Dr. Mátyás Szentiványi was a university lecturer and researcher in Hungary and the United States for 8 years. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 18 years in clinical trials and physician marketing, including 8 years as Medical Director of one of the largest international pharmaceutical companies, and has an outstanding international network of contacts.
For the last 5 years, he has led the Hungarian Medicines Agency (OGYÉI) as Director General and represented it before the State Secretariat for Health and the European Medicines Agency. During his term as Director General, he led the Covid pandemic, which saw the licensing of vaccines in Hungary. In addition to his work, he lectures in medical physiology at universities in Hungarian, English and German.