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The key collaborators of owner, Michal Strnad, at the level of holding management are the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board. These are experienced professionals with many years of experience and international expertise, who are usually also executive managers responsible for their area of responsibility. Get to know the key personalities who assist in the development of CZECHOSLOVAK GROUP.
Board of Directors of CSG Group
Michal Strnad
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michal Strnad received his secondary education culminating in a final examination at Anglické gymnázium, Střední odborná škola a Vyšší odborná škola, s.r.o. (English Preparatory School, Secondary Vocational School and Higher Vocational School, LLC).
From 2010 to 2013, he was assistant in the business and project department of EXCALIBUR ARMY spol. s r.o. In 2014, he performed the same activity in CSGM a.s. From 2014 to 2015, he worked at CSGM a.s. as an assistant project manager.
In addition to serving on the CSG Group Board of Directors, Michal Strnad held the position of CEO of the CSGM a.s. service company until 2019.
Michal Strnad is the owner and current CEO of CZECHOSLOVAK GROUP a.s.
David Chour
Executive Director
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Financial Director
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Education, experience and other relevant information
Ing. David Chour received his higher education at the University of Pardubice, Faculty of Economics and Administration.
For twenty years, he worked in the financial group Profireal Group, where he held the position of CEO since 2003 and was also Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2007. Under his leadership, the Czech entity has become a global player, successfully expanding into markets in a number of European countries. In August 2020, he took up the position of Chief Financial Officer of CZECHOSLOVAK GROUP and in September became Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of CSG Holding. In addition to managing financial flows at CSG level, he played an important coordinating role alongside the CFOs of the individual companies of the Group, which already totals more than 100 companies.
David Chour moved to the position of Chief Executive Officer of CSG Holding at the beginning of 2023 to strengthen the Group's corporate governance and free up the owner's capacity to make strategic investment and business decisions. His duties also include strategic development projects.
Petr Formánek
Member of the Board of Directors
M&A Director
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Education, experience and other relevant information Ing. Petr Formánek worked in banks between 1988 and 2001 in various financial markets positions, including as a member of the Board of Directors in the Czech Republic and Canada. From 2001 to 2005, in a joint venture with the Finance Division of General Motors, he was involved in the management of distressed asset portfolios. From 2005 to 2016, as a member of the Board of Directors of Patria Corporate Finance, he was responsible for a number of public and private capital market projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. Petr Formánek has been responsible for corporate finance at CSG since 2016.
Ladislav Štorek
Member of the Board of Directors
General Counsel
In charge of the LSE
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Education, experience and other relevant information Mgr. Ladislav Štorek received his higher education at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague.
After graduation, he started working as an associate and attorney at the American law firm Altheimer & Gray, which later merged with SALANS and then Dentons. In 2002, he became a partner of the firm, and since 2008 he has been the head of its Prague office for 10 years, and for several years also its Bratislava office. For several years he was a member of the firm's European bodies. Ladislav Štorek is a member of the Czech and Slovak Bar Associations.
At CSG, Ladislav Štorek provides strategic advice to the top management and shareholders as General Counsel, oversees the operation of the legal department and all major legal matters of the holding company.
David Štěpán
Member of the Board of Directors
Investment Director – International Projects
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Education, experience and other relevant information
Ing. David Štěpán received his higher education at the Faculty of Economics – Technical University of Ostrava.
After graduating, he worked for 8 years for the international audit and consulting firm KPMG. From 2007 to 2009, he worked for KPMG in Australia in the audit department. In 2010, he joined Central European Media Enterprises (CME) as Director of Accounting and Reporting. Within CME, David worked for one year on a restructuring project in Romania and for 3 years as CFO of the largest commercial television station in Bulgaria. After returning from Bulgaria, he founded his own consulting firm in 2020, with which he participated in the restructuring project of Đuro Đaković in Croatia. Prior to accepting the position of CSG's Chief Investment Officer, David assisted with the revitalisation of the Slovak MSM Group (part of CSG).
After leaving his own consultancy firm, David is now fully committed to discovering new international opportunities and integrating them into CSG.
CSG Supervisory Board
Rudolf Bureš
Member of the Supervisory Board
Aleš Klepek
Member of the Supervisory Board
People from the CSG management team
Michaela Katolická
General Director of CSGM
Alena Kozáková
Human Resources Director
Milan Matoušek
Director of Strategic Recruitment
Aleš Jedlička
Production Director
Radim Ochvat
Director of Corporate Relations, Communications and Marketing
Milan Cícer
Shareholder Advisor
Milan Franc
generální ředitel CSG DEAL
Divisional Executive Directors
CSG Aerospace
Aleš Klepek
General Director of the Aerospace Division
Tomáš Vlček
Chief Operating Officer of the Aerospace Division
Richard Panc
Financial Director of the Aerospace Division
CSG Defence
Jan Marinov
General Director of the Defence Division
Pavel Sládek
Financial Director of the Defence Division
CSG Rail
Lukáš Andrýsek
General Director of the Rail Division
