President appoints Jakub Seidler as a new member of the Bank Board

Jakub Seidler is to become a new member of the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB), taking office on 1 December 2024. President Petr Pavel appointed him to the Czech central bank’s supreme governing body today.

Jakub Seidler graduated in economics from the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University in Prague, where he also completed his PhD. He has also undertaken a number of research stays abroad and courses in econometric methods, financial stability and central banking. He returns to the CNB after ten years. In 2008–2014, he held various expert positions at the central bank, specifically in the Financial Stability Department, the Economic Research Department and the Monetary Department. He also served as chief economist at ING Bank and the Czech Banking Association.

The Bank Board is the supreme governing body of the CNB. Its main activities include setting monetary and macroprudential policy and the instruments for implementing them, and making decisions on measures in the area of financial market supervision. It has seven members appointed by the President of the Czech Republic for up to two terms of six years.

The current members of the CNB Bank Board are Governor Aleš Michl, Deputy Governor Eva Zamrazilová, Deputy Governor Jan Frait and Bank Board members Karina Kubelková, Jan Kubíček, Jan Procházka and Tomáš Holub. Jakub Seidler will fill a vacant position on the Bank Board after Tomáš Holub’s mandate expires on 30 November 2024.

Jakub Holas
Director, Communications Division

CNB Governor Aleš Michl and Jakub Seidler