14th Annual Central Europe Summit
Navigating rising inflation, interest rates and changing credit profiles against the backdrop of Russia-Ukraine crisis
In-Person | ČNB Kongresové Centrum | Prague
We are delighted to be hosting this event in-person again this year. Join Moody's leading subject matter experts to discuss key trends and developments impacting markets across Central Europe. Hear our outlooks and get your questions answered during interactive sessions and interviews with industry leaders.
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Agenda08.15 - 09.00CEST
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.40 - 10.10CESTSovereign Insights
Czech Republic: The credit impact of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the challenge of restoring fiscal space
- What are the key impacts the Russia-Ukraine military conflict is having on the Czech Republic’s credit profile?
- How long will high inflationary pressures last and when will the tightening cycle of monetary policy peak?
- What will be the key factors driving the Czech Republic’s rating trajectory in the near and medium-to-long term?
10.10 - 10.30CESTSub-Sovereign Outlook
Czech Regional and Local Governments: Continuous stability despite elevated risks from Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising inflation pressures
- To what extent are the Czech RLGs exposed to Russia-Ukraine military conflict?
- What will be the key factors withstanding the rising inflationary pressures?
- How strong are the debt-affordability and shock-absorption capacity of Czech RLGs?
10.30 - 11.00CESTNetworking and Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.40CESTBanking Presentation
CEE banks’ key challenges in an inflationary and overall weaker macroeconomic environment
- How do geopolitics change the credit landscape for CEE banks?
- Monetary policy shifts – will drawbacks outweigh benefits?
- How do CEE banks progress in meeting Resolution Capital Requirements (MREL) less than 2 years ahead of final regulatory deadline?
11.40 - 12.10CESTCorporates Discussion
How are corporates positioned to weather inflationary pressures and rising interest rates?
- How has gas price volatility affected power prices?
- What inflationary pressures affect corporates? Can corporates pass on price increases?
- Will the electricity bills of end-customers inexorably rise?
- Are CEE economies able to insulate themselves against high electricity prices elsewhere in Europe?
- Will utilities in CEE be materially affected by the Russia-Ukraine crisis?
- Will interest rate rises contribute to higher default rates over the next two years?
12.10 - 12.40CEST12.55 - 14.00CESTLunch and Networking
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SpeakersHeiko Peters Vice President - Senior Analyst, Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings
Sebastien Cieniewski Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Colin Ellis Managing Director - Head of Centre for Credit Research Moody's Ratings
Celine Chérubin Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Luis Romaguera Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Structured Finance Moody's Ratings
Igor Ovčáčík Country Manager - Czech Republic, Vice President-Relationship Manager – CEE, LBO Desk Specialist – EMEA Moody's Ratings
David Aldrich Managing Director - EMEA Commercial Relationship Management & Global Sovereigns Moody's Ratings
Vladimír Dlouhý President Czech Chamber of Commerce
Gjorgji Josifov Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Sub-Sovereign Group Moody's Investors Service
Maria Jose Mori Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Katja Reise Vice President - Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Helena Horská Chief Economist Raiffeisenbank
Ondřej Šuchman Manager of Mortgage Loans Modrá Pyramida, Komerční Banka Group
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Igor Ovcacik is Country Manager for the Czech Republic and Vice President /Relationship Manager for selected Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) countries, located in Prague, the Czech Republic. He is responsible for business development, acquiring new customers and managing relationship in the region.
Igor has extensive banking experience, having worked in Czech and international banks for more than 25 years. His track record covers corporate relationship management, structured finance, syndications, acquisition finance, real estatefinance, public sector finance, renewable energy finance and export finance.
Igor holds an Ing of economics diploma from Prague School of Economics /University, Finance and Credit.
David Aldrich is Managing Director of the EMEA Commercial Group, with responsibility for all Moody’s customer relationships in EMEA, across both Developed and Emerging Markets, for Fundamental and Structured Finance.
David is also Managing Director for relationships with Global Sovereign and Multilateral Development Banks, and previously was Head of Emerging-EMEA for Regional Management. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, David managed various fixed income, derivatives and securities services businesses at UBS, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and, latterly, BNY Mellon. At BNY Mellon, David was EMEA Business Executive for both Alternative Investment Services and Broker-Dealer Services, and was also Head of Securities Industry Banking, Europe within Global Client Management.
David studied Economics at the University of Kent and is on the MBA Advisory Board at Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
Vladimir Dlouhy studied mathematical economics and econometrics at School of Economics in Prague, later MBA at Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium) and post-graduate studies of mathematical statistics and probability at Charles University in Prague.
In 1989, he was invited by Václav Havel to join the first post-communist government and till 1992, served as Minister of Economy of Czechoslovakia. After the split of the country, till June 1997, he served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic in the Government of Prime Minister Klaus. Simultaneously, he was member of the Parliament and vice-chairman of Civic Democratic Alliance, a party forming governing coalition.
Since 1997, he has been member of International Advisory Board of Goldman Sachs, covering Central and Eastern Europe, retiring in 2021. Between 1997 and 2010, in the similar capacity, he advised to ABB, from 2013 till 2018 to Rolls-Royce. Currently, he is member of the Advisory Board, Meridiam Infrastructure, Paris, France, and is serving as a member of several Boards, both in the Czech Republic and overseas.
In 2014, he was elected President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce. From January 2015 to December 2019, he was Chairman of the Czech chapter of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in November 2019 he became vice-president of Eurochambres. He is also an Associate Professor at Charles University in Prague. In 2009-2016 he was vice-chairman of European Group of Trilateral Commission, in 2009-2012 member of European Advisory Group to Managing Director of IMF.
In 2012, he was running for the President of the Czech Republic.
Colin Ellis is Moody’s first Global Credit Strategist, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team.
In his current role, Colin provides thought leadership for the rating agency that deepens the understanding of ratings and debt capital markets through rigorous and quantitative research. He leads Moody’s teams working on default and ratings analytics and on global financial analysis, including bank projections and stress testing. Colin is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings.
Colin joined Moody’s in February 2012, initially leading the work of the Macroeconomic Board and authoring the quarterly Global Macro Outlook. He subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group, developing quantitative forward-looking analyses. For 8 years he was the Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, leading analysis and coordination of credit and ratings across all rating franchises in the region. He was also the ‘Head of UK’ for Moody's Ratings, responsible for the running of Moody’s UK operations, from 2019-2022 including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Colin held roles at the Bank of England, Daiwa Capital Markets, the BVCA and at Birmingham University. He has published papers on a range of topics including corporate investment and pricing, credit risk, private equity, data uncertainty, stress testing, financial contagion and monetary policy. Colin holds degrees from York University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School and LSBU, and is also a Fellow of the RSA.
Helena Horská is Chief Economist at Raiffeisenbank in Prague, and since 2019 has been a member of Raiffeisenbank’s Supervisory Board. Now, she is also a member of National Economic Committee Advisors and independent advisor of the Czech Prime Minister.
| Heiko Peters is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group, and is based in the Frankfurt office. He has Lead Analyst responsibilities for a number of European sovereigns and supra-nationals, producing ratings and research related to their creditworthiness. Heiko joined Moody’s from Deutsche Bank AG, where he was Senior Economist - Vice President in the European Economics Team of Deutsche Bank Research for more than five years. He published research on economic and political topics, including global trade, labour markets, demographics and migration, and covered in particular the economies of Germany and Austria. Prior to that he had worked from 2009 to 2011 as an Economist for the German Council of Economic Experts in Wiesbaden, reporting to the Chair of the Council. Moreover, his professional background includes stints at the Deutsche Bundesbank (Visiting Researcher), Germany’s Monopolies Commission and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), both as a Visiting Fellow. He holds a PhD, a Master’s level diploma and a BSc in Economics from the University of Muenster. |
Gjorgji Josifov joined Moody’s in 2011 as Assistant Vice President – Analyst within the Sub-Sovereign Group, covering a comprehensive portfolio of regional and local governments as well as government related issuers in various countries of Central and Eastern Europe including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Gjorgji served as Chief of Party of the USAID-funded Macedonia Local Government Project (2007-2011). Along with the Chief of Party position he managed the Capital Budgeting and Municipal Credit project components. He has more than 15 years of experience in public policy reform and financial management, with 10 years working on improving local government finance and municipal service delivery in South-East Europe.
Gjorgji holds a Master Degree in European Integration and Regionalism from Karl Franzens University of Graz and a Certificate in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Financial Management from Central European University of Budapest. He earned a BS in economics from University of “Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.
Pepa Mori is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group. She joined Moody’s in 2008 as part of the Iberian team. Since then she has managed a wide portfolio of issuers, currently covering banks in Italy and Spain. She also has oversight responsibilities for Moody’s banks ratings in Central Eastern Europe.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Ms. Mori worked as a credit analyst in a variety of roles. These include credit research at BBVA, rating European sub-sovereigns and public sector companies at Standard & Poor’s; and financial analysis at BBVA’s asset management division. Ms. Mori holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and MSc in Finance from Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF), Madrid (Spain).
Katja Reise is a Vice President and lead analyst in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she provides rating analysis for a range of financial institutions in several Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries.
Katja enjoys more than 20 years of work experience in the banking industry, with an emphasis on bank credit analysis and European debt capital markets. Prior to joining Moody’s, Katja was a Senior Credit Analyst with leading analytical responsibility for banks in CEE, Turkey and the Middle East at Capital Intelligence Ratings, a rating agency specialized on emerging markets. Her career further spans positions as credit analyst and debt capital market expert for financial institutions, European corporates and public sector authorities at UniCredit Bank AG and Rentenbank, a German development agency.
Katja is a German-certified banker and holds a degree in Business Administration from the Academy of Administration and Economy (Verwaltungs- undWirtschaftsakademie), Munich
Céline Chérubin is a senior credit officer in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Paris. She has responsibility for a portfolio of unregulated utilities in France, Belgium, Italy and the Czech Republic as well as water and waste management companies in France.
Céline has considerable experience of assessing utilities and infrastructure in Europe, with an in-depth knowledge of business models, strategies and stakeholders. She has a particular focus on the French market but also benefits from experience of a broad range of other jurisdictions.
Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2.8trillion of corporate and project finance securities. Our team of 148 analytical staff covers more than 2,700 public and private sector infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 48 infrastructure specialists is responsible for rating around 330 issuers with approximately US$756 billion in debt outstanding. Moody’s Investors Service covers a total of more than 35,000 issuers and structured finance transactions worldwide, representing more than US$73 trillion in rated debt.
Before joining Moody’s in April 2019, Céline worked for Infravia, a French infrastructure investment company, where she was responsible for investor relations and the fundraising of the fourth infrastructure fund. Prior to this, she had an extended career as a sell side equity analyst covering European utilities for more than 12 years. She has also taught classes in accounting, P&L diagnostics and cashflow analysis for the Société Française des Analystes Financiers.
Céline holds a degree in business administration (DESCAFF) from the Bordeaux Business School. She is fluent in English and French.
Sebastien is part of the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Poland. His current portfolio focuses on oil and chemical companies. Until 2022, Sebastien was based in London covering European telecommunications and media issuers and prior to that was responsible for a portfolio of mainly European high yield issuers operating in industries including payment solutions, business and consumer services, equipment and transportation rental services, and retail.
Prior to re-joining Moody’s in 2011, Sebastien was an analyst within the credit team at LGT Capital Partners (fund of hedge funds based in Switzerland), where he monitored a portfolio of investments in distressed credit/special situations hedge funds.
Ondřej Šuchman is Manager of Mortgage Loans at Modrá Pyramida, Komerční Banka Group (part of Société Générale), located in Prague, Czech Republic. He is responsible mainly for business development, interest rates management and methodology of mortgages loans.
He started his career as an Analyst at OgilvyOne and after that moved to Komerční banka Group. Ondřej has been working in the field of mortgages more than 11 years and currently represents KB Group in media in areas related to mortgages and various issues associated with housing.
Ondřej has a master´s degree from University of Economics in Prague, successfully completed a long-term specialization course focused on Real Estates Evaluation at the same university and also studied at Kansas State University in the United States.
Luis Romaguera is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst in Moody´s Covered Bonds team, and is based in the Madrid office. He has Lead Analyst responsibilities for covered bond programmes issued in Iberia and several markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
Luis joined Moody’s from Fitch Ratings, where he held different lead analyst roles across Madrid and London in the European Structured Finance team. Luis holds a Degree in Economics from the University of Greenwich in London.
David Aldrich is Managing Director of the EMEA Commercial Group, with responsibility for all Moody’s customer relationships in EMEA, across both Developed and Emerging Markets, for Fundamental and Structured Finance.
David is also Managing Director for relationships with Global Sovereign and Multilateral Development Banks, and previously was Head of Emerging-EMEA for Regional Management. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, David managed various fixed income, derivatives and securities services businesses at UBS, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and, latterly, BNY Mellon. At BNY Mellon, David was EMEA Business Executive for both Alternative Investment Services and Broker-Dealer Services, and was also Head of Securities Industry Banking, Europe within Global Client Management.
David studied Economics at the University of Kent and is on the MBA Advisory Board at Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
| Heiko Peters is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group, and is based in the Frankfurt office. He has Lead Analyst responsibilities for a number of European sovereigns and supra-nationals, producing ratings and research related to their creditworthiness. Heiko joined Moody’s from Deutsche Bank AG, where he was Senior Economist - Vice President in the European Economics Team of Deutsche Bank Research for more than five years. He published research on economic and political topics, including global trade, labour markets, demographics and migration, and covered in particular the economies of Germany and Austria. Prior to that he had worked from 2009 to 2011 as an Economist for the German Council of Economic Experts in Wiesbaden, reporting to the Chair of the Council. Moreover, his professional background includes stints at the Deutsche Bundesbank (Visiting Researcher), Germany’s Monopolies Commission and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), both as a Visiting Fellow. He holds a PhD, a Master’s level diploma and a BSc in Economics from the University of Muenster. |
Sebastien is part of the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Poland. His current portfolio focuses on oil and chemical companies. Until 2022, Sebastien was based in London covering European telecommunications and media issuers and prior to that was responsible for a portfolio of mainly European high yield issuers operating in industries including payment solutions, business and consumer services, equipment and transportation rental services, and retail.
Prior to re-joining Moody’s in 2011, Sebastien was an analyst within the credit team at LGT Capital Partners (fund of hedge funds based in Switzerland), where he monitored a portfolio of investments in distressed credit/special situations hedge funds.
Colin Ellis is Moody’s first Global Credit Strategist, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team.
In his current role, Colin provides thought leadership for the rating agency that deepens the understanding of ratings and debt capital markets through rigorous and quantitative research. He leads Moody’s teams working on default and ratings analytics and on global financial analysis, including bank projections and stress testing. Colin is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings.
Colin joined Moody’s in February 2012, initially leading the work of the Macroeconomic Board and authoring the quarterly Global Macro Outlook. He subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group, developing quantitative forward-looking analyses. For 8 years he was the Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, leading analysis and coordination of credit and ratings across all rating franchises in the region. He was also the ‘Head of UK’ for Moody's Ratings, responsible for the running of Moody’s UK operations, from 2019-2022 including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Colin held roles at the Bank of England, Daiwa Capital Markets, the BVCA and at Birmingham University. He has published papers on a range of topics including corporate investment and pricing, credit risk, private equity, data uncertainty, stress testing, financial contagion and monetary policy. Colin holds degrees from York University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School and LSBU, and is also a Fellow of the RSA.
Céline Chérubin is a senior credit officer in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Paris. She has responsibility for a portfolio of unregulated utilities in France, Belgium, Italy and the Czech Republic as well as water and waste management companies in France.
Céline has considerable experience of assessing utilities and infrastructure in Europe, with an in-depth knowledge of business models, strategies and stakeholders. She has a particular focus on the French market but also benefits from experience of a broad range of other jurisdictions.
Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2.8trillion of corporate and project finance securities. Our team of 148 analytical staff covers more than 2,700 public and private sector infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 48 infrastructure specialists is responsible for rating around 330 issuers with approximately US$756 billion in debt outstanding. Moody’s Investors Service covers a total of more than 35,000 issuers and structured finance transactions worldwide, representing more than US$73 trillion in rated debt.
Before joining Moody’s in April 2019, Céline worked for Infravia, a French infrastructure investment company, where she was responsible for investor relations and the fundraising of the fourth infrastructure fund. Prior to this, she had an extended career as a sell side equity analyst covering European utilities for more than 12 years. She has also taught classes in accounting, P&L diagnostics and cashflow analysis for the Société Française des Analystes Financiers.
Céline holds a degree in business administration (DESCAFF) from the Bordeaux Business School. She is fluent in English and French.
Luis Romaguera is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst in Moody´s Covered Bonds team, and is based in the Madrid office. He has Lead Analyst responsibilities for covered bond programmes issued in Iberia and several markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
Luis joined Moody’s from Fitch Ratings, where he held different lead analyst roles across Madrid and London in the European Structured Finance team. Luis holds a Degree in Economics from the University of Greenwich in London.
Igor Ovcacik is Country Manager for the Czech Republic and Vice President /Relationship Manager for selected Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) countries, located in Prague, the Czech Republic. He is responsible for business development, acquiring new customers and managing relationship in the region.
Igor has extensive banking experience, having worked in Czech and international banks for more than 25 years. His track record covers corporate relationship management, structured finance, syndications, acquisition finance, real estatefinance, public sector finance, renewable energy finance and export finance.
Igor holds an Ing of economics diploma from Prague School of Economics /University, Finance and Credit.
David Aldrich is Managing Director of the EMEA Commercial Group, with responsibility for all Moody’s customer relationships in EMEA, across both Developed and Emerging Markets, for Fundamental and Structured Finance.
David is also Managing Director for relationships with Global Sovereign and Multilateral Development Banks, and previously was Head of Emerging-EMEA for Regional Management. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, David managed various fixed income, derivatives and securities services businesses at UBS, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and, latterly, BNY Mellon. At BNY Mellon, David was EMEA Business Executive for both Alternative Investment Services and Broker-Dealer Services, and was also Head of Securities Industry Banking, Europe within Global Client Management.
David studied Economics at the University of Kent and is on the MBA Advisory Board at Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
Vladimir Dlouhy studied mathematical economics and econometrics at School of Economics in Prague, later MBA at Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium) and post-graduate studies of mathematical statistics and probability at Charles University in Prague.
In 1989, he was invited by Václav Havel to join the first post-communist government and till 1992, served as Minister of Economy of Czechoslovakia. After the split of the country, till June 1997, he served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic in the Government of Prime Minister Klaus. Simultaneously, he was member of the Parliament and vice-chairman of Civic Democratic Alliance, a party forming governing coalition.
Since 1997, he has been member of International Advisory Board of Goldman Sachs, covering Central and Eastern Europe, retiring in 2021. Between 1997 and 2010, in the similar capacity, he advised to ABB, from 2013 till 2018 to Rolls-Royce. Currently, he is member of the Advisory Board, Meridiam Infrastructure, Paris, France, and is serving as a member of several Boards, both in the Czech Republic and overseas.
In 2014, he was elected President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce. From January 2015 to December 2019, he was Chairman of the Czech chapter of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in November 2019 he became vice-president of Eurochambres. He is also an Associate Professor at Charles University in Prague. In 2009-2016 he was vice-chairman of European Group of Trilateral Commission, in 2009-2012 member of European Advisory Group to Managing Director of IMF.
In 2012, he was running for the President of the Czech Republic.
Gjorgji Josifov joined Moody’s in 2011 as Assistant Vice President – Analyst within the Sub-Sovereign Group, covering a comprehensive portfolio of regional and local governments as well as government related issuers in various countries of Central and Eastern Europe including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Gjorgji served as Chief of Party of the USAID-funded Macedonia Local Government Project (2007-2011). Along with the Chief of Party position he managed the Capital Budgeting and Municipal Credit project components. He has more than 15 years of experience in public policy reform and financial management, with 10 years working on improving local government finance and municipal service delivery in South-East Europe.
Gjorgji holds a Master Degree in European Integration and Regionalism from Karl Franzens University of Graz and a Certificate in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Financial Management from Central European University of Budapest. He earned a BS in economics from University of “Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.
Pepa Mori is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group. She joined Moody’s in 2008 as part of the Iberian team. Since then she has managed a wide portfolio of issuers, currently covering banks in Italy and Spain. She also has oversight responsibilities for Moody’s banks ratings in Central Eastern Europe.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Ms. Mori worked as a credit analyst in a variety of roles. These include credit research at BBVA, rating European sub-sovereigns and public sector companies at Standard & Poor’s; and financial analysis at BBVA’s asset management division. Ms. Mori holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and MSc in Finance from Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF), Madrid (Spain).
Katja Reise is a Vice President and lead analyst in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she provides rating analysis for a range of financial institutions in several Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries.
Katja enjoys more than 20 years of work experience in the banking industry, with an emphasis on bank credit analysis and European debt capital markets. Prior to joining Moody’s, Katja was a Senior Credit Analyst with leading analytical responsibility for banks in CEE, Turkey and the Middle East at Capital Intelligence Ratings, a rating agency specialized on emerging markets. Her career further spans positions as credit analyst and debt capital market expert for financial institutions, European corporates and public sector authorities at UniCredit Bank AG and Rentenbank, a German development agency.
Katja is a German-certified banker and holds a degree in Business Administration from the Academy of Administration and Economy (Verwaltungs- undWirtschaftsakademie), Munich
Helena Horská is Chief Economist at Raiffeisenbank in Prague, and since 2019 has been a member of Raiffeisenbank’s Supervisory Board. Now, she is also a member of National Economic Committee Advisors and independent advisor of the Czech Prime Minister.
Ondřej Šuchman is Manager of Mortgage Loans at Modrá Pyramida, Komerční Banka Group (part of Société Générale), located in Prague, Czech Republic. He is responsible mainly for business development, interest rates management and methodology of mortgages loans.
He started his career as an Analyst at OgilvyOne and after that moved to Komerční banka Group. Ondřej has been working in the field of mortgages more than 11 years and currently represents KB Group in media in areas related to mortgages and various issues associated with housing.
Ondřej has a master´s degree from University of Economics in Prague, successfully completed a long-term specialization course focused on Real Estates Evaluation at the same university and also studied at Kansas State University in the United States.