Board of Directors
Daniel Beneš
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
Chief Executive Officer since September 15, 2011
Daniel Beneš
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
Chief Executive Officer since September 15, 2011
Daniel Beneš has been the head of the country’s largest energy enterprise since 2011, when he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of CEZ Group. He is responsible for the general management of the Group’s activities, its strategic development, protection of the interests of ČEZ Group, and its representation both within the Czech Republic and on the European Union level.
Under his leadership, CEZ has shown good results on a sustained basis and, even at a time of major changes on the energy market, it delivers a stable dividend to its shareholders, of whom the Czech state is the largest. The Group’s management is based on increasing efficiency, monitoring current trends, and transforming CEZ towards carbon-neutrality, in accordance with the State Energy Policy of the Czech Republic that takes account of smart energy solutions and transition to a zero-emission economy, including development of nuclear energy.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic and also its Vice-President. He is a member of the Climate Issue Committee of the Council of the Government for Research, Development, and Innovations and of the Coal Commission, an advisory body of the government of the Czech Republic.
He joined CEZ in 2004 as Director of the Procurement Department of ČEZ, a. s. From 2006, he served as Director of the Administrative Division. In May 2006, he became Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.
He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Ostrava and the Brno Business School Nottingham Trent University.
Vice-Chairperson
Pavel Cyrani
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since October 20, 2011
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 1, 2020
Chief of the Sales and Strategy Division since June 1, 2017
Chief Executive Officer’s Deputy for Strategic Development
Pavel Cyrani has worked in the CEZ Group since 2006 and apart from the Asset Management Department he managed also the Controlling Department, Finance Division, for almost four years.
Before his engagement in CEZ, 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 degree in finance at the Kellogg School of Management in the USA.
Members
Jan Kalina
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since June 29, 2021
Chief of the Renewable and Traditional Energy Division since June 29, 2021
Bohdan Zronek
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since May 18, 2017
Chief of the Nuclear Energy Division since June 1, 2017
Bohdan Zronek studied electrical engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. After two years of training, he started working at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant. He worked there in a number of positions—as a turbine operator, reactor operator, unit control room manager, reactor unit manager, and shift engineer. He became a chief process engineer in 2008 and Temelín operations manager two years later. In 2012 he was appointed as Chief Security Officer for all CEZ power plants and from January 1, 2015 he worked as the Director of the Temelín NPP.
Michaela Chaloupková
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since October 20, 2011
Chief of the Administration Division since January 1, 2012
Michaela Chaloupková 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 (since January 1, 2014 Division Administrative).
Tomáš Pleskač
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since January 26, 2006
Chief of the New Energy Division since March 1, 2017
Chief Executive Officer’s Deputy for New Energy
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 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 CEZ Group 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 International Affairs Chief Officer (in April 2012). He was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (26th June 2017 - 31th December 2019). Since January 2016, he has been the Chief Renewables and Development Officer.
Martin Novák
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since May 21, 2008
Chief of the Finance Division since January 1, 2016
Chief Executive Officer’s Deputy for Operations
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. 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 CEZ Group since 2006. Since 1 January 2008, he has been the Finance Division Director of CEZ Group. Since May 2008, he has been the Member of the Board of Directors. He was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (20th October 2011 - 31th December 2019). In the course of his employment with the CEZ 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. Since January 2016, he has been the Chief Financial and Operations Officer.