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In compliance with Slovene legislation, Nova KBM has a two-tier governance system consisting of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

MANAGEMENT BOARD

Nova KBM has a two-tier governance system consisting of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

SUPERVISORY BOARD
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JOHN DENHOF


President of the Management Board
 

John Denhof has served as the President of the Nova KBM Management Board since 1 March 2017. He is currently leading the implementation of the five-pillar strategy to transform Nova KBM into Slovenia's best bank. Mr Denhof directly oversees Strategy, HR, Retail Banking, Expense Management, Legal, Internal Audit, Sales & Development, Product Management, and Digital Transformation. Mr. Denhof is an experienced senior executive with over 30 years of professional experience, having held various leadership positions at Citibank in emerging and developed markets, including Singapore, UK, USA, Turkey, Czech Republic, Spain, and most recently Slovenia.

 

SABINA ŽUPEC KRANJC


Management Board member
 

Master of Economics and Business Sciences Sabina Župec Kranjc has been a member of the Nova KBM Management Board since November 2014 and has held the role of CFO since January 2017. Since September 2017, she has held the position of member of the Supervisory Board of Summit Leasing Slovenija and has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Bank Association of Slovenia since 2015. In her career, she also held a number of other supervisory positions (Chair of the Supervisory Board of Poštna banka, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Supervisory Board of Abanka). Ms Župec Kranjc has more than 23 years of professional experience in the banking industry. She joined Nova KBM in July 2013, first as the Executive Director of Financial Markets. She previously held the position of Director of Treasury and Deputy Executive Director of Financial Markets in Abanka. Between 2004 and 2008, she was the Head of Treasury at Raiffeisen Bank.

 
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MIHA KRISTL


Management Board member
 
As a strategic risk governance and management expert with more than 20 years of professional experience in banking, Miha Kristl held the position of Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Bank of Slovenia prior to joining Nova KBM. Earlier in his career, he held the position of Director of Integrated Risk and Capital Management at KBC Group (Belgium). He held numerous other positions, including Corporate Strategy Advisor cooperating in the development and design of a new business strategy for the post-state aid period. He was the head of risk management at K & H (Hungary) and Raiffeisen Bank (Slovenia). Miha Kristl is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and earned his master’s degree from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana.
 

MATEJ FALATOV


Management Board member 
 
With more than 25 years of professional experience in banking, Mr Falatov graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana where he also earned his master’s degree in business management and organization, specializing in bank governance. During his career, he held a series of leading positions in corporate banking and was a member of the board of directors in various banks. He served as the President of the Management Board of Addiko Bank, overseeing the entire banking and leasing operations in Slovenia and managed the transformation of Addiko Bank into a modern financial institution with efficient operational processes and sound risk management.
 
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Nova KBM

Gvido Jemenšek


Management Board member

 
Master of Economics and Business Sciences Gvido Jemenšek has been a member of the Nova KBM Management Board since May 2024 and is responsible for the retail business. He has many years of experience in banking, which he gained primarily at Raiffeisen Bank, where he held various management positions, including as a member of the Management Board and most recently as President of the Management Board of Raiffeisen Bank. From 2017 until he took up the position of procurator at Nova KBM, he was an advisor to the Nova KBM Management Board in the area of retail banking.
 
 
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