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AmCham has six committees in the area of operational excellence:

• Finance
• Human Resources
• IT
• Marketing
• Real Estate
• Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

These committees are composed of experts in each respective area, and are charged with preparing activities and publications that will improve members' organizational capabilities.

The purpose of these committees is helping member companies improve their capabilities, serving as a resource for member companies with respect to finance, HR, IT, marketing or real estate related issues and help member companies maximize their membership and market its benefits to clients.
Through the sharing of information, ideas and best practices member companies have related to those areas task forces can help each company enhance its intelligence, refine capabilities and improve their practices.

Committees organize events such as seminars, panel discussions and roundtables to facilitate this sharing of knowledge. The task force will also undertake and participate in special projects related to those areas whose outcome will benefit the entire association.

If you are interested to participate in any of above mentioned committees please contact Lucie Vrbová at lvrbova@amcham.cz or 733 685 318.

Finance Committee

Finance Committee members decided to meet every 3rd Thursday in a month.

Human Resources Committee

HR Initiatives are executed through the HR Committee. It´s mission is to create a forum for the discussion of challenges in the field of human resources and to be a catalyst of change to resolve these challenges.  

Members of the HR Committee agreed to meet every last Friday in a month and be divided into 2 groups:

• “Core committee members“. Members with a deep experience of HR issues combined of in-house HR professionals as well as some providers of HR services. Members of this core committee should anticipate attending about two thirds of the monthly meetings each year.
• “Observer members”. Members who have expressed an interest in the committee but cannot anticipate such regular attendance. It also includes people who are somewhat newer to HR issues and who might not yet offer the depth of experience to contribute fully. This group of people is kept on the circulation list of minutes and activity announcements. They are also welcome to attend meetings.

Activities are focused primarily on providing Amcham members with insights, latest trends and opportunities for further development in the area of human resources. Following activities are organized:

• HR seminars and panel discussions. Each topic is carefully reviewed to make sure that members are provided with the latest knowledge and networking opportunities. HR seminars are designed to give members an insight on a particular hot topic. These seminars are only two hours long and they are run by professionals with experience in a particular area.
• Regular HR Committee meetings where new ideas, activities and suggestions are discussed.
• The HR Committee provides members with opportunities to share information and network, and advocates issues relevant to the HR sector.

HR Committee chairperson: Irena Staňková of SOPHISTO

Contact person: Lucie Vrbová, lvrbova@amcham.cz, 733 685 318.

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Marketing Committee

The mission of Marketing Committee is to create an open discussion forum full of industry experts from both, client side and agency side, who identify major marketing issues that influence their daily operations and will be crucial for the future development of the industry and therefore should be shared with interested AmCham members.

Activities provided by the Committee:

1) Regular Marketing Committee meetings.
2) Marketing oriented panel discussions, seminars and workshops.

Marketing Committee chairperson: Emil Jimenez of Passion Communications

Contact person: Lucie Vrbová, lvrbova@amcham.cz, 733 685 318.

Real Estate Committee

Real Estate activities provided by the Chamber are executed through Real Estate Committee. The Committee is open forum for anyone interested in real estate market issues. Committee members´ are divided into two working groups:

1) RE working group on Best Business Practices
o Its mission is to create a discussion forum of real estate professionals who debate market best practices and share their experiences and opinions with interested AmCham members.

2) RE Legislative working group
o Its mission is to create a forum of experts identifying, analyzing and advocating major legislative problems related to the real estate market.

Contact person: Lucie Vrbová, lvrbova@amcham.cz, 733 685 318.

Corporate Social Responsibility Committee