Leona has long been involved in responsible public procurement. She was formerly director of the non-profit organization Nová ekonomika (New Economics) and since 2014 she has been head of the Public Procurement Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, where she also leads the project “Socially Responsible Public Procurement”. She sees the potential of strategic procurement in public procurement. Previously she has also been Chair of the Education Committee of the Council of the European Union.