About Us

WE PROVIDE SOCIAL PURPOSE ORGANIZATIONS THE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL KNOW-HOW OF THE FOR-PROFIT SECTOR

Leadership, management, organization, research, and measurement tools and methods already used by leading for-profit organizations can also help nonprofits unlock their full impact potential by making them more effective and efficient. Our team members and volunteers have learned their craft at management consulting, market research, and other multinational firms. But they have worked a lot with nonprofits to know how to adapt their knowledge to the needs of this sector.

Core values

We are a value-driven team, we aim to live our values in our work every day.

We respect our clients and the social causes they work for

We develop ourselves continuously to serve our clients better

We offer quality solutions tailored to individual needs

We are passionate about our work

We make a difference in effectiveness and efficiency

We work in teams, and we respect each other

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

At SIMPACT, we believe in professional excellence and measurable social impact. In recent years, our work quality and innovative methodology have been recognized by several prestigious professional awards.

HRBEST – 1ST PLACE (FUTURE BUILDERS CATEGORY)

Our skills-based volunteering program, launched with the support of Erste Bank, received the most prestigious recognition in the HR profession: 1st place at the HRBest awards. The unique program, which saw more than 25 companies join with their volunteers in its first three years alone, confirms that the targeted transfer of corporate expertise not only boosts NGO efficiency but also measurably strengthens employee engagement and motivation.

EFFEKT 2030 ESG/CSR FIRST PLACE

We won Effekteam’s award together with Erste Bank Hungary for our our skills-based volunteering programme, in competition with some of the companies most active in Corporate Social Responsibility in Hungary.

CERTIFIED SOCIAL INNOVATION

Our skills-based volunteering model became a Certified Social Innovation, certified by IFKA (called Hungarian Economic Development Agency today), in 2023.

Media Appearances and Professional Publications

We shape the sector through proactive knowledge sharing. Our methodologies are regularly featured in the business, civil, and academic press, and our experts are frequent speakers at prestigious university and professional events.

CASE STUDY IN FORBES MAGAZINE

Forbes featured a detailed report on our innovative, skills-based professional volunteering model. The article by Hungary’s leading business magazine validates that our methodology provides tangible and immediately applicable professional support for civil society organizations.

EXPERT INTERVIEW ON PÉNZCENTRUM

The reputable economic portal conducted an in-depth interview with us regarding the labour market opportunities for disadvantaged groups. This feature confirms that our research and impact measurement expertise is relevant for understanding national-level economic challenges.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS IN VOLUNTEER REVIEW

Our professional work is rooted in scientific foundations. Our studies published in Volunteer Review (Önkéntes Szemle) have received official DOI citations and cover the practice of social impact measurement, the results of a national research project, and our innovative professional volunteering model.

SIMPACT is more than just a team of a few committed professionals

Get to know our team!

We learned our craft at international for-profit companies, but we wished to help good causes with our expertise. In this endeavour we are joined by other committed partners and volunteers.

FOUNDERS

Csaba Bakó

József Gulyás

Gábor Lajos Nagy

SUPERVISORY BOARD

dr. Imre Somody

Áron Kövesdi

Dénes Horváth

TEAM

Csaba Bakó

managing director

Gábor Lajos Nagy

managing director

Adrien Dudás

consultant

Tímea Égető

consultant

Kristóf Koltai

consultant

Ágnes Mészáros

consultant

Krisztina Tolvaj

consultant

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS

Andrea Csörgits

financial and business planning

Krisztina Németh-Palotai

organizational development, OD

Melinda Somogyi

audit

Zsolt Szalai

management consultancy, business development

If a specific set of skills or know-how is required for a project, we involve further experts from our network.

Other key partners