
Balazs Polonkai
Sales Director CSEE, Thales
As Sales Director Balazs is responsible for Payment Services in Central and Southeast Europe.
With more than 13 years around mobile, then payment credentials in various technical and business aspects, Balazs guides banks and fintechs seeking to design and launch modern, real time card programs. From the first wild idea of opening an account, through issuing whatever physical or digital form factor, to tokenization, authorization, processing and beyond, he feels gifted for having experienced what is behind a seamless payment user experience.
He holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics