Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board is the company’s body that oversees the Management Board and the company’s activities. Each of the elected members of the Supervisory Board is subject to a standard vetting process conducted by the Czech National Bank.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1950
Elected as a member: 26 October 2017
Elected as the Chairman: 2 August 2018
Mr. Gabriel Eichler is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
Mr. Eichler studied economics and international relations and has degrees from Brandeis University, The University of Chicago, and the University of Toronto.
Mr. Eichler has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank since 2 August 2018. Apart from his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank he currently holds the positions of Founder and Director of Benson Oak spol. s r.o., originally a boutique investment bank, later a private equity group which he founded in August 1991. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vaclav Havel Library and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International School of Prague.
He began his international banking career at Bank of America where he spent 15 years (1975-1990), half of it at the bank’s headquarters in the US (his last position was Chief International Economist) and half as regional General Manager of Bank of America in Paris, Vienna and Frankfurt. After leaving Bank of America, Mr. Eichler spent a year as a partner and Executive Vice-President (EVP) in a US private equity group.
From 1994 to 1998 Mr. Eichler was the Vice-Chairman of the Management Board and until the end of 1996 CFO of ČEZ. In 1998–2001, he was the Chairman of the Management Board, President & CEO of Východoslovenské železiarne (VSŽ). Mr. Eichler also acted as the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Československá obchodní banka, a member of the Supervisory Boards of Česká pojišťovna and Slovenská sporiteľňa.
Until September 2016, Mr. Eichler was the Vice-Chairman (earlier Executive Chairman) of the AVG Technologies Supervisory Board. Mr. Eichler helped bring AVG Technologies, as the first Central European company, to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Earlier he was a member of the Board of Ness Technologies (NASDAQ).
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1968
Elected as a member: 24 April 2017
Elected as the Vice-Chairman: 22 May 2017
Mr. Miroslav Singer is the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank, the Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
Mr. Singer graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, where he obtained an engineering degree in econometrics and operations research. He also holds a doctoral degree in economics majoring in econometrics and labour from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Singer served for five years as the Vice-Governor (from February 2005 to June 2010) and six years as the Governor (from July 2010 to June 2016) of the Czech National Bank. He also has broad experience from having served on a number of boards. Mr. Singer served from 1994 until 1996 at the Centre for Economic Research and Doctoral Studies at Charles University, within the Economic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, where he was the Deputy Director for Research. Between 1995 and 1996, Mr. Singer worked as a member of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors of Česká pojišťovna a.s. He subsequently joined Expandia Group, where he served as Chief Economist and a member of the Supervisory Board of Expandia Bank and later as CEO and the Chairman of the management boards of the Expandia group industrial companies.
From 2001 to 2005, he was a Director of Business Restructuring Services at the international consulting firm, PwC. In 2019, Mr. Singer also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of ADRIATIC Slovenica. The company merged with Generali zavarovalnica d. d. Slovenia in 2019. Until its merger with Generali Česká pojišťovna in 2022, he also served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Generali Poisťovňa, a.s. (Board membership since 2018).
Apart from his position as the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank he currently serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Generali Česká pojišťovna a.s. (since May 2017), member of the Supervisory Board of Generali zavarovalnica d.d. Slovenia and Director for Institutional Affairs and Chief Economist in Generali CEE Holding B.V. (since January 2017), in which he also became a member of the Executive Committee on 1 January 2018.
Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1958
Elected as a member: 21 April 2016
Mr. Michal Petrman is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank, the Chairman of the Audit Committee of MONETA Money Bank and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
Mr. Petrman is currently engaged in several supervisory and audit committees or boards and is a lecturer at the University of Economics in Prague.
Mr. Petrman spent most of his career at Deloitte in the Czech Republic where he specialised in auditing financial institutions and other large companies. He also held a number of senior management roles including the Managing Partner of the Deloitte Czech and Slovak offices and a member of the Executive Committee of Deloitte Central Europe.
Mr. Petrman was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97 and the Board of the University of Economics in Prague. From 2015 until 2021 he was managing director of Auxilium Consultum, s.r.o. v likvidaci.
Since 2009, he has been managing director of INCELA s.r.o. He is currently a member of the Board of the Endowment Fund for Independent Journalism, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Czech Television and Chairman of the Audit Committee of NET4GAS, s.r.o. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committee of Národní rozvojová banka, a.s. (National Development Bank), the Audit Committee of Allianz pojišťovna, a.s., Allianz penzijní společnost, a.s. and Diamond Point, a.s. in the Czech Republic. Since May 2020, Mr. Petrman has also been the Chairman of the Audit Committee of MONETA Stavební Spořitelna, a.s. (member since April 2020).
Member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1957
Elected as a member: 21 April 2016
Mr. Clare Ronald Clarke is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank and the Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
Mr. Clarke holds an Associate degree from Dalhousie University. He worked as a Human Resources Manager at Pfizer and Warner-Lambert Canada. He joined Cesky Telecom/Eurotel, subsequently acquired by Telefónica, fulfilling HR Business Partner and Head of HR roles through 2010 for the rebranded O2 Czech Republic business. He subsequentely became the Head of Learning & Development for O2 Europe, reporting to the Director of Human Resources at the Europe region level. Mr. Clarke was responsible for Commercial & Technical Learning across the five country regions. He designed and implemented Telefónica’s European Region Commercial/Technical Learning & Development Organisation.
He has been the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees (advisory bodies) of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank since 2016.
Apart from his position as a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank, he currently holds the position of the sole member and director of ReDefine s.r.o.
Member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1955
Elected as a member: 21 April 2016
Mr. Denis A. Hall is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank, a member of the Audit Committee of MONETA Money Bank and a member of the Risk Committee of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
Previously, Mr. Hall held senior executive positions as Chief Risk Officer at Citibank (1985-2001), Deutsche Bank (2001-2007) and GE Capital International (2007–2016). From 2008 to November 2016, he worked as a Supervisory Board member and the Chairman of the Risk Committee at BPH Bank SA and from November 2013 to March 2017 as a non-executive Board member of Hyundai Capital Cards. From 2012 to June 2015, he worked as a member of the Supervisory Board of Budapest Bank Zrt and from October 2013 to December 2016 as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of UK Home Lending Ltd.
From 2013 to April 2022, he was a member of the Supervisory Board and Audit and Risk Committee of Cembra Money Bank AG, Switzerland, a bank listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Apart from his position as a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank, Mr. Hall has been, since March 2017, a non-executive Board member and a Chairman of the Risk Committee of the Skipton Building Society in the UK. Since November 2020, Mr. Hall has also been the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and non-executive Board member of Auxmoney Europe Holding Ltd, a consumer finance company based in Ireland. Since August 2022, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board, Risk, Technology and Remuneration Committees of Aareal Bank AG, an International Commercial Real Estate Bank based in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1974
Elected as a member: 25 April 2023
Ms. Kateřina Jirásková is member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank.
After graduating from the University of Economics in Prague, she worked as a securities trader at Conseq and joined PPF Group as a portfolio manager in 2000. For eight years she managed Generali PPF Asset Management, where she was responsible for one of the largest investment portfolios in Central and Eastern Europe.
At the same time, she was responsible for the investment performance of 27 Generali PPF holding companies in 14 countries with assets of EUR 15 billion. Effective January 2013, she became CFO of PPF a.s. and currently serves also as a COO of PPF a.s. She also serves as Chairwoman of the Management Board of PPF a.s. and is a member of the Management Board of PPF Financial Holdings a.s. She is also Chairwoman of the Management Board of the PPF Foundation.
Member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1979
Elected as a member: 7 May 2021
Ms. Jana Výbošťoková is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank elected by employees.
Jana Výbošťoková is a graduate of the University of Economics in Bratislava. She has been working in the financial sector since 2005, when she participated as a consultant and project manager in projects in financial institutions in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and in Romania at BRD Groupe Societé Générale. In 2007, she joined Česká spořitelna, where she managed the support of the branch network with a focus on sales efficiency, performance management and process improvement. She joined the original GE Money Bank in autumn 2014 as Senior Manager Customer Experience and Sales Force Effectiveness. At MONETA Money Bank, she now holds the role of Senior Manager Customer Experience and Process Assurance. She is primarily focused on branch network development, front-end processes and customer experience improvement.
Member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1975
Elected as a member: 7 May 2021
Ms. Zuzana Filipová is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank elected by employees.
Zuzana Filipová is a graduate of the Jan Amos Komenský University in Prague. Her entire career has been dedicated to public relations, public affairs and media.
Ms. Filipová has worked as a parliamentary correspondent for Denní Telegraf, Lidové noviny and Týden magazine, and has also become a representative of the international television station CNN for the Czech Republic. She gained further experience as Director of Public Relations and Communications at the Prague City Hall and was also part of the PR advisory team of the Czech Minister of the Environment. Before joining MONETA Money Bank, she worked as a public affairs and public relations manager at the international law and consulting firm Becker & Poliakoff. She has been with MONETA Money Bank since 2019 and now holds the position of Director Sustainability & Communication.
Member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank
Born in 1978
Elected as a member: 7 May 2021
Ms. Klára Escobar is a member of the Supervisory Board of MONETA Money Bank elected by employees.
Klára Escobar is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts of Palacký University in Olomouc, majoring in Sociology and Andragogy with a focus on Human Resources. She has been working in the field of human resources management for over 17 years. She started her career in recruitment and gradually moved to the role of generalist.
She has been in the banking sector since 2010 when she joined the original GE Money Bank as HR Business Partner. In October 2016, she became HR Director at Cetelem and was instrumental in its transformation into the new digital bank Hello bank!. She returned to MONETA Money Bank in January 2020 as Human Resources Director. Since the end of June 2020, she has also been a member of the Management Board of MONETA Stavební Spořitelna, a.s.
Supervisory Board Committees
