Who created the guide?
Association for Foreign Investment
The purpose of this guide is to provide newly incoming and existing businesses with comprehensive information about investing in the Czech Republic. The authors of the individual articles come mostly from the ranks of AFI members and are leading experts in their respective fields.
Association for Foreign Investment (AFI) is an organisation whose purpose is to provide comprehensive support for investments and investors in the Czech Republic. The AFI was established in 1996 at the instigation of the Czech government (Ministry of Industry and Trade and CzechInvest) as a platform for cooperation between the public and private sectors.The AFI provides its services to investors free of charge. The AFI is currently composed of nearly forty companies that support premium investments and have a long history in the area of assisting all types of investors newly entering the Czech market. AFI members comprise a selection of the best international and purely Czech companies whose aim is to support investments and investors – from legal and tax consultants, personnel consultants, architects, project managers, to real estate consultants, construction and development companies.One of our most important roles is to be the first point of contact and to provide assistance with navigation and decision-making processes for every kind of incoming foreign business. The AFI also has extensive experience with project management, selection of local partners and mediation of contacts between the business and public spheres.
Association for
Foreign Investment
established by a group of leading global and
regional firms with key competences in supporting
new and existing investors in all areas of their
activities and actively promoting the Czech Republic
as an investment destination of choice. The AFI has
been actively assisting investors since 1996 and
cooperates closely with the Czech government,
CzechInvest – Business and Investment Development
Agency and all relevant public authorities.
Luboslav Cimbák
Country Sales Director
Adecco spol. s.r.o.
Martin Dittrich
CEE Area Chemical Market Leader,
Business Development Director Czech Republic
Bilfinger Tebodin
JUDr. Jaroslav Brož
MJur, Partner
BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář s.r.o.
Svatava Pospíšková, Dis
Executive Assistant
BROŽ BROŽ VALA advokátní kancelář s.r.o.
Jan Zapletal
Director of Innovation Department
CzechInvest
Tereza Pohludková
Project Manager for Strategic Projects
CzechInvest
Zdeněk Havel
Project Manager for Mobility & Smart Technologies
CzechInvest
René Samek
Innovation Infrastructure Specialist
CzechInvest
Tereza Huczalová
Project Manager for BSS and IT Projects
CzechInvest
Petr Jedlička
Team Leader of Actuarial and Analytical Services
Czech Insurance Association
Jiří Hájek
Director Large Corporates I.
Česká spořitelna, member of Erste Group
Radek Novák
Analyst, Economic and Strategic Research
Česká spořitelna
Michal Skořepa
Macro Analyst, Economic and Strategic Research
Česká spořitelna
Jiří Hynek
President
Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic
Jana Halamová
Head of the Czech Eurydice Unit
Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS)
Martin Hladký
Senior Manager, Tay Services
Ernst & Young, s.r.o.
Petr Štajner
Chief Consulting & Development Buddy
GreenBuddies
Gabriela Hrbáčková
Managing Director
HOFMANN WIZARD s.r.o.
Jiří Marek
Director and Partner, JMM CS Ltd.
President of the Association of Nuclear Veterans
Kamil Blažek
Partner, Kinstellar
Chairman, Association for Foreign Investment
Jiří Halbrštát
Marketing and Candidate Sourcing Manager
ManpowerGroup Czech Republic
Radka Wildová
Deputy Minister for Higher Education,
Science and Research
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Petr Očko
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Barbara Kusak
Managing Partner
Noerr s.r.o. - international law firm
Petr Narwa
Prochazka & Partners
Head of Transaction & Consulting Services
petr.narwa@prochazkapartners.cz
Vilém Mařák
Business Development Manager
RUBY Project Management
Vladimír Kovář
General Manager
SONY DADC Czech Republic
Petr Konvalinka
Chairman
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Milena Vicenová
Luboš Lukasík
Chief Commercial Officer T-Business CZ
T-Business CZ
Tomáš Vinkler
Managing Director
VISTRA CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA
Minister of Science, Research and Innovation
Chair of the RD&I Council
