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October 31st, 2007 issue

Microsoft Czech Republic has announced the appointment of its new general manager, Jane Gilson, who will supervise all of the company’s operations on the Czech market. She replaces Michal Cupa, who left earlier this year to lead Microsoft’s operations in Russia.

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Gilson
Gilson has served as executive director of the branch since July this year, after first joining as the firm’s sales and marketing manager in March. Prior to Microsoft, Gilson has worked in marketing positions at companies including Active Voice, Acadio, Talisma and KPMG.
The Czech brewery Velké Popovice, which produces the Kozel brand of beer and is owned by the brewer Plzeňský Prazdroj, has made two changes in its leadership.
Pavel Kmínek, 33, has been appointed to the position of brand manager. From 2001 to 2007, Kmínek worked at T-Mobile Czech Republic as a senior specialist in communication.
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Kmínek
Joining Kmínek in managing the Kozel brand will be Ondřej Panoš. Previous to Velké Popovice, Panoš worked for almost two years at the advertising agency TBWA in Prague.
The global advisory firm KPMG has announced two changes in its leadership.
Bent Walde-Jensen, formerly a member of the management committee, has taken charge of the firm’s Central and East European real estate practice. Walde-Jensen has worked with KPMG in the Czech Republic since 1992. He also oversees the accounting and payroll departments.
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Walde-Jensen
Taking Walde-Jensen’s seat on the management committee will be Eva Racková, KPMG’s chief information officer and leader of the company’s risk advisory service. Racková was appointed a partner in 1999 and joined the company in 1993.
The Czech law firm Vyroubal Krajhanzl Školout has appointed Ukrainian lawyer Vladimir Martynyuk to lead a team focused on providing law services to Czech and foreign clients that are planning to invest or operate in the Ukraine.
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Martynyuk
Martynyuk, 61, graduated from Lviv State University, where he studied law and foreign languages. Martynyuk became a lawyer in the 1990s and eventually became a legal adviser to the Ukrainian government.
Martynyuk has lived in Prague for several years and is registered as an international lawyer with the Czech Bar Association. He devotes his free time to playing chess, studying foreign languages and reading European Union laws.
Send information about personnel changes at your company to Paul Voosen at pvoosen@praguepost.com


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