Švejnar to return to ČSOB bank supervisory board

The runner-up in last week’s presidential elections, Jan Švejnar, has said that he will now return to his post on the supervisory board of ČSOB bank. Mr Švejnar quit the post in November during his presidential campaign when accusations of a conflict of interests emerged. Over the last year ČSOB has been locked in a legal dispute with the Czech state worth billions of crowns. Mr Švejnar’s spokesperson said he would be reinstated as chairman of the bank’s supervisory board as of March 1. The Czech-American economics professor has not ruled out a future career in Czech politics, but has said that he first wants to have a rest after an exhausting presidential campaign.