Prague, Czech Republic - January 28, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic - Komercnà banka announced several planned changes within the board of directors and in the positions of executive directors.
Mr. Cejka will be succeeded in the role of Member of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of KB by Libor Löfler, serving currently as the Executive Director of Strategy and Finance.
Mr. Cejka graduated from the Czech Technical University and from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, where he obtained his MBA. He started his professional career in 1994 at Arthur Andersen, where he specialised mainly on advisory and audit for financial institutions in the central European region.
In 2000, Mr. Cejka joined CSOB (KBC Group) as Executive Director for Financial Management. He joined Komercnà banka in July 2003 as Deputy CFO, and from 2006 to 2012 he served as Executive Director of Strategy and Finance.
In 2012, Mr. Cejka was appointed a Member of the Board of Directors and COO of KB in charge of Strategy and Finance, Transaction and Payment Services, Information technology, Organization and Change Management, Support services, Information Management and Investment Banking Services.
Libor Löfler, a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague (VŠE), has worked his entire professional career in the banking industry. Among other positions, he worked at the central bank of Czechoslovakia, Investicnà banka and Konsolidacnà banka in the areas of IT projects and financial management. During 1998 and 1999, he worked as the CEO of Konsolidacnà banka.
Since 1999, Mr. Löfler has been working for Komercnà banka Group, participating in privatisation and transformation projects in the areas of finance and the financial group. He served as Head of Financial Management between 2002 and 2006.
From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Löfler held the position of Vice-Chairman of Modrá pyramida in charge of IT, projects and credit approval. From 2010 to 2012, he was Deputy to the Senior Executive Director for Strategy and Finance of Komercnà banka. In 2012, he took over as the Executive Director of Strategy and Finance.
Jirà Šperl, currently Executive Director for Strategic Plan, will take over as Executive Director of Strategy and Finance.
Mr. Šperl graduated from the University of Chemistry in Prague. He started his professional career at Komercnà Banka in 1992 within the ALM department.