Petr graduated from the Department of surface mining machines at the Technical University of Ostrava. Then he worked in CHEMOPETROL plc in the Maintenance section. From 1993 to 2001 he worked for a manufacturer of automotive glass, Glaverbel Czech, in its Splintex enterprise in the position of Purchasing Manager, and since 2001 he has been the Regional Purchasing Manager for the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia at AGC Flat Glass Czech plc, a member of the AGC Group. He focuses on the leadership and motivation of an international team of specialists, buying gas, electric energy, machinery and technological equipment, industrial gases and raw materials for glass. In recent years he has been responsible for the computerization of procurement processes in the company, with a value of 2 billion CZK.