Peter Kalotai was a 2015 Millennium fellow. He is the director for European Union (EU) affairs and strategic relationships at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He leads EBRD’s institutional engagement with the EU, its institutions, its member states, and its other key strategic partners. He also manages the EBRD’s relationships with think tanks. 

Kalotai has twenty years of experience in diplomacy and the private sector. Prior to joining the EBRD he was a director in Brunswick Group’s Brussels office, where he focused on EU institutional issues, public affairs, and mergers and acquisitions.

Kalotai worked in the Hungarian diplomatic service for twelve years. His most recent assignments were deputy ambassador in Washington DC, and deputy director for the Americas. Between 2007 and 2011, he served at the Hungarian embassy in London where he was responsible for political, press, and public affairs. He also worked in the European Commission as a seconded national expert. Kalotai earned an MSc degree from the London School of Economics. He also holds a JD in law and political science from Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary. He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and speaks English, German, Spanish, and Hungarian.