This experienced investment manager is about to start a new phase of his career. He is expected to bring to Jakub Havrlant’s Rockaway his experience in managing international companies and focus on long-term investment strategy. He is going to apply his more than twelve years long experience in international finance. In past years, he worked as an investment director in Mid Europa Partners, where he carried out transaction totaling 75 billion CZK.
Rockaway’s goal is to become a strong technology group. In order to reach it, it combines two approaches: entering regional Internet companies which have potential, strong position, and proven business model. Besides that, under Rockaway ventures it also supports technology start-ups with global aspiration.
Robert Chmelař will focus on the first group of companies, and he will help them set investment strategy and participate in their portfolio administration. “We prefer business approach; we don’t want just to manage the companies from some distance, but we want to be a part of their development and bring them some added value. Robert Chmelař is the person who brings not only enormous experience in transactions, but also experience in managing big companies and projects. This is a skill which is absolutely crucial when you consider our size and ambitions. At the same time, Robert shares our motivation to go beyond classical model of investment business,” says Jakub Havrlant, owner and CEO of Rockaway about the new asset of his team.
Robert Chmelař comes from Mid Europa Partners, the biggest private equity company in Central and Eastern Europe, where he, as its investment director, participated in key Mid Europa investments on Czech market, which concerned České radiokomunikace, T-Mobile, Walmark, or Energy 21. During this period he participated in a dozen of transactions totaling more than 75 billion CZK. “After more than 12 years spent in the world of big finance, I am looking forward to building something, with Jakub and the whole team, which I can consider my own. The crucial thing for me was the fact that Rockaway has a clear vision, enormous energy and great team,” explains Robert Chmelař, who also decided to invest his own money to Rockaway.
Robert Chmelař will also continue supporting Mid Europa as an independent advisor for Czech market.
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