Jan Schmidt

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Position

Executive director, risk management

Biography

Jan Schmidt serves as the Executive Director of Czech National Bank, Risk Management and Transaction Support Department. In his role, he is primarily responsible for setting of the Bank strategic asset allocation and defining the risk profile of the Bank. That includes currency composition of reserve, asset classes, duration, credit and liquidity benchmarking and guidelines. Compliance with applicable regulation on foreign markets is part of his responsibilities. Apart from this, his department contains back office and middle office functions, SWIFT operation and is managing a portfolio of correspondent banking and custody service providers. He is also in charge of operating one of two central securities depositories in Czech Republic. Jan Schmidt graduated from Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1989. He holds MBA from London International Graduate School (US).