CZECHINVEST - Key Persons
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 720 071 303
Adéla Lánová Director of the Regional Office+420 720 071 303 Adela.Lanova@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 296 342 943
Alžběta Mládková Director of the Regional Office+420 296 342 943 Alzbeta.Mladkova@czechinvest.org
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- Director of Startups and Innovative SMEs Division
Ivo Denemark, a macroeconomic historian and educator by training, has been involved in helping innovative ventures and their financing since selling his own educational company. He joined CzechInvest in 2020 as Business Development Manager of the ESA BIC incubator. He subsequently used his knowledge of the incubation process to set up specialized support programs (incubators) for AI, Mobility, Creative Industries and other sectors. He has been involved in social projects for many years, especially in Prague's Žižkov district, and co-founded the charity festival ŽižCon. He plays curling competitively and is a volunteer firefighter. His hobbies include board games, boating and raising his daughter.
Vojtěch Rajtr is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Economics in Prague. Prior to joining CzechInvest in 2005, he worked in marketing and advertising agencies. At the beginning of his career at CzechInvest, he was involved in the development of Czech subcontractors. He gradually gained experience in the area of overall support for companies, from start-ups to major foreign investors. From November 2014, he served as the head of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Regions Division. In 2020, he became the deputy for strategy, determining CzechInvest's direction according to Strategy 2019+. Vojtěch is fluent in English. In his free time, he focuses primarily on his family. He enjoys skiing and cycling.
Denisa Fukalová graduated in Economics and Management at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Technical University of Liberec. Prior to joining CzechInvest, she worked at the consulting companies Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Colliers International, where in various positions she assisted international clients in finding acquisition targets, investors or industrial real estate for production expansion. As a division director, she can apply her extensive experience in coordinating teams and projects. In her spare time, she focuses on her family. She enjoys skiing and reading books.
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 720 071 309
Denisa Lafuntál Director of the Regional Office+420 720 071 309 Denisa.Lafuntal@czechinvest.org
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- Director for Japanese Operations 81 3 - 5485 - 8266
Jakub Hájek Director for Japanese Operations+81 3-5485-8266 tokyo@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 725 527 254
Jan Belardi Director of the Regional Office+420 725 527 254 jan.belardi@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 296 342 971
Jan Mašek Director of the Regional Office+420 296 342 971 Jan.Masek@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 725 523 459
Jarmila Chvojanová Director of the Regional Office+420 725 523 459 Jarmila.Chvojanova@czechinvest.org
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- Site General Manager, Bombardier Transportation Czech Republic
CGI is one of the world's largest IT and business consulting services firms. It has been operating in the Czech Republic since 1993. At its offices in Prague, Brno and Ostrava, more than 600 IT specialists provide IT and business consultancy, system integration and outsourcing services to clients worldwide, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. "One of our important decision-making points in evaluating the strategic decision to expand our operations to a new location in Czech Republic in 2014 was the possibility to gain a government incentive related to job creation. Consultations with CzechInvest's specialists helped us significantly to analyse the available incentive options and reinforce our decision to open a new office in Ostrava in 2015."
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 725 721 329
Lenka Kalužová Director of the Regional Office+420 725 721 329 Lenka.Kaluzova@czechinvest.org
Lenka Matoušková Regional Project Manager+420 720 071 316 lenka.matouskova@czechinvest.org
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- Director for UK and Ireland Operations 44 778 5231 520
Martin Partl Director for UK and Ireland Operations+44 778 5231 520 london@czechinvest.org
Martina Urbánková Regional Project Manager+420 601 585 736 martina.urbankova@czechinvest.org
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- Head of the Business Environment Division
Michal Urban is a graduate of the Charles University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport with a degree in Physical Education - Geography and has devoted most of his professional life to the field of education. He first taught in Great Britain and then headed an agency administering a European programme to support informal education and volunteer activities. He later worked at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, where he was responsible for the area of youth and support for gifted students. He joined CzechInvest just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as director of the agency's regional offices and has headed the Business Environment Division since November 2021. Michal most enjoys spending his free time with his family, doing a lot sports and travelling.
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- Director for Korean Operations 82
Michal Stroka Director for Korean Operations+82 (0) 10 2987 5632 seoul@czechinvest.org
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- Director for East Coast Operations 1 347 557 - 7209
Mr. Matej Zahradnik Director for East Coast Operations+1 347 557-7209 newyork@czechinvest.org
Pavel Chovanec Director D-A-CH Region Operations+49 170 674 1842 germany@czechinvest.org
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- Director for West Coast Operations
Mrs. Anna Hight Director for West Coast Operations +1 (415) 605 2633 california@czechinvest.org
Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Toronto(+1) 647 640 2113 canada@czechinvest.org
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- Regional Project Manager for OP Just Transition 420 725 978 138
Nikol Hergovič Regional Project Manager for OP Just Transition+420 725 978 138 nikol.hergovic@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420727805853
Nikola Drenčková Director of the Regional Office+420727805853 nikola.drenckova@czechinvest.org
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- Regional Project Manager for OP Just Transition
Petr Križan graduated in management and economics from the Faculty of Operations and Economics at Mendel University. After his studies, he worked for 10 years at the Office for the Protection of Competition, where he became Director of the Public Support Division and Deputy 1st Deputy Chairman. Between 2011 and 2021 he worked at the Czech Export Bank, where he held the positions of Deputy General Director, Director of the CEB Representative Office in the Russian Federation and Director of the International Relations and Communications Department. He joined CzechInvest in 2022 as Director of the Internal Services Division. In his spare time, he travels the world, enjoys sports, especially martial arts, and is an admirer of modern gastronomy.
Zuzana Procházková Regional Project Manager+420 606 097 750 zuzana.prochazkova@czechinvest.org
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- Ing.
- Irish Minister for Trade, Digital and Company Regulation
Petr Očko studied information management and European integration at the Prague University of Economics and Business. He also completed his doctoral studies in information economics at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. He started in a small startup company and then worked at the Ministry of Finance or as a business development manager at Telefonica O2. Since August 2010, he has worked as a section director for EU funds, research, and development at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. From 2012-2013 he was concurrently in charge of the CzechInvest agency. Since 2015, he has headed the Department of Financial Instruments and Project Management and prepared the project of the National Innovation Fund and the transformation of the Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank. In March 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and helped to develop support for applied research in crucial areas of the Czech Republic. He currently serves as Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade for the management of the Digitalisation and Innovation Section and is in charge of the CzechInvest agency since May 2022.
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- Regional Export Consultant
Petra Bezecná Regional Export Consultant+420 601 584 664 petra.bezecna@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 606 054 113
Petra Hrstková Director of the Regional Office+420 606 054 113 Petra.Hrstkova@czechinvest.org
Tereza Kubicová studied tourism management at the University of Hradec Králové and regional project management at the Czech Technical University. She worked at CzechInvest as a project manager, worked on cluster issues on both the Czech and international scene, and was at the birth of the ESA BIC Prague space incubation centre (today's ESA BIC Czech Republic), which she subsequently led from the position of Director of the Internal Projects Department. Today, she is the Deputy for Technology Development, responsible, among other things, for managing the Technology Incubation project and is the founder of the Czech Space Week festival. In her free time, she enjoys travelling, reading and spending time with her dog and husband in the countryside.
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 606 633 542
Tomáš Vlasák Director of the Regional Office+420 606 633 542 Tomas.Vlasak@czechinvest.org
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- Regional Coordinator of Technology Incubation 420 606 022 528
Veronika Lorencová Regional Coordinator of Technology Incubation+420 606 022 528 veronika.lorencova@czechinvest.org
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 740 071 313
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- Director of the Regional Office 420 727 876 566
Vít Čermák Director of the Regional Office+420 727 876 566 vit.cermak@czechinvest.org