Nikoletta Tóth-Kaszás, Director of the Nagykanizsa Campus of Pannon University has been recently elected as President of the Nagykanizsa organisation of the Hungarian Economic Association. The secretarial duties will be carried out by Péter Kereskai, Secretary of the Nagykanizsa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The former president and springtime recipient of the Grand Award in Economics, József Polay has been elected as Honorary President of the Nagykanizsa organisation in recognition of 30 years in the post. Further members of the Board include: Zoltán Birkner, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office; Tamás Kovács, CEO of Szabadics Zrt, and Ildikó Lelkóné Tollár, Deputy Director-General, Vocational Training Centre of Nagykanizsa.

We hereby congratulate the elected Board Members of the Nagykanizsa organisation of the HEA and wish them every success in the future.

(Opening image: 2009 Itinerant Conference of Economists in Zalakaros hosted by the Nagykanizsa organisation of the HEA)