About

As the company secretary, legal counsel and head of legal at Diageo Hungary, Gábor Kukovecz, leads a team of 10 professionals to provide various legal services within the Diageo Group globally. Kukovecz is additionally responsible for the management of the in-house legal function at the Hungarian Diageo entities, overseeing cross-border projects by applying his renowned skill-set to all daily tasks. Before joining Diageo in 2012, Kukovecz also had a short but invaluable spell at leading tobacco group, British America Tobacco (BAT), a role which required him to counsel the business functions and cross-functional teams in order to ensure compliance to all relevant legislation, as well as managing all litigation related to BAT Hungary’s business activities. Most notably, in 2007 Kukovecz participated in the creation of Invitel international, the largest alternative telecommunications company in Hungary, by merging four former operations. In 2008, he became the legal manager of the demerging Invitel international Group, responsible for providing legal support for its ten subsidiaries from Vienna to Istanbul. This scope and significance of responsibilities he has held over the course of his professional career invariably makes Kukovecz stand out as one of the most competent in-house lawyers in the region.