A desire to bring in managers with international experience led Brno-based tractor maker Zetor to select Vojtech Pánik to lead the firm. Pánik replaced Vratislav Goj as the company's CEO. Until recently, Pánik worked as the executive director of Zetor's European Union markets. In his new position, he will steer Zetor toward further restructuring.

Pánik has a master's degree in management from the University of Economics in Bratislava, and in the late 1990s was in the top management of Sony Slovakia. He started working for Zetor in 2003.

Software company Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories has named Martin Veselka regional manager for Central and Eastern Europe. Over the past four years, Veselka was Genesys' business manager.

Veselka focuses on the technologies of call centers and assisted in the launch of call centers at various local banks and telecommunication companies, such as T-Mobile, Eurotel, Cesky´ Telecom, Ceská sporitelna and others. In the past, Veselka was a telecommunications consultant at Deloitte.

Daria Lamzová took over the position of general director of Sodexho Czech Republic, a provider of food and hospitality services to businesses. Lamzová replaced Stéphane Grau, who returned to France, her homeland. Before this appointment, Lamzová was Sodexho's financial director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After completing her studies at the Mining University in Ostrava in north Moravia, Lamzová kicked off her professional career at international consultancy firm Ernst & Young. She later moved on to Austrian VA TECH Praha. Before joining Sodexho to take the new post, Lamzová was general director of Global Express.

Alternative telecommunications operator TELE 2 recently introduced a new spokeswoman, Alexandra Gjuric. She assumes responsibility for media relations, public relations, communication strategy and market analyses.

Gjuric studied personnel management at Charles University in Prague. She honed her public relations skills in international PR agency Weber Shandwick, in Prima TV and as a spokesperson and communications director of Internet portal Atlas.cz.