I have worked with Marie since 1999 on matters relating to Quality Management, Food Safety,Regulatory Affairs and Crisis Management.This has involved me in spending a considerable amount of time with Marie both in meetings but also in dealing with specific issues in the factories in the Czech Rep., Poland and Hungary for which she was responsible.

Marie has a very high level of technical knowledge in the field of food technology and she uses this to excellent effect in the way in which she devises and implements systems of Quality Management across the countries in Eastern Europe.

In addition Marie was a key member of the Biscuit Division Quality Committee within Danone and played a major part in setting the medium and long term Quality & Food Safety strategy for the division.

As a part of her Quality Management responsibilities Marie was also in charge of coordinating Crisis Management for Eastern Europe.This function was always carried out in a responsible and totally reliable way ensuring that both the safety of consumers and the reputation of the company was always given absolute priority.

Marie also represented Danone on Expert Groups in the European Food and Drink Industry Association (CIAA) in Brussels in an extremely effective way.

In all of my dealings with Marie I found her totally dependable and someone on whom I could always rely to make sound management decisions and the correct judgement on complex technical issues.I can therefore fully recommend her to any prospective future employer.

I had the opportunity to work with Mrs. Marie Štíchová for several years and under different conditions.

The biggest qualities of Marie are competency, reliability, devotion and willingness. During 10 years of our cooperation her qualities were never doubted.

Our mutual activities related to various areas: relations with consumers, legal regulations, public affairs, crisis management. Marie did an excellent job in all of these areas.

Among others I would like to highlight the fact that in various areas and projects which we worked on together, Marie was able to implement such processes and utilize such experiences that were innovative, thorough and efficient at the same time.

For that reason we entrusted Marie - as often as possible - with such responsibility that did not concern only the OPAVIA company but which had an impact on a national level or in the whole region and thereby also other teams within the Group could prosper from her experiences.

In conclusion I would like to state that on every occasion or in every contact of ours I had to appreciate her professionalism and her qualities, both human and work-related.