The people you'll meet in the training room

Batiz András

Founder, lead trainer

András finished the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film in 1997 as a TV director and moderator. While still a student he started working for the state MTV channel as a reporter, editor and moderator. With the advent of privatization in Hungarian television, he became one of the leading faces of RTL, the biggest commercial TV channel in Hungary where he hosted the daily tabloid prime-time program, Fókusz for 7 years. In 2004 he became the spokesperson for the Hungarian Government including its successful re-election campaign of 2006. Eventually rising to head of the communications department for the Prime Minister’s office. Since 2007 he has delivered thousands of trainings for corporate and public sector clients. He regularly delivers keynote speeches at conferences, his favorite topics are related to effective communication techniques, crisis management, trust-building.

Majzik Máté

Head of Training Division, psychologist

Mate has a degree in psychology from Eötvös Loránd University as a psychologist. He is specialized in social psychology, with a special interest in human behavior in corporate environments.

He believes that training sessions should be conducted with a solution-focused mindset and that participants should always gain new perspectives and insights in the process. He is currently our Head of Training Division, but this doesn’t stop him utilizing his expertise as a senior trainer and consultant, focusing on communication and leadership development programs.

Krug Emília

Senior trainer, journalist

She graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at ELTE with a degree in Hungarian Language and Literature and Communication Studies. For 12 years, she worked for ATV, appearing in some of the channel’s most watched current affairs and news background programmes, including Egyenes Beszéd, Start, Aktuál, and Civil a pályán as a presenter and host. Since April 2026, she has been producing content for her own YouTube channel, Szinten túl Krug Emíliával.

She does not believe in the beneficial effects of “15 minutes of fame”; instead, she is characterised by long-term thinking, fairness, reliability, and honest communication. As an interviewer, she draws from a wide and versatile repertoire of approaches. Both professionally and personally, she strives for win-win situations. As a member of the Impact Works team, she leads media training sessions and communication preparation programmes for public speaking engagements and appearances before larger audiences.

Dr. Kraszkó Zita

Senior trainer, actor

Zita Kraszkó graduated from University of Szeged, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. She has worked as an improvisation actor, director and trainer in several Hungarian theater and television productions. As a presenter she has worked in live shows such as the broadcasting of Academy Awards, Balaton Summer, I Love Hungary and Jazzy Business Class. She wrote her doctoral thesis in 2024 at University of Pécs, Doctoral School of Philosophy, on her research on the Method of Speech and Improvisation. As a trainer, she works with professional speakers, science communicators, middle and senior managers to help them to perform their presentation tasks confidently, authentically, without stage fright and with the right speaking technique. She is a lecturer at the University of Pécs.

Horváth Péter

Senior trainer

Peter, among others, studied at the University of Szeged majoring in Communication. In the last 15 years, he worked for different businesses at General Electric as a lead trainer, coach, and training manager. He has traveled widely and got to know many different cultures and incorporated these learnings into his everyday work in the training field. Peter has significant experience in coaching such as strategic facilitation, designing & facilitating leadership, skill development programs for all levels of organizations (classroom/virtual), and operations (budgeting, planning, vendor engagement). He delivers in English and Hungarian and believes learning can be fun, as well. Success means happy customers to him.

Lehoczky Péter

Senior trainer

Peter graduated from Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences with an International Relations degree. Before getting into business training, he spent more than 10 years working at multinational companies in various positions, from sales to project management.

Peter is a public speaking enthusiast and believes in lifelong learning. He was among the most successful members of the first Hungarian Toastmasters rhetoric club. He won several club-level and regional contests, including the Toastmasters National Humorous Speech Contest in 2017. To further improve his knowledge, he studied speech techniques and attended acting courses run by some of the most knowledgeable experts in the industry.

At Impact Works, Peter delivers presentation and communication skills training, as well as train-the-trainer courses in Hungarian and English. With his enthusiastic and proactive attitude, he strives to share his knowledge with all participants.

Padla Dóri

Senior trainer, coach

Dóri graduated in economics and then worked in finance and procurement at multinational companies for 13 years, 8 of them as a manager. She then turned the work she had been doing on the side as an internal trainer into her profession, and after a career change she started working as a trainer and coach.

Dóri typically works in international environments and delivers development programmes in English, Hungarian and Spanish. She has delivered in-person trainings in Asia, Africa and many European countries, and virtual programmes globally.

One of her main focuses is that participants learn methods they can easily apply in practice and that support their development in the long term – whether in leadership or other skills development trainings.

Dr. Tóth Krisztina

Media trainer, PR consultant

A law graduate and recipient of the Antal Csengery Award, she spent 25 years working in the media. She began as a news editor and news director at commercial radio stations before presenting flagship news and current affairs programmes on Hungarian Television and Duna Television, including Közbeszéd, Híradó, Nap-Kelte, Ma reggel, Heti Hírmondó and Az Este. She also hosted Balatoni nyár for two seasons.

Following her television career, she spent five years as a communications director and spokesperson, first in higher education and then in the corporate sector. Since May 2024, she has been the founder and managing director of BeUP! PR Consulting.

She believes in honest, authentic communication built on mutual respect. As a trainer on Impact Works’ training programmes, she aims to equip leaders with practical tools they can apply immediately to communicate with credibility, confidence and impact in the media.

Császár Eszter

Trainer, speaker coach

As a communication trainer and speaker coach, Eszter helps teams and individuals to communicate in a more confident, effective and impactful way in both English and Hungarian. She began her career in the field of communication and media studies, then graduated as an actor at Pesti Magyar Színiakadémia, and appeared in several theater and film productions.

Her main interest later turned towards education and development, gaining a teaching degree in drama and media from Pázmány Péter Catholic University. This combination of backgrounds has given her unique expertise: she is able to facilitate creative, stress-free, practice-oriented training sessions while providing a structured, measurable development path for participants.

Her main area of expertise is presentation techniques, from storytelling and content to engaging delivery and slide design. She believes that empathy is the basis of every effective communication, and in her trainings she helps participants not only to develop through real, practical situations, but also to have fun during the process.

Eszter’s goal is for everyone to find their own authentic voice, so that they can speak with confidence and ease and make an impact in any situation.

Ihász-Novák Dóra

Psychologist, trainer

Dóri holds a master’s degree in psychology, specializing in Work and Organizational Psychology at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. She joined the Impact Works team in 2019, and her openness, ambition, creativity, and precision have since made her a valuable member of the team. She currently works as a trainer, primarily conducting leadership development and mental wellbeing programs, and serves as the team’s expert on wellbeing initiatives. As a consultant, she is mainly responsible for developing professional concepts. A key aspect of her training approach is a people-centered perspective, with the aim of translating her psychological expertise and experience with various clients into practical, actionable insights for training participants.

Dóri also works with individual clients, primarily using a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) approach in the context of psychological consultations and coaching.

Her psychological writings are published across multiple platforms, both online and in print. Her main areas of interest include mental well-being development, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, change management, and motivation.

Radva Luca

Psychologist, trainer, account manager

After completing her BA in Psychology at ELTE, Luca graduated from the Work and Organizational Psychology MA program at BME. After obtaining her trainer qualification and gaining experience in project management and training coordination, she joined the Impact Works team, where she supports clients in multiple roles.

As an Account Manager, she is responsible for managing client relationships as well as planning and coordinating training and development processes. Transparency, structured ways of working, and building long-term, trust-based partnerships are particularly important to her, as they provide a stable framework for successful collaboration.

As a trainer, Luca delivers development programs in wellbeing and leadership-related topics. Her trainings are characterized by a psychological approach, practical tools, and an experiential methodology, with a strong focus on self-reflection, conscious leadership, and sustainable performance.

As a psychologist, she also provides individual consultations using a cognitive behavioral therapy approach, the tools of which she integrates into her training work. Psychoeducation is important to Luca; therefore, she also teaches career socialization courses as a university lecturer.

Pap Henrik

Trainer

Henrik has actively served in various roles over the past 10 years, including leadership positions, internal change management, consultancy, and mentoring. He has extensive experience working with large corporations in the realms of leadership development and innovation. However, his heart equally belongs to smaller organizations, startups, and international business development programs.

He views societal change as paramount, participating in several global NGO projects, ranging from skill development for disadvantaged groups to career orientation for young adults.

He candidly admits that his most cherished moments come when he can foster significant change in a positive atmosphere, collaborating as a team. As an expert in design thinking, he deeply believes in the power of empathy and the significance of human connections. He contends that trust is the true glue that binds us, enabling wonders – whether it’s transformation, growth, or forging new relationships.

Matt Devere

Actor, trainer

Matt has been delivering corporate communications trainings to a wide range of audiences and preparing executives for public speaking events for over ten years. His extensive experience in the world of theatre and acting, practical approach, professionalism, people-centered attitude and humor provide an authentic training experience where participants can discover their unique voices and learn the tools of effective communication. In addition to his career as a trainer, Matt founded his own theatre company, Madhouse Theatre Company. His performances are regularly seen at the National Theatre. In addition, he has also appeared in a number of international film and television productions.

Molnár Csaba

Actor, trainer

Csaba is an experienced actor and trainer. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 1992 and has appeared in several theatre and television productions. Alongside his theatre work, as a trainer he mainly leads presentation and negotiation skills trainings for employees of large Hungarian companies.

Szalontay Tünde

Actor, trainer

Tünde is an actress and workshop leader with international experience. She is currently a member of the Pintér Béla Company, a guest artist with several independent companies, and appears in television and film productions.

Drawing on a decade of work and study in Italy and Denmark, and as an experienced improvisation actor, she leads and contributes to a range of trainings in both English and Hungarian.

Mészáros Tamás

Chief Operating Officer

Tamás graduated in International Studies from Corvinus University of Budapest in 2010 and went straight on to work in the corporate division of UniCredit Bank. In 2015 he moved within the bank to HR, where he worked first in training and development and then in employer branding. From spring 2017 he led recruitment, employer branding and training and development, and a few months later the HR business partner team as well.

He joined Impact Works in 2020 as head of Employer Branding and is now our Chief Operating Officer.

Mariányi Bianka

Account manager

She graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and went on to pursue further studies in adult education.

She has over 10 years of professional experience in the financial sector, working in a multinational corporate environment. Her HR work focused on training and organisational development.

She joined Impact Works in 2025. As an account manager, she manages client relationships and coordinates training programs.

Kalló Noémi

Senior account manager

Noémi studied communication and media both at secondary school and at university, graduating from Kodolányi János University in 2019. She started working in training and development in 2017, even before completing her degree. Early in her career she was responsible for training administration, and later for the training components of grant-funded projects; project management remains the main focus of her work today. She enjoys solving complex challenges where she can put her systems thinking to good use.

To date, she has helped more than 100 organisations develop their employees, from local governments to multinational corporations.

With her energetic and decisive working style, Noémi helps bring our trainings to life.