Our People

During the years 2016 - 2021, Dana was a director of the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. Prior to that, she worked as Senior Project Manager in CHE Consult in Berlin. From 2017 she was Vice President of the European Academic Cooperation Association and she was a member of the Administrative Board of The Fulbright Commission. She graduated from the Faculty of International Relations at Prague University of Economics and Business. 

Karel graduated in Economics from the University of Economics in Prague and the University of Cologne. He worked at companies such as Accenture, Daimler, GE Money and for the previous nine years at the largest European bank HSBC Bank plc, mostly in Great Britain, France and other countries in the region. He has devoted his career to the field of finances, audit, risk management, operation and technological projects.

For the previous 25 years, Anna has worked in various positions at Česká spořitelna. Amongst other things, she participated in the preparation of the bank’s new strategy, which has a particular focus on the fields of education and financial literacy. Currently, Anna is involved in the planning for construction of a new ČS headquarters, and in particular the delivery of its new centre for entertainment and financial education.
In the past, she was also in charge of transformation, financial and regulatory projects, capital, liquidity and investment management for the bank. Anna has a PhD in banking and finance from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University.

As Vice-Rector of Charles University for Strategic Cooperation and Development, Pavel is responsible for cooperation with the Czech state administration,  non-profit as well as the commercial sector and other European institutions. Since 2014, he has held various positions at the Ministry of Education, most recently as Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science and Research. He taught at the Jan Palach Grammar School, the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University.

Petr is a co-founder of the Impact Hub network in the Czech Republic. Before that he spent almost nine years in the advisory company Deloitte where he focused mainly on increasing efficiency and the field of Human Capital. Petr studied English Language and Literature, Geography and Cartography and Finance. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at Česká spořitelna Foundation since March 2017. He also served as a member of the Administrative Board at Vodafone Foundation Czech Republic and Amnesty International Czech Republic.

He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Services and Tourism at the University of Economics in Bratislava. In 1997, he started his banking career at GE Capital Multiservis, where he worked up his way to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. In 2000, he was appointed Director of Retail Banking and Member of the Board of Directors at GE Capital Bank with responsibility for Sales and Marketing. In 2004–2007, he worked as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Poštová Banka, a. s. in Slovakia. In the period 2008–2012, he devoted himself to private investment projects and among other achievements initiated the creation of a platform which implemented mobile payments in the Czech Republic and was a co-founder of the company Mopet CZ, where he worked as a member of the Board of Directors and CEO. In 2013, he started working in Slovenská sporiteľňa, where he later became a Member of the Board of Directors responsible for Retail. On 1st January 2015, he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of Česká spořitelna, and since 1st January 2016, he has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Česká spořitelna. He has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna Foundation since March 2017./p>

In 1980, after the graduation from high school and the Business College, he started his career in Girocentrale and Bank der Österreischischen Sparkassen AG where he was responsible for accounting and reporting. From 1997 he worked in Erste Bank as the Director of Accounting. In 2004, he became the Director of the Controlling Division of Erste Group Bank, later also responsible for the Performance Management Program. He held these positions until July 2013. He has been the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Česká spořitelna since August 2013. He was elected a member of Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna Foundation in March 2017.

He has been the member of Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna Foundation since 7th February 2020. From 1971 to 1975 he studied Economic Sciences at Vienna University. After completing a training program in New York, he began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1977. He was later seconded to Brussels (1979–1981) and Athens (1981–1983). In 1983, he first worked for Erste. In 1986, he became CEO at Chase Manhattan Bank in Vienna, which was purchased by Credit Lyonnais in 1993. In 1994, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Erste. In July 1997, he was appointed CEO. In August 1997, the shareholders approved a merger with GiroCredit, in which Erste acquired a majority interest in March 1997. Under his management, Erste, which until that time had been strictly a local savings bank, became a leading financial services provider in Central and Eastern Europe with a focus on retail and SME clients. In addition to serving as Board of Directors Chairman and CEO of Erste Group Bank, Andreas Treichl’s other responsibilities include strategy, group communications,human resources, audit and investor relations. Mr. Treichl was a member of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna from September 2013 and resigned his post effective as of 20th September 2019. Membership in other companies: Erste Group Bank AG, Felima Privatstiftung, Ferdima Privatstiftung, Österreichischer Sparkassenverband, Georg Labs GmbH, Leoganger Bergbahnen Gesellschaft m.b.H., Die Zweite Wiener Vereins-Sparkasse, Erste Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Privatstiftung, Erste Social Finance Holding GmbH.

He is an Executive Member of the Administrative Board of Erste Foundation (the main shareholder of Erste Group) and has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna Foundation and Depositum Bonum Foundation since March 2017. In 2005 he founded Kontakt – the art collection of Erste Group, and in 2006 Die Zweite Sparkasse (Second Savings Bank), the bank for the unbankable (dealing with microfinance and social enterprise). Since October 2012, he has been the Head of Erste Hub, the Erste Group's independent accelerator for digital innovation. With his team of designers, developers, business analysts and entrepreneurs, he is building a new digital ecosystem for the retail banking of the future. Prior to working for Erste Group, he held various positions in politics, as a Member of the Cabinets of the Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Science and Research, and at Municipal Department for Cultural Affairs of the City of Vienna. In that capacity, Boris Marte served as a project manager responsible for the installation of the Holocaust Monument in the city of Vienna. In 1999, he published the book Die Neue Ordnung des Politischen – Die Herausforderungen der Demokratie im 21. Jahrhundert" (Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York).

He studied at Iona College majoring in Mathematics and Economics and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration specializing in Finance and Management. From 1977 until 1999 he served at Chemical Bank, which merged into Chase Manhattan Bank, in a variety of increasingly important positions including Executive Vice-President. Between 2000 and 2007, he held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO in Česká spořitelna. Currently, Mr Stack is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Erste Group Bank and also serves as a member of Administrative Board of companies Mutual of America, Ally Bank and Ally Financial Inc. He has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna since 2013 and a member of the Supervisory Board of Česká spořitelna Foundation since March 2017. Jack Stack is an American citizen.

He graduated in Theoretical Physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague, where he earned teaching specialization in Physics, and in Pedagogy from the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University. He worked in the field of market research, was the leader of the Centre for Detection of Education Results (CERMAT) and a successful project Road to Quality Improvement. Currently, he works at The Institute for Research and Development of Education at the Faculty of Education of Charles University. He focuses on self-evaluation and external evaluation of schools, student assessment, creation and evaluation of the results of didactic tests, lectures on statistics in pedagogical research, quantitative methodology in psychology and also pedagogy at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University. He is a member of the Independent Expert Committee of MEYS for assessing the quality of particular entry exams and nationwide didactic tests of Maturita examination. He is a Vice-chairman of the Czech Educational Research Association and a member of the Editorial Board of the magazine Pedagogika. He cooperates with the Czech School Inspectorate on creating criteria evaluation model Kvalitní školy (High-quality schools).

Professor Veselý is the head of the Centre for Social and Economic Strategies at the Faculty of Sciences of Charles University. He was in charge of the Department of Public and Social Policy at the same faculty, where he also has been teaching for almost 20 years. He engages mainly in education policy, policy analysis and research of public administration. Apart from scientific projects he participated in a whole range of practice-oriented projects. For example, he co-authored the Education Strategy 2030+ for which he was awarded the Prize of Česká spořitelna Foundation.

She graduated from the Faculty of Education of University of West Bohemia, Pilsen and Charles University, branch of study school management. Since 1990, she has been the headteacher of ZŠ a MŠ Plzeň-Božkov, and with "her" school she actively participates in a number of projects. For thirteen years, she was the President of the Association of Primary School Principals, and currently, she is a member of its Board. She acts as a lecturer at National Institute for Further Education (NIFE) and a coordinator in the project of school development Strategic Management and Planning. She is a member of multiple expert platforms, working groups and a member of the Monitoring Committee of Operational Programme Research, Development and Education.

Chief School Inspector Tomáš Zatloukal graduated from the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University Olomouc. He is a lifelong pedagogue, he acted as a secondary school teacher and later director of the grammar school. He was a member of European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education, served as a Deputy Chief School Inspector, afterwards as a Deputy of Chief Director of European funds section and as a Deputy Minister of Education section Ministry of Education Youth and Sports. He also has experience in the field of statutory authority and educational governance at local levels. He is a Czech representative of Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), a member of the Steering Boards of international survey PISA and TALIS, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and The Standing International Conference of Inspectorates. He also pedagogically cooperates with academic institutions.

He is a co-founder and one of the leaders of nonprofit organisation LEAF whose dedicated mission is developing the future personalities in the field of business and public administration in Slovakia and Central Europe. LEAF Academy, an international high school, which is a part of LEAF organisation, is specialised in developing integrity and business leadership. In the past, he served as a consultant of an international company McKinsey & Company or in the management of Kooperativa insurance company. He graduated from Faculty of Management of The Comenius University in Bratislava and earned an MBA from Kellogg School of Management in Chicago.

He graduated in pedagogy from Faculty of Arts of Charles University. From 2010 to 2017, he held the post of the director of the project Pomáháme školám k úspěchu. In 2002-2010 he was a member of the management of Project Odyssea and practised personality and social education of elementary school children. In 2018-2020, he was in charge of the educational programme of Česká spořitelna Foundation, where he was responsible for the foundation strategy for supporting high-quality schooling and forming strategic partnerships in the field of education. He also served at administrative boards of educational institution established by the foundation (Učitel naživo, Elixir for Schools).

Daniel Prokop is a sociologist with specialization in political and social quantitative research. He worked in agency Median for ten years, three of which he spent in its management. He focuses on the topics of poverty, stratification of Czech society, educational inequity and populist discourse. He serves as a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, is a member of the external group for forming the Education Strategy 2030 and a joint author of analysis for the organization Eduzměna.

He serves as the Vice-president of the Confederation of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. He studied at Charles University and the University of Cambridge. In the past, he was a Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs and a member of the management of Škoda Auto. For several years, he was the head of the Central European of American think-tank Aspen Institute. Currently, he serves as the Vice-President of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic for economic policy and export. His dissertation, for which he was awarded a distinction at the University of Cambridge, deals with Central European compatriot organizations in the United States of America and their influence on NATO's expansion in 1999.