Dr. Balázs Fürjes is a Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a member of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games Coordination Commission, and a Board Member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee. He graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1997. He later worked for several years at the Stikeman Elliott – Réti, Antall & Partners law firm, specialising in international commercial and corporate law.
Between 2003 and 2011, he served as Deputy CEO of the WING real estate development group. He oversaw the planning and implementation of several major projects, including the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, the MOME Campus, the Ludovika Campus of the National University of Public Service, Puskás Aréna and MVM Dome.
From 2018 to 2022, he served as State Secretary responsible for the development of Budapest, and left the government after resigning in early 2023. In October 2023, he was elected as a permanent Hungarian member of the IOC. Since 1894, he has been the eighth permanent Hungarian IOC member and the tenth Hungarian member of the International Olympic Committee overall.