Karel Růžička has been appointed financial director for ING Bank, effective April 1. He replaces Luboš Jančošek. Růžička has held various positions at ING since 1994. Prior to his new post, he was head of sales to financial institutions. Before that, he was in other positions in financial markets and in trading of financial instruments.

Law firm White & Case is adding five lawyers to its Prague office. Both founding partners of law firm Horák & Chvosta, Luděk Chvosta and Jiří Horák, plus three senior lawyers from the firm — Barbora Rovenská, David Padyšák and David Ilczyszyn — will help to strengthen White & Case’s advisory expertise in litigation and corporate law. The move will complete strengthening of this practice at all White & Case offices across Central and Eastern Europe, the law firm said in a press release.

Hani Himmat became the new chairman of the board of directors of Axa investiční společnost and chief investment officer of insurance group Axa in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He takes over from Kamila Horáčková, who became head of asset management at AXA Winterthur in Switzerland.

Colliers International appointed Omar Sattar as managing director of the Czech office, effective from April 2011. Current managing director Karel Stransky is taking the newly created post of international director of CEE industrial agency. Colliers also named Christopher Sheils as head of investment services in the Czech office as of April 2011.  He is taking over from Radek Cerha, who will pursue opportunities outside of Colliers.