Join us, HMA Mr Paul Fox and our Board nominees on the 17th of May for our AGM!
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary invites you to our
2023 Annual General Meeting
Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 16:00-20:00
Venue: KOZMO Luxury Hotel – 1082 Budapest, Horváth Mihály tér 17.
The event is free of charge for BCCH Members and we request all members have a representative on the spot, especially considering this year is an election year.
Please note that, in accordance with our charter, we need all our member companies to attend via a delegate to make sure we meet the quorum for a valid AGM.
In line with the BCCH Charter, we will elect a new Council and a Chairperson for the Chamber who will serve on the Board for 2 years.
You will find all the important documents regarding the finances and statements here. (Open link in new window to access the drive.)
New to this year’s AGM and crucially, open to non-members is the Presentations and Q&A Session with Rolls-Royce’s Managing Director Dr György Balázs, and Director of Engineering at Jaguar-Land Rover Mr Nevijo Mance, moderated by Randstad’s Petra Polgár.
This part of the event, scheduled for 17:45 marks the start of the networking part and opens up the room to non-BCCH Members as well, before we proceed to the hotel’s bar.
Board Nominees
Candidates for the Chairman position
1. Duncan Graham, G&G Wealth Limited
Candidates for Council membership
1. Douglas Arnott, EDMF Language Services
2. Paul Fegan, Ecosse World Logistics
3. Cynthia Gáspár, Raiffeisen Bank
4. András Módos, EY
5. Károly Oelberg, AACM Central Europe Ltd.
6. Tamás Simonyi, KPMG
7. Enikő Tomor, Tomor Properties
Candidates for the Supervisory Board
1. Miklós Andorka, MAPI
2. Árpád Földi, Santa Fe Relocation
3. Matty Ryan, Vistra
Agenda
15:30 – Registration opens
16:00 – Welcome speech by Mr Duncan Graham, BCCH Chairman
16:10 – Establishment of quorum, vote on AGM officers (keeper of the minutes, counter of the votes etc.)
16:20 – Chairman’s report, presented by Mr Duncan Graham and vote on accepting the Chairman’s report
16:30 – Financial Report and Auditor’s Report (approval of the BCCH accounts for 2022) presented by BCCH’s Treasurer Mr Douglas Arnott and vote on accepting the reports including BCCH annual budget for the upcoming year
16:45-17:15 – Election of the Chairman and the Council
• Explanation of the voting procedure: Distribution of a maximum of 8 votes in total, make only ONE vote for chairperson and seven for councillors. The elected chair will also be a member of the Council.
• Nominees have 2 minutes to introduce themselves, Dr. Szilvia Kabács, representative of CMS-Cameron McKenna will read the profiles of those not present
17:15-17:25 – Election of the Supervisory Board members
17:25-17:35 –Vote on Charter modification – You may find the charter with the amended parts (Clauses 6.1.1.; 6.1.3 and 6.2.1) in Bold and Italics here (EN) and here (HU)
17:35-17:45 – The results (election of the Chairman, the Council and the Supervisory Board members) are announced, then the moderator closes the AGM – The event opens up to non-members
17:45-18:10 – Presentation and Fireside Chat with Dr György Balázs, Managing Director at Rolls-Royce and Randstad’s Petra Polgár
18:10 – Networking starts at the hotel bar Oyster, featuring a wine sampling booth courtesy of Eklézsia Winery
Voting and attendance information
Participation at the official part of the AGM is for members only and free of charge, but please note that only a maximum of two people from any member company may attend, and each voting member company will have the right to one vote only.
In voting for the Chairman and Council Members, each voting member company will receive ONE voting sheet at the event. The voting sheet will contain the name of the candidates for the Council and for the Chair position. A total of seven votes can be cast on the voting sheets (six for Councillors and one for the Chairperson). Whilst conducting the vote, we will ensure anonymity and excercise full discretion, as is required. The candidates receiving the most votes will be elected to Council Membership. The documents will also be sent to every registree via email a week before the event.
If no quorum is present at the time of the Annual General Meeting, the adjourned General Meeting shall convene at 16:15 on 17 May 2023 at the same place and such meeting shall have a quorum as regards the matters included in the agenda of the previous Meeting, regardless of the number of Members present or represented.
Members who are entitled to vote but cannot delegate anyone from the company to attend the Annual General Meeting will have the option to appoint a representative of another BCCH voting member with discretionary power to vote for and on behalf of them with a written proxy, a form for which is available here. The number of proxies that a BCCH member can present at the event is limited to a maximum of two.
A member whose membership fee has not been fully paid before the AGM may not be entitled to attend and vote, so if in doubt please contact our colleagues at the Finance Department of the BCCH at finance@bcch.com.
Individual and Honorary members are non-voting members but have the right to attend and observe the AGM.
If you wish to join the event as a sponsor, you can find the sponsorship agreement here. If you decide to offer your support, please fill it in and send it back to us by 12 May, 2023.
You can register for the event HERE
Participation fee:
BCCH members – free of charge
(only a maximum of two people from any member company may attend free of charge, and each voting member company will have the right to one vote only)
Non-Members – 15,000 HUF (incl. VAT)
Please note that non-members can only attend the reception and networking starting from 18:00 after the meeting itself.
Please confirm your attendance as soon as you can and by Monday, 15 May 2023 the latest.
We hope to see many of you at the event.
Best regards,
The BCCH Team
