Our people
You can have grand buildings and state-of- the-art technologies. But the most important foundation of a company is its people. Since 1825 we've been a leading employer, providing thousands of people with an opportunity for professional advancement and to gain experience which in turn allows us to provide ever better services for our clients.
Our employees
We are one of the largest and oldest employers in the Czech Republic. We are represented by over 10 000 employees. For many of them we're a family firm, with grandma, mother and daughter all working for us. We're open to all, and for us equal opportunities are not merely empty words.
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors controls the activity of Česká spořitelna, decides on all company matters and acts in its name. It has six members, who are always elected for a four year term.
Tomáš Salomon
Chairman of Board of Directors
„At the beginnings of Česká spořitelna, the idea was to teach people to manage financially, to guide them to prosperity, and thereby help the entire society. From a small building society we have gradually grown into the largest bank on the market. Nevertheless, what applied at the time of our foundation still applies to this day. To be at the head of the largest and oldest bank in the Czech Republic is an immense honour and challenge for me.“
Tomáš has been at the head of Česká spořitelna since 2016. For most of his life he has worked in the financial sector. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Slovenská sporiteľna, and a co-founder of the company Mopet CZ. As Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director, he ran GE Capital Multiservis; the retail bank of GE Capital Bank, and Poštová banka in Slovakia. He has also devoted himself to private investment projects and among other achievements initiated the creation of a platform which implemented mobile payments.
Karel Mourek
Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors
„It's important for me for our clients to understand all of our decisions. For example, it's important that clients understand why a loan would represent a huge risk for them at a certain moment, and why we therefore can't provide one, and vice versa. And it makes no difference whether this is a young graduate or an immense corporation.“
Karel has been at the head of the Risks division since 2016, but began working at Česká spořitelna in 2001. He managed commercial centres, later he was the member of the Board of Directors responsible for Risk management at Erste Group Immorent. His career started at Creditanstalt, and he later worked in the Corporate Client division at Bank Austria Creditanstalt Czech Republic.
Ivan Vondra
Member of the Board of Directors
„After being away for a long time, I am returning to Česká spořitelna and am impressed with the great progress my colleagues have made in six years. I am delighted to have the opportunity to continue Wolfgang Schopf's excellent work and to help Spořitelna maintain its position as a market leader.“
Ivan Vondra has worked at Česká spořitelna since 2002. From 2002 to 2012, he was director of Controlling and Planning, from 2013 to 2015 the head of Accounting and Controlling. He was a member of the board of directors of Erste Bank Hungary for the last six years.
Pavel Kráčmar
Member of the Board of Directors
„A healthy company sector is the key to higher employment, budget incomes and the prosperity of society. At Česká spořitelna we are able to help all kinds of businesses, but we focus especially on small and medium enterprises. These are the engine of the entire economy.“
Pavel has been working at Česká spořitelna since the year 2000. Currently, he is responsible for Corporate Banking and Financial Markets. In the past, he has managed trading on the financial markets, sale of financial market products to corporate and institutional clients, balance of the financial group and investment products for retail. He began his banking career at the Czech National Bank, where he worked primarily in the field of administration of currency reserves and operations on the financial market. He was also Director of the Treasury at GE Capital Bank and the Managing director of the Spořitelní investiční company.
Daniela Pešková
Member of the Board of Directors
„The bank must know the client well enough to know their situation in life, and to offer appropriate advice or support according to this. We have to be capable of responding to trends and adapting to the wishes and requirements of our clients, not the other way round. And this is what's most exciting for me in my work, what I look forward to every day.“
Daniela has been the member of the Board of Directors responsible for Retail banking since 2016. Before that she managed Retail operations at the Bank, and also networks and external sales. She began in the field as a team leader for Debt recovery at GE Capital Bank. Within the framework of the GE Money group she was Operational manager of the Mortgage division of the Hungarian Budapest Bank. She subsequently became Director of the Project, procedural and organisational division of the Slovak Tatrabank.
Martin Kobza
Member of the Board of Directors
Martin has been a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Operations and IT. In 2008 he joined the project of introducing a new information system in Slovenská spořitelna, since 2012 he has led Erste Group IT Slovakia and in 2014 he also held the position of CIO in Slovenská spořitelna. In 2015, he joined Erste Group Bank AG, where he gradually moved to the position of Head of Development and Roll-Out of the George Group Platform, was a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Digital Banking at Erste Group IT International. In 2021, he served as CEO of George Labs.
Our Supervisory Board
Our Supervisory Board is composed of nine members. The Board has a controlling function, which resides in the supervision of company activities and the activity of the Board of Directors, whose members it can select and remove. This provides a safeguard that ensures the realisation of our strategies and targets, and that the activities of Česká spořitelna bring prosperity not only for the bank, but for the entire society.
The jurisdiction of the Supervisory Board is further delineated by our statutes.
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Willibald Cernko, Vice-Chairman is Štefan Máj and members are Stefan Dörfler, Attila Sánta, Zlata Gröningerová, Zlata Kunešová, Maurizio Poletto, Aleš Veverka and Marta Vrbová.
Our Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is a Company´s body. The Audit Committee is responsible for fulfilling the tasks assigned to it by law or the Company Articles of Association.
The jurisdiction of the Audit Committee is further delineated by our Articles of Association.
Štefan Máj is the Chairman, Zlata Gröningerová and Pavel Závitkovský are the members of Audit Committee.