Dr. Eszter Kazinczy obtained a PhD degree in Economics from Corvinus University of Budapest. Between 2005 and 2007, she worked as an external consultant at the Research Institute of ICEG EC. Between 2007 and 2011, she worked for one of the largest Hungarian banks as a Subsidiary Expert, and participated in a six-month research program on the South-Eastern European banking sector at the European Central Bank. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor at Széchenyi István University. Her main research interests are South-Eastern Europe and private banking.