The people behind Partner4Search
A boutique team with decades of experience in international business, executive search and leadership psychology. You will always be attended to by a senior client partner.
Advisory Board
Jan Kovář
Specialisation: FMCG, retail, automotive, financial services, utilities, marketing, logistics, procurement — top and middle management, C-level & board.
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Jan Kovář is an experienced executive search consultant and leadership advisor with more than 20 years of experience in executive search and over 30 years in international business and senior management.
Before founding Partner4Search, he held senior leadership positions at Kraft Foods, Danone, Nestlé, Levi Strauss and SCA, and later became a partner at AMROP HEVER before establishing the Czech office of Transearch International.
As Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Partner4Search, he focuses on executive search, leadership advisory and board-level appointments.
Michal Hrubý
Specialisation: Board practices and advisory.
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Michal Hrubý is an experienced manager and advisor with long-standing expertise in corporate governance, strategic management and the functioning of supervisory and advisory bodies. Throughout his professional career he has held top executive positions in both the private and public sectors and has been involved in managing significant transformation projects. As a member of the Advisory Board of Partner4Search, he provides strategic guidance in the areas of board practices, governance and senior leadership development.
Martin Fejk
Specialisation: marketing strategy advisory, interim management.
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Martin Fejk is an international manager with more than twenty years of experience in marketing, product management, commercial strategy and transformation projects. He has held leadership roles at Tetra Pak and ZF Group, with a long-term focus on change management, digital transformation and creating sustainable business value. At Partner4Search, he brings expertise in marketing strategy, interim management and business model development.
Michal Kotlín
Specialisation: commercial strategy advisory.
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Michal Kotlín is an experienced commercial and sales manager with extensive experience in international companies. Throughout his career he has held senior commercial and managerial positions at Staropramen and AB InBev, where he was involved in developing commercial strategies, building distribution networks and managing sales teams. As a member of the Advisory Board of Partner4Search, he focuses on strategic advisory in commercial development, commercial strategy and building high-performing sales organisations.
Client Partners
Pavel Král
Specialisation: FMCG, retail, consumer goods, automotive, manufacturing, business and financial services — top and middle management, C-level & board — building and developing management and sales teams.
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Pavel Král is a Client Partner at Partner4Search with extensive experience in executive search, commercial leadership and managing international companies across the Czech and Slovak markets. Throughout his career he has held senior management positions in sales, marketing and general management at companies including SCA Hygiene Products, Moulinex–Krups, Timex and AB Cosmetics, gaining broad expertise in the FMCG and consumer goods sectors.
Alongside his executive search practice, he focuses on building and developing management teams, strengthening sales organisations and supporting leaders in driving business performance and organisational growth. His strength lies in combining hands-on business experience with a deep understanding of leadership challenges, commercial strategy and the dynamics of both the Czech and Slovak markets.
Before joining Partner4Search in 2016, he worked in executive search and business development at Topsearch, further strengthening his expertise in identifying and assessing senior leaders.
Klára Gajdušková
Specialisation: C-level and senior leadership search, Hogan Assessment, executive coaching. Certifications: ICF Coach, Hogan Certified.
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Klára Gajdušková specialises in executive search and leadership advisory with a strong emphasis on connecting business with the psychology of leadership. She has extensive experience in filling senior and C-level positions and in assessing leaders in the context of specific organisational needs.
As a Client Partner she focuses on the identification, selection and assessment of top managers, particularly in complex and strategically significant roles. In her work she places emphasis not only on candidates' experience, but above all on their decision-making style, motivation and long-term potential.
She is also the founder of the Respektrum project, in which she works with top managers and high-performing professionals on handling work pressure, career changes and personal development.
She studied psychology with a focus on clinical and counselling practice, and is a certified coach (ICF) as well as a certified Hogan Assessment practitioner.
Petr Horký
Specialisation: C-level and senior leadership search, business transformation, leadership development and coaching — technology, energy and industrial sectors.
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Petr Horký is a Client Partner at Partner4Search with extensive experience in top management, company transformation and leadership development. During his career he held a number of senior positions in international companies, with responsibility for strategy, business results and team leadership.
Among other roles, he served as Managing Director at Daikin, Country Manager at Philips and Lindab, and Managing Director of nextbike Czech Republic. He also gained experience in energy and modern technologies, including at Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions.
Alongside his managerial practice he focuses on executive search, leadership advisory and coaching — filling senior roles, supporting transformation projects and developing leaders in demanding, dynamic environments.
His strength is the ability to connect business thinking with working with people — from setting strategy through performance management to developing the potential of individuals and teams.
Viola Hejlová
Specialisation: executive research, talent mapping and candidate assessment across industries.
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Viola Hejlová has worked in HR consulting and executive search since 2011, when she began her career at Transearch International. She progressed from Researcher to consultant and gained experience delivering projects to fill managerial positions.
She has been with Partner4Search since the company was founded and has held the role of Senior Consultant since 2016. She focuses on talent search and on working with clients across a range of industries.
She studied at the Prague University of Economics and Business, spent part of her studies at McGill University in Canada, and is currently studying for an MBA at the University of New York in Prague. She has also completed a number of international courses focused on leadership and strategic management.
During her parental leave she started, among other things, her own project @mazanamatka, which supports the financial literacy of Czech women.
Research Consultants
Nela Slivková
Specialisation: executive research, talent mapping, candidate search and analysis.
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Nela is a graduate of a Master's degree in Journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. She has gained professional experience across the media landscape. She worked as a news reporter at CNN Prima NEWS, later focused on specialized journalism at Zdravotnický deník, and also collaborated with online media outlets within the House Media Group publishing house. Thanks to her journalistic practice, she has developed strong skills in efficiently searching for, analyzing, and verifying information, as well as working with a wide range of sources.
She also gained additional professional experience in PR and communication within the hospitality sector, where she worked as a PR Junior Manager at Collection Hospitality. In this role, she was responsible for developing communication strategies, content management, media relations, and brand building in the premium gastronomy and hospitality segment.