About us / The Board

Tamás Hiezl has been representing the interests of companies involved in electricity trading at a very high professional level for years on the board of the Hungarian Energy Traders' Association. His knowledge of the electricity industry acquired over the last decade or more is outstanding and his experience in both sales and procurement is particularly impressive.

He has been working in the electricity sector since 2001. In 2012 he became proprietary trading director at MVM Partner Zrt, in the previous year he was market development director at MVM Trade Zrt. Prior to that he worked six years abroad in different trading and chief trader positions at Mercuria Energy Trading SA, RBS Sempra Commodities Plc and Electrabel SA. Between 2001 and 2005 he worked at SUEZ Electrabel Group at Electrabel Hungary and Dunamenti TPP dealing with electricity market liberalization issues.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector, primarily in natural gas and electricity trading. Over the course of his career, he has worked in both retail and wholesale environments, with responsibilities including sales, procurement, portfolio management, as well as leading commercial and strategic functions.

He began his career at the Hungarian subsidiaries of Engie (then operating under the name Gaz de France), where he actively contributed to the development of the competitive market following the liberalization of the Hungarian natural gas market, particularly in building up sales and portfolio management activities.

In 2011, he joined the MVM Group. At MVM Partner, after leading the newly established natural gas trading business line, he became responsible for wholesale natural gas sales within MFGK. He later worked in strategic and business development, as well as international relations, within the MVM Group.

From 2016, as Commercial Director of the MVM Group, he was responsible for the operation of the trading companies, and during this period he also became actively involved in the electricity market. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as CEO and later Deputy CEO of MVM Partner, where he gained experience in both wholesale and retail electricity trading.

Since 2019, he has been working at MVM Next Energiakereskedelmi Zrt., where he leads the energy procurement and pricing function.

Bea earned a degree in Economics in 2008 from Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem. She began her career in the energy sector the same year, where she has been working ever since in domestic and international natural gas wholesale trading. Her experience covers business development, the preparation and implementation of international market entry, as well as the end-to-end management of natural gas wholesale transactions throughout their entire lifecycle.

She is currently responsible for regional natural gas wholesale trading and the coordination of domestic regulatory relations at MET Csoport.

I started my career in the energy industry in 2001. Over the past 20+ years, I have witnessed the energy market undergo multiple transformations and continuous evolution, from market liberalisation, through the green transition, to the energy crisis of recent years. My professional experience covers a large part of the electricity value chain: I have worked in power plant environment, trading and portfolio management and currently I am a member of the management board of E2 Hungary Zrt. I have worked in trading, trading and portfolio management, and I am also Director of E2 Hungary's Electricity & Power.

I graduated in Management and Organisation from the Corvinus University of Budapest. I started my professional career at the Dunament Power Plant and then worked at the Belgian Electrabel headquarters in Brussels for 4 years. From 2009 I was Director of Procurement and Portfolio Management for Engie's (GdfSuez) energy business (natural gas and electricity) in Hungary. I joined MET Group in 2014, where I was actively involved in the founding of E2 Hungary Zrt. I am a founding member of WONY (Women in Energy), an organisation that aims to increase the role of women leaders in the energy sector

In 2000 he graduated from the University of Szeged with specialisations in modeling and programming mathematics. In 2007 he started working in the industry at E.ON Energy Trading Ltd. as a natural gas portfolio manager. At first, he focused on forecasting, optimization and automation. In 2014, CAM NC and BAL NC started to get involved in regulatory work and have since represented the company on the Natural Gas Committee of the HETA. Since 2014, he has been responsible for procurement priority cases. Member of the Data Exchange Control Board from 2021.

Dr. Balázs Kecskeméti received his legal diploma in 2002, and has been working in the electricity business since then. He started at Démász Plc. as a legal clerk dealing with DSO regulatory affairs, then headed the group in charge of DSO relations, especially free market customers management and claims management. He was also the secretary of the Distribution Code Committee. Then at E.ON Customer Care Llc. he was heading a back office serving key account free market customers. Thereafter he was dealing with retail sales and product development at the Hungarian Branch of Alpiq Energy SE (formerly named as Atel Energy Trading Llc.) as a key account manager. Then, as legal counsel at ELMŰ Plc. he was providing full range legal support to the electricity sales (wholesale and retail) activities, carried out the legal support related to the startup of natural gas business (licensing, contractual background of retail and wholesale activities), supervised legal affairs of the Romanian subsidiary of the group, and participated in the preparation/implementation of complex transactions. As of 2016 works as an independent expert for end users and market players related to commercial regulatory and business issues.

He is the power market expert of HETA as of March 2016.

dr. Judit Groszman received her J.D. in 2005. During her studies she worked at the Budapest office of a Greek-Hungarian Law Firm, as paralegal. After receiving her J.D. she started her career in a law firm specialized in civil law as a trainee attorney, concurrently she was a legal advisor in a real estate agency at Budapest. Since March 2007, she has been working at Budapest law Firm No. 5000 as a trainee. After passing the bar exam, she established her law office, and since then she has been working with Budapest law Firm No. 5000. Her practice comprises of giving advice regarding electricity and natural gas regulation, real estate law, various agreements, and, in addition, corporate law. She is the legal expert of the Hungarian Energy Traders’ Association from January 2015.

BALI Gábor is a gas and oil industry expert with more than 18 years of professional experience. He is owner and managing director of BAL I.Q. Bt. and ENERGIQ Kft. and a founding member of EnAcTeam. Currently, he works in the energy sector as an expert invited by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority and the ministries supervising it. Earlier, he gained experience in the operation of the natural gas market as the gas economy director of Dél-dunántúli Gázszolgáltató Zrt. and chairman of the Commercial and Customer Service Committee of the Hungarian Gas Association as well as the chairman of the Directorate of the Kiskunság Zrt. He participated in the development of the new gas market model, and worked out a number of regulatory and business solutions. His professional field of interest includes the following areas: Energy market regulation, expert advice; Managing energy procurement, tendering procedures; Advice for market participants; Giving advice to gas users and Management of quality management systems.