Our team

Stiva is the founder and managing partner of the CEE Leaders group, which includes BL4U, BM4U and BA4U. He graduated from the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, majoring in economics, accounting and management, and has been in business since 1998. He has been involved in successful development projects, intergenerational handovers, as well as restructurings and crisis management. He is responsible for the strategic management of the entire group.

Stiva is responsible for the selection and allocation of key professionals to individual projects for clients across various industries in the CEE region. Stiva emphasizes building teams of top professionals and effective resource management that contribute to the success of clients and the Group.

Stanislav graduated from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, including postgraduate studies, and is therefore an expert in the petrochemical and processing industry. His work experience has touched both the private sector in this area and the state-controlled part of strategic resources. His involvement in the industry has included positions as Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. His strengths certainly include extensive experience in managing strategic processes, transforming large industrial units and managing change in the challenging environment of highly complex technological production.

Břetislav is a highly experienced goal-oriented and results-oriented manager with more than 25 years of experience in senior positions in international and Czech industrial companies. He has dealt with complex management from sales through production, improving the performance of organizations and people using proven management tools and methods. His strengths include a firm grasp of change management, strategic management, organizational performance management and people development. He has extensive experience in crisis management and has also served as a mentor to small and medium business owners in recent years.

Petr graduated from the University of Chemical Technology and Sheffield Hallam University. He has spent his entire professional life in the brewing sector, which makes him one of the greatest experts in this field not only in the Czech Republic. As well as manufacturing and distribution, his career also includes international trade. From the position of Sales Director he managed the business in a modern off and on trade environment, which together with his previous experience enabled him to later become General Manager of the entire Central European region. As CEO he managed one of the key players in the domestic as well as Central European market.

A sales, marketing, customer service and executive management professional with extensive experience in the manufacturing industry and associated sectors – glass, food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, packaging, logistics, etc. Competent top manager, managing and developing local and global customer portfolios, distribution and agency networks in international business, leading small to medium sized teams of varying degrees of diversity, with responsibility for strategy, development and P&L of assigned areas. Skilled in budgeting, pricing, market segmentation and process management. Results-oriented, positive customer experience, data collection and use, analytics, project and change management, continuous improvement, digitalization, sustainability and value creation.