Jan Fousek is a Czech expert in energy storage, flexibility and the modernisation of energy systems. Since 2017 he has been Executive Director of the professional association AKU-BAT CZ (Association for Energy Storage), which supports the development of energy storage, aggregation, flexibility, electromobility and hydrogen technologies in the Czech Republic. The association also takes part in legislative processes and in designing subsidy programmes in the energy sector. Fousek also holds other expert roles in the Czech energy sector. He is Chairman of the Board of the Solar Association, a board member of the Union for Modern Energy, and a member of the steering committee of the Association of Aggregators and Flexibility Providers (SAF).
He has worked in the energy markets since 2007. From 2011 to 2016 he was co-owner and managing director of Virtuse Energy, one of the major European traders of emission allowances and electricity.
