ODS leader Mirek Topolanek categorically ruled out any speculations that new government will replace Martin Roman from CEZ at the post of CEO with Alexej Novacek from “Teplarny Brno”. CSSD leader Jiri Paroubek expressed similar attitude towards Roman’s replacement in connection with negotiations about new Czech government.
Our view:
This speculation was not very credible, although the post of CEO is very attractive for any political party. As Roman is not directly linked to any party and CEZ creates satisfactory value to its shareholders, stance from both political parties is not so surprising.