Speaker’s Profile

Jan Ruzicka
Chief External Affairs Officer
Home Credit Group, Hong Kong
Jan serves as the Chief External Affairs Officer at Home Credit Group, the world’s leading consumer finance provider. At Home Credit he runs Business Development, Corporate Affairs, Public Relations, CSR and ESG teams in all markets in Asia, Europe and US.
Before joining Home Credit Group, Jan worked at the Czech government for ten years, where he championed the passing of comprehensive national healthcare reform as Director-General at the Ministry of Health. Jan also played an instrumental role in navigating the country through several healthcare crises, as well as creating new public health programs related to vaccinations, mental health reform, and oncology screenings.
Jan is also an active university lecturer and frequent public speaker where he focuses on fintech and application of behavioural economics.
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