GTS Central Europe Appoints Petr Draxler as Head of Group Human Resources
Petr Draxler
Prague, October 26, 2010 – GTS Central Europe (“GTS”), a leading infrastructure based telecommunications operator in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is pleased to announce the appointment of Petr Draxler (40) as Group Human Resources Director. In this position, Petr Draxler will be responsible for leading the Human Resources agenda across the GTS Group.
Petr Draxler brings over 16 years of human resources experience to GTS, having served in a number of local and regional HR leadership roles within multinational corporations like DHL, Motorola and IBM. Prior to joining GTS Group he was in charge of the HR consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Czech Republic. Throughout his HR career he has specialized primarily in recruitment, talent management and Merger and Acquisitions. Furthermore, during his employment with Motorola and IBM, Petr spent several years managing the regional HR function within countries like Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Baltics.
Commenting on the appointment, Adam Sawicki, Group CEO at GTS, said: “I am very happy to welcome Petr Draxler to the GTS. His extensive experience in managing human resources in innovative, technology-based companies will help us as we enter a new phase in our company evolution. I am looking forward to his contributions to the on-going and successful development of the GTS Group.”
“I’m delighted with the opportunity to lead the HR function in such dynamic environment like in GTS Group. I believe that further standardization of GTS’ HR practices across the region will promote the environment enabling our employees to excel, thus strengthening GTS ‘ employer of choice position within its market segment”, said Petr Draxler.
Petr Draxler received master degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague. Petr Draxler is married and has two daughters.
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