Daniel Křetínský
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Křetínský is the Chairman of the Board of EP Energy and is a member of the company’s strategic committee. As a partner in the J&T Group, Mr. Křetínský was involved in the founding of EP Energy’s parent company, Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH). Mr. Křetínský serves on the boards of several companies that are affiliated with EPH, including its daughter company EP Infrastructure, EP Power Europe, EP Investment Advisors, NAFTA or Eustream. He also holds positions at companies unaffiliated to EPH, including Chairman of the Board of AC Sparta Praha.
Mr. Křetínský holds a bachelor’s degree in political science as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in law from Masaryk University in Brno.
Pavel Horský
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Horský chairs EP Energy’s risk committee, serves on SPP – distribúcia’s Audit Committee and on boards of directors and supervisory boards of several of EPH’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Mr. Horský is also a member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Financial Officer of EPH. Prior to joining EPH, Mr. Horský held the position of market risks advisory position at RBS.
Mr. Horský holds a master’s degree in mathematics and physics from Masaryk University in Brno.
Marek Spurný
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Spurný has been working for EPH group and its legal predecessors since 2004. His background is legal. As such, he holds the position of Chief Legal Counsel of the group, with main responsibilities for transaction execution, negotiations and implementation of merger and acquisition transactions, restructurings, and legal support in general. Within EP Energy, he also chairs the compliance committee. Mr. Spurný holds several positions in the corporate bodies of the group companies on the parent holding levels (member of the boards of directors of EPH, EP Energy, member of supervisory board of EP Infrastructure), as well as the subsidiaries of the group, including subsidiaries in EPPE. Before joining the group, Mr. Spurný had been working for five years for the Czech Securities Commission, the former capital markets regulatory authority in the Czech Republic.
Mr. Spurný holds a law degree from Palacky University in Olomouc.
Jan Špringl
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Špringl is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of EP Energy and is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of NAFTA. Prior to joining EPH, Mr. Špringl served in various management and supervisory board positions at other affiliated companies.
Mr. Špringl holds a master’s degree from the Faculty of Business Administration of University of Economics in Prague.
Tomáš David
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. David has long and successful record in EPH group. Besides his role as the Vice-chairman of the Board of EP Power Europe, he also act as Chairman of the Board and CEO of EP Energy. Mr. David also holds various positions on several management boards and supervisory boards of companies affiliated with EPH group. Prior to joining EPH, Mr. David worked as the Chief Strategy Officer at Eurotel Praha (nowadays O2 Czech Republic a.s.), preceded by 9 years at A.T. Kearney. Mr. David is also a member of Delphi Energy Future 2040 group producing studies aiming to identify central drivers, actors, and dynamics that will have a significant influence on the future of energy systems.
Mr. David holds an M.Sc. in Nuclear Physics from the Charles University in Prague and an M.B.A. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.
Jiří Feist
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Feist is the Chief Strategy Officer of EP Energy. In his previous roles, Mr. Feist was a Strategy and Business Development Director at ČEZ Group and Chief Strategy Officer at ČEPS. During his thirty years’ practice in the power energy sector he also served on various positions at Associations as are Eurelectric, UCTE, CENTREL, District Heating and Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic and he worked on many international projects.
Mr. Feist holds a master’s degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague.
Leif Timmermann
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Timmermann is the Chief Operating Officer. Previously he had several Management Functions in Alstom like CEO of Alstom Boilers Deutschland GmbH and Alstom Power Systems GmbH as well VP for Power Plant Project Execution in Middle East and India. Before he was working as a Project Manager for an Independent Power Producer (IPP). Mr. Timmerman has 24 years of experience in Project Management, Engineering, Procurement and Construction of complex Mega Power Projects (18 years in ABB/Alstom), Lead & Management of multi-cultural teams and customers.
Mr. Timmermann holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering concluded at the TU Magdeburg, Germany.
Gary Mazzotti
Member of the Board of Directors
Gary Mazzotti is simultaneously the Deputy Chairman of EPIF Management Board. Mr. Mazzotti has more than 30 years of experience in finance and operations and joined EPH group from Vienna Insurance Group where he was a Member of the Board and CFO of Kooperativa and Česká podnikatelská pojišťovna and was responsible for VIG groups operations in Ukraine. Prior to this Mr. Mazzotti held the positions of Senior Investment Director and CFO of PPF Private Equity Division as well as CFO/ COO of AAA Auto.
Mr. Mazzotti graduated in Economics from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA).
Filip Bělák
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Bělák is the CFO of EP Power Europe. He has been employed in EPH group since 2013 holding various financial roles, and from 2016, he worked as Group Finance Director of EP Infrastructure. Previously, Mr. Bělák spent over ten years at KPMG, where he held various positions and undertook a two-year placement in the USA.
Mr. Bělák holds a master’s degree in International Business from the University of Economics in Prague, is a Fellow Chartered and Certified Accountant (FCCA) and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado, USA (CPA).
Peter Černák
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Černák is Member of the Board of Directors responsible for the EPPE business in Italy, the Netherlands and France. He has been with EPH group since 2013, started in the infrastructure business in Slovakia and later moved to EP Power Europe following the entry into Western European markets.
Mr. Černák holds master’s degree from the University of Economics in Prague, the CEMS MIM degree and MSc in Finance&Investments from Rotterdam School of Management.
Miroslav Haško
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Haško is the Chief Commercial Officer of EP Power Europe. He has been with EPH group since 2010, initially in Mergers and Acquisitions department, participating on the major acquisitions of EPH in energy sector. He also acts as a Chairman of the Board of EP Commodities and Member of the Board of EP Resources, the two trading arms of EP Power Europe. Besides his roles within EP Power Europe, he is the Member of the Board of SPP Infrastructure.
Mr. Haško holds a master’s degree from the Faculty of Finance of University of Economics in Prague.