Réka completed her studies majoring in business financing at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pécs in 2001. Since gaining university degree she has been working on the field of grants. First she carried out tasks of project management, auditing/monitoring and on-the-spot reviews as a grants officer for 3 years at the Hungarian State Treasury, then became regional officer  responsible for EU issues at a financial company and finally completed tasks of grant application writing and management for a consulting firm. 

Balázs graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Pécs with MSc degrees in Marketing and  Regional Policy of EU and Hungary. He also earned a BSc in Electrical Engineering atthe Faculty of Engineering and IT. Balázs worked on the field of regional development for 12 years as the project manager and later as the head of the Foreign Relations Unit of South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency. Since 2005, he has been managing international projects mainly to support tourism, innovation and energy management - he also performs expert tasks in the latter topic.