Business Career
In 1994, he moved to the Czech Republic, and became chairman of the Board of Directors of Deloitte & Touche Central Europe, and chairman and managing partner of the firm in the Czech Republic, a position he held until 2006. In 2007, Jelinek assumed the role of chairman of Colliers International, CEE Region. Jelinek is also a chairman of the society Olympiad for Czech Republic, which leads the activities of Prague to become the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2011, Jelinek became a board member of Passport Energy, a Canadian oil and gas company.
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