Our people
You can have grand buildings and state-of- the-art technologies. But the most important foundation of a company is its people. Since 1825 we've been a leading employer, providing thousands of people with an opportunity for professional advancement and to gain experience which in turn allows us to provide ever better services for our clients.
Our employees
We are one of the largest and oldest employers in the Czech Republic. We are represented by over 10 000 employees. For many of them we're a family firm, with grandma, mother and daughter all working for us. We're open to all, and for us equal opportunities are not merely empty words.
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors controls the activity of Česká spořitelna, decides on all company matters and acts in its name. It has six members, who are always elected for a four year term.
Tomáš Salomon
Chairman of Board of Directors
Tomáš has been at the head of Česká spořitelna since 2016. For most of his life he has worked in the financial sector. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Slovenská sporiteľna, and a co-founder of the company Mopet CZ. As Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director, he ran GE Capital Multiservis; the retail bank of GE Capital Bank, and Poštová banka in Slovakia. He has also devoted himself to private investment projects and among other achievements initiated the creation of a platform which implemented mobile payments.
Karel Mourek
Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors
Karel has been at the head of the Risks division since 2016, but began working at Česká spořitelna in 2001. He managed commercial centres, later he was the member of the Board of Directors responsible for Risk management at Erste Group Immorent. His career started at Creditanstalt, and he later worked in the Corporate Client division at Bank Austria Creditanstalt Czech Republic.
Daniela Pešková
Member of the Board of Directors
Daniela has been the member of the Board of Directors responsible for Retail banking since 2016. Before that she managed Retail operations at the Bank, and also networks and external sales. She began in the field as a team leader for Debt recovery at GE Capital Bank. Within the framework of the GE Money group she was Operational manager of the Mortgage division of the Hungarian Budapest Bank. She subsequently became Director of the Project, procedural and organisational division of the Slovak Tatrabank.
Martin Kobza
Member of the Board of Directors
Martin has been a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Operations and IT. In 2008 he joined the project of introducing a new information system in Slovenská spořitelna, since 2012 he has led Erste Group IT Slovakia and in 2014 he also held the position of CIO in Slovenská spořitelna. In 2015, he joined Erste Group Bank AG, where he gradually moved to the position of Head of Development and Roll-Out of the George Group Platform, was a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Digital Banking at Erste Group IT International. In 2021, he served as CEO of George Labs.
Attila Sánta
Member of the Board of Directors
Attila has been working at the Erste Group headquarters in Vienna in the area of financial management since 2005. Before joining Česká spořitelna in 2025, he held the positions of Head of Group Asset and Liability Management and later Head of Group Balance Sheet Management. Prior to that, he was a member of the financial management team at Slovenská sporiteľňa. He studied mathematics and management at Comenius University in Bratislava. His passions outside of work include winemaking and tennis.
Norbert Hovančák
Member of the Board of Directors
Norbert joined Česká spořitelna in 2025 from Slovenská sporiteľňa, where he had worked since 1998, primarily in the areas of risk management and corporate banking. From 2019, he was a member of the Management Board of Slovenská sporiteľňa, responsible for corporate banking. He is a graduate of the University of Economics in Bratislava. In his free time, he enjoys long-distance running and downhill skiing.
Our Supervisory Board
Our Supervisory Board is composed of nine members. The Board has a controlling function, which resides in the supervision of company activities and the activity of the Board of Directors, whose members it can select and remove. This provides a safeguard that ensures the realisation of our strategies and targets, and that the activities of Česká spořitelna bring prosperity not only for the bank, but for the entire society.
The jurisdiction of the Supervisory Board is further delineated by our statutes.
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Peter Bosek, the Vice-Chairman is Štefan Máj and members are Stefan Dörfler, Slavomír Seemann, Zlata Gröningerová, Zlata Kunešová, Maurizio Poletto, Aleš Veverka and Marta Vrbová.
Our Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is a Company's body. The Audit Committee is responsible for fulfilling the tasks assigned to it by law or the Company Articles of Association.
The jurisdiction of the Audit Committee is further delineated by our Articles of Association.
Štefan Máj is the Chairman, David Bichler is the Vice-Chairman, Slavomír Seemann, Zlata Gröningerová and Pavel Závitkovský are the members of Audit Committee.