The new CEO of Česká zbrojovka is from Uherské Hradiště

“Ladislav Britaňák has done a lot of good work for Česká zbrojovka, either previously as a sales director or in the last more than two years as a general director. In total, he spent more than 16 years in Česká zbrojovka and significantly contributed to its growth. He deserves our great thanks for this work, “said Lubomír Kovařík, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CZG Group, which is the main shareholder of Česká zbrojovka.

Jan Zajíc accepts the role of CEO with a sense of great responsibility and humility.

“Česká zbrojovka is a very successful company with ambitions to occupy a leading position on a global scale. My goal is to fulfill this ambition in cooperation with the entire team of Česká zbrojovka and continue to lead the company not only to economic success, productivity and product improvement, but also to the satisfaction of our customers and employees, “said Jan Zajíc.

Jan Zajíc (44), a native of Uherské Hradiště, has been working at Česká zbrojovka since 2019 as its financial director. Prior to joining CZUB, he worked in various managerial roles in industrial companies in the Czech Republic and abroad.

It started in Fatra Napajedla, then in the Continental Barum plant in Otrokovice or in Púchov, Slovakia. In the Continental Group, he held various positions in financial management and controlling, for example at the production plant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and subsequently at the company’s headquarters in Hannover, Germany.

Jan Zajíc graduated in Economics and Management at the Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University in Brno. He is married and has a ten-year-old son.

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