Speakers & Special Guests
![]() | Martin Jahn Member of the board of directors for sales and marketing, ŠKODA Auto BIO: Martin Jahn was born in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1970. In 1994, he received a master’s degree in Foreign Trade and International Relations from the University of Economics in Prague. In 1999, he completed an MBA programme in marketing at the DePaul University in Chicago. From 1994 to 2004, Jahn worked for CzechInvest, the Czech government agency for foreign investment. He started there as Marketing Manager, heading the company’s US operations in Chicago from 1996 to 1999, and held the position of CEO from 2000 to 2004. He was Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2006. In 2006, he started working in industry at ŠKODA AUTO a.s. in Mladá Boleslav as Board Member for Human Resources. In 2008, Jahn was appointed Managing Director of Volkswagen Group NSC in Moscow, Russia, where he was responsible for Group Sales. He was also a member of the Supervisory Boards of VW Financial Services Russia (2009 - 2010) and ŠKODA AUTO a.s. 2009 – 2016). Jahn served as President of the Czech Automotive Industry Association (2009 – 2016, since 2021). In 2010, Jahn became Managing Director of the Volkswagen Group’s international fleet business in Wolfsburg, Germany, where he was responsible for managing global Group sales From 2016, he worked in China as Executive Vice President for Sales & Marketing and Managing Director of the Volkswagen brand at FAW-VW. Jahn has been Board Member for Sales and Marketing at ŠKODA AUTO a.s. since March 2021. Martin Jahn is the president of the Automotive Industry Association of the Czech republic. |
![]() | Alexander Matušek, President, Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak republic BIO: |
![]() | Robert Kiml, President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic & Vice President, Automotive Industry Association of the Czech republic Speaker BIO: |
![]() | Ivan Hodáč, Founder, Chairman of the Supervisory Board & Honorary Board Chairman, Aspen Institute Central Europe, Former ACEA Secretary-General Special Guest & Event Host BIO: |
![]() | Lukáš Rosůlek, Country Head of Czech Republic, Schaeffler BIO: He spent almost 13 years at Continental, three of which were as a plant manager of the Manila plant in the Philippines. Upon his return in 2015, he took up the position of plant manager in Trutnov. After the creation of Vitesco Technologies in 2019 and the subsequent spin-off from Continental in 2021, managing director and Country Head of Vitesco Technologies Czech Republic, in addition to the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov, he holds the position of managing director and Country Head of Schaeffler, in addition to the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov. Lukas speaks publicly on the topics of transformation of the Czech industry, the competitiveness of the Czech automotive industry, and electromobility. |
![]() | Petr Novák, COO JTEKT Central Europe, JTEKT Speaker BIO: |
![]() | David Kříž, General Director, Iveco Czech Republic BIO: |