Miklós Kerezsi
chairman of the board
Miklós Kerezsi, the founder and dominant majority owner of the Hodler Group, the chairman of the board of directors of Hodler Asset Management Ltd., that was established to manage international agriculture and food industry investment funds.
Early life and education
After receiving an agricultural engineer qualification, he started his career at Szabolcs Gabona Holding Zrt. in 1996. From that point on, he had been rapidly climbing the corporate ladder and soon moved to controlling foreign investments.
Business activity
Since 2006, he has been developing and managing his own agri-food portfolio. Besides Hungary, he is mainly active in Romania and Serbia, but has interests in several other countries. The Hodler Group invests in grain trade (East Grain Group), fodder production (UBM Feed Romania), agricultural informatics (AgroVIR), industrial cleaning and detergent production (Chem-System), wine and spirit retail (Crush Distribution), fruit processing (H&S Fruits) and plastic industry (Star-Plus).
Talent management
He is the founder and co-founder of several university talent programs like the GTK Business Consulting Club, the Agro Consulting Club as well as the AgroVirtus agri-focused case study competition and talent management program.
Foundations
Member of the board of the Jövő Nemzedék Földje Foundation, which is responsible for the asset management of the State Stud-Farm Estate of Mezőhegyes.
Member of the board of trustees of the Mosoly Foundation, which provides free-of-charge psychological therapy programs and positive experience programs for children who suffer from chronic disease.