Board of Directors

Dr. Martin Roman

Born 1969

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since February 19, 2004
Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 23, 2004
CEO since April 1, 2004

Dr. Martin Roman graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. Then he studied a one-year scholarship programme at St. Gallen University (Switzerland), the Faculty of Economics. He also spent one year studying at the Karl-Ruprechtsuniversität Heidelberg (Germany).

He began his professional career in 1992 when still a student, when he was appointed the sales director of the Czech branch of Wolf Bergstrasse ČR, s. r. o., a company specialising in the manufacture of potato crisps. From 1994 to 1999 he worked as the CEO of Janka Radotín, a. s., and in 1998, after the acquisition of the company by a strategic partner – the American company LENNOX, he also became a member of the company board. His third chief executive position was in ŠKODA HOLDING (he began in 1999 in Pilsen as Chairman of the Board and General Director of ŠKODA, a. s., and in April 2000 he was appointed Chairman of the Board and a CEO of the entire joint-stock company ŠKODA HOLDING), from where he went on to ČEZ.

Ing. Daniel Beneš, MBA

Born 1970

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since December 15, 2005
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since May 10, 2006
Chief Operating Officer since June 1, 2007

Daniel Beneš 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 June, 2007 he has been Chief Operating Officer. At the same time he has been representing ČEZ, a. s. in the company governed authorities, in the first place he has been holding the function of the chairman of the advisory board in the company Severočeské doly a.s.

Ing. Tomáš Pleskač, MBA

Born 1966

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since January 26, 2006
Chief Officer of International Division since January 1, 2008

Tomas Pleskač 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 was responsible for large and medium business loans, development project reviews, and corporation financing.

He started working for CEZ Group in 1994, as a Deputy Director of the Economy and Sales Department at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. Since January 2003 he has participated in the team of a newly created CEZ distribution division, preparing the integration of CEZ and the regional power distribution organizations. Since 2003 he has worked within the ČEZ Group for Severomoravská energetika, as the vice-president of the board and a financial director. 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. In January 2008 he became a Division International Chief Officer and on 11^th February he was elected a 2^nd Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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. He led the restructuring process there and was responsible for the implementation of changes in the firm. 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, 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.

Mgr. Ing. Vladimir Hlavinka

Born 1966

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since January 1, 2008
Chief Production Officer since January 1, 2008

Vladimir Hlavinka graduated from the Brno University of Technology, where he studied thermal and nuclear machines and equipment, and the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno. Between 1989 – 1991 he worked for VUJE Trnava, in the years 1991 – 2000 he worked for CEZ and from 2000 he was a memeber of the board of directors in ALTA, a.s. In ALTA group he was responsible for organization and management, legal service and acquisitions. In July 18, 2006, he came back to CEZ to become the director of the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant. During more then one year in that position, he managed to improve significantly the safety in operation of the plant, which was proved by shortening of the planned outage in 2007.

Ing. Martin Novák, MBA

Born 1971

Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors since May 22, 2008
Chief Finance Officer since January 1, 2008

Ing. Martin Novák 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, most recently in the function of Controller-Deputy Finance Director. He spent the next 5 years at Conoco in Houston and ConocoPhillips in London, acting as Financial Director for Central and Eastern Europe in the years 2005 - 2006. In 2007 he undertook the Executive MBA programme at the University of Pittsburgh.

He has been working in the ČEZ Group since 2006. He started in the position of Accounting Section Directors at the ČEZ energy company. Since 1 January 2008, he has been the Finance Division Director of ČEZ Group. 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.

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