Jan Špringl
Chairman of EPIF Supervisory Board
Mr. Špringl has been a member of the Supervisory Board since December 2013 and its Chairman since May 2017.
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 EPIF, 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.
Martin Gebauer
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Gebauer leads MIRA’s business in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Gebauer is responsible for identifying new investment opportunities, stakeholder engagements, and the active management of MIRA’s portfolio in the region.
Before joining MIRA recently, Mr. Gebauer spent 24 years in business across a variety of operational, financial and asset management roles. Mr. Gebauer joint MIRA from České Radiokomunikace, a.s. where he served as chief executive officer for five years and also as chief financial officer. České Radiokomunikace, a.s. is the leading media, telecommunications and technology platform in the Czech Republic. Before České Radiokomunikace, a.s., Mr. Gebauer spent eight years in real estate industry working in Orco Property Group, CEE developer and asset manager, where he served as chief financial officer of the hospitality division, chief financial officer of the real estate development and as group director of the asset management. Mr. Gebauer started his carrier in EY in the business assurance division working in Europe and the US.
Mr. Gebauer holds engineer degree in field of management and economics of civil engineering. He also studied at the City University of London and reached the ACCA qualification.
Jiří Feist
Member of EPIF Supervisory Board
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 five 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.
Jan Stříteský
Member of EPIF Supervisory Board
Jan Stříteský has been working for EPH Group since its foundation as a senior lawyer with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and subsequent legal support for the management of major subsidiaries of the Group. At the same time he holds several positions in the corporate bodies of companies affiliated with the group. Mr. Stříteský started his professional career in 2007 at an international law firm, where he participated in projects in the field of mergers and acquisitions and syndicated financing.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague.
Rosa Maria Villalobos Rodriguez
Member of EPIF Supervisory Board
Ms. Villalobos Rodriguez has been a member of the Supervisory Board since February 2017.
Ms. Villalobos Rodriguez is the head of the Macquarie Luxembourg office. In her role she is responsible for coordinating the strategy of the office, managing all Macquarie Luxembourg entities, and ensuring that the Luxembourg entities comply with legal and tax requirements under Luxembourg corporate law. She is also responsible for managing specific transactions such as restructuring, refinancing and reorganisation.
As part of her role, Ms. Villalobos Rodriguez sits on the boards of Macquarie entities with infrastructure investments.
Ms. Villalobos Rodriguez has completed a BA in administration and management from Barcelona University, an MBA in international business from ESADE Barcelona, a master of science in banking and finance from the Luxembourg School of Finance and the INSEAD International Directors Programme (IDP).
Petr Sekanina
Member of EPIF Supervisory Board
Petr Sekanina is the Corporate Holding Director and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of EPH. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of EPH’s subsidiary Plzeňská teplárenská, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Slovak company Stredoslovenská energetika, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of EP Energy and Managing Partner of EP Investment Advisors. In the past, he also served as managing director and CFO of SOR Libchavy and as CFO of Plzeňská energetika. Prior to the founding of EPH, Mr. Sekanina worked for more than 11 years within the J&T Group and before in Živnostenská banka and Atlantik finanční trhy.
He holds a master’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from Masaryk University in Brno.