About the Association
Secretariat of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic
The Secretariat is an administrative and professional executive workplace that ensures the implementation of the strategy and activities resulting from the basic documents of the Union and from the resolutions of the Union’s bodies.
The activity of the secretariat is managed by the general secretary, Mr. Viktor Marušák.
The Secretariat has 6 employees who work as managers of individual divisions, secretaries of commissions, manage projects in which the Association is involved and provide organizational and informational support for members.
Legislative Commissions
Working committees are composed of experts from AIA SR member companies. The commissions prepare legislative proposals and comments on ongoing legislative processes and at the same time influence the strategic development of legislation in the relevant area so that the basic goal is fulfilled: ensuring the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of the automotive industry in Slovakia.
- Legislative Commission on Labor Law and Health and Safety
- Education Commission
- Financial Legislation Commission
- Environmental Legislation Commission
- Commission for Research, Development and Innovation
- Technical and Transport Legislation Commission
- Alternative Fuels Commission
Divisions
AIA SR also includes four divisions that deal with legislative, strategic and operational issues related to the respective focus of the division.
Division of car importers – chairman Pavol Prepiak
Division of motorcycle importers and manufacturers – chairman Marek Malatinec
Division of trailers, semi-trailers and superstructures – chairman Viliam Bujna
Division of subcontractors – chairman Tomáš Osuský
Bodies of the Automotive Industry Association
General Assembly
– the highest body of the AIA SR, among other things, approves the annual financial statements, the draft budget, changes to the statutes and elects the other bodies of the union. It usually meets once a year.
President
– is the statutory body of AIA SR, ensures the implementation of the decisions of the General Assembly, appoints the general secretary on the proposal of the Executive Committee. In his absence, he may be represented by the Executive Vice President.
Presidium
– is the working body of the president. It deals with issues of internal and external activities of AIA SR
Presidium of ZAP SR
President
Ing. Alexander Matušek
Head of Volkswagen Slovakia, a.s. Department of External Relations/Environment/Social Services.
In the past, he was responsible for the management of all logistics at Volkswagen Slovakia and also worked in several management positions within the Volkswagen Group in Portugal and the USA. Since 2018, he has held the position of president of the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic (AIA SR / ZAP SR) during the third election period. In 2018, he was also elected vice president of the Federation of Slovak Industrial and Transport Associations (FSITA / APZD).
Executive Vice President
Ing. Pavol Prepiak
From 1990 to 2018, he worked for several multinational car companies in Slovakia and abroad. In 1993, he founded the Association of Automobile Importers with the aim of creating conditions for the authorized distribution (import) of vehicles in Slovakia, which was later transformed into a separate division of our association. Since 2018, he has been the executive vice-president of the Association and its second statutory, he is a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Slovak Industrial and Transport Associations He is the chairman of the board of the Coordinating Center for old vehicles and the director of Auto Recycling – Producer Responsibility Organization. He has been active in the field of technical and environmental vehicle legislation all his life.
Vicepresident
Prof. Ing. Ľubomír Šooš, PhD.
Ľubomír Šooš is the vice-president of the Association of the Automotive Industry with responsibility for research, development and innovation.
He holds the position of dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak Technical University, he is a professor in the field of Production Technology, Construction of Production and Environmental Technology, Environment. It focuses on research and innovation, primarily in the design of machine tool components as well as environmental technology. He was a researcher of more than 21 international and national research projects, published more than 295 scientific articles in journals and proceedings, is the author of 35 patents, industrial designs and improvement proposals, is the bearer of more than 50 engineering and technical works as part of the contract research of the faculty with experience. He is the chairman of the commission for research, development and innovation of the Automotive Industry Assiciation of the Slovak Republic and is the leader of the UNIVNET Association (University and Industrial Research and Education Platform of the Recycling Company), which consists of five universities and our Association.
Vicepresident
Ing. Jaroslav Kouřil
He is the personnel director for the Slovak Republic at Faurecia. In the past, he worked in the field of human resources management in the manufacturing companies Johns Manville, DURA Automotive, Datalogic and Veolia. In the Automotive Industry Association of the Slovak Republic, he heads the labor law committee and from 2022 he is the vice president of our Association with responsibility for labor law and education.
Vicepresident
JUDr. Richard Hollý
Richard Hollý is the secretary general of the Association of Leasing Companies of the Slovak Republic. In the past, he managed a team of lawyers in a financial company for many years. Since 2018, he has been the chairman of the Commission for Financial Legislation in the Automotive Industry Association, and since 2023 he is the vice-president of the Association.
Executive Committee
– manages AIA SR and the activities of the secretariat in the period between the General Assemblies. It consists of the president, vice-presidents, the chairmen of legislative commissions and other internal organizational units of AIA SR and other representatives of member organizations are part of it. One of the members is the director of the secretariat of the Czech Automobile Industry Association – AutoSAP.
Executive Committee of AIA SR – members
- Honorary President
Jozef UHRÍK - President
Alexander MATUŠEK - Executive Vice President
Pavol PREPIAK - Vice Presidents
Richard HOLLÝ
Jaroslav KOUŘIL
Ľubomír ŠOOŠ - Members of the Executive Committee
Viliam BUJNA
Roman BUJNA
Dušan DVOŘÁK
Peter FAJNA
Igor FRANČEK
Richard HOLLÝ
Miroslav JANOTA
Ivan KEBÍSEK
Július LANG
Marek MALATINEC
Viktor MARUŠÁK
Tomáš OSUSKÝ
Zdeněk PETZL
Michaela HLETKOVÁ PLOSZEKOVÁ
Tomáš POLAŠČIN
Andrej ŠTEFÁNIK
Dušan VALIENT
- Chairman
Marián FRANEK - Members
Peter BIANCHI
Dagmar HAKLOVÁ
Peter KADLEC
Adriana KOCIANOVÁ
Marián KRÁLIK
Oliver LINDVAY
Martin PODKONICKÝ
Supervisory board
The Supervisory Board is the control body of AIA SR, it controls the management of AIA SR funds and performs other control tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly, or other activities if requested by the AIA SRpresident or the Executive Committee.
Executive Committee of AIA SR – members
- Chairman
Marián FRANEK - Members
Peter BIANCHI
Dagmar HAKLOVÁ
Peter KADLEC
Adriana KOCIANOVÁ
Marián KRÁLIK
Oliver LINDVAY
Martin PODKONICKÝ
