MARTIN PLACHÝ
HONORARY CONSUL-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Present Position/Profession:
| Director & Chairman of Board, ROYAL SPA, Kur & Medical Spa Group |
| Vice President of the Czech Healthspa Association |
| Member of the Board of Directors of the European Spas Association |
Education:
| 1988 - 1993 | Masters Degree from the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague |
Career:
| 1993 - 1994 |
Assistant to General Director Administration of the Czech Centres, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) |
| 1994 - 1996 |
Deputy Director Department of the Bilateral Economic Relations MFA of the Czech Republic |
| 1996 - 1999 |
Head of Commercial & Economic Section, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Singapore |
| 1999 - 2001 |
Managing Director, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ferromet Foreign Trade Company, Prague |
| 2001 - 2009 |
Director & Member of Statutory Boards, ROYAL SPA, Kur & Medical Spa Group |
| 2009 - 2010 | First Deputy Minister – State Secretary of the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Director & Chairman of Board, ROYAL SPA, Kur& Medical Spa Group |
Other Working Experience:
| 1998 - 1999 | President of Foreign Trade Representatives in Singapore |
| 2002 | Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore in the Czech Republic |
| 2004 - 2007 | Manager of Marketing Commission, European Spa Association, Brussels |
| 2007 | Vice President of the Czech Healthspa Association |
| 2008 | Member of the Board of Directors of the European Spas Association |
Languages:
| Czech, Russian, German, English |
Interests:
| Golf, Tennis, Skiing, History |
