Anikó Szombati
Budapest
Summary
Innovative Chief Digital Officer and Executive Director for Digitalisation and FinTech Development at Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), Hungary’s central bank, driving digital transformation and FinTech development across the financial sector. Internationally recognized expert of central-bank-level innovations, especially related to the potential future forms of money. She has a proven track record in shaping innovation-focused regulatory policy also on how to embrace advanced technologies like AI and DLT safely. Played a decisive role in central bank policymaking in the field of financial stability for almost two decades, also as member of the Financial Stability Council.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Digital Officer, Executive Director – Digitalisation & FinTech Development
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2019 - 01.2025
- Established MNB’s framework for safely supporting FinTech innovation, including the Innovation Hub and the Regulatory Sandbox.
- Led implementation of MNB’s FinTech and Digitalisation Strategy.
- Promoted digital transformation in the financial sector and within the central bank.
- Led practical as well as empirical experiments related to the future form of money, including the single retail CBDC pilot project in the EU.
- Introduced innovative regulatory and supervisory tools to embrace financial innovation safely.
- Explored applications of AI, ML, DLT in banking and central bank operations.
Executive Director – Macroprudential Policy
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2017 - 01.2019
Director – Macroprudential Policy and Resolution
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2013 - 01.2017
Education
MSc - Economics, Major in Finance
Corvinus University
Skills
- Digital Transformation & FinTech
- Strategic Leadership
- AI, ML, DLT in Financial Services
- Financial Regulation & Supervision
- Macroprudential & Crisis Management Policy
- Central Bank Operations
- Risk Management & Governance
- Innovative thinking
- Cross functional leadership
- Agile project management
Accomplishments
· Led MNB digitalization team into the top league of central banks in the field of FinTech support, setting minimum standards for the level of digitalisation of the incumbents, and CBDC experimentation and research.
· Founded and led several high-performing expert teams from scratch.
· Designed and implemented macroprudential and crisis management frameworks.
· Led the integration of Hungary’s supervisory authority into the central bank and redesigned strategic policymaking amongst monetary, macroprudential, and supervisory functions.
Certification
Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) – European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Associations
Additional Information
Mother to Dániel; amateur tennis club member and registered player.
Timeline
Chief Digital Officer, Executive Director – Digitalisation & FinTech Development
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2019 - 01.2025
Executive Director – Macroprudential Policy
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2017 - 01.2019
Director – Macroprudential Policy and Resolution
Magyar Nemzeti Bank
01.2013 - 01.2017
MSc - Economics, Major in Finance
Corvinus University
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