Mr. VladimÍr Kestler

Biography

Member of the Supervisory Board since 1 June, 2017 Member of the Board of Directors of Slovnaft a.s. between 24 April 2010 and 31 May 2017. Mr. Kestler graduated from the University of Economics (Bratislava) in 1986. From 1987, he worked for OMNIA export trading group. In 1989, he became Assistant Manager of Trading Group 2 of OMNIA and in 1990, Trading Group Manager. From 1994, he was member of the Board of Directors of OMNIA a.s. and later was appointed as Vice-Chairman. From 1997, he was a member of the international “Young Presidents Organisation” (YPO). From 2000, he was Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of OMNIA a.s., and from 2004, he was a member of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Foreign Committee and Chairman of the Slovak-Taiwan Trade Committee. In 2007, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Omnia Holding SE and a member of Faculty of Management’s Scientific Board at University of Economics (Bratislava). In 2010, he was appointed Honorary Consul-General of Sweden and since April 2010 has been Vice President of the Slovakian Industry Association. In 2011 he was awarded a PhD degree by the Company Management Department of University of Economics (Bratislava).

Research Interest

Business & Management