Tibor Porgánczki

Finance Director  ·  M&A Specialist

Numbers tell stories — and I've spent the last 15 years making sure those stories end with success. As Head of M&A, I led due diligence and closed real estate services roll-up deals across Europe and Asia-Pacific, then monitored their performance to ensure underwritten targets were delivered.

Later, as Finance Director, I built teams, designed financial models, and advised on investments that shaped the future of real estate and mobility.

When I'm not crunching numbers, you'll find me mentoring young professionals, tinkering with AI tools, or spending time with my family in Budapest, Hungary. If you're working on something bold, or need the expertise of a Middle-East and Asia specialist, let's talk.

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Based in Budapest, Hungary

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2004 — present

Career Timeline

01

2004

Tax Advisor Associate

PwC  ·  Budapest, Hungary

Started career at PwC's Budapest office as a Tax Advisor Associate, building a foundation in financial analysis and advisory.

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02

2006

Certified Tax Advisor

Hungarian Chamber of Tax Advisors  ·  Budapest, Hungary

Certified as a Hungarian Tax Advisor — a professional qualification that deepened expertise in financial regulation, tax structuring, and client advisory.

MBA — Finance & Strategic Leadership background
03

2009

MBA — Finance & Strategic Leadership

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge  ·  Cambridge, United Kingdom

Completed MBA at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, specialising in finance and strategic leadership — the springboard for an international career in M&A and corporate finance.

04

2010

Investment Analyst

Bloomberg  ·  London, United Kingdom

Began international finance career at Bloomberg in London, specialising in investment-grade bond valuations and financial modelling — developing rigorous analytical foundations in global capital markets.

05

2011

M&A Analyst

Colliers International  ·  London, United Kingdom

Joined Colliers International in London, playing a supporting role in executing the M&A roll-up strategy — growing the European business from $50M to $200M in revenue by 2013.

Head of M&A, Asia-Pacific background
06

2014

Head of M&A, Asia-Pacific

CBRE  ·  Hong Kong

Joined CBRE as Head of M&A, Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong, driving cross-border acquisitions and strategic growth initiatives across one of the world's most dynamic real estate markets.

Closed deals were — among others — the acquisition of a minority interest in a full-service real estate company in Malaysia and acquisition of a healthcare project management company in Australia.

Finance Director, Asia-Pacific background
07

2018

Finance Director, Asia-Pacific

WeWork  ·  Hong Kong

Appointed Finance Director, Asia-Pacific at WeWork to launch and scale financial operations for a new office fit-out business line — building the commercial infrastructure across the region from the ground up.

Finance Director, China background
08

2019

Finance Director, China

WeWork  ·  Shanghai, China

Relocated to Shanghai to restructure WeWork China's ailing business — optimising operations and financial performance during a critical turnaround phase.

Acting Head of Financial Planning & Analysis background
09

2020

Acting Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Wizz Air  ·  Budapest, Hungary

Returned to Budapest during COVID and joined Wizz Air to stabilise the FP&A team and implement data-driven financial strategies amid industry turmoil — navigating the airline through one of aviation's most turbulent periods.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager - Mobility background
10

2022

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager - Mobility

NEOM  ·  Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Joined NEOM — the world's most ambitious gigaproject — in Saudi Arabia, bringing expertise in cross-border deal-making and complex financial modelling to one of the largest infrastructure programmes ever undertaken.

Head of Sector Strategic Planning background
11

2025

Head of Sector Strategic Planning

NEOM  ·  Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Promoted to Head of Sector Strategic Planning, leading a team to oversee business case processes for NEOM's economic sectors — energy, data centres, mobility — and driving multi-billion-dollar investment decisions.

Projects

Interactive Models

I like to pressure-test businesses by modelling their unit economics from the ground up. Here are a couple you can play with yourself — drag the sliders and watch the numbers move.

Interactive model 01

eVTOL Flight Economics

Downtown Manhattan → JFK  ·  ~12 mi  ·  ~10 min

Set a low–high range for each assumption. The model reports a base case plus the full pessimistic ↔ optimistic envelope — a live sensitivity analysis for an electric air taxi across New York.

Ticket price / seat$100$200
Load factor60%90%
Energy per flight20 kWh30 kWh
Electricity price$0.15/kWh$0.30/kWh
Pilot cost / flight$15$40
Maintenance / flight$6$25
Battery amort. / flight$4$12
Vertiport fees / flight$40$150
Ground ops & overhead$25$60
Aircraft price$1.3M$4.0M
Flights / day (per aircraft)1541

Fixed: 4 seats · 150,000-cycle airframe life

Base case (range midpoints) · low–high = pessimistic ↔ optimistic

Profit / flight

$238

−$83 – $618

Margin

53%

−34% – 86%

Breakeven / seat

$71

$28 – $134

Revenue / flight$450$240$720
Total cost / flight$212$102$323

Cost breakdown / flight — base case

Energy$6
Pilot$28
Maintenance$16
Battery amortization$8
Vertiport fees$95
Ground ops & overhead$43
Aircraft depreciation$18

Profit / day · aircraft

$6,670

−$1,240$25,352

Profit / year · aircraft

$2,434,489

−$452,600$9,253,358

Monte Carlo simulation

10,000 trials · Beta-PERT sampling over each range (peak at the base case)

A simplified model for exploration — not investment advice. Default ranges are drawn from the public sources below.

Sources & references

Next up: the unit economics behind AI frontier models — coming soon.

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Finance & M&A

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