Peter Számely
Head of Team CEE + SEE Real Estate Finance
HYPO Investmentbank AG

Peter Számely is a trained economist by background and a graduate from the Karl Marx University in Budapest. In addition, he received an MPhil degree in land economy from the University of Cambridge in 1995 followed by a joint MSc degree in real estate from the Budapest Technical University and the Nottingham Trent University. Peter started his career some 20 years ago at the Hungarian Credit Bank. Since then he gained extensive experience in the field of property agency, development, valuation and investment with local and international firms including Price Waterhouse, Kuwait Petroleum and Jones Lang Wootton. Before his current position he was the country manager of Eurohypo in Hungary for nine years. Recently he joined Hypo Investmentbank in Vienna, where he is responsible for acquisitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Peter is a member of RICS since 1999 and served as chairman of RICS Hungary for six years. Up until recently, was a member of the board of RICS Europe for six years. He has also advised the Hungarian Mortgage Banking Association in valuation matters for a period of more than four years.