Radek Špicar
Former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Prague, Radek Špicar is the Vice-President of the Federation of Industry and Transportation of the Czech Republic. He graduated from Cambridge University and then spent one year as a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After his return to the Czech Republic he joined the government and later became a Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs. He recently worked in the Czech Republic’s largest private company, Škoda Auto (Volkswagen Group), as Head of External Affairs. He is also active in the non-profit sector and academia as a member of the Corporate Council of Václav Havel’s Forum 2000 Foundation, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and at the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Prague, Radek Špicar is the Vice-President of the Federation of Industry and Transportation of the Czech Republic. He graduated from Cambridge University and then spent one year as a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After his return to the Czech Republic he joined the government and later became a Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs. He recently worked in the Czech Republic’s largest private company, Škoda Auto (Volkswagen Group), as Head of External Affairs. He is also active in the non-profit sector and academia as a member of the Corporate Council of Václav Havel’s Forum 2000 Foundation, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and at the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.