Ferenc BanfiSince February 2010 Dr. Ferenc Bánfi is the Director of CEPOL - European Police College and since CEPOL’s new legal mandate effective from July 2016 he is the Executive Director of CEPOL - The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training.Prior to joining CEPOL, he headed the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM). He also acted as Senior Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative to Moldova. Before taking up this position, he worked as Project Manager of the Euro-Atlantic Advisory Team in Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. He has a long career within the Hungarian national police, starting in 1980, then rising through the ranks to Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Hungarian National Police in 1997, before taking up the position of Head of Department for South-East European Cooperation at the Hungarian Ministry of Interior. From 2000 to 2004, he led the South-East European Cooperative Initiative Regional Center for Combating Trans-border Crime in Bucharest.In 2016, the Hungarian National University of Public Service (NUPS) has awarded Dr. Ferenc Bánfi the title of “honorary professor”, in recognition of his professional knowledge and practical experience, as well as his outstanding contribution to the NUPS’s educational, scientific and cultural activities.