András Simor

András Simor (born 17 May 1954) is a Hungarian economist, who served as governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) from 2007 to 2013. He was replaced by György Matolcsy.

Career He holds a degree in International Finances from the Budapest University of Economics.

He started his professional career as an executive at the MNB’s Foreign Exchange Management Department in 1976. Between 1979–1985, he worked at Hungarian International Bank Ltd, the MNB’s London-based subsidiary. Returning to Hungary, he was Deputy Head of the Bank’s International Division.

In 1989, he was appointed Chairman of the Board and President of the newly founded CA-BB, later Creditanstalt Értékpapír Rt. Under his management, one of Hungary’s first securities brokerage firms became a market leader. In 1997–98, he served as Executive Chairman of CAIB Investmentbank A.G. in Vienna, where he managed the merger of the investment businesses of Creditanstalt and Bank Austria, affecting eight countries.

Returning to Hungary, he served as Chairman of the Board of the Budapest Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. In this capacity, he made an important contribution to the transformation of the BSE from a public utility organisation into a profit-oriented corporation. He served his post at the Budapest Stock Exchange until 2002.

Recognitions By Business Week Europe he was named as One of the top 50 Business Executives in Europe in 2001. The Euromoney journal was elected Banker of the Year in the emerging Europe region in 2010.