Mentors: Czech Republic 2016/2017

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

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

Jiří, the CEO of Vodafone, came to Vodafone in 2013 as a Vice-President for Care and Sales.Prior to joining Vodafone

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

Richard is a business oriented IT executive with over 25 years of experience leading global IT organizations

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

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,

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

Michaela Chaloupkova has been working for ČEZ for almost 11 years. She started her career there as a sales referent

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.

Radka’s purpose is reinventing learning globally to activate uniqueness. Radka is the founder and managing partner of ATAIRU, an international education company. ATAIRU focuses on activating uniqueness of children & young people by helping then discover and develop their talents and passions and guides leaders & organizations towards authentic leadership and during strategic transformational program. Since 2013, ATAIRU has worked with 1000+ senior leaders and their companies across Europe, Middle East and Asia.

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.

LaDana Edwards is a Central European Partner at Deloitte. She graduated with an M.S. in Taxation from the University of North Texas.

Lars has 52 years of experience in the IT sector, working with Telecom, Utilities, Banking, Manufacturing, Pulp and Paper, the public sector and many others.

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.

While in law school I harboured a secret dream to become a journalist and/or a writer (conceivably both..).

Since 2009 Petra Grabmayer has been working for Pedersen & Partners, a global Executive search company. She started as Consultant, later became Country Manager

Lenka Hejduková currently works as an HR Director at Renomia. Before coming to Renomia, she was one of the leading members of Havel, Holásek & Partners attorneys at law.

Monika offers more than twenty years of experience with executive management of international companies. She pursued her career in companies like DHL, Gallup Organization,

RNDr.Michaela Hrdlickova, MBA, was born in Brno, where she also graduated from the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně (now Masaryk University)

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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.

Pavel has been working for the Komerční banka Group in different positions for almost 25 years. Currently, he is the Human Resources Director in Komerční banka.

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

Josef has worked for Deloitte since 1999. First, as an Executive partner of the Financial advisory division and later on as an Executive partner of the whole company,

Katerina is an experienced professional, currently working for EY as marketing director for Central & Southeast Europe, responsible for managing and driving marketing strategy

Marta Kowalska-Marrodan advises entrepreneurs, family businesses, and private equity firms on CEO succession and senior leadership development

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

Martina spent the last sixteen years working in marketing departments of financial and banking institutions as well as in the FMCG industry.

Tania le Moigne – Country Director Google Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. She has been working in the IT industry and the internet world for most of her career.

Simona acts as a Digital Marketing Director at Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition.

Since 2012, Bedrich has led the HP Enterprise Services group in the Czech Republic which includes IT enabled business transformation delivered through Consulting,

Alice is a partner at EY, leading consultaning group Financial Accounting Advisory Services and Climate Change and Sustainability services, for a Central Europe cluster. 

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.

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.

Vaclav worked 19 years in different management positions in the major pharmaceutical company Merck (known as MSD in Europe) out of which almost 12 years as the Managing Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Milan launched local Esselte branch in 1997 and since 2002 he has been in charge of the development of Esselte’s business in the CEE region.

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After almost 20 years at McKinsey, having founded and led McKinsey’s Prague office Viktor became the CEO of fast-growing Euram Bank, based in Vienna,

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,

Božena has 10 years experience in marketing and technology gained from high-adrenaline roles at start-ups, media and tech companies.

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

Martina Říhová, currently the CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group, began her journey through Czech advertising landscape in 1995 as a

Petr is the Head of Central and Eastern Europe at Worldline, European leader in the payments and transactional services industry.

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

Ivana has more than 20 years of experience in a leading position, more than 4 years as a Marketing Director for Mc Donald´s .

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Balesh Sharma joined Vodafone at the beginning of this year. He comes from India and he transfered to Vodafone Czech republic from Vodafone Malta which market share he helped to significantly improve as its CEO.

Currently, Sonia is CFO at Allianz Pojstovna and Allianz penzijni společnost, where she is responsible for the finance processes as well as asset and risk management and reinsurance. She has 20 years of professional experience in finance,

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.

Antonella Sottero, the Managing Director of Ferrero CZ & SK, was born in Alba, Italy and joined Ferrero after graduating in Economics at the University in Turin.

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

Jakub Sova has been a Partner at Deloitte since 2010, specializing in Management Consulting in the areas of transportation, CFO services, operational excellence

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,

Zuzana is the founder and partner of Stuchlíková & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law, where together with her partners and employees, she specializes predominantly on the sphere of commercial law and M&A, e-commerce,

When I came to Prague for the first time in the beginning of 90’s, it charmed me immediately. But st the same time it was evident, that the sphere of gastronomy as well as of other services here are in their infancy.

Eva is the Hub Lead for the IT Risk Management & Security function, and a liaison for the EMEA region. Key responsibilities of the function are to collaborate with ITRMS Platform Leads to assure our company is being protected against cyber threats,

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Lucie is the Chief Financial Director and a Board member of UNIQA pojišťovna for CZ & SK markets. She blogs about the serious as well as about the not so serious aspects of Czech business and likes getting to know other cultures and customs through travelling.

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