Ádám Bodor, former deputy CEO for mobility at the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK), has been appointed the company’s new chief executive by Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, effective 1 September, BKK said on Tuesday.
Bodor joined BKK at the end of 2020 as an expert responsible for active mobility and micromobility. He became head of the Mobility Development Directorate in April 2021 and was appointed deputy CEO for mobility in April 2025. He was later elected chairman of the company’s board.
István Válóczi will serve as BKK’s deputy CEO while continuing his work as engineering director at Budapest Public Roads (Budapest Közút).
Válóczi joined Budapest Közút’s newly established Metro Engineering Directorate as a project manager in 2013. He became deputy director in 2016 and has headed the directorate since 2018.
BKK said the personnel changes were aimed at ensuring continuity and enabling the company to carry out its future tasks more effectively.
According to the company, an agreement between the new Hungarian government and the European Commission has secured funding in recent months for EU projects that BKK had prepared in previous years.
Among the planned developments are a possible extension of the M3 metro line, the creation of a Pest-side tram loop and further expansion of the Buda tram loop. Preparations for the modernization and extension of the Millennium Underground Railway could also continue, while new vehicles may enter service and Budapest’s public spaces and cycling network could undergo further development and greening.
Karácsony has also appointed Válóczi as the third member of BKK’s board, alongside CEO Bodor and Deputy CEO for Customer Relations and Sales Ágnes Diószegi.
The company’s previous CEO, Katalin Walter, led BKK from 2021 until spring 2025 before resigning on 29 May last year. BKK has operated without a permanent CEO under interim management since then.
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