Anna Kouchkovsky has had a very interesting career path and professional specialisation, thanks to which we will learn in this episode about the links between capital markets and the field of risk in banking.

„In our business it´s all about consistency. We want to be a predictable, consistent reinsurer. That´s why we launched the strategy at the beginning of 2026 to enable our existing and possible new clients to get acquainted with it,” he says in the podcast which features top international executives influencing business in the Czech Republic.

"When the first classes from our preschool were about to leave and start elementary school, I heard from parents that it would be best if I started an elementary school. So we opened an elementary school. And now we believe we will also open a middle school and a high school," says Lana Gergisak in the Global Minds podcast, which features inspiring leaders with an international reach.

"I started cleaning apartments, then accommodating guests. People who rented apartments repeatedly began to ask me what it would entail if they wanted to buy something in Spain. So, I started to find out," says Tomáš Kaplan, who has built a strong position as a real estate agent on the Costa del Sol.

"Anyone thinking about a career abroad must be truly passionate about their work," he says in the Global Minds podcast, which features senior foreign managers shaping business in Czechia.

„A big reason for me to be here today is to continue to facilitate that creation of value by Czech entrepreneurs with global businesses,“ he says in the Global Minds podcast, which features prominent foreign managers speaking about business in the Czech Republic. He was accompanied to the studio by Petr Zákoucký, the senior M&A partner in Dentons' Prague office.

„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.

“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.

„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.

„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. 

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.