Management

Board of Directors

Supervisory Board

Audit Committee

The Supervisory Board (SB) is responsible for supervising the conduct of and providing advice to the Board of Directors (BoD) and for supervising the business generally. The members of the SB are elected by the General Meeting.

A member of the SB is appointed for a period of five years. A member of the SB may be reappointed.

The SB consists of four members. The SB appoints a chairperson from amongst its members. The General Meeting may at any time suspend or dismiss SB members.

The SB holds at least one meeting every calendar quarter.

René Sommer

Chairman

In the SB since 17 June 2015

René received secondary education. In 1992 he started to cooperate with SP Vrachos, which was taken over by Santa Napoje, the predecessor of the Kofola group. René held many different positions in the group’s structures in financial, HR and legal departments. He also held the position of CEO in Kofola CZ. Prior to joining the Kofola group, he worked, among others, as the Project Manager of Production for ČKD Polovodiče Praha (until 1990) and ran his own grocery chain (starting from 1990).

Moshy Cohen-Nehemia

Member

In the SB since 15 September 2015

Moshy graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the Open University in Israel in 1995 and completed an MBA programme at Ben Gurion University in 2000. He joined the Kofola group in 2014 as a member of the Supervisory Board of Kofola S.A. Moshe gained professional experience in the beverages industry at Jafora Tabori (Israel) being part of the US Grey Group (1997-2005), RC Cola International (USA) (from 2005), M&Z Beverages Limited (BVI) (from 2007), Mesa Fine Foods Ltd (Israel) (from 2014), being responsible for strategic marketing, cooperation with strategic partners, and managing business development projects on foreign markets.

Tomáš Jendřejek

Member

In the SB since 30 November 2018

Tomáš received secondary education and gained a CIMA certificate from the Czech Institute of Marketing in 2010. He established his relationship with Kofola in 1994 as a sales representative and after several promotions he became the Sales Director in 2002. Since 2006 he has been responsible for procurement of the group. Before joining the Kofola group he had worked for eight years in the plant producing the tannery industry machines.

Alexandros Samaras

Member

In the SB since 28 June 2021

Alexandros is a Head of Unit for Monitoring & Implementing EU funded Cooperation Programmes for Balkan Peninsula and Black Sea Basin Programmes at Ministry of Development & Investments, Greece. He has an experience in Finance, Controlling and Accounting and holds a Master´s degree in Public Law and Political Science (LL.M) from Democritus University of Thrace and a degree in Economics from University of Macedonia.

Ladislav Sekerka

Member

In the SB since 28 June 2021

Ladislav is a partner at Consillium Family Office after a decade at UBS Wealth Management out of Zurich and Vienna. As an Executive Director, he advised HNWI, UHNW and family office clients across Central Europe. He has professional experience in the international banking environment as well as on the buy-side. He had several senior roles in the wealth management industry and has experience from retail, corporate and investment banking, and asset management. He is a Harvard Business School Alumnus and holds a Master’s degree from Masaryk University (Law) and Brno University of Technology (Economics).