
Katalin Antal
Deputy Head of Department, Senior Consultant
Project Management Group
Project Management Group
Short bio
Katalin Antal is the Head of the Project Management Group at AKI and Deputy Head of the Economic Department.
She graduated from the Faculty of Animal Science at Kaposvár University with a degree in Agricultural Economics Engineering and holds a certified public accountant qualification. Her career began in 2000 at the Financial Policy Department of the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, where, as a research associate, she analyzed liquidity and financing processes in agriculture and examined the effects of agricultural subsidies. She also participated in modeling the development of agricultural quotas during Hungary’s preparation for accession to the European Union.
Later, she worked as a senior consultant at a grant writing company, preparing business plans and loan applications, managing and writing proposals. She also held a position as a controller at a company engaged in commercial activities. Since 2016, she has been involved in the planning and implementation of EU co-financed and Ministry of Agriculture-supported domestic and market-based projects at the Institute, as well as in the operational project management tasks related to project sustainability.