Membership in ACG Czech Republic gives you access to the key members of investment community involved in private equity, equity investing, lenders, transaction service providers, advisors and corporate development executives. Now is the time to take advantage of all of the benefits ACG has to offer, which include strengthening your market knowledge and expanding and deepening your network of industry contacts.
The team of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Czech Republic and Bird & Bird hosted a "Technology and Financial Services: Latest Trends" round-table discussion on 2 December 2011. The breakfast event, held in the Hotel Kempinski in Prague included a panel discussion led by Fabian Niemann and Christian Bartsch, German and UK partners of Bird & Bird, joined by Josef Langmayer, Head of Business Information Architecture, Raiffeisen Bank, Czech Republic. There was additionally a discussion session and networking opportunities. The event was attended by ten CIOs from leading finance and IT companies such as Société Generale, Microsoft, IBM, Logica group, Citibank, Meloun Credit, CITFIN finance group and Global Payment Europe. All confirmed that the panel effectively demonstrated expertise within both the IT and finance markets. For those who could not attend this event, please view the event photos by clicking here.
The 2nd ACG business lunch event was held again at the Zlatá Praha restaurant, the Intercontinental Hotel Prague. The keynote speaker of the event, Mr. Radek Spicar, talked about the story of successful acquisition of Skoda, a Czech car maker, by the German automotive giant Volkswagen, which started right 20 years ago. Radek Spicar is responsible for relations with public institutions at national and European level, structural funds and the Corporate Social Responsibility concept. Previously he served as Deputy to the Vice-Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of the Czech Republic. He also gives lectures at the Institute of Economic Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague and at the Diplomatic Academy Prague. For those who could not attend this event, please view the event photos by clicking here.