MARTINA GRYGAR BŘEZINOVÁ 

In 2010 Martina accepted leadership of the whole team. Martina was also one of the active members for SWIFt (Sodexo Women’s International Forum for Talent). The forum, which is the advisory body of Sodexo’s global CEO, promotes and supports diversity in Sodexo.

Martina passed the leadership of the company on to her successor and went on a one-year career break in the Autumn of 2016, and joined the team that held the 28^th International Montessori Congress in 2017. Apart from working at the congress, Martina took part in the study of digital marketing during her break, entered into a partnership with Women ltd. and mainly got devoted to the family and to herself.

Martina began working with the Zátiší Group at the end of 2017 – a gastronomic group that brings together four of Prague’s top restaurants, the Europe-based Zátiší Catering division, the innovative Fresh & Tasty company and its school catering division. In January 2018 Martina became the CEO of the Zátiší Group.

Martina believes that what one has learned should be passed on. Martina is therefore an ambassador of Prague’s Minerva 21 Club and a long-time Odyssey mentor. In 2014 she became the winner of the prestigious „Top Responsible Leader“ award. Several times she was placed in the Top 25 Women of Czech Business poll, twice won the Sector Manager award, and Forbes magazine repeatedly ranked her as one of the most influential women in the Czech Republic.

“I believe that part of the leaders’ mission is to share their achievements and experiences, and to help others in their growth. In the beginning of my career I had both formal and informal mentors, who gave me the courage and helped me overcome obstacles. As a woman, and above all, as the mother of a small son, Viktor, I know how challenging it is to combine personal and work life and to succeed. I am therefore glad that I can help other women in the same way, and that I can contribute to their personal success.”