Budapest, March 22, 2007 14:00

The Board of Directors of Magyar Telekom appointed Éva Somorjai Chief Human Resources Officer of Magyar Telekom as of April 1, 2007 following the departure of Dr. Tamás Pásztory. The members of the Board of Directors have also decided to create a new Chief Information Officer (CIO) position. They will decide later about the person to be appointed to this position.

Éva Somorjai (41) completed her studies at the College for Commerce and Catering. From 1989 she worked at the international directorate of Magyar Hitelbank, from 1991 through 1994 she was the administrative and financial manager of a real estate investment company in Melbourne, Australia. After her return she found employment with Pepsi Cola Hungary. From1996 she worked in various management positions in the HR area of the company's Central European division. In 1999 she was appointed HR director of the international organization and personnel development area, from 2000 she filled the position of HR director of the Hungarian company.

She has been working for Magyar Telekom since October 2001. Since 2002 she has been director of the Group HR Branch. She was involved in the elaboration of the group HR strategy, in providing HR support to international and domestic acquisition activities and in the management of the company restructuring and development program.

Éva Somorjai said on her appointment: "I am striving to maintain and further develop the professional and complex HR work developed over the past years. As a business partner I have the objective of maintaining the operational excellence of the Group through the development of highly trained, valuable experts, the application of the most efficient forms of remuneration, and by increasing employee satisfaction. I wish to continue working in mutual partnership with the representation organizations. Mutual sincerity, openness and respect will continue to be the basic values in my work."