Our mass-market brand trusted for over 30 years.
Nearly new cars, including hybrids and EVs.
Relaunched in 2025 as our luxury and premium pre-owned brand.
Flexible rentals for individuals and companies, faster and easier than traditional leasing.
Value brand for affordable cars.
Leadership
Management Board
Petr Kudela
Chairman of the Management Board
Karolína Topolová
Management Board Member,co-Chief Executive Officer
Karolína Topolová has been the Company's Chief Executive Officer since 2012 and the member of its Board of Directors since 2015. She began her career as an Assistant Program Manager at the Hilton Diamond Club (HDC). She later became the HDC Program Manager of a telemarketing sales team, in charge of selected VIP clients of the Hilton hotel network, at the Prague Hilton Atrium hotel.
In 1998, she established the Group's call center, which has grown from five employees to a professional team of more than 200. She held the position of call center head from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2007, she served in the positions of Group HR head and call center director. From 2009 to 2012, she held various positions including Deputy CEO and COO, while she was also head of the sales, financial and insurance services, call center, human resources, IT and external communication divisions.
She has repeatedly been ranked in the TOP 25 WOMEN OF CZECH BUSINESS, in 2020 she won the 1st place in the managers category and in 2021 she entered the Hall of Fame. Karolina also regularly appears in the list of the Most Influential Women in the Czech Republic according to Forbes magazine and received the Lady Pro 2015 and Young Management Talent 2015 awards.
In 1998, she established the Group's call center, which has grown from five employees to a professional team of more than 200. She held the position of call center head from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2007, she served in the positions of Group HR head and call center director. From 2009 to 2012, she held various positions including Deputy CEO and COO, while she was also head of the sales, financial and insurance services, call center, human resources, IT and external communication divisions.
She has repeatedly been ranked in the TOP 25 WOMEN OF CZECH BUSINESS, in 2020 she won the 1st place in the managers category and in 2021 she entered the Hall of Fame. Karolina also regularly appears in the list of the Most Influential Women in the Czech Republic according to Forbes magazine and received the Lady Pro 2015 and Young Management Talent 2015 awards.
Petr Vaněček
Management Board Member,co-Chief Executive Officer
Petr Vaněček is a passionate automotive retail executive and became Co-CEO of the company in 2024. His responsibilities include executive management of the company and the business, Mototechna Group (mobility solutions for private customers and small and medium-sized companies), digitalization, innovation, IT, data management and branch network development. His task is to continue the geographical expansion of the company with a focus on the development on the Polish market. Since 2015 he has also been a member of its Board of Directors.
He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of the Company’s operations. Petr has held several management positions in various divisions, including in the Group’s buying division covering exports and imports gaining invaluable international retail experience and a deep understanding of the European pre-owned car market. During his time in the Group’s buying division, Petr was responsible for driving Aures’ cross border arbitrage business and was appointed as Director of Procurement in 2006 where he developed the sourcing infrastructure and established the Group’s pricing function sourced from sector experts and industry analysts. In 2014 he was appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer.
Since then Petr has played a pivotal role in establishing the Group’s data source division, seamlessly integrating this essential service across all of the Group’s operating divisions and played a major role in the Group’s entry into the nearly new car market through the creation of premium segment brand Mototechna.
He has transformed the organisation into a technology led operation in every aspect across the Group and played a major role in supporting Aures’ fantastic growth.
He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of the Company’s operations. Petr has held several management positions in various divisions, including in the Group’s buying division covering exports and imports gaining invaluable international retail experience and a deep understanding of the European pre-owned car market. During his time in the Group’s buying division, Petr was responsible for driving Aures’ cross border arbitrage business and was appointed as Director of Procurement in 2006 where he developed the sourcing infrastructure and established the Group’s pricing function sourced from sector experts and industry analysts. In 2014 he was appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer.
Since then Petr has played a pivotal role in establishing the Group’s data source division, seamlessly integrating this essential service across all of the Group’s operating divisions and played a major role in the Group’s entry into the nearly new car market through the creation of premium segment brand Mototechna.
He has transformed the organisation into a technology led operation in every aspect across the Group and played a major role in supporting Aures’ fantastic growth.
Jiří Trnka
Management Board Member, Chief Economic & Finance Officer
Jiří Trnka was promoted to Chief Economic & Finance Officer in 2026. He is responsible for managing the Economic division, which handles all of the company's financial matters. Jiří joined AURES Holdings in 2004 as Internal Audit Manager and went through several management roles in Finance Department and in years 2010 – 2015 served as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2017 he has held the position of Finance & Insurance Director, since 2024 he was promoted to the position of Chief Performance Officer. Before AURES Holdings he worked on finance positions in Continental Teves and Škoda Auto. Jiří received Master’s degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Economics in Prague.
Tomáš Vrba
Management Board Member
Peter Ďurík
Management Board Member
Peter Ďurík has been the Director of Financing and Treasury in EP Infrastructure since 2024. He is also Executive Finance Director of EPH and serves on the Company’s and Group Risk committee. In his position, he is responsible, apart from other things, for developing theGroup’s financing strategies and actively participates in the Group’s risk management and ESG initiatives. Peter Ďurík holds a Masters’s degree in Banking and Insurance from theUniversity of Economics in Prague.
Supervisory board
Branislav Miškovič
Supervisory Board Member
Branislav Miškovič a member of the M&A team of EPH, where he participated in numerousstrategic acquisitions in the energy, media or e-commerce sector as well as subsequentmanagement and controlling functions in the portfolio companies since 2013. Prior to joiningEPH, he spent 3 years in the M&A department of J.P Morgan in London and had severalinternships with Google or Roland Berger. Branislav holds a master’s degree from theUniversity of Economics in Prague as well as a CEMS Master in International Management degree in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School.
Milan Dorko
Supervisory Board Member
Milan Dorko is a member of the Supervisory Board of Aures Holdings. He has been a member of the EP Group legal team since 2013 and has extensive international legal experience, focusing on mergers and acquisitions across the energy and infrastructure, food retail and automotive sectors, where he has contributed to several significant group acquisitions, including that of Aures Holdings. Prior to joining EP Group, Milan Dorko worked as a lawyer at the international law firm White & Case, where he advised on cross-border M&A transactions, as well as real estate and energy projects.
Milan Dorko holds a law degree from Charles University in Prague. He also obtained a Diploma in English and EU Law from the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Milan Dorko holds a law degree from Charles University in Prague. He also obtained a Diploma in English and EU Law from the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Petr Sekanina
Supervisory Board Member
Petr Sekanina is the Corporate Holding Director and Chairman of the Supervisory Boardof EPH. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of EPH’s subsidiary Plzeňská teplárenská, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Slovak company Stredoslovenskáenergetika, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of EP Energy and Managing Partner of EP Investment Advisors. In the past, he also served as managing director and CFO of SOR Libchavy and as CFO of Plzeňská energetika. Prior to the founding of EPH, Mr. Sekanina worked for more than 11 years within the J&T Group and before in Živnostenská banka and Atlantik finanční trhy.
He holds a master’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from Masaryk University in Brno.
Roman Šilha
Supervisory Board Member
Roman Šilha is the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions of EPGC and VESA. He has more than25 years’ experience in investment and corporate banking. He served as Chairman of theBoard and CEO of CAIB Czech Republic&Slovakia from 2007, in 2010 moved to UniCreditBank as Head of Large Corporate Clients and from 2015 he was Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking in the Czech Republic&Slovakia. He spent two years in Vienna, Austriaworking as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Head of Corporate, Investment and PrivateBanking of UniCredit in CEE region. Mr. Šilha holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Charles University in Prague and the Graduate School of Banking in Colorado.
Martina Kahulová
Supervisory Board Member, Group Personnel & Payroll Manager
Martina Kahulová has been a member of the Board since November 2023. She joined the company in 1999, when her first position was in HR as an assistant. After a year and a half, she worked her way up to Head of the Personnel Department. She left the company in 2010 to gain new experience and returned to the group in 2013. Since then, she has been working as the head of the payroll and personnel department in the position of Group Personnel and Payroll Manager.
Jiří Čabrádek
Supervisory Board Member, Chief Information OfficerJiří Čabrádek has been a member of the Board since May 2026. Jiří Čabrádek has been working in IT for more than 20 years, he has worked in all areas of IT, participated in the introduction and development of IT technologies in various companies and at the same time has been actively involved in this field for many years. In 2003 he joined AURES Holdings where he was the technology lead for call center innovations, leading IT projects for the group and subsequently various IT departments. Since 2016, he has held the position of Chief Information Officer and manages the company's IT division.
Senior Management Committee
Martin Hrudník
Chief Operations OfficerMartin Hrudník has held the position of the Chief Operations Officer since
2024. He is responsible for determining the Company's buying strategy and related marketing activities . In
addition, he also leads new projects supporting the Group's expansion. He began his career working in the
construction industry and joined the Group in 1999. He started as a buying assistant and in 2004 became a
regional buying manager. He has worked in different branches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In 2017 he
became Group Purchasing Director. He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering High School.
Lenka Zajíčková
Chief Legal Officer
Lenka Zajíčková has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2020, serving as the Group Head of Legal since 2014 and Compliance Officer since 2020. Lenka is overseeing the Company's entire legal agenda. She has been working in advocacy since 2001, attorney-at-law since 2006 and has been working alongside the Company since 2010. In 2015, she was a member of the team and the main coordinator of the post-transaction corporate restructuring that followed the acquisition of AAA Auto Group N.V. by the Company and the subsequent cross-border merger of AAA Auto Group N.V. and AAA AUTO a.s. into the Group. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno.
Eldar Vagabov
Chief Innovation Officer
Eldar Vagabov has been Chief Innovation Officer since 2024 and is responsible for the Resulmatic, IT (Aures ICT), Project Office and Innovation teams of the holding company. Eldar has already built a successful global biotech startup in Singapore and the UK, where he introduced new generation of DNA tests on these markets. Since 2016, Mr. Vagabov has held various senior management positions, including the position of Group CEO of an international private healthcare group Eldar brings experience from the fields of business development, expansion and growth strategies, has a master‘s degree in Business and Law and speaks fluently in three languages.
Marie Voršilková
Chief HR Officer
Marie Voršilková joined the company in 2025 and is responsible for the entire HR agenda for all countries in the group. She focuses on consolidating and automating key HR processes with the aim of increasing efficiency, speeding up workflow, and improving the user experience for employees and managers, including wellbeing.
Marie studied sociology at Masaryk University. For a long time, she was involved in training managerial skills and leadership at large banking institutions such as GE Money Bank and UniCredit Bank. Later, she held more business-related roles as HR Development Manager and HR Director at Formel D Group, where she was responsible for 2,000 employees in Central and Eastern Europe.
Tech savvy leadership team
Daniel Luňáček
Group Sales DirectorDaniel Luňáček has held the position of Group Sales Director since April 2021.
He is responsible for strategically managing the Group’s branch network to improve the existing processes and modernize the auxiliary tools that lead to digitization of the sales division. An integral part of his daily agenda is working with sales managers with the help of his regional management to improve the efficiency of sales and after sales processes that lead to maximum satisfaction of our customers.
Daniel has been working for the company since 2001, beginning his career as a call centre representative where within two years he worked his way up to call centre manager in Slovakia. A year later, he moved to the sales division where he started as a site manager. Following several promotions in both the Slovak and Czech branches he became a regional manager and then Country manager for the Czech Republic.
He is responsible for strategically managing the Group’s branch network to improve the existing processes and modernize the auxiliary tools that lead to digitization of the sales division. An integral part of his daily agenda is working with sales managers with the help of his regional management to improve the efficiency of sales and after sales processes that lead to maximum satisfaction of our customers.
Daniel has been working for the company since 2001, beginning his career as a call centre representative where within two years he worked his way up to call centre manager in Slovakia. A year later, he moved to the sales division where he started as a site manager. Following several promotions in both the Slovak and Czech branches he became a regional manager and then Country manager for the Czech Republic.
Pavel Pospíšil
Group Stock & Service DirectorPavel Pospíšil currently holds the position of the Group Stock & Service Director. He is in charge of managing the stock, service and transport department, determining the Group's strategy and setting KPIs for all subordinate departments. He began his career in the United States and joined the Group in 1999, gaining experience across several departments of the Company. He held the position of logistics manager for two years and graduated from the Mechanical Engineering High School in Prague.
David Čížek
Group Office Operations DirectorDavid joined AURES Holdings in 2018 as Group Office Operations Director. He is responsible for facility management, car transfers, company cars, construction, logistics, warehouse, archive, Security, development and travel agendas for senior executives. One of David’s major roles is to implement standard processes in all countries within the Group, to reduce operating costs. Another important task is the service for group development, which is supported by the construction and facility departments.
David previously worked with Intersnack Ltd., as the Director of Procurement and Investment, concurrently he was a lead buyer, responsible for purchasing flexible packaging in CEE and Austria and was a member of the Supervisory Board. Prior to Intersnack David worked in the pharmaceutical industry, where he worked as Chief Operating Officer.
David previously worked with Intersnack Ltd., as the Director of Procurement and Investment, concurrently he was a lead buyer, responsible for purchasing flexible packaging in CEE and Austria and was a member of the Supervisory Board. Prior to Intersnack David worked in the pharmaceutical industry, where he worked as Chief Operating Officer.
Petr Havel
Contact Center Director
Petr Havel joined AURES Holdings as Group CC Director in 2020. He has over twenty years of experience in contact centres. He has worked, among others, as Director of Call Centre Operations at Conectart, the largest BPO provider in the Czech Republic, and as Telesales Manager for SME customers at Telefonica O2. He is married and has one daughter.
Jan Hrubý
Managing Director Mototechna & Mototechna DriveJan Hrubý is responsible for the complete strategy of the Mototechna division, budget management, margin management and other business objectives. His responsibilities include dealing with the Group's key suppliers and representing the company.
He started at AURES Holdings in 2009 as a luxury car analyst while he was still in college. He was involved in the group's expansion into Russia, where he was a supervisor of the valuation team. Since 2013, he has led a dedicated Segment Buying team that specializes in the purchase of pre-owned and luxury vehicles. This department then became a separate division Mototechna, where Jan has been Business Director since 2017. Since 2019, he has also been the Procurator of the innovative car rental company Mototechna Drive, which he co-founded.
He started at AURES Holdings in 2009 as a luxury car analyst while he was still in college. He was involved in the group's expansion into Russia, where he was a supervisor of the valuation team. Since 2013, he has led a dedicated Segment Buying team that specializes in the purchase of pre-owned and luxury vehicles. This department then became a separate division Mototechna, where Jan has been Business Director since 2017. Since 2019, he has also been the Procurator of the innovative car rental company Mototechna Drive, which he co-founded.
Zdeněk Batěk
Group Purchasing DirectorHe joined the company in 2007 after graduating from a technical high school, specializing in Road Transport and Vehicle Diagnostics.
He started at the Pilsen purchasing branch as a Buyer and after two years, he became a Mobile Buyer for the Prague region. In 2012, he took over the management of mobile purchasing in the Czech Republic, and two years later, he managed mobile purchasing for the entire Aures Holdings group.
From 2021 to 2022, he was responsible for the development and implementation of the BUYING GUIDE and PRICING GUIDE applications, which were part of the company's comprehensive digitalization.
In 2023, he was appointed as the Director of the Purchasing Division for Aures Holdings.
He started at the Pilsen purchasing branch as a Buyer and after two years, he became a Mobile Buyer for the Prague region. In 2012, he took over the management of mobile purchasing in the Czech Republic, and two years later, he managed mobile purchasing for the entire Aures Holdings group.
From 2021 to 2022, he was responsible for the development and implementation of the BUYING GUIDE and PRICING GUIDE applications, which were part of the company's comprehensive digitalization.
In 2023, he was appointed as the Director of the Purchasing Division for Aures Holdings.
Milan Dědeček
Group Financial Services DirectorMilan Dědeček is responsible for the Finance and Insurance division. He is in charge of managing sales teams for financial products, relationships with key business partners, product management and innovation in the area of financial and complementary products, with an emphasis on improving the customer experience.
He has been with the company since 2010, when he started as a financial services sales representative. He gradually worked his way up to the position of F&I Regional Manager, Country F&I Manager in the Czech Republic, until 2024, when he took over all F&I activities for the entire group.
He has been with the company since 2010, when he started as a financial services sales representative. He gradually worked his way up to the position of F&I Regional Manager, Country F&I Manager in the Czech Republic, until 2024, when he took over all F&I activities for the entire group.
Country management
Luboš Vorlík
Managing DirectorCzech Republic & Slovakia
Luboš currently works as Managing Director for CZ & SK. He joined the company in 2003 as a sales representative. He quickly worked his way up to Branch Manager, Regional Sales Manager and Sales Manager for the Czech Republic. He graduated from the Secondary Technical and Agricultural School in Pilsen and has worked his entire professional life in sales. He has been responsible for the creation of many sales processes and reward schemes for sales positions within the company.
Miroslav Vápeník
Managing DirectorPoland
Miroslav Vápeník joined the company in 2007 as manager for the Auto Diskont brand. He gradually gained more responsibilities as Regional Sales Manager and Country Sales Manager for the Czech Republic. Since July 2023 he has been responsible for the Polish market as Managing Director. Miroslav is a former professional football player and has two daughters.
