Štěpán Radkovský appointed Deputy Executive Director of the Research and Statistics Department, Martin Hodula named Director of the Research Division

Štěpán Radkovský was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the Research and Statistics Department with effect from 1 February 2025. Martin Hodula was named Director of the Research Division of the Research and Statistics Department with effect from the same date. At its meeting on 30 January, the Bank Board confirmed both managers in their roles, which they had been performing in an acting capacity since 1 January 2025, when the Research and Statistics Department was established.

Štěpán Radkovský graduated from the University of Economics in Prague with a degree in econometrics and operations research and a PhD in quantitative methods in economics. He has worked at the Czech National Bank since 1998 in various positions in the Monetary and Statistics Department and then in the Statistics and Data Support Department. He served as an adviser to the Bank Board between 2010 and 2014 and has been the Director of the Monetary and Financial Statistics Division in the Research and Statistics Department since 2015. He has been Acting Deputy Executive Director of the Research and Statistics Department since January 2025.

Martin Hodula graduated with a degree in economics and later earned a PhD in the same field from the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB), where he also qualified as an Associate Professor of Economics in 2020. He joined the Czech National Bank in 2018 and served as Deputy Director of the Financial Research Division in the Financial Stability Department from October 2019. In January 2025, he was appointed Acting Director of the Research Division in the Research and Statistics Department. His research focuses mainly on the effects of macroprudential policy tools on the credit market, the interaction between monetary and macroprudential policies, and the non-bank financial intermediaries sector. He publishes his research regularly in international academic journals and presents at research conferences.

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