OREANDA-NEWS. On January 13, 2009 Home Credit B.V. (HCBV), a market leader in consumer finance across CEE and CIS markets, announced appointments to the Board of Directors, reported the press-centre of HCBV.

Effective 1st January 2009, Ms Sonia Slavtcheva, CFO of the Home Credit Group, and Mr Ivan Svitek, CEO of Home Credit and Finance Bank Russia, have been appointed as Members of the Board of Directors at Home Credit B.V. They replace Messrs Ladislav Chvatal and Declan McSweeny who resigned their positions on the Board of Directors of HCBV. Mr Chvatal remains working for PPF Group.

Sonia Slavtcheva, Group Chief Financial Officer, joined the Home Credit Group in 2008 from GE after a distinguished career spanning 20 years where she was regarded as one of the firm's top financial professionals. Ms. Slavtcheva has considerable experience in finance operations, including product profitability management, investment and real estate portfolio optimization as well as funding, treasury & hedging strategies. She previously worked for a number of leading financial institutions across different geographies in Northern and Latin America and CEE.

Ivan Svitek, CEO of Home Credit and Finance Bank in Russia assumed this position in 2008. Before joining Home Credit Mr Svitek spent 15 years in GE, where he gained considerable strategic and operational experience in financial services and consumer products. His background covers the FMCG industry, public service sector as well as banking and consumer finance. He has worked across 19 diverse consumer finance markets in Europe and Latin America and his proven track record includes organizational transformation and business turnarounds.