Szabó graduated from the College of Finance and Accounting in Budapest, with a focus on financial institutions and later earned his doctorate from János University in Pécs.
[1] Szabó started his career in 1997 at Bank Austria-Creditanstalt Rt., focusing on key account management.
By 1999, he assumed the role of a team leader within the department of German corporate customers at Takarékbank.
From October 2005 onwards, Szabó served as the managing director, overseeing the bank's corporate financing activities as well as the IT strategy and development.
[2][4] Starting January 1, 2022, Szabó became a board member of Magyar Bankholding Zrt.