About the Foundation

Katka was born in 1974 and since then she has been guided by the well-known motto “what does not kill you will make you stronger”. She hates waste – talent, work, time, finances, words or the trust of others – and appreciates hard work, integrity, energy and “out of the box” ideas. For a long time, she has been trying to combine her intuition and femininity with the executive business, which is sometimes difficult, other times it gives her the opportunity for new, original views and sensitive decisions.

The biggest loss is wasting one single talent that could help others many times over.

She graduated from the University of Economics in Prague and followed her life dream when choosing her first job. She chose a purely male profession and joined Conseq as a securities trader. In 2000, she accepted the invitation from the PPF Group, where she began working as a portfolio manager. She found the right energy here, which she has remained faithful to to this day. For eight years, she managed Generali PPF Asset Management and was in charge of the investment portfolio, which is one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. In January 2013, she was appointed CFO of the PPF Group, she is also Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of PPF a.s. and is a board member at PPF Financial Holdings B.V.

Katka is a mother to two sons, thanks to whom she learns how to easily alternate between two roles every day: providing loving support to three boys at home and being in charge of many boys at work.

She believes in the mission of the PPF Foundation because she always says that if you don’t take care of your home port, you will have nowhere to return to after your voyages.

Born in 1985, Tereza has liked trying new things ever since she was young. Whenever she feels she has been in her comfort zone for too long, she knows it is time to move on. And she also knows that wanting something is not enough – you have to make things happen.

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Tereza graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University with a degree in economics. She now has more than 15 years’ experience of managing people and projects. She started her career at PwC and then worked in management positions at Deloitte, where she focused on transaction advisory services. For the last two years, she led a team at the UK Embassy in the Czech Republic responsible for developing export opportunities in the Czech market for UK companies. She is now the executive director of The Kellner Family Foundation.

When she has some free time, Tereza enjoys being out in the countryside with her young daughter and husband. When she has time to herself, she likes nothing better than an interesting book and a nice glass of wine.

Tereza sees the PPF Foundation’s principal benefit in its support for innovative projects that raise the Czech Republic’s profile around the world or, conversely, enable her home country to leverage innovative ideas from abroad. She sees learning from one another through the transfer of experience and good practice between countries and various fields of human activity as crucial for continued progress and growth.

Sabina was born in 1970 and she has felt a strong desire for justice and embracing the unknown all her life. She believes that everything happens for a reason and that every problem we overcome actually propels us towards a happier life.

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

During her career, she has had the opportunity to travel the world and is grateful for the experience. In her professional life, she has explored many fields to find what fulfills her and that is meaningful, action-packed and varied work. At the PPF Foundation, where she joined right after its formation, she has managed to bring it all together.

She devotes her free time to her two sons and her husband, who are her greatest supporters in life.