Dealmakers Dialogues Prague: The 2026 M&A Guide for Czechia and the CEE

Jakub is an Investment Director at CEIP, where he has spent the past three years focusing on acquisition projects and portfolio management. He has been involved, among others, in the Block, Timotec, Kosyka and AMiT projects.

Prior to that, he spent five years in strategy consulting at Arthur D. Little and Deloitte, focusing primarily on the energy sector and manufacturing across Europe and the Middle East.

Jakub has both a technical and an economic background.

Michal Aron is Managing Partner at ARX Equity Partners (ARX), a private equity firm focused on investing in mid-sized companies in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. ARX currently manages its fifth private equity fund, with committed capital of € 100 million. Since its founding in 1997, ARX-managed funds have completed more than 40 investments across the region.

Jan Izák is a Partner at BHM Group, a private equity family office in Prague, where he leads the Healthcare and Labtech division and develops new verticals. He has ten years of experience in M&A, including hands-on time as CFO in portfolio companies. He has built Reinsberg Group into a European Medtech platform through successive acquisitions across the continent.

Tomáš Kindl is Senior Sales Director for CEE & SEE at Datasite, where he leads client relationships across M&A, fundraising, private equity, venture capital and capital markets, building on an earlier career in investment banking and equity research.

Petr Skočdopole is a journalist and moderator, and the co-owner of the business and economics media website MotejlekSkocdopole.com. In the past, he worked for the magazines Týden and Instinkt, serving as editor-in-chief of the latter. He is the co-author of the book Žvaniti fér with musician Dan Bárta. In his free time, he pursues his passions as a musician and a pilot.

Markus is Head of Continental Europe at Datasite. Since 2017, he is leading the Frankfurt office and is responsible for expanding Datasite’s footprint across the DACH, Central & Eastern European markets.

Prior to joining Datasite, Markus held various roles in the financial industry, including Sales Manager Europe at Trading Technologies and Account Manager at Thomson Reuters. In 2016, he also co-founded the technology start-up Evo Fintech.

Markus holds an Executive MBA from Purdue University (USA) and brings extensive experience at the intersection of technology, finance, and sales.