Liana Abaffyová

She is a Research Consultant at Amrop Slovakia and she joined the company in 2007. While working for the firm she acquired experience with participating at Executive Search projects at the level of top and middle management as well as specialized positions mainly in Media & Advertising, Financial & Professional Services, and Automotive & Industrial sector.

She is a graduate of Finance, Banking and Investments at the University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica. Prior joining Amrop Slovakia she was working for one of the leading international insurance companies and was responsible for relationship management with individual clients.

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Martin Bačko

He is a Researcher with the company Amrop Slovakia since 2011.

He participates in the research phase of Executive Search projects, in particular the search and selection of candidates at the level of middle and top management. He has graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava in the fields of Economics and Business Management and Personnel Management. During studies he has acquired working experiences from several jobs as well his own business mainly in the area of work and interaction with customers, investments, sales and administration.

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Silvia Čižmárová

She joined the JENEWEIN GROUP in 2010 where she worked as an Office Assistant.

Currently, she is holding the position of Project & Research Assistant in Amrop Slovakia and is responsible for managing the relations with candidates, darning of detailed information about candidates and administration of contacts. She participates also at translation of materials concerning company's activities into English, French and German.

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Mario Fondati

He is a Partner of Amrop Slovakia. His primary focus is on leading professional practice teams in the areas of Executive Search and Human Capital Consulting Services. He joined the firm in 2010.

He is experienced in management and execution of international Executive Search projects in CEE region across many senior and middle management positions as well as high speciality positions for variety of companies in German as well as English speaking environment. He has got extensive knowledge and experience in area of business processes, restructuring, quality, planning, marketing and sales. He is responsible for managing projects especially in the areas of Executive Search and Board Advisory Services in Automotive & Industrial, Technology & Communications, Transport & Logistics, Private Equity & Venture Capital and Life Science sectors and provides consulting on various issues locally as well as on the international level.

Prior to joining Amrop Slovakia he worked for another international Executive Search consultancy with responsibility for managing his own business case. Before he moved to Executive Search business, for several years he held a leadership role in telecommunication sector in area of sales support, marketing, planning and quality.

He is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and leader of Increasing Value of Human Capital Initiative at think-tank EPPP – European Public Policy Partnership. He is a coordinator of the initiative HR for children. Thank you!, which is created to support a charitable run for Children’s safety line.

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Marek Hradílek

He is a Consultant with the company Amrop Slovakia since 2011.

He focuses on Executive Search projects and providing specialized advisory services for companies operating primarily in the sectors of Financial Services, Professional Services and Private Equity & Venture Capital.

Before joining Amrop he worked several years for international consulting companies where he was advising clients on tax issues and tax optimization of domestic and foreign companies.

He holds a university degree with specialization in Human Resources Management from the Faculty of Management at University of Economics in Bratislava. He also completed a semester program in funding of small and medium-sized enterprises at Vienna Business University.

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Martin Húska

Since 2010, he has acted as the EU consultation manager in the company Jenewein Slovakia. He is responsible for the area of providing consultation services focused on business development and for project management on a local and on international level.

He is experienced in the field of managing the implementation of support from proceeds from the EU structural funds. In the previous period of more than six years, he was employed as the head of national project control department and later as the director of the Structural funds department within the competence of the Slovak Ministry of Economy. During this period, he gained knowledge and experience with program period preparation, proclamation of requests for submitting applications for NFC, administration and control of projects financed from EU proceeds.

On a national level, he was a member of an internal supervisory Monitoring Committee for EU funds within the Competition and Economic Growth Operational Program and of the Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Economy (2006-2010).

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Jana Hyžová

Her focus is Media & Public Relations and she is a part of JENEWEIN GROUP since 1999.

She is mainly focused on preparing various inputs to media and professional articles. She actively cooperates with media and helps to create environment for presentation of specialized topics as the holding company and companies in its portfolio need. She participates on creating and implementing communication strategy and marketing plan. Updating content of the websites of holding company and companies in its portfolio are amongst her duties as well. Moreover, as Project Manager he participates on the preparation and organization of corporate events and on coordination and management of project teams composed specifically for individual projects carried out by JENEWEIN GROUP in partnership with various external entities at local as well as European levels. Even in these projects she takes care of the media coverage and related advertising and marketing activities. She actively participates on Corporate Social Responsibility activities, especially initiative HR for children. Thank you! created to support the charity run for Children's Safety Line.

She graduated from Comenius University in Bratislava. Several years she worked as a journalist and external editor of several publishing houses and agencies operating in the area of Media & Public Relations.

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Renáta Kaletová

She is a Finance & Administration Manager of strategic holding company JENEWEIN GROUP.

Already during her studies she gained experience in the area of finances in many transnational organizations as an assistant at preparation of financial documentation and reports or bookkeeping that later on became a launching pad for her professional career in the area of financial management. At the beginning she worked in a newly-established medial company that at present is one of the leading agencies on the Slovak market and is a member of a global group.

No less important milestone in gaining experience in the area of finances was a complex care and support of key clients from the point of view of finances at the biggest Slovak telecommunication operator and provision of accounting and tax consulting for invoicing department B2B responsible for public relations. Among the activities she carried out was responsibility for drawing up, verification or control of tax returns, interpretation of tax and accounting regulations at solving specific problems and elaboration of expert opinions and recommendations for the need of management.

From 2007 she is a part of the structure of strategic holding company JENEWEIN GROUP. She concentrates on optimization of solutions from the point of view of administrative organization and its individual specialized departments, process of work rationalization of several department and finally also on defining tools for more effective communication in organization on vertical level. She fully uses her focus on financial and tax consulting issues in taking care of all aspects of financial department management and for planning, budgeting and managing corporate projects and projects that are managed by JENEWEIN GROUP in partnership with various external partners at local as well as European levels.

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Rastislav Káčer

Ambassador (ret.) Rastislav Káčer is a Chairman of the company FIPRA Slovakia - Public Policy & Regulatory Advisers and a member of Strategy Board of holding company JENEWEIN GROUP. He joined FIPRA Slovakia in September 2008 after completion of his five year term as the ambassador of Slovakia to the U.S.A. Prior to this he served at different levels of government for almost 16 years. He started his career as a policy analyst at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Later he became the Head of Analytical Unit. Between 1994 and 1998 he served as a liaison officer/diplomat at NATO HQ in Brussels. After his return from Brussels he served as a head of Policy Planning Staff and the Director General for Security Policy and Multilateral Affairs. In 2001 he became the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense responsible for negotiations and accession process of Slovakia to NATO. In July 2008, he was elected a president of the Slovak Atlantic Commission which is a member the Atlantic Treaty Association. He is publicly recognized as expert on Transatlantic Relations and Defense and Security Issues.

Ambassador (ret.) Rastislav Káčer serves as the Chairman of FIPRA Slovakia overseeing assignments in Strategic Government Relations for Foreign Investors, Governments and International Institutions. He also serves in Defense Policy and Procurement Working Group within FIPRA Global Practice Group.

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Zuzana Kováčová

She has worked in think-tank EPPP - European Public Policy Partnership - since 2011 as the Senior Project Development Manager.

She has long term pursued the project management from the beneficiary point of view as well as service contractor in the field of institutional capacity building, strengthening of internal implementation processes and establishment of EU rules into practice in managing authorities and also for implementing structures. The target group are associating and candidate countries, which are being prepared for absorption of external aid from IPA program, mainly Component III: Regional Development. At the same time, she is engaged in initiatives at national level and cross-border and international cooperation.

Previously, she was actively cooperating with well-known consulting companies and international experts acting in the consulting services delivery in CEE countries as well as Western Balkan countries.

She also has experience with project proposals preparation, management and implementation of international projects at the level of long-term expert position as well as team leader. She is developing her standing experience, manages and realizes mainly in the scope of these program schemes: EuropeAid, SlovakAid, EU Technical assistance - twinning program, EBRD projects, EEC Financing Mechanism, Norway Financing Instrument and Switzerland Financing Instrument.

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Zuzana Kramárová

She joined the JENEWEIN GROUP in 2011 where she worked as an Assistant. Currently, she is holding the position of Researcher and Candidate Relationship Manager in Amrop Slovakia.

She participates in the implementation of Executive Search projects, in particular the search and selection of candidates at the level of middle and top management and she is responsible for managing the relations with candidates. She works in the field of information processing and preparation of documents for other companies in the portfolio of the group. She has education in Economics and Trade.

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Martin Krekáč

Already in 1990 Martin Krekáč succeeded in building strong international background for provision of consulting services focused on Executive Search and Human Capital; in this year he became a co-founder and one of two Managing Partners of the company Jenewein & Partners, which in 1999 became a member of the geographically largest group of Executive Search companies in the world - The Amrop Group. Since 2004 he is a Senior Partner of the company. Also thanks to his personal engagement the company became a fully valuable part of the global group, which resulted in rebranding to Amrop Slovakia - Context Driven Executive Search, and focuses on provision of consulting solutions in the areas of Executive Search, Board Advisory Services, Management Audit & Human Capital Consulting, in which it keeps the leading market position in the long term.

He is a Co-Founder of the company Jenewein Slovakia - Creating Growth Through Innovation; at establishment he was one of two Managing Partners and from 2004 he is a Senior Partner. Under his management the company concentrated on provision of innovative and customized consulting solutions in the areas of EU, management, investment and strategic consulting. He significantly participated in separation of complex consulting offer in the area of Public Affairs & Government Relations, that thanks to the company FIPRA Slovakia - Public Policy & Regulatory Advisers become a part of the leading European group operating in the area of public and regulatory policies with special focus on strategic government relations; it has its own EU representation in Brussels that coordinates representation of clients and enforcement of their interests in front of the European institutions. He is a Senior Partner of this company from its foundation in 2007.

He is a Founder and Chairman of the Governing Board of EPPP - European Public Policy Partnership, a private think-tank organization operating in Bratislava and Brussels and acting as an initiator of solutions primarily in the area of economic competitiveness with direct influence on the whole society and he develops activities in the area of innovative solutions for human capital improvement, capacity building, university environment changes, development of entrepreneurial approach (leader of initiative), good corporate governance (the so called Governance Model), lifelong education (leader of initiative), development of globalized labour market and in the area of transfer of the best practice from corporate changes management and public policies to countries with underdeveloped economy and lagging behind regions but with high development potential.

He established the strategic holding company JENEWEIN GROUP covering and developing portfolio of companies that are a part of renowned global organizations, thus ensuring the position of respected leader on the consulting services market. As of the foundation he is a chairman of the company responsible for strengthening of the group consulting portfolio and strategic relationships development for provision of services for public sector as well as state-controlled industrial branches in all companies managed by the later - Amrop Slovakia, FIPRA Slovakia, Jenewein Slovakia and EPPP.

He is a member of various Governing Boards and associations, clubs and organizations at home as well as abroad and a member of various advisory commissions in the NR SR. From 2005 he is a president of Business Alliance of Slovakia. He received the award Slovak Gold, Zlatý biatec, President Award of Amrop and award for development of French-Slovak relationships. He was a member - advisor of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels (2006-2010). He has made many expert presentations and has broad publication activities at home as well as abroad.

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Lucia Lauková

She is a Senior Consultant at Amrop Slovakia and joined the company in 2000.

She is primary focused on market sectors Life Science, Consumer & Retail and Media & Advertising. Due to her broad experience in work mainly at C-level, she is mainly involved in Executive Search projects. Besides placing senior and middle management sales and marketing positions she is also responsible for assignments focused on financial, technical and specialized positions. She also possesses experience in Management Consulting projects. She participated on number of Potential Analysis projects where potential, motivation and development areas of the candidates are defined. She also leads Outplacement projects.

Prior to joining Amrop Slovakia she has worked as Consultant within international personnel consulting company operating mostly in CEE region. Besides leading the search projects she was also responsible for business development.

She is a graduate of English language and literature on Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava.

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Tatiana Lopušniaková

She joined the Amrop Slovakia as a Researcher in 2011.

She is responsible for the research phase of Executive Search projects. She has experience with editorial, publishing and lecturing business from the previous professional life. She also participated on several major projects in science and research and then presented the results at international forums and conferences. She also has previous experience with teaching and coaching.

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Michal Lukáč

He is a Consultant at Amrop Slovakia. He joined the team in 2008.

He holds a university degree in the area of Human Resources Management. As a Consultant he specializes on providing support in development of new business opportunities and on Executive Search of professionals at middle, senior and top managerial level and specialized positions in sector practices Transport & Logistics, Automotive & Industrial and Professional Services. During his active professional career he gained broad experience in realization of Executive Search projects for another significant Executive Search consultancy. In wider consulting context, he advises and supports clients coming from various industries in establishment and optimization of HR processes within their organization. He has also experience with market analysis, benchmarking projects and with providing support on Potential Analysis projects and other Management Consulting projects.

Before he joined Amrop Slovakia for several years he worked for one of the leading international companies in field of Transport & Logistics with his focus on air cargo transportation.

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Ladislava Molnárová

She is Senior Manager at Amrop Slovakia. Her primary focus is on market sectors of Consumer & Retail and Advertising & Media. In addition to Consumer & Retail her responsibility covers also luxury & apparel, hospitality & leisure and restaurants. She joined the firm in 2007.

Before joining Amrop Slovakia, she was working four years as Human Resources Manager for one of the biggest global retailer. Primary she was responsible for HR and training issues in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Throughout her career, she has participated on a variety of HR projects for retail units, logistics centers and head office, covering senior managerial as well as specialized positions. She brings to her role a strong corporate human resources background. As a consultant at Amrop, her search expertise includes management and realization of the Executive Search projects across the spectrum of Board and C-level as well as senior and middle management positions for variety of international as well as local companies across a wide spectrum of industries. The area of her professional experience also covers creation and implementation of competency model in retail sector, preparation, timing and realization of recruitment campaigns for retail units and big logistic centers. She also possesses successful and longstanding expertise with Staffing & Recruiting, Compensations & Benefits, Motivation & Employee Satisfaction, Talent Management, Training & Development, Development Centers and Assessment Centers, Performance Management, Outplacement and Management Audits.

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Lucia Nacíková

She has acted as a Researcher in company Amrop Slovakia since 2011.

She participates in the research phase of Executive Search projects. She graduated at Faculty of Commerce of University of Economics in Bratislava in study program Tourism Management and Business. As a student she participated in exchange study program at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki where she studied International Business. During her studies she acquired working experience in customer service, administration and tourism at home and abroad.

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Dušan Opálený

At the JENEWEIN GROUP he holds the position of Technical & IT Manager. He joined the company in 1997.

IT management is one of his core responsibilities ever since he joined the company. He is mainly responsible for purchasing, service and maintenance of information technologies (software and hardware), management of IT and mobile networks, internet connections and management of websites of the holding company and its portfolio companies. During his several years of operations management responsibility he also gained extensive experience in areas such as marketing, advertising, corporate philanthropy and Facility Management. Moreover, as Project Manager he participates on the preparation and organization of corporate events and on coordination and management of project teams composed specifically for individual projects carried out by JENEWEIN GROUP in partnership with various external entities at local as well as European levels.

He graduated from Secondary Chemical School and before joining JENEWEIN GROUP he worked as a sales advisor and consultant in the field of advertising.

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Igor Šulík

He is a Managing Partner of Amrop Slovakia and a member of Strategy Board of holding company JENEWEIN GROUP. His primary focus is on leading professional practice teams in the areas of Executive Search, Board Advisory Services and Management Audit and Human Capital Consulting services. He joined the firm in 2002.

He has long-time experience in management and realization of international Executive Search (Western and Central Europe) across the spectrum of Board and C-level as well as senior and middle management positions for variety of international as well as local companies. He has qualification and experience with leading consulting projects in the areas of Management Assessment, Management Design and Management Development & Coaching including Potential Analysis and Professional Development of Boards and Executives.

He is the CEE Board Advisory Services Practice Group Leader and is responsible for managing projects in the areas of Board Search, Board Design, Board Appraisal, Board Review and Board Coaching in both commercial as well as public sectors and provides consulting on various issues of Corporate Governance locally as well as on the international level.

Prior to joining Amrop he worked for another international executive search consultancy acting for some time also as Director of its Slovak representation. Before he moved to executive search business, he worked in business administration for one of the venture capital funds in Slovakia.

He is a member of the Governing Board of EPPP - European Public Policy Partnership, a private think-tank organization operating in Bratislava and Brussels and acts as an initiator of solutions in the area of Governance Model. Also he is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and is a member of European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). He has a broad scope of activities in the area of lectures and publication at home as well as abroad.

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Jana Zemanová

She has joined FIPRA Slovakia in 2008 as Public Affairs Consultant. Her primary responsibilities are monitoring and researching the government and parliamentary agenda and drafting policy and issue briefs for clients.

In 2007 she successfully completed her studies at the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava. Then she continued her studies at the Institute of International Relations and Approximation of Law - within the program which trains experts for Foreign Service. She finished her three-semester postgraduate study program at the Institute in 2009. At the moment she is enrolled at part time PhD program where she focuses her research on The legal aspects of the impact of implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon on the institutional framework of the European Union. During her studies she had several part time jobs working as researcher in law firms.

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Patrik Zoltvány

He is a Co-Founder and Senior Partner of the company FIPRA Slovakia - Public Policy & Regulatory Advisers and a member of Strategy Board of holding company JENEWEIN GROUP responsible for territorial distribution of consulting services in all companies managed by the later - Amrop Slovakia, FIPRA Slovakia, Jenewein Slovakia and EPPP. In the long term he engages in management and implementation of international projects in the area of public and regulatory issues with specific focus on EU Government Affairs, competition policy, state aid, capacity building and institutions and strategic consulting for EU programs and policies. He works in the group from 1999 and already in 2004 he became a partner for the area of EU Consulting & Lobbying Services and head of the EU Office in Brussels.

He started his career in the area of consulting related to analysis of EU membership's impacts on activities of individual companies, building contacts/relationships with institutions and professional associations in EU and lobbying in Brussels including selection and preparation of experts for European affairs. He has an extensive experience in the area of EU Affairs for business and public sector on various levels as a project manager, consultant and advisor for ministries and European institutions in Brussels.

He was a member of the team that participated in separation of complex consulting solutions in the area of Public Affairs & Government Relations, that thanks to the company FIPRA Slovakia become a part of the leading European group operating in the area of public and regulatory policies with special focus on strategic government relations; it has its own EU representation in Brussels that coordinates representation of clients and enforcement of their interests in front of the European institutions. He is a co-owner and Senior Partner of this company from its foundation in 2007.

He is Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board of EPPP - European Public Policy Partnership, a private think-tank organization operating in Bratislava and Brussels and acts as the initiator of solutions primarily in the area of economic competitiveness with direct influence on the whole society, where he develops activities in the area of transfer of best practice of company changes management and public policies to countries with underdeveloped economy and lagging behind regions but with high development potential.

On the EU level, he was a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels (2006-2010), and he engaged mainly in the area of external relationships with countries preparing for EU membership. Within the EESC he was a member of Western Balkans Contact Group through which he assisted to these countries to prepare for the membership in the EU. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and has broad publication activities at home as well as abroad.

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