Ádám Banai has received his MSc from Corvinus University of Budapest. He holds a PhD in Finance from Corvinus University of Budapest.
He joined the Financial Stability department of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank in 2008. From 2013 he held different leader roles, i.e. the head of Applied Research and Stress-testing Department, director of Financial Stability and executive director for Monetary Policy Instru-ments, Financial Stability and Reserve Management. From 2025 he is in his current position. He is a member of the Financial Stability Board in Hungary. He is also a member of the supervisory board at KELER CCP. He is a member of the advisory board at ESCP Europe Institute of Real Estate Finance and Management. He has a strong academic background, and he is an industry fellow at Griffith University.
His main research fields are systemic risk, macroprudential policy, and the real estate market. He has several papers in high level journals. Fun fact, he is the President of the Assembly of the Hungarian Ca-noe Federation.