People at KB

Graduate of the Silesian University in Opava, In 1995, he joined the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic. Between 2002 and 2005, he also acted as Chairman of its Executive Committee. Between 1999 and 2006, he was a member of Komerční banka's Supervisory Board. In 2006, he joined Komerční banka, first as head of the Corporate Banking Business Division in Prague and later the same year as a member of the Board of Directors holding responsibility for managing the Top Corporations and the Investment Banking Business Arms.

In 2012, he started to work at the Société Générale headquarters in Corporate and Investment Banking as the Managing Director, Head of Coverage with responsibility for corporate clients in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. He also simultaneously acted as a Senior Banker for Central and Eastern Europe. The Board of Directors of Komerčni banka elected Mr. Jan Juchelka as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Komerčni banka with effect from August 3, 2017.

At present, he is the chairman of the Board responsible for Human Resources, Communication, Business Consulting, Internal Audit and Strategy and Finance.

is the COO at KB  responsible for innovations and the processing of Day-to-day  Banking (Payments, Cards, Accounts, Client identification),  Middle & Back Offices, Legal services & Corporate secretary, Facility management and regulatory projects incl. ESG plus the Chairing of the Supervisory Boards of @Finbrics, @Nadace Jistota KB Charity, member of the Supervisory Board of Modrá Pyramida and Executive manager of International Chamber of Commerce CZ. 

Jitka started her professional career by joining the Czech Government’s agency for trade support where she later on acted as the CEO. She joined KB’s GTB business line in 2006 then managed CIB/Corporate and Municipal Banking. She graduated from the University of Economics in Prague as well as completing at Galilee College in Israel, obtaining a certificate as EU specialist from the European Commission, is a certified international auditor for quality processes and a graduated in #Python Programming Language.

Jitka was awarded amongst the top 25 women managers in the Czech Republic by Economia (2021, 2022) and identified as one of the most influential women in the Czech Republic by Forbes (2020, 2021 and 2022) and among #FinZeny (2021, 2022) She ranked among the #FacesOfSustainability2022 and was a finalist “Manager of the Year 2005” by the Czech Managerial Association.

Graduated from the University of Economics, Prague, with a specialization in foreign trade and banking, and from the Graduate School of Banking, Boulder, Colorado. From 1996 to 2006, he worked on various positions within Komerční banka, first at the branch and at the regional branch in Hradec Králové, later at the regional branch and at the head office of KB in Prague.

From 2006 to 2014, he worked for the Company Modrá pyramida stavební spořetelna, a.s., first as the Director for business synergies, later as a member of the Board of Directors, Deputy CEO, Executive Director for Business and Marketing, and finally as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Deputy CEO, Executive Director for Business and Marketing. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of SG Montenegro banka, a.d. in Montenegro.

Since August 2018, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Komerční banka responsible for Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Credit Portfolio Management and Network Management Support.