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Géza Sebestyén

Géza Sebestyén is a mathematician and economist with a PhD from Corvinus University of Budapest, where he researched dynamic stochastic banking asset resource management. He has lectured at Kodolányi János College, the University of Szeged, Corvinus, and as a guest at institutions including Munich Business School, WU Vienna, ESSCA, the World Bank, and others. He previously served as Director of Research at the OECONOMUS Economic Research Foundation, and sat on the boards of MKB Venture Capital Fund Management and the Pallas Athéné Domus Scientiae Foundation. He has co-authored textbooks in English and Hungarian, published around 20 academic papers, and regularly contributes to Macronome, with appearances in Index, Portfolio, and Növekedés.hu.
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