Jan has already been living in 9 countries and found his destination in sunny and buzzing Dubai.
After the banking and toy industry he started his 20+ years automotive journey right away on a managerial position in Volkswagen’s Skoda brand headquarters. He was later sent as a Marketing Director to Volkswagen China, the market leader in the world’s largest car market.
From there he stepped up to leadership positions at Fiat Chrysler where he was member of the Asia Pacific executive committee and later Managing Director of Fiat Germany.
What truly enriches the Executive MBA holder’s experiences is that the second half of his automotive live has been with large dealer groups in the Middle East. First in Riyadh, then Kuwait and finally Dubai where he was running the BMW and MINI brands.
For Jan the products are very important, but much more it’s the people. He always tries to install an open minded and positive workplace atmosphere – fully dedicated towards the customers, ensuring smiles through the right processes and attitudes.
His benchmark is less the traditional automotive industry but rather modern 5 star hotels that manage to create a certain wow-effect.
After work Jan can’t help but still think cars; he is passionate about motorsports, sim racing and joins car meetings whenever possible to talk with fellow enthusiasts.