He joined the Czech investment company INVESTIKA in the autumn of 2023 as Director of Asset Management and in 2024, he became a Member of the Board of Directors in charge of portfolio management. Jaroslav Kysela has 20 years of experience in investment banking, mostly from abroad, including the City of London, Austrian banking houses and the Croatian investment market. He holds a degree in European Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a degree in Economics and Finance from the University of York. He began his working career as a stock market analyst at Bear Stearns in London. He then held the position of Relationship Manager for Corporate Clients at HSBC Bank in Prague and Regional Manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Volksbank Investments in Vienna. In his further experience, he worked as Investment Director at Jet Investment, a Czech private equity fund, and in 2015–2022 as Proxy and Regional Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Raiffeisen Centrobank AG in Vienna. Subsequently, he was Managing Director and Managing Partner at a Czech securities dealer and Director and co-owner of a Croatian investment advisory firm. His other areas of expertise include equity and investment management, international trade management, analysis and valuation of investment opportunities, product management, structured products and derivatives.
Jaroslav Kysela will be our speaker at the following event:
