Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
NA
Sector
Financial Services
Financial And Insurance Activities
Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding
64.11 - Central banking

1,200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

“We want to be more aggressive” says Laurent Goutard, Managing Director of Komerční banka, in an interview. Komerční banka is the third largest bank in the Czech Republic in terms of total assets. It is part of the Société Générale group and currently has 7,500 employees . In 2006 the company recruited over 1,000 new employees and plans to extend the network of 378 branches throughout the country by 20 and to hire at least 1,200 people in 2007.


Sources

  • 16 February 2007: Lidové Noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Komerční banka, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 65139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65139.