Škoda Electric

Radek Svoboda was born in 1969. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Pilsen (now the University of West Bohemia). After graduating from college in 1992, he started work in the sales department of ŠKODA Turbíny s.r.o., one of the many companies belonging to the Pilsen-based Škoda a.s. group. He was primarily involved in foreign trade and later, management of long-term projects, especially in India, Serbia and Romania. In 1999, he accepted an offer from the German food group ECKES a.g. and spent the next 15 years working for companies outside the engineering industry in the FMCG sector, where, as a sales manager and later as CEO, he gained comprehensive experience in leading large work teams and managing major sales and investment projects. Over the course of his career, Radek has participated in a number of management training course and attended several professional seminars abroad. In 2014, he returned to Škoda and started to devote his efforts to development of the new electromobility programme. Since 2018, he has held the position of Operations Director at ŠKODA Electric a.s.