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Primefund Investment Fund Management Private Limited Company creates value for its clients by premium category investments and professional services. We believe that increasing wealth, even in the 21st century, shall be made effective by the joint application of innovative approaches and the noblest financial market traditions. With the professional contribution of our well-qualified experts holding comprehensive experience, companies recommended for investment and classified promising by Primefund Fund Management Company may utilize their business opportunities at a maximum level. Our experts maintain partner relationship based on full discretion with both our clients and the companies managed. Thanks to our relationship of trust, we provide our investors with personalized and complex solutions while adapting to their expectations flexibly and quickly. Through our commitment to innovation, we respond to market changes with the same flexibility. The name – Primefund – obligates, even in the 21st century.
MISSION
Our goal is to provide our partners with profitable investments in both developed and emerging markets. Primefund Fund Management Company manages private and venture capital funds for investors qualified as professional on the basis of the amount of the investment, which participate in promising projects in the Central European region, in the European Union, in the EU candidate countries, and moreover in the Middle East.
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
We focus on profitable acquisitions in both traditional and innovative industries. In addition to the financial resources, we support the successful operation of the selected companies with a strategic approach, business expertise and contact capital. Through our investment philosophy, we equally support start-up companies, growth companies , and well-established companies in creating value.
FOCUS
Derived from its investment philosophy, the company targets the manufacturing and service industries, particularly but not exclusively: energy, infrastructure, technology, media, chemical industry, agriculture, financial services, trade, or real estate.
Nowadays, real estate market also offers huge possibilities in the office, logistics and hotel segments. In innovative markets, IT and media are also facing a significant upswing.
The funds managed by Primefund Fund Management buy equity in the above industries, and in professional service companies in order to promote their business development or maintain their dominant market position.
OUR EXPERTS
Dr. József Tamás KERTÉSZ
chairperson of the board of directors
Dr.Kertész is a recognized expert in business consulting for the successful execution of corporate acquisitions. He has effectively managed significant volumes of capital market transactions that were accompanied by high media interest. His scale of values is determined by commitment to expertise, reliability, partnership and creativity. He selects his colleagues according to his philosophy. He is the founder and professional leader of Kertész and Partners Pllc., one of the most dynamically developing law firms in Hungary. He is proud that several companies listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange are among their permanent clients. With their innovative approach, the expert colleagues of the office provide complex services for its clients, whose interests are represented effectively both in Hungary and abroad.
CAREER
- office manager attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
- investment project manager, the United Kingdom
- legal expert, Pest County Land Administration Office
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- administrative manager, College of Public Administration, Budapest
- criminal law, international financial legal qualification, Institute for Postgraduate Legal Studies, EötvösLoránd University
- lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Pécs
- bar examination
SZABOLCS Balogh
CEO, member of the board of directors
Mr. Balogh gained years of workout experience in financial firms and law firms. For almost ten years, he gained professional knowledge related to claims management and corporate portfolio management at Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd. (MKK Zrt.), dominant in the sphere, where, as a business branch manager, he was responsible for the strategic management of corporate claims and financing transactions. The task of the organisational unit managed by him included the assessment of overdue receivables from non-performing loans (NPL), and the establishment of partnerships with venture capital fund managers and companies.
CAREER
- claims manager expert, Somlai Law Firm
- department head, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- group leader, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- senior staff, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- workout manager, Cívis Credit Plc.
- claims manager – Law Office
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- economic agricultural engineer – human resources management specialisation, SzentIstván University, Faculty of Economics and Social sciences
- real estate property assessor and appraiser
Dr. gábor SOMLAI
member of the board of directors
Dr.Somlai gained professional experience in the areas of claim management and corporate portfolio management at Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd. (MKK Zrt.) belonging to MFB Group. He held a professional manager position for almost six years at the hereinbefore state-owned market leading company of the sector. In the course of this, he led the claim management of the company and the industry responsible for financing transactions. As part of effective asset management, the department managed by him defined the value of past due receivables arising from non-performing loans (NPL). Under his management, the department participated in the establishment of strategic cooperation with commercial banks operating in the market, and with venture capital fund management companies.
CARREER
- office manager attorney-at-law, owner, Somlai Law Firm
- main head of department, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- head of department, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- group leader, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- senior staff, MKK Hungarian Factoring Company Ltd.
- apprentice lawyer, IzsákOrsolya Law Firm
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, PázmányPéter Catholic University
- bar examination
- lawyer-economist, Budapest Corvinus University
- real estate agent and appraiser
szeidlné dr. krisztina KOVÁCS
chairperson of the supervisory board
Dr.Kovács is an experienced legal expert of financial and capital market investments. She spent two decades in the banking sector, gaining extensive knowledge on the operation of investment funds in the course of her consulting career. She is proficient in the development of various financial products, and in drafting internal regulations promoting efficient operation. At present, she is the partner attorney-at-law at Kertész and Partners Pllc., one of the most dynamically developing law offices in Hungary.
CAREER
- partner, attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
- legal counsel, DIVINUS Investment Fund Management Ltd.
- colleague in the chairperson cabinet, Savings Bank
- legal counsel, Hungarian Development Bank (MFB)
- legal counsel, ABN AMRO Bank
- law clerk, CORVINBANK Rt.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- degree in law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, EötvösLoránd University
- bar examination
- specialist lawyer in banks, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, PázmányPéter Catholic University
Dr. zsuzsa EGRI
member of the supervisory board
Dr.Egri started her career in the banking sector in the areas of workout and litigation settlements and then she gained experience in the areas of corporate financing, project financing, investment services, and leasing. Currently, she primarily makes good use of her knowledge gained as business coach and team coach in the successful execution of corporate acquisitions. She is an expert both in project financing and claims management. She perfected her leadership skills in the public administration and business sectors.
CAREER
- collaborator attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
- collaborator attorney-at-law at several recognized Hungarian law offices
- legal director, FŐTÁV
- legal principal administrator, National Development Agency
- legal counsel, ING Bank
- law clerk, Merkantil Banking
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, EötvösLoránd University
- stock exchange specialization
- economist, Budapest University of Economics
- bar examination
- procurement officer, Budapest Corvinus University
- business coach, ICF
- team coach, ICF
Dr. gábor GORDÁN
member of the supervisory board
Dr.Gordán is a lawyer-economist. He started his career at German- and Austrian-owned commercial banks, where he gained extensive experience ranging from retail claim management to rated corporate claim enforcement (workout). He has special expertise in the areas of financial crisis management, and he is one of the recognized experts of rated liquidation proceedings with strategic significance. Moreover, he also has outstanding experience in the fields of structured project financing, restructured transactions, M&A transactions, drafting and implementation of acquisition transactions, furthermore, in the settlement of special contractual transactions specific to the IT sector.
CAREER
- collaborator attorney-at-law, Kertész and Partners Pllc.
- associated attorney-at-law, legal expert at law firms with long history
- office manager attorney-at-law, owner, Gordán Law Firm
- personnel attorney-at-law
- senior workout expert, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt.
- analytical economist, Economic and Financial Committee, European Parliament
- law clerk, MKB Bank Nyrt.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Universität Regensburg, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
- lawyer, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Pécs
- economist (company finance specialist), Faculty of Business and Economics, (Msc.), University of Pécs
- bar examination
- stock exchange specialization
DATA
Full name of the Fund Management Company
PRIMEFUND Investment Fund Management Private Limited Company
Abbreviated name of the Fund Management Company
PRIMEFUND Investment Fund Management Plc.
Company registration number
01 10 140170
Tax number
26647397-2-42
Registered office
1161 Budapest, Szabadkai u. 9-11. fszt.1.
Date of foundation
05 February 2019
Number of authorising resolutions
H-EN-III-686/2019., H-EN-III-225/2020.
Executive officers of the fund management company
DR. JÓZSEF TAMÁS KERTÉSZ chairperson of the board of directors
DR. GÁBOR SOMLAI member of the board of directors
Auditor of the fund management company
ESSEL Audit Auditor Ltd.
Company registration number: 01 09 698566
Registered office: 1162 Budapest, Fertály u. 7.
Auditor chamber identification card number: 001109