Radek Špicar

Executive Director, Aspen Institute Prague, he also serves as Vice-President of the Confederation of Industry in Czech Republic. He previously served as Director of External Affairs at Škoda Auto, responsible for relations with public institutions at national and European level, structural funds and the Corporate Social Responsibility concept. He was Deputy to the Vice-Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of the Czech Republic. Mr. Špicar lectured at the Institute of Economic Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague and at the Diplomatic Academy Prague. He graduated studied at Charles University and the University of Cambridge.