Martin Veselý has over 25 years of experience in banking, finance, and risk management. He has held senior roles assessing financing deals, managing credit risk, and restructuring acquisitions across several countries. Veselý also has experience starting up new projects and companies. He is fluent in English and Russian with skills in German, Bulgarian, and computer applications.
Evgeny Kutsenko, Presentation TCI2018 European Conference Sofia
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Curriculum Vitae Martin Veselý
Personalities
Male
Mobile Phone: + 420 602 515 294
E-mail: MartinVesely@Email.CZ
Address: Chrastavská 89, Prague 9, 190 00, Czech Republic
Born: April 3, 1965, Prague
Citizenship: Czech Republic
Others: driving licence, non-smoker
Highlights
Proven skills of new clients acquisition, negotiation and relationship maintenance
Analytical and risk assessment skills, experiences in corporate restructuring, structured and project
financing
Proven management and organization practice, particularly in start-up/development projects
Proven skills of team building and motivation of people, including in intercultural environment
Professional Experience
Czech Export Bank a. s., licensed bank, specialised financial institution, Prague (2010, Dec. – 2015, Nov.)
Senior analyst, Credit Risk Management Dep. Assessment of various export projects financing deals previously
in utility and infrastructure commercial real estate in target territories (Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Argentina).
Regular reviews of various export ongoing financing incl. SME, preparation of country and industry forecasts
and analysis used for setting of internal concentration limits, preparation of various connected internal
methodologies.
International Investment Bank, international financial institution, Moscow (2007, May – 2010, Nov.)
Director of Risk Management Department; managing of team of six people, assessment of various bank
bilateral financing deals in Russia, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, reporting of IIB Basel I and setting of internal
limits metrics, introducing of new model for credit risk, participation in Russian-Czech intergovernmental
committee.
ČEZ a. s., utility producer and distributor, Prague (2006, Sep. – 2006, Nov.)
Foreign acquisition financial manager, member of ex-pat restructuring team. Post-acquisition integration of
coal power plant TPP Varna AD in city of Varna, Bulgaria to CEZ Group., preparation of consolidation to CEZ
financial accounting and changes to TPP management accounting.
BAWAG Bank CZ a. s., licensed universal bank, Prague (2005, May – 2006, Jun.)
Senior relationship manager, acquisition of new clients, relationships with ongoing clients, leverage Buy Out and
working capital financing, preparation of PPP projects
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Interim manager (2004 - 2005)
ŽELJEZARA Split dd, Split, Croatia (2004 Nov.- 2005 Apr.), ironworks - technical assessment of tolling
financing structure for client,
Credit Finance a. s., retail credit company, Hradec Králové (2004, Apr.- 2004 Jun.), start-up of project for
client
KOSMALT a. s., hotel, Košice, Slovakia (2004, Jan. – 2004 March) Director, post-acquisition management
for client.
QUORUM Pro a. s., licensed stock broker and corporate finance services company, Prague (2001 May - 2003
Jun.)
Managing director, CEO, team of eight people, proceeding several transactions, incl. finalizing of sale of
cellulose producer (87% share of stocks) to strategic investor, facilitating sale of 100% share private university from
18 shareholders, facilitating of sale of 64% share of stocks to several owners of Czech household appliances producer
to strategic investor. Successful negotiating of written-off receivables repayment from overseas off shore bank and
Czech stock broker.
HERMES Kredit Servis s. r. o. credit insurer, Prague (1999 Jun. – 2001 Apr.)
Relationships manager, help with start-up of Prague’s branch of Hamburg’s based
HERMES Kreditversicherungs AG, acquisition of new local clients and extending relationships with
multinational clients and insurance brokers.
EXPANDIA Bulgaria AD, direct investment & advisory, licensed stock broker since 1998, Sofia (1996, Jan. - 1998, Dec.)
Managing director and CEO, team up to seven people, start-up and development of company structure as Bulgarian
branch of EXPANDIA, incl. voucher privatization, participation in government privatisation project, country and branch
research coverage, inc. of Albanian and Macedonian privatization possibilities, post privatization facilitating of majority
control of Bulgarian heating component producer by Czech producer. In 1998 company was chosen by Bulgarian
Privatization Agency in public tender to facilitate privatization of non-ferrous and aluminium smelters: KCM AD,
Plovdiv, Alumina AD, Shumen and Preskov AD. as part of “Pool Privatisation”. In 1998 company obtained brokerage
licence by Bulgarian Stock Exchange committee.
IS EXPANDIA a. s. licensed investment company, Prague (1994, May - 1995, Dec.)
Analyst of corporates listed at Prague Stock Exchange after 2nd
phase of mass privatization, focused to machinery.
industry. Later project manager in corporate governance of mid-size Czech companies and also member/chairman of
BoD or supervisory boards: JITONA a. s. - furniture producer; ŽOS Nymburk a. s. – transport machinery;
Otavan Třeboň a. s., textile industry; Poštorenské Keramické Závody a. s., industry ceramics works.
INVESTIČNÍ BANKA a. s., licensed universal bank Prague (1991, July – 1994, March)
Process analyst, System of Management Dep., participation in successful implementation of transaction information
system PROFILE. Analysing and proposing for information system support to various bank operation.
Corporate analyst, Capital market department. since Jan. 1994, analysing companies listed at Prague Stock Exchange
Other Activities
First Czech Russian Bank ooo, universal bank, Moscow (2001-2002) Chairman of Supervisory Board, supervisory in
connection with transfer of ČSOB (ex-IBP) share to ČKA (Czech Consolidation Agency)
NEWTON Sila AD, pension fund, Sofia (2000-2002) Chairman of Supervisory Board, advisory to start up creating of
company in connection to pension scheme reform in Bulgaria
G.O.T. consulting s.r.o., personal and business consultancy, Prague (1999 – 2013 & 2016) freelance cooperation
trainee of sales and managerial techniques for corporate clients
Czech Mountaineering Association, Prague, chairman of Bank Mountaineering Club (since 3/2016), member of CMA
since 1981
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Education
1980 - 1984 Grammar School, Prague, (Gymnázium Jana Nerudy)
1984 - 1991 Technical University, Prague (ČVUT), Faculty of Electricity, Power-Supply Department
State exam Power Plant Stations Operation, Power Transmission and Distribution;
Thesis Optimisation of Usage of Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Stations in
Electrical Power System,
Degree Ing. (M.Sc. equivalent)
1993 University of Economics, Prague (VŠE)
Selected exams in banking, capital markets, derivatives, accounting
Trainings, workshops, internships
1993 Royal Bank of Scotland: One moth internship focused to IS support of bank operations, Edinburg
1994 EXPANDIA/CHEMAPOL: Corporate governance trainings for members of corporate boards, Prague
1997 EXPANDIA: Strategic Planning workshop coached by INVENTA a.s., Prague
1999 HERMES: Two month internship focused to product understanding, Hamburg
2000 HERMES: Sales Training Skills - focused on large corporates, Hamburg
11/ 2007 IIB: Basel II – Credit Risk, New York Institute of Finance training, New York
04/ 2013 CEB: Basel II - ICAP, Advanced Risk Management, training, Prague
06/ 2014 CEB: Basel III – CRD –IV directive, Advanced Risk Management training, Prague
02/ 2008 IIB: Credit Risk / Model Validation,Testing and Database Construction, EUROMONEY training, Prague
06/ 2012 CEB: Project Finance Structuring, Squires Sanders & Dempsey interim workshop, Prague
09/ 2013 CEB: „Bankability“ in project/export finance, Allen & Overy interim workshop, Prague
01/ 2014 CEB: Financial Derivatives Development and Positioning, DC Gardner interim workshop, Prague
10/ 2014 CEB: Analysing Sovereign and Country Risk, Moody’s Analytics, training, Frankfurt a. M.
06/ 2012 CEB: participation of CEB in India, internship, Embassy of CZ New Delhi, Czechtrade Agency, Mumbai
Language Skills
Czech native speaker
English fluent speaker
Russian fluent speaker
German passive (good understanding)
Bulgarian fair
Computer Knowledge
Applications: MS office, MS Project; Lotus Notes, IBM AS 400 terminal applications
Programming languages: FORTRAN, PASCAL;
Prague, March. 9, 2016