Bank management

Igor Vida

Igor Vida has been Raiffeisenbank’s CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management since 2015. He is also member of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Leasing and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen stavební spořitelna.

Before joining Raiffeisenbank, Igor Vida spent more than 20 years with Slovakia’s Tatra banka, starting his path in financial markets and investment banking. He became member of Tatra banka’s Board of Management in 1997 and assumed the CEO and Chairman position in 2007. In addition, he was President of the Slovak Banking Association, member of the Executive Board of the Czech Banking Association or member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Economics in Bratislava.

Igor Vida graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Slovak Technical University and passed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. He received a number of manager awards, such as Manager of the Year in Slovakia (Trend magazine, 2008), HR Gold award (2013) or Most Respected CEO of 2014 by Forbes and PwC.

He is married, has three children, and his interests include particularly sports, history and travelling.

František Ježek

František Ježek became member of Raiffeisenbank’s Board of Management in 2012. He has been in charge of Corporate Banking since 2018; between 2012 and 2018 he was the Board member responsible for risk management. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Leasing and member of the Supervisory Board of Bankovní identita.

Before joining the Board of Raiffeisenbank in the Czech Republic, he was with Raiffeisen Bank International, in charge of retail banking risk management for the 15 markets of Central and Eastern Europe where the group is present. His top management positions also include those at GE Money in the Czech Republic and Austria. He started his financial career with Multiservis.

František Ježek graduated from the University of Economics in Prague.

He is married and speaks English and German.

Kamila Makhmudová

Kamila Makhmudová has been the CFO and Member of the Board of Directors of Raiffeisenbank since December 2021.
Kamila Makhmudová has more than 20 years of experience in international banking and extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions of organizations in and outside Europe. Prior to coming to the Czech Republic, she worked as Director of Corporate Development and Strategy Management at Raiffeisen Bank International in Vienna, leading the team responsible for the acquisition of Equa bank in the Czech Republic.

At Raiffeisenbank, she is primarily involved in the financial activities of Raiffeisenbank, Raiffeisen Leasing and Raiffeisen stavební spořitelna and contributes to the development of the bank, especially in the area of acquisitions. 

She studied international law at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent, international tax law at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien and earned her Global Executive MBA degree from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, USA and Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

In 2007, Kamila Makhmudová published a book entitled “Conflicts of Qualification in Tax Treaty Law and Thin Capitalization Rules”.

She enjoys travelling, horseback riding, yoga and hiking. She describes herself as a lifelong learner because she always finds something interesting to learn both professionally and personally.

Vladimír Matouš

Vladimír Matouš has been the Board member responsible for Raiffeisenbank’s IT since 2018. He came to Raiffeisenbank from Tatra banka where he had been member of the Board of Management in charge of IT since 2010.

Before joining Raiffeisen Bank International, Vladimír Matouš held top management positions with T-Systems and T-Mobile where he gained extensive experience in organizational and functional integration of technology divisions, management of IT operations or management of projects focused on banking and CRM systems.

Vladimír Matouš graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and passed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. He earned his MBA at the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies and at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom.

Vladimír Matouš is married, has two children and his interests include cycling, photographing, travelling and fine art.

Vladimír Kreidl

Vladimír Kreidl has been member of Raiffeisenbank’s Board of Management responsible for retail banking since 2013. He is also member of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen investiční společnost and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen stavební spořitelna.

Between 2001 and 2013 he held management positions at McKinsey & Company and had been one of the firm’s partners since 2008. His assignments included a number of projects for financial companies active in Central and Eastern Europe, including Raiffeisen Bank International. In this position, he was also involved in the acquisition of eBanka and establishment of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen private bank. In the 1990s he was chief economist at Patria Finance and co-founded and managed Patria Online. Between 2002 and 2016 he was member of the Board of Trustees of Vize 97, a charity organization of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation.

Vladimír Kreidl focused his studies on economics. He graduated from London School of Economics and Charles University in Prague where he earned his PhD degree.

He is married, has two sons and his interests include hiking and recent history.

Martin Stotter

Martin Stotter has been member of Raiffeisenbank’s Board of Management responsible for risk management since 2018. He is also member of the Supervisory Boards of Raiffeisen investiční společnost, Raiffeisen – Leasing and Raiffeisen Stavební spořitelna. 

He started his career with Raiffeisen Bank in Austria in 2002; in addition to risk management, he was in charge of strategy, big projects and banking operations (COO). Before he came to Prague he was member of the Management Board responsible for risk management (CRO) in Serbia and in Slovenia as well as a Deputy Board Member in Raiffeisen-Landesbank Styria in Austria (Deputy CRO and COO) and a Supervisory Board Member of Raiffeisenbank Hungary.

Martin Stotter obtained a Masters degree in Law in 1999 and a PhD in Law at the University in Graz in 2002 where he worked as an university assistant. He also studied European Law at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain and did a one semester internship in Mumbai/India.

He speaks German, English, Spanish and Serbian and his interests include literature, sports, history and travelling.

Tomáš Jelínek

Tomáš Jelínek has been member of Raiffeisenbank’s Board of Management responsible for Markets & Investment Banking since 2020. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen investiční společnost and member of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Leasing.

He has been with Raiffeisenbank since 2005. Tomáš Jelínek joined the Board of Management after being the company’s CFO or the person in charge of retail risk management. For two years he had been working in senior management roles in Austria for Raiffeisenbank Bank International, the parent group. He has been active in the financial sector since 2000.

Tomáš Jelínek graduated in Finance from Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, US, Anglo-American College and University of New York.

He is married, has two children and his interests include sports, hiking and cars.

Miloš Matula

Miloš Matula has been member of Raiffeisenbank’s Board of Management in charge of Operations since 2014.

Before assuming his current position he had been working with the Raiffeisen Bank International group on a number of management positions since 2007, including the position of ZUNO Bank’s Board member responsible for Operations and IT. At Raiffeisen Bank International he led programmes focused on project management, customer experience or cost efficiency. He started his career with Accenture.

Miloš Matula graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University in Brno and passed a number of educational programmes with a focus on leadership. He is a certified coach.

He is married, has three children and devotes his free time to the family and sports.