Pavel Cyrani is Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer in the CEZ Group. His responsibilities include electricity and gas trading, electricity and gas supply to end customers, energy and engineering services as well as overall strategic development. Before joining Board of Directors in 2011 he was responsible for Generation Asset Management and Group Planning and Controlling. Pavel Cyrani is Member of Energy Committee of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic.

Before his engagement in ČEZ, a. s. he worked as a management consultant in McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in the energy industry. Pavel Cyrani graduated from the University of Economics, Prague, Department of International Trade, and obtained a MBA title in finance at the Kellogg School of Management in the USA.

Tanja Vainio is Country Managing Director ABB Czech Republic and Slovakia.

She is an inspiring and engaging business leader with 20 years of leadership experience across the whole value chain of ABB, a pioneering technology leader and a fortune 500 company. She has a unique blend of expertise across utility, industry, transportation and infrastructure segments. She is an advocate of sustainable development, new technologies, automation and an ambassador of gender equality. Tanja has passion for people and technology - innovations, better future of our society and planet.

Eduard Muřický was born on 14 April 1968, is married and has a daughter and a son. In 1987 he graduated from the Gymnasium of Johannes Kepler in Prague, majoring in economics. After graduating from the Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics, from 1992 to 1994, he worked in the Agency for Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of the former Ministry of Economy with focus on the Phare program. Then he worked in managerial and executive positions in the private sector, especially in the area of trade, starting in the Mediatel company, where he gradually held positions as assistant to the marketing manager, product manager, marketing director and sales director of the company. In 2007, he joined the JPS company as the product manager. In 2008, he became the Director of the Department of Strategies and Trends of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in 2012 the Director of the Industry Section and on 1 October 2014 he was appointed the Deputy Minister in charge of the Section of Industry.

Senan is an independent energy consultant and the chairman of EVSE Systems. For a number of years he was the Chief Technology Officer with ESB eCars, and played a leading role in the establishment of a national EV charging infrastructure in Ireland. He was also a Board member on the Northern Ireland Plugged-in Places Project co-funded by the UK Government which saw the development of the charging infrastructure there. Eurelectric (the Association of European Utilities) appointed Senan as Chair of their Electromobility Working Group and he represented the utilities of Europe in dealings with the European Parliament and the European Commission on the electrification of transport. In 2015 The European Commission appointed him to their Sustainable Transport Forum as the “expert” on electricity as a transport fuel. He was elected as the inaugural Chair of the European Electromobility Platform – an initiative of the Electricity, Battery, Public Transport and Rail industries together with representatives of European Cities Environmental NGOs and car manufacturers such as Renault, Nissan and Tesla to promote electromobility. Previously he worked as a senior executive in the customer and distribution sides of the utility business and as an energy consultant in the Far East, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. He holds degrees in both electrical engineering and business.

Since April 2018, Stanislav Cingroš has been a member of the Board of Directors and CEO of FITA Energy Solutions a.s. and also operates at FOXCONN DRC s.r.o., where he is in charge of the development of electromobility and container battery solutions. Both of these companies are part of the worldwide concern FOXCONN.
Its main task and the task of both companies is to develop innovative elements into the emerging energy segment and to bring global solutions to the market within the EMEA market.
Between 2000 and 2017, he gained experience in the field of innovation with the international companies Vodafone and ATOS.
In his free time is devoted mostly family, ice hockey and golf.

From his previous diplomatic experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, he brings knowledge of the functioning of state administration, understanding of European law and management of legislative procedures in Prague and in Brussels.

It was there that he took part in the formulation of specific legislative measures, which included, among other things, the technical requirements for the production and operation of vehicles or the context of their impact on the environment. Upon his return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he defended the European Union's way of applying these standards in our country.

Zdeněk Petzl worked as a senior lawyer in the office of government representative for the Czech Republic before the EU Court of Justice and also as Legal Advisor to the Internal Market Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU. He has experience with leadership and organization of the team of lawyers, he has wide network of contacts both in the Czech state administration and within the Brussels administration.

Since 2016 he represents Czech Automotive Industry Association. In his role as Executive director he actively defends the interests of its member companies and he participates in the creation of programs and policies supporting the automotive industry.

Lubomír Myslík is from 02/2018 Product Manager at ČEZ ESCO, responsible for the e-mobility strategy in B2B & B2G segment. Lubomir has more than 12 years experience in automotive & telecommunication sector, specifically in intelligent transport system, fleet management solutions, M2M and IoT. During his career was in different specialist & managers positions - responsible for product management, R&D (hw + sw), international business and business development. Lubomir hold Master in Management of Trasnport and Telecommunication since at Czech Technical University in Prague.

Jantine Zwinkels works as a consultant in sustainability with a main focus on the energy transition and electric mobility. In her daily work she supports her clients in projects focusing on the development of policies and strategies and the implementation of such projects. In the past she has worked on several European research projects, also in the field of urban mobility. At the moment Jantine is involved in the 100% electric project of Royal HaskoningDHV and the public policy of the municipality of Rotterdam to stimulate the further growth of electric cabs in the city. She is often asked to organise and facilitate stakeholder meetings and processes, in order to build public private partnerships.

Petr Klicka works as a Senior Manager at Moneta Money Bank.

He has over 20 years of experience in various management positions in financial services, IT and project management.

He is currently in charge of migrating towards electric car fleet in Moneta.

Philipp is a Principal at Arthur D. Little’s Munich office. His work focus and expertise are around product, technology and downstream strategies for automotive clients. 

A major part of his consulting work has been dedicated to supporting automotive OEMs and suppliers in meeting fleet CO2 targets and growing e-mobility with technology studies, market insight, and the development and implementation of new-product, sales and service strategies. Recently, the identification of innovative business models with mobility services for OEM and new market entrants has become an additional focus area.

Andreas is Arthur D. Little’s Consultant in Automotive and Manufacturing (AMG) practice based in Munich office. His two key area of interest include (1) end-to-end e-mobility ecosystems and (2) work related to the future of mobility. 

 Most often Andreas works for our clients across the automotive value chain: from suppliers to OEMs, to car manufacturers, to mobility solution providers helping them to succeed in rapidly changing environment. His latest work includes setting up a Digital e-Mobility Service Provider (MSP), developing a solution for convergence of e-mobility and energy grid management or rolling-out strategic sales and marketing plans for a car manufacturer.

Benjamin Rinner plays a vital role in the international expansion of Fortum Charge & Drive, the leading charging operator in the Nordics. He is on a mission to accelerate the transition to electric mobility and passionate about benchmarking Fortum Charge & Drive's operations in the Nordics with global developments. Benjamin Rinner is supporting charging businesses by sharing the vast operational experiences of Charge & Drive and by providing them with the digital tools they need to succeed.

Jan Černý has been working as a project manager at the municipal company Operator ICT since last March. Operátor ICT, a.s. is enterprise that primarily secures agenda and manages Smart City projects, consultancy in ICT and implementation of ICT projects for municipal districts and other municipal enterprises. Jan's task is to manage the project, which is very important for Prague in electromobility, namely the creation of infrastructure for charging stations for electric cars.

Jaroslav Straka was working for the Urban Planning Department in Pilsen from 1994 till 2000 and in the consultancy from 2001 – 2003. He started working with the European Commission in 2003 for the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, initially as a desk officer for Cyprus, later for Slovakia. Since 2007 he was working as EU official for the preparation of Structural and Cohesion Fund assistance in Poland, since 2010 till 2012 he was also responsible for the overall coordination of EU transport investments in Poland. From 2012 till 2017 he was dealing with EU transport investments in Slovakia. Currently he is responsible for the operational programme Transport in the Czech Republic. 

Jaroslav studied history and social science at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and management and business administration at Czech Technical College/Sheffield Business School. 

Tomas Chmelík graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, with a main specialization in Economic policy and Minor specialization in Environmental policy. He achieved Ph.D. in 2010 at the Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Economics, Management and Humanities. Since 1999 he has worked for the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic as an expert in the Unit of Economic Instruments, dealing with issues of economic instruments used in water, waste and the air quality sector. In 2003 he became the Head of newly established Climate Change Unit and his responsibilities included the EU ETS implementation and drafting the first Czech national allocation plan and its negotiation with the European Commission.

Tomas left the Ministry of Environment in 2006 and joined Czech utility company CEZ, where he currently works as a Head of Clean Technologies department, being responsible for installation and operation of EV public charging infrastructure within CEZ /E/MOBILITY program.

Director of Sales and Regulatory Issues |E.ON Telco, s.r.o., Prague | 09/2017- now

   Internal Data Services
   Sales of capacity of Optical Fiber Network on external market
   Regulatory Issues in Telecommunications

Head of Innovations and B2C Solutions | E.ON Energie, a.s., Prague | 04/2017- now

   Product development, Innovation and Sales of Renewables and Storage (PV, Batteries for B2C)
   Product development, Innovation and Sales of Home Heating Services (Gas Heating, Heat Pumps etc.)
   Product Development across Mobility Segments
   Establishment and growth of an Fast Charging Station Network along Czech
   Corridors – Setting up an environment to be eligible to source EU Funds,
   Multinational Cooperation
   Growing CNG Filling station network

Director of Sales and Regulatory Issues |E.ON Telco, s.r.o., Prague | 09/2017- now

   Internal Data Services
   Sales of capacity of Optical Fiber Network on external market
   Regulatory Issues in Telecommunications

Chairman of the Board | Local Energies a.s., Prague | 05/2016 – now

   Responsible for Product Development and Sales of products based on Local Energy Grids:
   Sales of Local Energy Grid Systems to B2B Customers (e.g. large multi site Shopping Mall Chain),
   Micro-Outage Preventions for Automotive
   Marketing – Rebranding of the company and New Strategy Setup
   Regulatory issues and Legal

Head of Technical Development & Operation| E.ON Czech, Prague | 01/2015 – now

   Business Innovation in Renewables and Storage (PV, Batteries)
   Sales Innovation of Energy Solutions (non-commodity based business B2C)
   Public Lighting business development and sales activities (B2M)
   Local Energy System business development (Batteries, Imbalances, DSM, LDS)
   Technical development focused on energy solutions & distributed energy products
   E-Mobility Infrastructure development (EU-Funded Projects)
   Cooperation with Czech Startup Hubs in Business development

Vojtěch Fried works at Pražská energetika as a Head of Department Emobility & Smart City. Task is to ensure that PRE is a partner in the B2G and B2B segments in innovative and elektromobility projects. He is mainly focused on the development of EV public recharging infrastructure, PREpoint. Before joining Pražská energetika team, Vojtěch gained his experience as a management consultant, where he has been focused on development of business strategies for clients in the field of energy and banking segments. He has worked for example for ČEZ, ČEPS or E.ON and from the banking sector he worked for Komerční banka or ČSOB.

Pavel has been with innogy (previously RWE) for 8 years holding different positions in Corporate and Business Development and Strategy. He has been responsible for the eMobility in the Czech subsidiary of innogy (RWE) since 2011. Currently is a Head of Sales and Customer Relations for Mobility at innogy Energo, which includes eMobility as well as CNG. Before joining RWE he lead Product Development in the Czech subsidiary of TÜV SÜD and also worked in a start-up company in the field of executive education where he was responsible for its activities in Asia. Pavel holds a degree in Economics from Prague University of Economics. He also studied in Sweden, Germany and the UK.

E-Mobility is one of the cornerstones of ŠKODA AUTO’s strategy 2025. As Head of Corporate Development Andre Wehner is responsible to pave the way for the car manufacturer’s electric future with new e-cars and new business opportunities by providing customers with clever charging and mobility solutions.

As CDO, he is also in charge of ŠKODA’s digital roadmap and for him digital services are integral part of the whole e-mobility ecosystem of electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and mobility providers.

Prior to this, he worked as CIO for ŠKODA AUTO and at several management positions in the VW Group and telecommunications sector.

Petr Caisl is a senior business analyst with almost 7 years of experience in IT in the area of banking and energetics. He has robust experience in project management and test design. Master’s Degree in Engineering from prestigious Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT).

Ivo Hykyš is the main SIEMENS coordinator of activities relating to e-mobility and charging infrastructure. His main task is to dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of the corporate fleet and to coordinate all business activities associated with the charging infrastructure.

His entire career has been connected with the automotive sector. In 2003, he started at Škoda Auto as Assistant of Head of Brand Logistics. Then he moved to the post of the coordinator of product management projects related to the Fabia and Superb models.

In 2006, he joined the RWE Czech Republic Group where he transformed and combined the entire corporate fleet of 2,500 cars into a single entity, including the setting of all of the related processes.

Since 2009, he has worked as Head of Fleet Management of the entire SIEMENS Group in the Czech Republic.

In 2011, he was named the Fleet Manager of the Year and in 2014, he won the fleet muse award for SIEMENS for the manner of managing the corporate fleet in the category “Environmental Approach”. He was also an integral part of the team which won the Golden Wheel award in the category “Eco-action of the Year”. He has been a member of the expert jury of FLEET – Firemní automobily magazine since 2013.

Ivo Hykyš graduated from the Technical Faculty of Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. During his study, he was a student representative on the University’s Academic Senate and in the Council of Institutions of Higher Education. He also gained study experience abroad at Technical University in Braunschweig, Germany.

Miroslav Kuželka graduated from the Technical University in Prague. In the past he worked in IBM in the area of IT, then in Siemens in the area of mobile telecommunication infrastructure. Since January 2009 he has been with ABB where he specialises on advanced technologies and solutions for e-mobility, particularly charging infrastructure for private and public transport associated with the Smart City concept.

Founder/director of LEEF Technologies, a cleantech advisory and investment firm based in Prague, Czech Republic. Formerly a director/board member of various companies of the Biomass Technology Group, Vertis Environmental Finance and the CEZ Group. Almost 20 years of experience in clean energy and transport. PhD from the Australian National University.

Nikita is a Prague based journalist for the largest economic daily in the Czech Republic - Hospodarske noviny daily (Economia a.s.) with six years of experience. He is currently the Deputy Editor in Chief  of the the daily, the position he has held since February 2017. Prior to this, he worked as a London correspondent and economic staff writer focusing on industry sectors, private equity funds and financial groups.

In the last ten years he has also worked extensively as a stage manager for Hip Hop Kemp, one of the largest festivals in the Central Europe.

 In January to 2015 he was elected president of The Bakala Foundation which helps talented students to reach their full potential by giving them the financial support they need to pursue a first-class university education abroad. His mandate ended in January 2016.