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The glamorous CEO of a institution accused of manufacturing nan exploding pagers that killed 12 group and injured thousands successful 1 of nan astir audacious attacks ever launched by Israel on Hezbollah has been pictured.
Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, who studied successful London and lists 'disaster management' arsenic 1 of her skills, is listed arsenic nan Chief Executive of nan Hungarian-based institution BAC Consulting said to person supplied nan devices to nan Lebanese group.
She has denied immoderate engagement pinch nan pagers and told a US TV station:' I don't make nan pagers. I americium conscionable nan intermediate. I deliberation you sewage it wrong.'
Barsony-Arcidiacono, who is successful her 40s, has an awesome database of qualifications from among others nan London School of Economics.
She is understood to person lived successful Gospel Oak, North London, during nan 13 years studying astatine UK universities.
Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, who studied successful London and lists 'disaster management' arsenic 1 of her skills, is listed arsenic nan Chief Executive of nan Hungarian-based institution BAC Consulting said to person supplied nan devices to nan Lebanese group
The caput agency of nan BAC Consulting KFT institution is pictured connected September 18, 2024 successful Budapest, Hungary
A photograph taken connected September 18, 2024, successful Beirut's confederate suburbs shows nan remains of exploded pagers connected show astatine an undisclosed location. Hundreds of pagers utilized by Hezbollah members exploded crossed Lebanon connected September 17
The stunning incident saw scores of Hezbollah members severely injured passim confederate Lebanon and successful its superior Beirut
Civil Defense first-responders transportation a man who was wounded aft his handheld pager exploded, successful nan confederate larboard metropolis of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Barsony-Arcidiacono lists her expertise arsenic International Relations and Business Development pinch her main achievements contributing to a Nobel Peace grant and strategical activity connected ambiance and conflict issues.
Her CV besides claims she speaks 7 languages, including Russian and Italian.
From 2015-2017 she studied for a certificate successful authorities astatine nan London School of Economics having antecedently spent 4 years astatine nan School of Oriental and African studies wherever her last thesis was connected nan consequence of ambiance alteration successful Guinea Conakry.
Prior to that she was astatine University College successful London from 2002-2006 while studying aliases a PhD successful Physics.
On a website for scientists called Research Gate she lists her skills arsenic 'Quantum Mechanics' and 'Disaster Management.'
On nan CV posted to BAC Consulting website she describes herself arsenic a intelligence writing: 'I americium a intelligence utilizing my very divers inheritance to activity connected interdisciplinary projects for strategical decision-making (water&climate policy, investments).
'With fantabulous analytical, language, and interpersonal skills, I bask moving and starring successful a multicultural situation wherever diversity, integrity, and... joke are valued.
Before becoming nan Chief Executive of BAC Consulting, she listed her past employment arsenic a task head moving connected a Hydrological Programme successful Paris for UNESCO.
Thousands were injured erstwhile pagers crossed Syria and Lebanon exploded connected Tuesday
A constabulary serviceman inspects a car successful which a hand-held pager exploded, successful Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Hsu Ching-kuang (L), caput of Taiwanese institution Gold Apollo, speaks to nan media extracurricular nan company's agency successful New Taipei City connected September 18, 2024. Taiwanese institution Gold Apollo connected September 18 denied a study that it had produced thousands of explosive-packed pagers
Initial reports suggested nan pagers ordered by Hezbollah were supplied by a Taiwanese institution called Gold Apollo.
But executives this greeting said nan institution had only authorised its marque connected nan devices, and that they were manufactured and sold by BAC Consulting KFT.
'Apollo Gold Corporation has established a semipermanent backstage explanation authorisation and location agency practice pinch BAC,' a connection read.
'According to nan agreement, we authorise BAC to usage our marque trademark for accumulation income successful circumstantial regions, but nan creation and manufacturing of nan products are wholly handled by BAC.'
Gold Apollo chair Hsu Ching-kuang told journalists this greeting that his institution has had a licensing statement pinch BAC for nan past 3 years, but did not supply grounds of nan contract.
He besides said he negotiated nan licensing statement successful Europe pinch a Taiwanese female whom he believed was a location typical of BAC.
'She had already flown respective times to Europe,' he said, claiming nan female called herself Teresa.
'From opening to end, they ne'er mentioned Lebanon.'
BAC Consulting Kft, a constricted liability company, was registered successful May 2022 pinch records showing it had gross of $725,768 successful 2022 and $593,972 successful 2023.
Reporters located nan registered reside of BAC Consulting successful Budapest, but a personification astatine nan building speaking connected information of anonymity said nan institution did not person a beingness beingness there.
BAC Consulting's website, which has now been taken down, said nan institution worked pinch telecommunications companies to 'bridge technologies successful Asia'.
