UHY Hacker Young LLP
Quadrant House
Thomas More Street
Thomas More Square
London E1W 1YW
  
T:   020 7216 4600
E:   l.hornan@uhy-uk.com
W:  www.uhy-uk.com
 

Ladislav Hornan - chairman

born in Prague and came to London in 1968 where he completed his education and professional qualifications. He has specialised in insolvency and corporate recovery since the early 1970s, becoming a partner with UHY Hacker Young in 1980, and has since worked as an advisor to UK clearing banks, other financial institutions as well as clients of law firms and other accountancy practices.

Ladislav was elected Managing Partner to the UHY Hacker Young London office in 1995 and continues to hold this post. He also held the position of Chairman of the UHY International network from January 2002 to October 2007. In 2005 Ladislav was awarded ‘Gratias Agit’ by the Czech government for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad.

UHY Hacker Young and UHY International 
The UHY Hacker Young Group is an ambitious and growing Top 20* Group of UK chartered accountants. Its 92 partners and over 500 professionals operate from 19 locations across the UK, with main technical centres in London, Manchester and Glasgow.  UHY Hacker Young is also a founder member of UHY International, formed in the 1980s to help the firm support its clients with international interests.  The UHY International network now encompasses 242 offices in 76 countries around the globe. It is a business-focused network of strong national practices.

Current external positions/ appointments:
2008 to date - Chairman of the Czech British Chamber of Commerce since.
1994 to 2009 - Governor of the English College in Prague (Founded by UK Registered Charity). Became Vice-Chairman of the Governors in 1999.
1995 - Freeman of the City of London and a Member of the Worshipful Company of Upholders (Livery Company).
1993 - appointed as Chairman of the British Czech & Slovak Association, and since 1998 has been its President. (UK Registered Charity).
2010 - appointed to the Council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

 

Evesheds LLP
One Wood Street
London
EC2V 7WS 

T:    07500 33 73 29
        0777 179 2369
E:    irena@cbcc.org.uk
W:   www.eversheds.com

Irena Edwards 

Techo UK Limited     
The Corner
91 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3LN
  
T: 020 74302882
E:  mkejval@ahrend.com
W: www.techo.com

Martin Kejval

Martin, who was born in Prague and joined TECHO in 1992, has been living in the UK since 2001. Until 2010 Martin was company Director of Finance & Operations of Techo UK which is a part of the Dutch Royal Ahrend Group.

In January 2011 Martin was appointed CEO of Ahrend holdings UK.  Before joining UK operations Martin was a senior board member of Techo Prague Headquarters. As Operations Director he was responsible for company logistics and production. He has over 15 years’ experience in corporate management and finance and as a board member of Techo Group is responsible for the international IT development. In addition Martin is Chairman of International Hotel Management Group, which successfully operates hotels in the Czech Republic. Martin has completed five years of study at the British Open University in Milton Keynes in management and finance and in 2004 was awarded a Diploma in management and in 2006 Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Techo
Techo is the largest office furniture manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe and is a member of the Dutch concern Royal Ahrend NV, which is one of the top four manufacturers of office furniture in Europe. The acquisition in 2005 provided Techo (in 2008 also Techo UK) with the security of long-term development of the TECHO brand and a further intensification of activities in Central and Eastern Europe. Techo operates in 14 countries worldwide.

Current external positions/ appointments:
2008 to date - Executive commetee member
of the Czech British Chamber of Commerce
2008 to date - Board member - Czech Design
Hotels Association
1999 to date - Chairman - Supervisory board
of Techo Slovakia Ltd
2007 to date - Chairman - IHM Group
2011 to date - Managing director - Ahrend
holdings Ltd

 

Budweiser Budvar UK Limited
Hamilton House
Mableton Place
London EC1H 9BB
  
T:   020 7554 8810
E:   tony.jennings@budvarUK.com
W:  www.budvaruk.com

Tony Jennings

A South African by birth CEO of Budweiser Budvar UK, Tony Jennings’ first contact with Europe was an assignment from SAB (now SABMiller) to look after the company’s newly acquired brewing business in Romania, where he was instrumental in reviving much neglected national brands.  Family matters took him back to South Africa and a stint in the telecoms industry but the lure of both Europe and the drinks industry proved too strong and he joined Budvar UK as financial director in 2004 becoming CEO in January of the following year.

Budweiser Budvar UK
A recent piece in the Independent about Budweiser Budvar begins “Sorry Carlsberg, this is the greatest lager in the world”. This statement encapsulates the reputation which the brewery has acquired by sticking rigidly to traditional methods, like lagering for not less than 90 days, using only natural local materials and never brewing anywhere but at its one brewery in Ceske Budejovice, Southern Bohemia.
Because it has faith in the quality of its product before the efficacy of its marketing plan sales of Budvar continue to grow worldwide. This is particularly the case in the UK where growing numbers of well informed drinkers are increasingly wary of marketing hyperbole
This is also the reason why Budweiser Budvar, entirely Czech owned, Czech run and Czech financed regularly produces financial results that would make most other European breweries green with envy.

 


E: vera@cbcc.org.uk
W: www.koubkova.co.uk

Věra Spender Koubková

Věra was born in the Czech Republic. After gaining her Masters degree in Mathematics in 1997, she joined Andersen Consulting (later Accenture) in Prague. Věra has been living in the UK since 2000, working as a consultant and a project manager leading international change and software implementation projects for financial institutions in the UK, Europe and Russia. Until 2009 she held a senior management position at Barclays Commercial Bank.

Now she owns a consulting company FIFTY’TEN Ltd. that focuses on international project management and management training. Věra’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) course was at the European School of Economics. Since 2011 she works as an external lecturer at Cavendish College in London, leading postgraduate classes in Project Management.

Věra is a director of a charity organization Room to Learn that sponsors educational projects for orphans and disadvantaged children from the Kenyan coast.

 

Tsivia Vorley

Tsvia has worked for the Danubius Hotels Group since 2000 as the Sales and Marketing Manager for UK and Ireland. Her role has been to promote sales in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. She is responsible for organising Press Trips to increase Danubius’s exposure to the market, giving presentation evenings and attending exhibitions in the UK and Ireland.   She also visits Event & Group Organisers, Tour Operators and Travel Agents to present the group. Tsvia is also responsible for organising Promotions and PR Opportunities.

Before joining Danubius, Tsvia worked for Peltours as a Tour Operator for 8 years, prior to that she was a Travel Manager for a travel agent in Mayfair. She also worked for El Al, both in Israel and in the UK.      

CP Holdings Ltd
CP Holdings Ltd is a private family owned business started in 1953 by the current chairman, Sir Bernard Schreier.  The business has developed from a heavy plant and open cast operator to a multi-national holdings company.  Today the company’s major investments are in the Danubius Hotel chain in Central & Eastern Europe, two European Caterpillar dealerships, Lenta business centres in the UK, Waystone – a specialist Brownfield and contaminated land developer, and Balton CP – a trading and service provider operating in sub-Saharan Africa.  CP Holdings employs c. 8,000 people and generated over £400 million turnover in 2009.