Annual Report 2005

4 Company presentation ING. ¼UDOVÍT IHRING Member of the Board of Directors and Director of Capital and Assets Management Born in 1952, Mr. Ihring has held the position of Director of Capital and Assets Management of the Company since 1993 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since the Company was founded in 1992. From 1994 to 2002 he held the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. ING. MARIÁN KURÈÍK Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and CFO Born in 1958, Mr. Kurèík has held the position of CFO since 1993 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1994. He was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2002. ING. VLADIMÍR SOTÁK Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Born in 1955, Mr. Soták has held the position of CEO of the Company since 1994 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since the Company was founded in 1992. He was elected as CEO by the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in 1994. Annual Report 2005 Železiarne Podbrezová BOARD OF DIRECTORS