Department Lead
Dénes Bulkai
Environmental & Social Due Diligence · Sustainability
Environmental and social expertise shaped by international investment and infrastructure experience.
01 / PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Environmental expertise.
International perspective.
Environmental and social expertise shaped by international investment and infrastructure experience.
Dénes Bulkai’s professional background spans environmental appraisal, energy efficiency, industrial development and the supervision of major investment projects.
02 / PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Qualifications & Languages
Academic qualifications
- 1977
- M.Sc. Chem. Eng. Technical University of Budapest.
- 1983
- Ph.D. Anal. Chem., Technical University of Budapest.
- 1992
- Postgraduate Degree in International Economic Relations, Budapest University of Economic Sciences.
- 2000
- Extra Mural Diploma in History, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Languages
- Hungarian
- Mother tongue
- English
- Fluent
- German
- Good
- Russian
- Fair
- French
- Fair
03 / CAREER
Professional Journey
Industrial research, energy management and environmental assessment across international investment projects.
October 2009 — Present
Bulkai KFT
Budapest
1992 — 2009
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Senior Environmental Advisor
1990 — 1992
American Appraisal
Hungary · Technical Manager
1986 — 1990
Hungarian State Energy Efficiency Office
Founder and Technical Manager
1977 — 1985
Hungarian Aluminium Corp.
Technology Development Researcher
04 / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Experience
1992 — 2009
EBRD
Senior Environmental Advisor
Environmental appraisal and monitoring of large projects especially in the metallurgical and chemical process industries; also in other heavy industry, transport infrastructure, shipping and municipal services;
Energy efficiency projects: developing environmental guidelines for energy service companies;
Liaison with technical personnel of project sponsors and consulting firms, including preparation of terms of reference for environmental consultancy assignments and participation in the selection of consultants;
Project supervision, particularly compliance with environment-related covenants.
1990 — 1992
American Appraisal
Technical Manager
Supervised more than one hundred appraisals in Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland and Russia. The majority of the assignments were in the manufacturing and process industries; hotel chains, catering networks, retail, transport and recycling companies.
1986 — 1990
Hungarian State Energy Efficiency Office
Founder and Technical Manager
Conducting energy and environmental conservation projects, publicity campaigns, energy audits, demonstration projects, publication of manuals and handbooks, training programmes, R&D sponsoring;
Coordination of the implementation of two IBRD energy efficiency projects;
1977 — 1985
HUNGALU
Technology Development Researcher
Participated in industrial process development, including authorship of several UNIDO and UNEP studies on the bauxite/aluminium industry, patents and scientific publications.
05 / ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION
Publications & Papers
- Environmental Guidelines for Energy Service Companies
EBRD, London, 2005. - Slovalco Aluminium Smelter, Model of Modernisation
Dr Denes Bulkai · ICSOBA, Travaux Vol. 29, pp. 205-210, Budapest, 2002. - The Hungarian Environmental Credit Line
Z. Pastor & D. Bulkai · In Sustainable Banking, ed. by J. J. Bouma et al., pp. 360-371. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, 2001. - Environmental Audit Protocol
EBRD, 1996. - Environmental Aspects of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Production
UNIDO, Vienna, 1984. - Bauxite Testing Laboratories
UNIDO, Vienna, 1986.
Earlier Publications
1977-1986, about 20 articles, conference papers and other publications related to the bauxite and aluminium industry, including two manuals.