Rapid growth and an international environment. These are the main aspects that contribute to the highly dynamic nature of the Prague office of the reinsurance company VIG Re.

„Because we are efficiently organized, everyone can really have a huge impact on his work in every position,“ says Hong-Wha Ling, Chief People Officer at VIG Re in the Global Minds podcast, which features prominent foreign executives speaking about business in the Czech Republic.

Today, it is already normal for heads of HR departments to sit on management boards or company boards of directors. This was not always the case, and experienced manager Ganna Pidgorna from UNIQA, responsible for human resources, brand, and sustainability, clearly welcomes this shift.

“If this is not the case in companies, topics such as people, development, innovation, or new skills are not sufficiently represented,” she says in the Global Minds podcast, which features significant foreign personalities influencing business in the Czech Republic.

She may have worked in the Turkish banking sector as well as in diplomacy. But thanks to her courageous attitude in life, Nemika Menevse is currently leading a domestic fin-tech enterprise.

„I never thought of being a CEO of a Czech company. But life brings you lots of interesting things,“ says Twisto CEO in the Global Minds podcast, which features prominent expats speaking about business in the Czech Republic.

The world is changing rapidly, and with these changes comes an acceleration of new risks. Whether these risks are related to the consequences of natural catastrophes, geopolitical developments or digitalisation, it is a topic not only for insurers.

„Both insurer and reinsurer have to deal with new threats. Basically, what we do is deal with the big societal issues and try to absorb and cushion the negative impacts,“ says Tobias Sonndorfer, CEO of reinsurer VIG Re, in the Global Minds podcast, which features prominent foreign personalities speaking on business in the Czech Republic. 

There is an increasing number of entrepreneurs and investors in the Czech Republic who are looking for foreign expansion. For this they need first-rate legal advice, more often than not covering English law as well as local law. That will be the focus of Logan Wright, an English-law qualified partner at Dentons, with almost 30 years advising clients on debt finance and restructuring.

The main guest of the pilot episode of the new Global Minds podcast series, which features prominent foreign personalities speaking on business in the Czech Republic, was accompanied to the studio by Jiří Tomola, a partner in Dentons' Prague office who specialises in restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy and is one of two leading partners for banking and finance.