Ernő Duda is President & CEO of SOLVO Biotechnology Ltd., Hungary’s largest independent biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Duda is also Founder and President of the Hungarian Biotechnology Association and Co-Founder and Chairman of Aquincum Technology Incubator.
As a genuine entrepreneur, he has founded or co-founded over 20 companies. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Szeged, and teaches biotechnology and entrepreneurship at several Universities.
He was the Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary in 1998 and 1999, and President of the Junior Achievement Foundation Hungary from 1997 until 2006. Mr. Duda was a member of the Research and Technology Innovation Council from 2005 until 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research from 2004 to 2011.
Besides holding a position in the board of the Hungarian Association for Innovation, he is also a regular contributor to publications, and frequently holds presentations at conferences and various public events. He has been awarded the Dennis Gabor Award and the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his distinguished contribution to the development of the Hungarian biotechnology industry.
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