About BACEE
The leading professional association connecting banks and financial institutions
This year, we proudly celebrate 30 years of service to the region’s banking community – reflecting on our journey and looking forward to the future of the financial sector.
150+
Events
10000+
Participants
30
Members
16
Countries
A trusted professional network since 1996
BACEE was founded in 1996 by a group of leading banks in the region with a shared vision: to strengthen cooperation, exchange knowledge and support the sustainable development of the banking sector.
Today we are a respected international network bringing together banks, financial institutions and professionals from Central and Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
30
Members
16
Countries
What we do
Build connections
Share knowledge
Supportbusiness
Organiseevents
Chairman
Thomas Lehmpuhl
Managing Director,
Head of Cash Management & Trade Finance, LBBW, Stuttgart
Operative Management
Hajnalka Haszon
Secretary General of BACEE
Board
Éva Hegedüs
Deputy Chairperson of BACEE;
Chairperson & CEO, Gránit Bank,
Budapest
Grant Akopian
CEO, Chairman of the Management Board,
Converse Bank,
Yerevan
Sardor Ismailov
First Deputy Chairman of the Board,
JSCB Kapitalbank,
Tashkent
Pál Kovács
Chief advisor to the Chairman & CEO,
Managing director of International Relations and Acquisitions,
MBH Bank Plc.,
Budapest
Giga Lebanidze
Deputy CEO,
CFO, Cartu Bank,
Tbilisi
Josip Pavković
Member of the Management Board,
Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR),
Zagreb
Mirza Redžepagić
Member of the Management Board,
Adriatic Bank,
Podgorica
Robert Smuga
Head of Financial Institutions & Custody,
Bank Pekao S.A.,
Warsaw
Dr Sándor Patyi
Honorary Chairman of BACEE,
Former Deputy Chief Executive of OTP Bank Slovakia and KDB Bank Hungary
