Jan Bubeník

Biographical Information
"A recognized authority and frequent contributor in print, electronic and television media on the topic of leadership, Jan is the founder and Managing Partner of Bubenik Partners, a Prague-based CEE executive search and consulting firm. Previously, he managed Korn/Ferry International in Prague and before entering the search industry he was a management consultant for McKinsey & Co. Jan is Chairman of the Leadership Forum and Chairman of the Corporate Council of Forum 2000, former Czech President Vaclav Havel’s foundation. As one of the principal student leaders of the Velvet Revolution in November, 1989, Jan’s leadership and contribution to his country have been profiled in numerous accounts of that time in Czech history. Later, he served as the youngest member of the first federal parliament of Czechoslovakia and donated his time and advice to other nascent democratic movements in Cuba (for which he was imprisoned by the Castro regime), Zimbabwe and, most notably, apartheid South Africa. He studied Pediatrics at Prague's Charles University Medical School and Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder."

Affiliations

 * Cofounder, Prague Leadership Institute