STAFF, EXPERTS

Our clients get a world-class team specializing in leadership development, risk management, resilience, stress management, and effective decision-making. We are academics, psychologists, coaches, business executives and former members of various special forces units. Our diverse set of expertise is the basis of the uniquely effective training and consulting solutions we offer.

LÁSZLÓ HUSZÁR PhD

Sociologist, lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Eötvös Loránd University. Former brigadier general and Deputy Commander of the Hungarian Prison Service. Head of the European Union Mission in Iraq 2011-13. Creator and leader of extreme stress management and critical incident negotiation courses. Awarded the Middle Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (military section). Pivot Brigade Co-founder.

KRISTÓF VARGA

Psychologist, public policy analyst, coach. Former politician, member of the Council of Europe. Managed startups, think tanks, election campaigns, state owned enterprises. As a manager in a major international philanthropy, he directed community, democracy, and economic development projects in 27 countries on four continents. Pivot Brigade co-founder.

ATTILA VIPLAK

Former member of the Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Center and the Presidential Guard. Part of the winning team of the 2016 SWAT Roundup International in Orlando Fl.

JULIA FUREDI PhD

Organizational psychologist. Worked for 27 years as HR Manager for large companies in the financial sector, most recently as Vice President of HR at Unicredit Bank. HR consultant and influencer, CEO of Sparq, a startup providing IT-based HR services to companies. www.furedijulia.hu

ZITA NEMETH ICF MCC

Organizational Psychologist, ICF Certified MCC Coach, Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach, Gestalt Trainer. A qualified user of many psychometric tools (GPOP/MBTI, HOGAN tests, CUBIKS tests, Firo-B). Has more than 18 years of international experience in complex leadership development with companies of diverse sizes and cultural environments including WizzAir, Vodafone, MKB, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ING, OTP, Pfizer.

ILDIKÓ LEDNICZKI

Clinical psychologist, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist. Has decades of therapeutic practice.

ISTVÁN D. VARGA

Served in the Special Forces of the Hungarian Armed Forces including deployments in Afghanistan. Trained with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to conduct special operations. Served at NATO's Special Operations Command, liaising with special forces serving under NATO. Security and defense policy expert. Provided security advice and risk analysis to the EU Mission in Kosovo and Somalia. Highly trained Muay Thai fighter and coach. Awarded several military and civilian awards, including the lifesaving medal of the Hungarian Red Cross.