Mentors 2013/2014

Jitka works as Senior Vice President Applied Excellence & Change in Innogy SE in Germany.

Carlo is the Country Manager of the Gi Group in the Czech Republic, one of the worldwide leaders in HR services.

Canadian Muriel Anton is the founder and General Manager of Odyssey, and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board

Dušan is a freelance consultant at this moment with extensive experience in different leadership roles in Financial services. He has strong background in Business strategy, Finance, Risk management, Financial markets and Investment management.

Denisa graduated from the Charles University, Law Faculty in Prague and from the Cambridge University.

Marianna currently works as the Managing Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Tupperware Brands. She is an experienced management executive in the FMCG sector with broad experience in the general and strategic management and full P&L responsibility in various CEE markets.

Alliance Manager, Hewlett-Packard

Martina is the CEO at Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, Czech Republic.

CEO/Managing Director, SABMiller/Plzeňský prazdroj

Jan is the General Manager of Bubenik Partners, a human resources consultancy company which he founded ten years ago.

Formerly a partner at two of the most respected executive search and consulting firms in the world,

For the past 16 years, Daniel has worked for the Sodexo Group. In 2012, he was promoted to the position of the CEO for the Czech Republic, in 2013 also for Slovakia.

Senta is a business professional with a twenty years of international experience in Sales, Marketing and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Since 2003, Barbora has been the General Manager of Mary Kay Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before that, she had worked in the company as a Marketing Manager.

Since April 2013, Zuhal Civi has served as the Head of Human Resources at Nestlé Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Currently, Mario works as Deputy CEO and Vice-Chairman of the board for Fincentrum. Previously, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Raiffeisenbank Czech Republic.

As Country Manager of American Express Czech Republic, the leading international financial company, Michael is highly regarded for his wide experience and knowledge in the commercial card business.

Petr linked the first part of his international career with Hydro Czech Republic, the local affiliation of Norsk Hydro ASA, where he served for almost nine years.

Anna works since August 2011 in Prague as HR Director for Czech Republic and Slovakia to the Sanofi Group, which connects the brand Zentiva, Sanofi Pasteur and Genzyme.

After having spent about five years working abroad, Vladimíra returned to Prague in 2010 to pursue her own business in the area of mergers and acquisitions in the former CEE and ex-Yugoslavia with Karakoram Partners, a firm she co-founded.

Half Finnish and half Swiss, Hannu Kasi is currently the President and Country Manager of ABB CZ and also the Cluster Manager and Chairman of the Board of ABB SK, Ukraine and Hungary. He came to his current role in 2010 from the position of the Group Controller and Group Senior Vice President at ABB´s Headquarters in Switzerland.

President of Rolls-Royce International for Central and Eastern Europe, Paul´s focus is on strategic business development throughout the region,

Kristin is an executive coach and business consultant at her own company, KLP Coaching, which offers individual coaching, team facilitation and leadership workshops.

Stanislav is currently the Supply Chain Director of Nestlé in the Czech and Slovak Republics. He has been a member of the Nestlé Management Committee for more than 15 years.

Executive Partner, PwC

Lenka Mrázová spent 21 years of her career in the field of international tax consultancy, auditing and accounting for large multinational companies. Now she challenge people to reshape their way of thinking and seeing things, change the view and later the world.

CFO ČEZ

Petra graduated from the University of Economics Prague. In 1995, she founded her own market research agency AMD. Four years later, she became

Alice Punch has nearly two decades of management consulting experience across a wide range of industries and geographies. A global citizen,

Jana graduated from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, but devoted all her career to human resources.

Jitka has been working in Human Resources since 1998. Currently, she is the HRD CEE Zone at VEOLIA.

Vice President Europe, Sodexo Benefits & Rewards

Vladěk currently acts as the Director of IBM Global Business Services for Czech and Slovakia and at the same time, he leads the Telecommunications and Energetics sector for the CEE region.

Magdalena is the Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young in the Czech Republic and also a partner in the Assurance practice.

Philip Staehelin is the Managing Partner of Roland Berger in the Czech republic. Before joining the stratregy consultants, Philip acted as CEO of the company CCS. He is also a founding investor of Video Recruit, which introduces cutting edge technology

Klára Starková is a Member of the Executive Committee at Generali PPF Holding. She is responsible for organizational development and human resources in Poland and Slovakia. Before joining Generali PPF Holding, she worked 11 years for McKinsey & Company,

After running her own business in sales and later working in the sales department of Johnson&Johnson, Barbora pursued her career in human resources. She held several senior positions at General Electric, including that of the HR Project Manager in Dublin.

Highly regarded for her insight and effectiveness in developing and managing communications programs for high-profile clients such as Honeywell, MasterCard, GE Money, Bayer Schering Pharma, Pilsner Urquell,

Strategy and innovation Consultant

Petra graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague in 1993, where she gained a doctoral degree five years later. In 1995, she graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU), specializing in the dance theory.