Jan Klouda has been promoted to General Counsel at Vodafone
Jan Klouda (35) became the new General Counsel at Vodafone Czech Republic. In the position of General Counsel, together with his legal team, he will be responsible for supporting the company's activities, especially the continued growth in providing ICT solutions. Jan Klouda joined Vodafone in 2007 as Director of Legal Affairs. "We expect Jan Klouda to support us in achieving our strategic objectives in a legally safe way," says Colin Shea, Vice President for Strategy, Planning and Regulation. Jan Klouda has over seven years’ experience in telecommunications.
Jan Klouda (35) became the new General Counsel at Vodafone Czech Republic. In the position of General Counsel, together with his legal team, he will be responsible for supporting the company's activities, especially the continued growth in providing ICT solutions. Jan Klouda joined Vodafone in 2007 as Director of Legal Affairs.
"We expect Jan Klouda to support us in achieving our strategic objectives in a legally safe way," says Colin Shea, Vice President for Strategy, Planning and Regulation.
Jan Klouda has over seven years’ experience in telecommunications. Prior to joining Vodafone, among other things, he worked as Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs at Eurotel Prague, and as Chief Legal Counsel of UPC Czech Republic. He studied law at the Law Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno.
Jan Klouda is taking over this position from Petr Příhoda, who is leaving Vodafone Czech Republic after four years as Vice President for External Relations, Legal and Regulatory Issues and will continue to act as a consultant in this field.
About Vodafone Czech Republic
Mobile operator Vodafone Czech Republic has been part of one of the largest telecommunications groups in the world, Vodafone Group, since 2005. In the Czech Republic, it currently provides services to more than three million customers. Since 2007, the company provides comprehensive telecommunications services (voice and data services over fixed and mobile networks) for business customers from both the private and public sectors under the name Vodafone OneNet. The company is also active in corporate social responsibility. It established The Vodafone Czech Republic Foundation, which according to the volume of funds distributed, is the third-largest corporate foundation in the Czech Republic, having distributed more than CZK 85 million in the last 6 years to the nonprofit sector. Last year, Vodafone celebrated its tenth anniversary on the Czech market with an innovative campaign, 'We have the same blood type', which campaigned heavily for unpaid blood donations and, in early 2011, launched the first 'Green Network'. Vodafone has repeatedly won competitions for the CSR Award and Top Philanthropist in the area of corporate social responsibility. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.cz