Who we are

Jozef Kausich has been the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of VUB Banka since March 1, 2023.

Previously, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Slovenian Banka Intesa Sanpaolo for five years. Before moving to Slovenia, he was a member of the Board of Directors and Senior Director of Corporate Banking at VUB Banka for 12 years. In addition, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the subsidiaries of VUB Banka, VUB Leasing and VUB Factoring.

Jozef Kausich graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava and gradually worked in several financial institutions. At Bank Austria – Creditanstalt Slovakia a.s., he began to focus on corporate banking as Deputy Head of the Large Clients Department and subsequently became Director of the Corporate Clients Department at HVB Bank Slovakia a.s.

Gabriele Pace became a member of the Board of Directors and also Deputy CEO of VUB Bank on June 1, 2023. In his position, he is primarily responsible for the bank's control and support departments. He has been working at VUB Bank since the beginning of 2023, and has previously held the position of Advisor to the Management Board. Before coming to Slovakia, he led ISP International Value Services in Croatia, which is an innovative and international IT service provider for the digital transformation of banking. Previously, he worked as Deputy CEO at Banca Intesa Beograd in Serbia. Since 2004, he has worked at Privredna banka Zagreb in Croatia, where he was a member of the bank's Board of Directors. He has been working at the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group since 1987, where he started as an IT analyst in New York.

Andrej Viceník has been working at VUB since 2006. Until 2010, he held the position of Director of Corporate Clients and until November 2017, he managed the Small and Medium Enterprises Department.

Since December 2017, he has been a member of the Board of Directors and Chief Director of Corporate Banking and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VUB Leasing, a. s. He previously held management positions at Česká poisťovna, Zurich poisťovna, and HVB Bank Slovakia. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Management at the University of Economics in Bratislava, and also expanded his education by completing an executive MBA at Webster University.

In October 2024, he took over the Operations and IT Department as Chief Director, having previously managed the Risk Management Department.

After graduating from the Faculty of National Economy of the University of Economics in Bratislava, he began building his career at Deloitte & Touche in Bratislava, where he worked as a senior auditor in the field of International Accounting Standards and statutory audits, due diligence projects and other specific projects focused mainly on banking clients.

Peter Magala gained further banking experience as a relationship manager at the financial institution Citibank in Bratislava, where he worked from 2002 to 2004. His key clients were from the consumer finance and insurance sectors. From 2004, he continued his banking career at Tatrabanka / Raiffeisen International, mainly in the segment of international IT projects in Maribor (Slovenia) as a senior business analyst responsible for the accounting area.

In 2006, Peter Magala started working for VUB. First as Head of Corporate Credit Control in the Internal Audit Department and since 2007 as Director of the Internal Control and Internal Audit Department of the bank responsible for internal audit of the entire VUB Group.

Peter Magala has an internationally recognized qualification in risk management – ​​Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and is a member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants (FCCA).

Martin Techman became a member of the Board of Directors of VUB Bank and Chief Executive Officer of the Retail Banking Division on March 1, 2015. He joined VUB from Česká sporiteľňa, where he worked as Director of the Distribution Network.

Martin Techman is responsible for managing the branch network and client relations, for banking products for individuals and small businesses, for payment cards, and also for the area of ​​private banking.

He has been involved in the financial services and banking sector since 1994. He started at Multiservis, which was later acquired by GE Capital. There he held several key positions such as consumer finance manager, head of product development, head of third-party products and mortgage sales manager. From 2004 to 2005, he was the director of product development and management at VUB Bank, where he was responsible for managing retail products, the network of mortgage centers and external sales. From 2005, he worked at Česká sporiteľňa as the director of business development and from 2011 he managed the branch network in the Czech Republic.

Martin Techman received an MBA from Nottingham Trent University in the field of management studies and "Senior Executive" management.

Darina Kmeťová became a member of the Board of Directors of VUB Bank and Senior Director of Finance, Planning and Controlling on April 7, 2022.

Darina Kmeťová joined VUB Bank in October 2019 as Director of Planning and Controlling. Previously, she worked as a finance and controlling leader in various sectors (automotive industry, media, marketing and banking) of foreign companies. She has many years of experience in senior financial positions, in controlling and also in management positions with international coverage. She graduated in Taxation and Tax Consulting from the University of Economics in Bratislava.

Branislav Kováčik became a member of the Board of Directors of VUB Bank and Chief Risk Manager on November 22, 2024.

Branislav Kováčik headed the subsidiary VUB Leasing for over 8 years, which was gradually integrated into the bank's structures. Later, in 2021, he moved to IVS (International Value Services) within the banking group.

He has many years of valuable experience in the financial environment, banking and leasing. He studied at the University of Economics in Bratislava.

• Ignacio Jaquotot – predseda - Chairman
• Elena Kohútiková – podpredsedníčka - Chairwoman
• Luca Leoncini Bartoli
• Marco Fabris
• Christian Schaack
• Draginja Duric
• Peter Gutten - employee representative
• Dana Kondrótová - employee representative
• Andrea Fumačová - employee representative