Ask the financial expert

Your Expat Expert: Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes is the Managing Director of Gerrards International. He established the company in Budapest in January 2004. Gerrards International specialise in providing financial planning and wealth management solutions for expatriates. His specific fields of expertise are investments, retirement planning, education fee planning, banking, life, critical illness and health insurance.

Richard has a combined total of sixteen years experience within the financial services and insurance industry. Eight years of which were gained in the UK with Allied Dunbar, now known as Zurich Financial Services, Norwich Union, now known as Avia, and BUPA. Since leaving the UK in 2000 he has worked as an as an Independent Financial Advisor for the past 8 years.

Ask the real estate expert

Your Expat Expert: Eszter Holmes

I established an estate agency called Gateway Properties in Budapest over three years ago. We specialize in selling apartments in Budapest to expats and foreign investors. We offer a comprehensive range of complimentary services that includes mortgage broking, arrange renovations, and providing furniture packs. We also help investor’s select suitable letting and property management companies.

I was born and grew up in Budapest, I have always been interested in getting to know other cultures and learn foreign learning languages; this is why I wanted to work with foreign buyers.

I speak both English and Spanish and we have an international team that speaks English, Spanish, German, Dutch and French.

Ask the recruitment expert

Your Recruitment Expert: Klemens Wersonig

Klemens Wersonig is the founder and CEO of TARGET International Executive Search Group, a network of executive search offices in a total of 7 countries. Coming from Austria he is a pioneer of the East crossing the iron curtain already in 1987. Klemens has witnessed the CEE market develop during the last 20 years and has vast experience in CEE recruitment topics.

Klemens will be your guide in questions of recruitment, executive search, employment and job market trends. He offers great advice and insight for job seekers looking for the best career step, as well as for companies seeking good recruitment solutions.

His company, TARGET is currently conducting a major expatriate management survey in 7 CEE countries under the title “Can local management compete?”.

Ask the relocation expert

Your Expat Expert: Stuart McAlister

Stuart McAlister is British and has been living and working in Budapest for the last 13 years. Stuart founded his company, Inter Relocation in March 2002. The profile of the company is to provide relocation destination services and immigration compliance for corporate executives relocating to non-traditional European locations. From small beginnings with a staff of 3, the company has grown to its present compliment of 18 full time employees in Hungary and a further 100+ working at its franchise member and partner offices in a further 17 countries. His company assists well in excess of 1,000 relocating professionals per year.

Stuart is a recognized expert on all aspects of relocation to “new” Europe. He is able to give advice on housing, the necessary permits and documents to work and live in Hungary, banking, insurance, car purchase/leasing, schooling, healthcare, cultural adaptation, the language and all the other small but important issues that expatriates face when relocating to a new country.

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