Board of Directors

Ing. Daniel Beneš, MBA

Born 1970

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since December 15, 2005
Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 15, 2011
CEO since September 15, 2011

Ing. Daniel Beneš, MBA graduated from the Machinery faculty of the Mining school - Technical University in Ostrava.

In years 1993 - 1997 he worked as a sale manager in the company BOHEMIACOAL, later as a company managing director of HEDVIGA GROUP. Between 2000 – 2004 he was a company managing director of the TCHAS plant, which is the leading importer and fuel merchant in Czech Republic.

2004 he acceded to the position of the Chief Procurement Officer of Procurement Department of the company ČEZ, a. s. From 2006 he held the position of Chief Administration Officer. From May, 2006 he was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since September 2011, he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors. At the same time he has been representing ČEZ, a. s. in the company governed authorities.

Ing. Martin Novák, MBA

Born 1971

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since May 22, 2008
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 20, 2011
Chief Finance Officer since January 1, 2008

Ing. Martin Novák, MBA graduated from the University of Economics in Prague and started his career as a tax advisor at PriceWaterhouse in 1994. From here he moved on to Česká rafinérská, where he worked from 1996 to 2001. He spent the next 5 years at Conoco in Houston, ConocoPhillips in London and ConocoPhillips in Prague. In 2007 he undertook the Executive MBA programme at the University of Pittsburgh.

He has been working in the ČEZ Group since 2006. Since 1 January 2008, he has been the Finance Division Director of ČEZ Group. Since May 2008, he has been the Member of the Board of Directors. Since October 2011, he has been the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. In the course of his employment with the ČEZ Group, he has managed to accelerate considerably the reporting of results, simplify many processes, reduce the number of Group accounting departments and improve the efficiency of provided services with a direct impact on cost reduction.

Ing. Tomáš Pleskač, MBA

Born 1966

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since January 26, 2006
Division Distribution and Foreign countries Chief Officer since April 1, 2012

Ing. Tomas Pleskač, MBA graduated from the Faculty of Business and Economics of  Mendel’s University of Agriculture in Brno 1989. Later he completed an internationally accredited course at the Prague International School and received an MBA. Mr. Pleskač joined CEZ after a short working period in Komerční banka, a. s.

He started working for CEZ Group in 1994, as a Deputy Director of the Economy and Sales Department at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. Between 2004 and 2007 he was in charge of the CEZGroup integration project “Vision 2008” From 2006 he was the Division Distribution Chief Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors. He became a Division International Chief Officer (in January 2008) and Division Distribution and Foreign countries Chief Officer (in April 2012). He became 2^nd Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (11^th February 2008 - 29^th June 2010).

Ing. Peter Bodnár

Born 1960

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since August 20, 2009
Chief Investment Officer since January 1, 2008

Immediately after he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 1984, he worked in SES Tlmace as a constructer and designer, later as the chief of projection. He came to CEZ from Slovenske Elektrarne, where he worked as director of the Quality and Processes Enhancement Section. At the end of 2005, he took part in preparing the Italian Enel´s entry into Slovenske Elektrarne.

From 2002, he worked for the French multinational company Alstom Power Service as general director for the Slovak Republic, and later also for the Czech Republic. In the years 1992-2001, Ing. Peter Bodnar worked in management positions in Istroenergo Group company, where he gained experience in private enterprising. Together with Skoda Holding he participated in projects in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and in Cuba. He joined CEZ Group in June 2007.

JUDr. Michaela Chaloupková, MBA

Born 1975

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since October 20, 2011
Chief Purchasing Officer since January 1, 2012

JUDr. Michaela Chaloupková, MBA has worked in the CEZ Group since 2003. From January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008 she held the position of Integrated Purchasing Section Manager, and since January 1, 2012 she has worked as Chief Purchasing Officer.

Ing. Pavel Cyrani, MBA

Born 1976

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since October 20, 2011
Chief Strategy Officer since  October 1, 2011

 

Ing. Pavel Cyrani, MBA has worked in the CEZ Group since 2005 and apart from the Asset Management Department he managed also the Controlling Department, Finance Division, for almost four years.

Before his engagement in ČEZ, a. s. he worked as a management consultant in McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in the energy industry. Pavel Cyrani graduated from the University of Economics, Prague, Department of International Trade, and obtained a MBA title in finance at the Kellogg School of Management in the USA.

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