Erik Kmet‘
Managing Director
Erik Kmet's is an experienced portfolio manager who has been in the capital and financial markets for over 10 years. Investing and creating investment strategies have been his great hobby since his days as a professional hockey player. After retiring from his active career, he decided to pursue investing full time.
Erik Kmet started his career as an investment broker and gradually worked his way up to a managerial position. However, his vision was to start his own fund and focus on trading as well as the management and appreciation of clients' assets under his company's banner. Therefore, at the end of 2019, he and his colleague Jan Lobo founded the K&L Rock Group, which launched an alternative investment fund in 2020. The fund appreciates client funds through a unique combination of real estate investments, trading in equity and commodity markets and private equity.
The K&L Rock Group currently has nearly a quarter of a billion crowns in assets in its portfolio and its activities are divided into three main areas - asset management and appreciation, real estate projects and private equity investments. Within the Group, Erik Kmet's focus is not only on the creation and implementation of the overall strategy or vision, but he is also personally active in the management of client portfolios. Despite his extensive experience, Erik Kmet's education and broadening of his horizons is ongoing. For example, he is currently undergoing the CFA training program, whose successful graduates receive the most important internationally recognized certification in investment management.
Erik Kmet's great hobby is hockey, which he played professionally until the age of 25. As a goalkeeper he worked in the second highest and later in the highest Slovak hockey league, for example in HC Prešov and HK Poprad. As he says himself, hockey gave him a great preparation for the business - it taught him teamwork, responsibility and discipline. In addition to hockey, since 2019 he has also been practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu, in which he holds a blue belt.
Jan Lobo
Managing Director
Jan Lobo is an expert in finding and executing new business and investment opportunities. He has extensive experience in the equity, currency and commodity markets and especially in real estate. He has been trading on the stock market since his youth.
He started his career in the world of finance as a sales manager at a forex broker, where he was engaged in selling and brokering investments in currencies, stock titles or commodities. He worked first in the Czech Republic and later in Cyprus. Jan Lobo's original dream, however, was to move into real estate development and to implement projects that are not only beautiful to look at, but also functional and well executed. He did not give up on his vision and after gaining experience in the financial and capital markets, he decided to combine the two fields.
Thus, at the end of 2019, he and his colleague Erik Kmet founded the K&L Rock Group, which launched an alternative investment fund in 2020. The fund appreciates client funds through a unique combination of real estate investments, equity and commodity trading and private equity.
The K&L Rock Group currently has nearly half a billion crowns of assets in its portfolio and its activities are divided into three main areas - asset management and appreciation, real estate projects and private equity investments.
In addition to managing real estate and development projects, Jan Lobo is also involved in creating and implementing the overall strategy and vision of the Group. He also personally manages a team of around a dozen salespeople and oversees their training and professional development. He is also dedicated to building relationships with investors and sourcing new business and investment opportunities. Jan Lobo played hockey from childhood until he was 20 years old. He sees the experience he gained during these years as a great preparation for life and business.
Adéla Procházková
HR Manager
HR Manager at K&L Rock Group s.r.o.
About
I am responsible for HR management in the Czech investment group K&L Rock Group. I am responsible for both the care of existing employees and the recruitment of new members of our growing team. I enjoy working with people and my goal is to help build a broad and stable team of investment professionals.
Experiences
K&L Rock Group s.r.o.
1 yr 1 mo
Prague, Czech Republic
HR Manager
Feb 2022 - Present - 7 mos
From February 2022 I am working as HR Manager in the company. I am dedicated to the professional development of the K&L Rock Group team, organising training sessions, preparing payroll documents and my agenda also includes recruitment. I actively search for suitable candidates and conduct recruitment interviews. I work closely with the company's top management and am also involved in the development and implementation of the company's internal and external communication strategy.
Management Assistant and Office Manager
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022 - 6 mos
I joined the Czech investment group K&L Rock Group as an Assistant Management Manager. Organisationally, I helped with the agenda of the individual members of the management team and was also responsible for ensuring the day-to-day running of the office.
DELOR Tailoring
Office Manager
Dec 2020 - Jul 2021 - 7 mos
During my undergraduate studies, I started working at DELOR Tailoring, a premium tailoring company, where I was responsible for the day-to-day running of the salon. I was in charge of administration and invoicing, taking care of VIP clients and I was also responsible for the overall look and design of the salon, which is located in Prague's Vinohrady district.
Education
- Czech University of Agriculture in Prague - Faculty of Business and Economics
- Bachelor's degree programme
- Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
Residential development
throughout the Czech Republic
We focus primarily on regional projects outside of Prague, which allow us to best fulfill our vision of dignified and quality housing with satisfied customers.
The Czech Republic has a number of attractive locations where people deserve better and newer housing without having to move from the places where they were born and raised.
Regional development also has the advantage of faster permitting and approvals for new construction, making it easier to plan projects both budget-wise and technically. Because local authorities are not so overwhelmed, new housing can usually be permitted, built and handed over to people outside of Prague in as little as 2-3 years. In the capital, this is at least twice the time.
Our projects
Rezidence na Bradle
Current status: Construction underway
This project is being prepared in Světlá nad Sázavou, where we are already the owners of the land. A study is prepared for the construction of 43 flats. We are currently working on the project documentation and are before the stage of applying for a zoning permit and building permit. We are preparing the architectural study in cooperation with the renowned studio Perspektiv. The total value of the project is estimated at CZK 100,000,000 - 150,000,000.
2 527
m2
43
units
125 000 000
turnover
2024
Rezidence na Bradle 2
Current status: Preparation
The project Residence na Bradle 2 will be a continuation of the already approved construction "Residence na Bradle" and will correspond to the quality standard we are used to in K&L Rock.
A project that will bring great relief to the growing interest in new quality housing in the Highlands.
Construction will commence in 2024 and will be phased.
6 000
m2
100
units
420 000 000
turnover
2028
Basic supporting parameters all existing and future development projects of the K&L Rock Group are mainly:
- meeting construction deadlines and prices for end customers
- high standard of living regardless of property type
- regional focus and construction outside Prague
- respect for the surroundings of buildings and nature, emphasis on the urban development of the entire locality
- the lowest possible energy performance of buildings
- quality instead of quantity
Our ambitions
K&L Rock's long-term ambition in the field of Real Estate is also to combine functional and practical living with modern design. We are able to achieve this by using our experience and knowledge of the real estate market, which makes it easier for us to find suitable opportunities, while at the same time cooperating with the best architects and other experts in the field. We would be glad if you could take a closer look at individual projects from the Real Estate Division.8,527
m2
143
units
545,000,000 Kč
turnover
2
completed projects
Division Director
Mgr. Artem Efremov
Project Development Director
He is responsible for the management of all current and upcoming projects. In cooperation with management, he selects suitable sites and handles their acquisition. Originally a law graduate from university, he is now in his seventh year of complex management of development projects. Currently, he has already successfully completed 12 projects. He has a great managerial mindset and an excellent ability to quickly assess the potential of a given site with all the pros and cons. He applies his sense of architecture and art very well in his professional life.
