Work experience
  • Minister
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
12/2021 –

  • Investor, Independent Advisor
Self-employed
1/2021 – 12/2021
CEE Banking, Financial Advisory, Debt Restructuring, Real Estate Financing, Management & Business Consulting

Advisor To The Management Board
7/2019 – 12/2020
Vienna, Prague

  • Member of the Management Board
1/2015 – 6/2019
Vienna, Austria
Responsible for Corporate & Investment Banking, Commercial Real Estate, Capital Markets, Treasury Sales and Financial Institutions, Research in Erste Group Core & Home Markets (Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Montenegro & Slovenia and for Erste Group Bank Branches in New York, Hong Kong & London, for Erste Group Immorent AG, Erste Securities Polska, S.A. and German Offices

  • Chief Executive Officer
Slovenská sporiteľňa
6/2010 – 12/2014
Bratislava, Slovakia
Responsible for Risk Management (CRO), Human Recourses, Legal Services, Marketing, Sponsoring, Communication & Market Research, temporarily (6 Month) also for Retail

Chief Executive Officer / CFO
2/2009 – 5/2010
Ukraine, Kiev
Responsible for Restructuring of the Bank during the crisis, within the CFO agenda responsible for Controlling, Reporting & Accounting, within the CEO agenda for Corporate Banking, Financial Markets & Treasury Sales, Human Resources, Communication

  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Risk Officer
1/2006 – 1/2009
Ukraine, Kiev
Responsible for Branch Network Development, Property Management, Risk Management, Work Out

  • Director - Head Of Large Corporate Division / Member Of The Senior Management Team
Česká spořitelna (Erste Group)
9/2001 – 12/2005
Czech Republic, Prague
Responsible for Development or Corporate Banking, in particular for Large Corporate Customers, deputising the responsible Management Board Member

  • Director - Head of Commercial Banking Division
Bank Austria Creditanstalt, a.g., Prague
1998 – 8/2001
Czech Republic, Prague
Responsible for Merger of Commercial Banking Activities in all areas. Large Customers, Medium & Small Enterprises, Commercial Real Estate, Product Development

  • Deputy Head Of Risk Management Division, Head of Work Out
CREDITANSTALT a.s., Czech Republic
1996 – 1998
Prague, Czech Republic
Responsible for Work Out, Loan Administration and Legal Services

  • Risk Manager, International Risk Management Department
Creditanstalt Bankverein, AG
1992 – 1996
Vienna, Austria
Responsible for Loan Underwriting in CEE

Education

University of Economics, Prague
Master's degreeInternational Business/Trade/Commerce
1986 – 1991

Professional achievements

  • Bank Of The Year 2014
Trend Slovakia - 11/2014
  • Bank Of The Year 2013
Trend - 11/2013
  • Banker Of The Year 2013
Trend - 11/2013
  • Nominee for The Manager Of The Year 2013 Award in Slovakia
Trend - 11/2013
  • Bank Of The Year 2012
Trend Slovakia - 11/2012

Language skills
  • English
  • German
  • Slovak
  • Russian