Prof. Dr. András Takács

András TAKÁCS graduated from the Faculty in 2001 with a degree in business and economics (MSc). In addition to his degree, he obtained the qualifications of English-Hungarian business translator and chartered accountant. He was a PhD student at the Faculty's Doctoral School of Business Administration between 2001-2004, already then with significant teaching activities. From 2004 to 2008 he worked as an assistant lecturer at the Faculty, and after obtaining his PhD degree in 2008 he became an assistant professor. He habilitated in 2014, after which he was promoted to associate professor in 2015, and from 2021 he works as a full professor at the Faculty. He has played a significant role in the management of the institution, holding the position of Vice Dean for Educational Affairs and Budgeting from 2015 to 2022 and Dean of the Faculty from 2022. His teaching activities in the Faculty's Hungarian and English-language bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes focus on accounting, advanced corporate finance and business valuation. His main research interests are corporate valuation, including the relationship between value and price, corporate financial performance and stock market prices, which have recently been complemented by new directions such as the importance of fair valuation, the effectiveness of IFRS standard setting, or the impact of cleaner production and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) on corporate performance.