Occupation Economist Name Kalman Mizsei | Role Economist | |
Born 8 June 1955 (age 68) ( 1955-06-08 ) Budapest, Hungary Education Corvinus University of Budapest | ||
MERI Round table on networks for Mayors & Municipalities, 11 October 2012, Budapest - EN
Kálmán Mizsei (born June 8, 1955) is a Hungarian economist. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Budapest University of Economics. Mizsei currently works as an adjunct professor at Central European University.
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Mizsei is also co-chairman of the Roma Policy Board at the Open Society Institute and chairman of the Making the Most of EU Funds for the Roma. Previously he served as UNDP Regional Director for Europe and the CIS.
Career
Kálmán Mizsei has held positions at many Hungarian and international organizations. From 1990 until 1992, he worked as an adviser to the Governor of the National Bank of Hungary. From 1992 to 1995, Mizsei served as vice president for economic programs at the EastWest Institute in New York City. Later he worked as chairman at the Hungarian Export-Import Bank Ltd. and Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Ltd.
From 1997 till 2001, Mizsei was director of AIG Global Investment Group for Central and Eastern Europe. Between 2001 and 2006, Mizsei worked at UNDP as an assistant administrator, regional director, and as an assistant secretary general of the United Nations. From 2007 until 2011, he served as a special representative of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova. In 2014, Mizsei was appointed head of the EU Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine).
Since 2006 Mizsei has taught classes in globalization and global governance at Central European University. He also works as co-chairman of the Roma Policy Board at the Open Society Institute which is funded by George Soros.