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New CEO strengthens company’s strategic focus on service and international business

Paris – March 23, 2010.  NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has appointed David Winn to lead the Group from April 2010. David joins NextiraOne as Chief Executive Officer in order to drive the company’s strategy for European growth, building on the success of the company since the management buy-out in 2006.

David Winn brings a wealth of experience gained with Boston Consulting Group in the USA and in Munich, followed by international executive roles with American Express France, IBM Europe and as CEO of the European telephone equipment and services provider, Tenovis. Following the acquisition of Tenovis by Avaya, he assumed the role of Vice President of Avaya Europe. Educated at Yale and Harvard Business School, David is fluent in English, French, German and Italian.

David’s appointment continues the group’s strategy of establishing NextiraOne as one of Europe’s leading communications companies. Under the leadership of Rafi Kouyoumdjian, NextiraOne has successfully built its brand as the Communications Experts and positioned itself as a recognised European service company with strong international service foundations and as a truly credible multi-vendor managed service partner.

David Winn replaces Rafi Kouyoumdjian as Chief Executive Officer from the beginning of April. Rafi will continue to be a major shareholder in the company – he leaves the NextiraOne Group to pursue other interests.

David Winn will head up the NextiraOne Group and its direct sales and service organisations in 17 countries across Europe, and an annual turnover of approximately €1 billion, making the company Europe’s leading expert in communications services. The company designs, installs, maintains and optimises solutions to meet its customers’ communications needs – from voice, data and video, to mobility, security and applications – for both public and private sector customers. The company’s strengths lie in its unequalled multi-vendor technology experience, the expertise of its people and its broad European reach. NextiraOne employs over 4,500 people, including more than 2,500 service experts.

Prague, 28 January 2010 – Deloitte Czech Republic’s Consulting function has recently acquired a major asset, Patrik Horný (40), to act as a Director. Before joining Deloitte, Patrik (photo) was a Managing Director in Capgemini Czech Republic.

After several years of experience in Germany, Patrik joined Capgemini in Austria in 1997, becoming the CEO of Capgemini Czech Republic in 2003 and a member of the Steering Committee for Eastern Europe.

At Deloitte, Patrik will focus on consulting development in the financial services industry in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With his IT orientation and knowledge in other industries, Patrik will make a strong contribution to expanding Deloitte’s service offering in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

A native of Slovakia, Patrik graduated from the Technical University of Dresden, majoring in technical cybernetics. After his studies and fellowships in Germany, Patrik joined Maculan Holding, an Austrian construction company in 1994. From 1997, he held managerial positions in the Capgemini advisory group.

Besides Czech and Slovak, Patrik is fluent in German and English. He is married with two children and his interests include international politics, travelling and skiing.

Former IBM And Intentia Manager Petr Felkner Will Drive Infor’s Growth Initiatives

Prague – March 4, 2010 – Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers, today announced that Petr Felkner (photo) has been appointed as new Country Manager for Infor’s business in the Czech Republic. Petr Felkner will be responsible for implementing Infor’s business strategy and driving business development in the Czech market, focusing both on traditional customer segments as well as new segments.

Petr Felkner has gathered profound experience in the information technology industry and specifically in the enterprise software market over the last 20 years. He worked for IBM ČR as Software Group Manager and as Managing Director at Intentia CZ, a former Swedish ERP vendor. Prior to joining Infor, he held a position at YMS Germany GmbH as Business Development Director. overseeing the business in Germany. Before that, he has been at YMS Czech Republic, s.r.o. (former GCWare) and at GCWare, s.r.o., as Director of Global Sales.

“We are very pleased to see Petr joining our Central European team as the head of our Czech business,” said Wolfgang Kobek, Vice President Central Europe, Infor. “His more than 20 years experience in the software business will help boosting Infor’s performance in the Czech Republic, which has been traditionally a strong market for Infor. Especially today, during the economical recovery, our customers are looking for innovations and support from a strong software partner that knows their industry requirements. Petr as our new country manager will see to this.”

Petr Felkner graduated at the Institute of Electrotechnics in Ilmenau (Germany), the faculty of technical cybernetics and automation technology with specialization in system technology and expert systems.

Prague, February 10, 2010 – SAP Czech Republic today announced that Radomír Kolařík resigned from his position of CEO. Kolařík worked for SAP for 13 years, of which the last three years he led the Czech subsidiary. Kolařík will be temporarily replaced by Petr Viktora (photo).

“Radomír’s contribution to building a position of SAP in the Czech Republic is indisputable. His dedication in building and maintaining long-term relationships with our customers has enabled us to become the leading supplier of business software on the Czech market. Radomír led the Czech team with professionalism, we can only admire,” said Manfred Joseph, CEO of SAP for Central and Eastern Europe.

Kolařík’s authorities and responsibilities will temporarily take over Petr Viktora, a member of the senior business team of SAP Czech Republic. Viktora has worked for SAP since 1999 and has been responsible for relations with SAP key customers mainly in the areas of telecommunications, utilities, media and service providers.

“Peter is a respectable personality and a man with a number of documented successes in our company. He knows our customers and processes through and through, so I am sure that the transfer of managerial competencies will be perfectly smooth and seamless from the perspective of our customers,” said Manfred Joseph.

Salvador Anglada (photo) succeeded by Luis Antonio Malvido as Czech Republic Chairman and CEO
 
Dec 10, 2009 – Telefónica today announced that Telefónica O2 Czech Republic’/ s Chairman and CEO, Salvador Anglada, will join the parent company as Director of Commercial Alliances on 1 February 2010. He will be succeeded in the Czech Republic by Luis Antonio Malvido, currently CEO of Telefónica’s Brazilian wireline operation TeleSP.

A highly experienced executive, Malvido (photo) moves to Prague after more than 11 years as CEO in Telefónica fixed and mobile businesses in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina. Malvido, 45, has previously managed diverse portfolios within Telefónica, including customer service, sales, business development and strategic planning. In his new role as Chairman and CEO of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, he will also have responsibility for the company’s Slovakian operations.

Matthew Key, Chairman and CEO of Telefónica Europe, said: “I am delighted that, once again, we have been able to appoint from within the Telefónica group. The Company’s international scale and diversity means that we have a broad pool of talent on which to draw. Luis Malvido joins our European management team with a strong track record in developing and growing businesses in both fixed and mobile telecommunications. The relevant expertise that Luis brings means he is ideally positioned to augment our strengths in the Czech market.”
 
Salvador Anglada will now assume responsibility for the development of strategic partnerships with China Telecom and Telecom Italia as well as establishing new Telefonica commercial partnerships with medium-sized telcos worldwide. Anglada will take on his new responsibilities in Madrid in February 2010 and will report to Jaime Smith Basterra, Director of Affiliates and Industrial Alliances.

Key said: “Salvador leaves our Czech business in a strong position for the next stages of its positive development. His achievements have been considerable – consolidating O2’s fixed/mobile integration in the Czech Republic and reinforcing the company’s leading position in Central Europe. He was also instrumental in Telefónica’s successful entrance into Slovakia, achieving more than 10 per cent market share in less than three years. I wish him every success in his new role.”