Ilya Mitelman was appointed to serve as board member responsible for risk management, human resources and marketing at Expobank CZ a.s. and will become the lender's CEO after all formalities regarding the appointment are completed, the lender said April 3.

The bank also noted that Igor Strehl joined the board as a new member responsible for international corporate business and retail and private banking, while Petra Kaplanová was appointed to the board to oversee the legal and compliance division and anti-money laundering activities.

Mitelman was most recently CEO of Latvia-based AS Expobank. Strehl is a former executive at PAO Sberbank of Russia and JSC VTB Bank, having served most recently as management board member for corporate banking at Austria-based Sberbank Europe AG.