procurement and Renewables & Energy Efficiency function.

He studied and started his professional carrier in the Danish retail industry. From 2005, prior to joining MOL Group, he had worked for the Danish shipping conglomerate, A.P. Moller Maersk Group, where he gained professional leadership experiences. Throughout his tenure there, he served as procurement and supply chain executive in Qatar, Brazil, Chile, China and Denmark in varying business. Since joining MOL, Péter became member of the Supervisory Board of FGSZ Zrt. in March 2021 and Member of the Board of Directors of SLOVNAFT in May 2022.

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Zsombor Marton

MOL Group position:

  • Exploration and Production Executive Vice President since 2023
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee since 2023
  • Member of the Management Board, INA since 2023

Zsombor Marton holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Miskolc, followed by studies in petroleum engineering. Since he joined MOL in 2007, he gained valuable experience in many fields of the oil industry and participated in the implementation of several large investments.

He spent two years in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as the company's Financial Director and Deputy Managing Director. In 2015 he was appointed Financial Director of MOL Hungary. From October 2017 to April 2021 he led MOL Hungary’s Exploration and Production business. Then, from April 2021 to September 2022, he has been the Vice President of Downstream MOL and the CEO of MOL Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. From October 1, 2022, he was the Senior Vice President of the Group Downstream Chemicals organization. On 16 January 2023, he was elected as Member of INA Management Board.  Since the 1st of February 2023, Zsombor Marton leads MOL Group's Exploration and Production division as Executive Vice President and he is a Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee. 

 
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MR. PÉTER RATATICS

MOL Group position:

  • Group Consumer Services Vice President since 2018
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee since 2018
  • Member of MOL Romania Supervisory Board
  • Member of MOL Serbia Supervisory Board
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TIFON d.o.o. since 2019

Péter Ratatics graduated from Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Finance specialization in capital markets.

He started his career as Gas Trading and Business Development expert in MOL Plc in 2007, then in 2009 he was appointed Head of Executive Board Advisory team. Between 2009 and 2010 he also acted as Head of Organizational Development and Process Management and in 2010-2011 as Head of Management Services.

From 2011 he worked as VP of Corporate Centre, between 2015 and 2016 he was responsible for the MOL Group procurement, investment and communication activities as SVP of Corporate Centre. He was a member of the INA Management Board between 2011 and 2018, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FGSZ (Natural Gas Transmission) between 2012 and 2021, and Member of the IES Management Board between 2013 and 2019.

From 2016, he worked as Chief Operating Officer for Consumer Services of the MOL Group. Then he became the Executive Vice President for Consumer Services and a member of the MOL Group Executive Board with effect from February 2018. Between 2018 and 2022 he was the Chief Operating Officer of MOL responsible for the Hungarian operation, then, from September 2022 to June 2023, he served as the President of the Management Board of INA d.d.

He is the President of the Hungarian Petroleum Association, as well as member of the Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom and Board of Directors of MÁV.

Zsuzsanna Ortutay

MOL Group position:

  • President of the Management Board of INA
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee since 2023

Ms. Ortutay received her Bachelor’s degree in Baker University, Kansas, followed by an MSc in Economics at the University of Miskolc and a post graduate degree DESS (Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées) in Banking and Finance at Panthéon-Assas, Paris University.

She started her carrier at MOL Group in 1998 as Investor Relations Manager of TVK, a petrochemical company previously acquired by MOL. She was TVK’s Treasury Manager in 2003, when she first moved to Zagreb and worked at INA as treasury advisor of the CFO until 2006. Between 2007 and 2009, she was active as Head of MOL Group Retail Controlling. In 2009-2010 she was the project manager for the INA integration and efficiency improvement project focusing on the financial stabilization and sustainable efficiency. She was MOL’s Group Treasurer between 2013 and 2018, and between 2018 and 2019 she held a CFO role in MOL Hungary. Between 2019 and 2023, she acted as Senior Vice President of MOL Group Business Solutions. She was appointed President of the Management Board of INA in July 2023.

From 2018 to 2020 Ms. Ortutay was also a member of the Board of Directors of JMSR, a joint venture of MOL with the Japanese Synthetic Rubber corporation. Since 2019, she was the CEO of MOL GBS, the finance and HR service centre of MOL Group, an organization of 500+employees, covering activities of 100+ MOL Group companies in 8 countries. After the acquisition of MOL Group’s Polish fuel retail network in 2022, she became the member of the Supervisory Board of MOL Polska. She was also a member of Slovnaft’s Board of Directors between 2019 and 2023, as well as INA’s Supervisory Board.

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MR. MAREK SENKOVIČ

MOL Group position:

  • CEO of SLOVNAFT since 2020
  • Head of Downstream of SLOVNAFT since 2020
  • Member of Board of Directors of SLOVNAFT since 2020

Marek Senkovič graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Economics in Bratislava in 1997. He is an experienced manager with strong micro & macro-economic background and deep knowledge of energy industry. He joined SLOVNAFT in 2006 as Chief Economist, then in 2018 became the CFO of the company. Since July 2020 he has held the CEO and Head of Downstream positions in SLOVNAFT, in November 2020 he became also a member of Board of Directors of SLOVNAFT.

Besides that Marek Senkovič represents the Slovak oil companies in the Board of Directors of the Slovakian Emergency Oil Stocks Agency.

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MR. JÓZSEF SIMOLA

MOL Group position:

  • Group Chief Financial Officer since 2011
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee since 2006

From 1991 to 1992 József Simola was employed as an SAP expert at General Electric – Tungsram. He subsequently joined Arthur Andersen as an auditor and consultant. In 1996, he continued his career at Boston Consulting Group, where he held various managerial positions in Hungary, Germany and Australia.

József Simola joined MOL Plc. in 2003 and has been a member of the Executive Board since April 2006. He was also appointed as Corporate Centre Executive Vice President of MOL Plc. between 2006 and 2011. Since 1 May, 2011 he became Group Chief Financial Officer.

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MR. GABRIEL SZABÓ

MOL Group position:

  • Group Downstream Executive Vice President since 2020
  • Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee
  • Vice Chairman of Slovnaft Board of Directors
  • Member of INA Supervisory Board

Gabriel Szabó graduated from the Faculty of Economy & Business in Košice at the Bratislava University of Economics in 1999. In 2021, he earned a PhD from the Technical University of Košice. He joined SLOVNAFT, a.s. in 2001, working as an economist in Resource Allocation. In 2002, he became the Director – Finance & Accounting at Slovnaft’s subsidiary SLOVNAFT MONTÁŽE A OPRAVY, a.s. In 2006, he became Slovnaft’s Corporate Services Manager. In 2009, Gabriel Szabó worked for INA in Croatia as Director of Procurement Services and since January 2010 he was Vice President of MOL Group’s Corporate Services in Budapest.

Since July 2012, he has been the Vice President of Downstream at SLOVNAFT a.s. Between 1 December 2016 and 15 July 2020, Mr. Szabó was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SLOVNAFT, a.s. During this period, as of 1st February 2019, he also held the position of Group Logistics Senior Vice President.

Since the 15th of July 2020, Gabriel Szabó leads MOL Group's Downstream division as Executive Vice President and he is a Member of MOL Group’s Management Committee. Furthermore, he is a Member of the Board of Slovak Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Slovak Battery Alliance.