Mr. Sláčík has been the Group's executive director for companies in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Serbia since April 2021. He has also served as the Group’s chief commercial officer since July 2018. He joined the PPF Group in 2018. Prior to joining the PPF Group, Mr. Sláčík held the position of chief commercial officer at Beeline Russia, part of VEON, one of the largest integrated telecommunication operators in the world, and worked for seven years in various executive management roles such as chief executive officer of Telenor Denmark, chief marketing officer of Telenor Sweden and Telenor Serbia at the Telenor Group. Before that, he held marketing and management positions at various telecommunication operators including O2 Czech Republic or Vodafone Czech Republic. Mr. Sláčík holds a master's degree in business administration and marketing from the University of Economics in Prague and completed the Stanford Executive Programme at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.