Zelený has more than 10 years' experience with audit and assurance services. He has led teams providing assurance services to companies in a number of industries, most notably the telecommunications, technology, food and consumer products sectors. In addition, he prepared and presented numerous external and internal seminars and conferences on IFRS.

Zelený graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague and is a member of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants in the UK.

International software firm Computer Associates has strengthened its Prague office staff by hiring Vladan Jaroš as a new sales executive. Jaroš will be responsible for government-targeted projects.

Jaroš, a graduate of the Military Academy in Brno, has been working in the information technology industry for 15 years, most recently as the major account manager for hardware maker OKI.

RPG Industries, an international investment holding company that operates OKD coal mines in north Moravia, appointed a new financial director, Sven Gleasel. He joined RPG Industries from HVB bank's headquarters in Munich, Germany.

Gleasel studied political science and military defense strategy at Hamburg University. He kicked off his professional career in a family company, Otico, which in France manufactured tires for agricultural vehicles. Gleasel helped to expand the firm's sales into Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Great Britain. After completing postgraduate studies in banking, Gleasel began his career in the financial sector in Dresdner Bank in 1993.