{"id":24221,"date":"2019-09-04T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=24221"},"modified":"2019-09-04T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:13:10","slug":"jan-springl-appointed-chief-executive-officer-of-ep-power-europe","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/press-releases\/jan-springl-appointed-chief-executive-officer-of-ep-power-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan \u0160pringl appointed Chief Executive Officer of&nbsp;EP Power Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EP Power Europe, a.s. (EPPE) established the&nbsp;CEO role and&nbsp;appointed to this position Jan \u0160pringl. Jan \u0160pringl is and&nbsp;remains Vice-Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;EPPE.\u00a0 Daniel K\u0159et\u00ednsk\u00fd, who until now acted as a&nbsp;chief executive of&nbsp;EPPE, remains the&nbsp;Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors.\u00a0 By this appointment, Jan \u0160pringl takes over executive management of&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire EPPE group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201eI have been working with Jan since 2003.\u00a0 Jan is my closest associate in&nbsp;the&nbsp;area of&nbsp;energy.\u00a0 He has substantially participated in&nbsp;building the&nbsp;entire EPH, including EP Power Europe.\u00a0 Jan\u2019s appointment as CEO of&nbsp;EPPE reflects to a&nbsp;large extent already the&nbsp;current situation where Jan focused on managing EPPE from his board role as I&nbsp;became busier with the&nbsp;development of&nbsp;the&nbsp;group beyond the&nbsp;energy sector while still being deeply involved in&nbsp;EP Infrastructure.\u00a0 Jan\u2019s appointment to the&nbsp;chief executive of&nbsp;EPPE, the&nbsp;company encompassing our assets in&nbsp;the&nbsp;area of&nbsp;electricity generation and&nbsp;coal mining, builds upon his already very extensive involvement as the&nbsp;Vice-Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors\u201c<\/em>, said Daniel K\u0159et\u00ednsk\u00fd, Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;EPPE and&nbsp;majority owner of&nbsp;Energetick\u00fd a&nbsp;pr\u016fmyslov\u00fd holding (EPH), of&nbsp;which EPPE is 100% subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI appreciate the&nbsp;trust in&nbsp;my person demonstrated by the&nbsp;appointment to this position.\u00a0 As already mentioned by Daniel, I&nbsp;know EPPE in&nbsp;detail.\u00a0 Daniel and&nbsp;I&nbsp;are fully aligned in&nbsp;the&nbsp;future strategy for EPPE. Hence, I&nbsp;foresee no changes in&nbsp;strategic direction nor the&nbsp;way we operate.\u00a0 However, as the&nbsp;current market offers fewer opportunities for acquisitive growth, our acquisitions will be much more selective and&nbsp;we will be emphasizing opportunities building on synergies with our existing assets.\u00a0 We will focus on our own development to a&nbsp;much greater extent, both in&nbsp;the&nbsp;area of&nbsp;renewables and\/or low carbon conventional power generation sources.\u00a0 I&nbsp;will pay great attention to the&nbsp;management of&nbsp;our existing fleet of&nbsp;power plants, which is among the&nbsp;best balanced in&nbsp;Europe in&nbsp;terms of&nbsp;fuel-type diversification.\u00a0 My ambition is also to maintain EPPE as one of&nbsp;the&nbsp;leaders in&nbsp;active decarbonization of&nbsp;the&nbsp;European energy sector.\u00a0 By active decarbonization, I&nbsp;mean the&nbsp;process where a&nbsp;particular power plant is replaced by a&nbsp;new type with lower emissions while maintaining its&nbsp;energy function, all in&nbsp;a&nbsp;way that minimizes negative economic and&nbsp;social impacts.\u00a0 We have saved more than 20 million tons of&nbsp;CO2 over the&nbsp;last 5 years.\u00a0 In&nbsp;my opinion, we have contributed substantially more to reducing carbon footprint than companies that only offload the&nbsp;carbon-emitting sources from their portfolios without applying a&nbsp;real carbon reduction solutions, \u201d<\/em> said Jan \u0160pringl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jan \u0160pringl is also Vice-Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;EPH, Vice-Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;EP Energy and&nbsp;Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;Nafta.\u00a0 Prior EPPE was formed, Jan held various positions on the&nbsp;boards of&nbsp;directors and&nbsp;supervisory boards of&nbsp;other affiliated companies.\u00a0 He holds a&nbsp;master&#8217;s&nbsp;degree from the&nbsp;Faculty of&nbsp;Business Administration of&nbsp;the&nbsp;University of&nbsp;Economics in&nbsp;Prague.\u00a0 He is 41 years old and&nbsp;married with four children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EP Power Europe, a.s. (EPPE) established the&nbsp;CEO role and&nbsp;appointed to this position Jan \u0160pringl. Jan \u0160pringl is and&nbsp;remains Vice-Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors of&nbsp;EPPE.\u00a0 Daniel K\u0159et\u00ednsk\u00fd, who until now acted as a&nbsp;chief executive of&nbsp;EPPE, remains the&nbsp;Chairman of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Board of&nbsp;Directors.\u00a0 By this appointment, Jan \u0160pringl takes over executive management of&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire EPPE group. &nbsp; \u201eI have been working with Jan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"tax-year":[83],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/24221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-year?post=24221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}