Laszlo Robert Czirjak

Laszlo Robert Czirjak is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at iEurope Capital. Laszlo Robert Czirjak, in Hungary since 1992, was born and educated in the U.S. His venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and operational experience spans e-commerce, Internet, automotive and transport, financial services, consumer and retail, energy and power, health care, manufacturing, technology, business services, and media and telecom. Prior to founding iEurope, he was a Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company/BT Alex Brown in London, where he built the regional investment banking business in six countries in Southern Central and Eastern Europe from 1991-1998. He led over 20 major M&A and restructuring assignments involving over $1.5 billion and 24 significant debt and equity financings totaling over $3.2 billion. He advised on, sourced, and executed various private equity transactions. He was CEO of Bankers Trust Rt. (Hungary). Earlier in his career in New York, Mr. Czirjak served as a Director at the Bridgeford Group and at IBJ Schroder Bank, US investment banking subsidiaries of the Industrial Bank of Japan. He has held positions at Goldman Sachs (in M&A and Project Finance) and in operations management at Chemical Bank. Mr. Czirjak served on the boards (or other similar governing bodies) of each of iEurope fund’s portfolio companies including ATech, Vatera, Kupi Me, and others. He is a former member of the Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, of MOL Rt., the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company that is publicly traded on several European exchanges. He also served on the CEE advisory board of AES Hungary (a subsidiary of NYSE AES Corp). He also currently sits on the local CEE advisory Committee of Euro-Phoenix Financial Advisors. He is a former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and is still active as Chairman of its Corporate Governance, Business Integrity, and Entrepreneurship Committee, where he co-authored a position paper titled “Good Corporate Governance in Hungary” and a Hungarian English Glossary on relevant terminology. Mr. Czirjak is currently Chairman of the Board of the United Way Resource Foundation in Hungary and is President of the Columbia University and Business School Clubs of Hungary. He is a Board member of the Hungarian American Fulbright Commission. He received an MBA and BS in Industrial Engineering, both with honors, from Columbia University in New York.