I am Máté, from a city called Székesfehérvár in Hungary. From an early age, I have been interested in numbers, which is no surprise with having parents who are both mathematicians. I moved to our lovely capital Budapest to start my studies in Finance and Accounting and after graduation, I spent a gap year in Nanjing, China.

I started to build my career in finance when joining Roche in Budapest as an accountant more than seven years ago. From early on I felt valued by my colleagues at the company, and my leaders enabled and supported my development right from the beginning. Being able to grow constantly in my roles, together with the tremendous opportunities available at Roche really helped me to build my career. As this was highly supported, I could make cross-departmental moves so I could try myself in different areas of accounting and eventually become a people leader myself.

There are also plenty of international opportunities at Roche, and in 2019, I decided to move out of my comfort zone and I took on the interim role of Head of Accounting for Roche S.A. located in Casablanca, Morocco. This also meant relocating to Casablanca for 5 months, which was a big challenge from a personal and professional point of view.  The experience I gained there is probably the most valuable throughout my whole career. This is where I could get even closer to Roche’s purpose, as I could see the importance of our job first-hand when visiting a haematology centre for children in Casablanca.