Antonín Koláček (7 August 1959,
Přílepy (Kroměříž District)
Přílepy () is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Geography
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is a former Czech manager and entrepreneur. In 2008 he sold his shares in his companies and became an advocate and practitioner of buddhism.
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of Mostecká uhelná společnost (now Czech Coal); later he became its CEO.
Early career
After his studies at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague
The University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague; cs, Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, VŠCHT Praha) is the largest university specializing in chemistry in the Czech Republic. Though founded in 1952, UCT Prague has or ...
, he worked as a personalist for a Prague chocolate factory (1983-1990) and since 1990 for Komerční banka
Komerční banka (“KB”) is a major Czech bank and the parent company of KB Group, a member of the Société Générale international financial group. KB is a universal bank providing a wide range of services in retail, corporate and investme ...
. Between 1993 and 1997 he was also a member of the supervisory board
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In civil s ...
(non-executive) of Komerční banka.
In 1994, he founded (together with Petr Kraus) Newton Financial Management Group, a company that focused on trading on financial markets and related advisory services. In 1995, he became a member of the board of directors (executive board) of Mostecká uhelná společnost as the chief personalist of Komerční banka, which hold shares of Mostecká uhelná společnost (MUS).
MUS case
For more than a decade, Czech police has been investigating him in relation with MUS and Appian Group. In Switzerland he was accused together with his former partners Jiří Diviš, Petr Kraus, Marek Čmejla and Jacques de Groote, and in 2013 he was sentenced for fraud, money laundering and other crimes in connection with MUS and Appian Group to 52 months in jail. An appeal is being prepared.
Other activities
From 1999 to 2004 he acted as the CEO of the newly created University of Finance and Administration
The University of Finance and Administration ( cs, Vysoká škola finanční a správní o.p.s., VŠFS) is a private business school in the Czech Republic. It was founded by the Bank Academy and Czech Coal Group in 1999 and was one of the first p ...
.[Obchodní rejstřík na justice.cz, IČ 26138077, Vysoká škola finanční a správní]
In 2006 he founded MAITREA, a center for spiritual and personal development in Říčany. In 2008 he sold his shares in his companies and became and advocate and practitioner of buddhism.[
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References
External links
Koláček: Vlády věděly, kdo stojí za společností Appian Group
Česká televize
Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov ...
, 16. října 2013
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Living people
1959 births
20th-century Czech businesspeople
People from Přílepy (Kroměříž District)
Czech Buddhists
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague alumni