As of 1 October 2006, Dana Dvořáková joins UNIPETROL as Corporate Communications Manager. Her responsibilities will cover the entire UNIPETROL Group’s communications, including media relations, communication with investors and employees, as well as sponsorship projects. “I really appreciate the opportunity I have been given. To me, the chance of building a brand-new team, literally on a green-field site, for one of the Czech Republic’s major companies, is a challenge I particularly relish. I will do everything in my power to improve UNIPETROL’s image in the eyes of the general public,“ Dvořáková said.Dana Dvořáková is joining UNIPETROL after two and a half years with České aerolinie, where she worked as director of communications. Her previous experience also includes work in Slovakia: between 2002 and 2004 she was director of communications at Všeobecná úvěrová banka, where she built up a system of marketing and corporate communication and was, among other things, responsible for the successful re-branding of Slovakia’s second-largest bank. Before she worked for seven years at Český Telecom, where between 1995 and 2002 she held a number of positions in communications, including spokesperson, and subsequently director of marketing and corporate communications.
Dana Dvořáková began her career as a finance journalist, spending a total of five years with Hospodářské noviny and Mladá fronta Dnes.
Dana Dvořáková is a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague (foreign trade). In 2000 she completed a two-year master’s course in corporate communication at Erasmus University (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and in 2002 was awarded an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh (USA).
She is married with two children and likes to spend her free time with her family. Her other hobbies include travel and sports (skiing, diving, cycling).
About UNIPETROL:
UNIPETROL Group with its revenues of 105.8 billion CZK and with net profit of 3.46 billion CZK in 2005 belongs to the Czech Republic ´s most important companies and it is at the same time one of the biggest players of the chemical industry in Central Europe. UNIPETROL specializes in refining of crude oil, petrochemicals, agrochemicals and qualified chemicals. Fixed capital of the company is 18 billion CZK and the number of employees exceeds six thousands. In 2004 a majority share in UNIPETROL was privatized by the Central European petrochemical concern PKN ORLEN.