Investment Partner
Robert has been with Rockaway since 2016. In addition to seeking out new opportunities, he focuses primarily on the firms Euromedia Group and Heureka Shopping. He joined Rockaway in order to have a hand in defining the investment strategy, take part in setting the company’s direction and, primarily, to help build something that he can consider to be somewhat his own
– after spending more than twelve years in the world of corporate finance.
Robert came to Rockaway from the investment company Mid Europa Partners, the biggest private equity firm in Central and Eastern Europe, where as the investment manager he played a role in major investments on the Czech market. In total, that involved ten transactions, including České radiokomunikace, T-Mobile, Walmark and Energy 21, whose value exceeded CZK 75 billion.
Five years ago he left a career with Mid Europa Partners, the largest private equity company in Central and Eastern Europe, for the then relatively unknown Rockaway Capital investment group. As Robert himself often…
He smiles a lot and often mentions the importance of understanding – both in relation to customers and to his new new role. František Mala, who has replaced Lukáš Novák as the CEO of Euromedia, switched to the…
Robert Chmelař on the impact of the corona-crisis, anticipating change, and the most important decision that is making life easier for Rockaway in the current crisis. “We have one of the best portfolios that can…
