What is Martin Kobera's background?

Consulting and operational work since 2006 across fintech, telecoms, energy, logistics, and public sector in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Alongside that, twelve years importing and distributing fair-trade products — physical goods, warehouse operations, retail and wholesale channels. Both sides of that inform how I work.

How does Martin Kobera work?

kobera.digital is a one-person practice. The person you speak to is the person who does the work — no account management, no junior team, no version of the findings sanitised before they reach you.

What sectors has Martin Kobera worked in?

I’ve worked across fintech, telecoms, energy, logistics, and public sector in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The common thread is complexity, not any one industry.

About

I come in with a mandate to act.

I run kobera.digital as a one-person practice. One name, one brief, one person who does the work they agreed to do.

Fintech Telecoms Energy Logistics Public sector

Europe Africa Southeast Asia

Martin Kobera in dive gear at the waterline — Outside working hours, I’m usually underwater. That’s where my mind goes quiet.

Consulting and operational work since 2006 — fintech, telecoms, energy, logistics, and public sector across Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Alongside that, I spent twelve years importing and distributing fair-trade products through Fairově.cz — physical goods, warehouse operations, retail and wholesale channels, organic certification, sourcing from producers across the developing world. One of the first fair-trade shops in the Czech market. I built it because I believe fair trade gives people the economic means to stay where they belong.

I was in Kampala on a telecoms engagement. On weekends I visited the farmers whose products we had been selling in Prague. Children in school, shared bicycles in a remote village that turned a multiday trip to the nearest town into a single day. The money was reaching the people it was supposed to reach.

Off the clock

I volunteer with Česko.digital, helping Czech non-profits navigate digitalisation. I dive as often as I can — seagrass restoration is part of that, an ecosystem that is disappearing and worth showing up for. The underwater side is at @amazedbyoceans.

What I won’t ignore

01

Transformation programmes nobody can explain plainly.

If you cannot say what changes for customers or staff, it is not ready.
02

Vendor selections that quietly lock you in.

The dependency is usually visible before the contract is signed.
03

Roadmaps built on fantasy assumptions.

I replace those with real constraints before they become expensive surprises.
04

Governance theatre.

Meetings that produce status colours but no real decisions. I cut them.

I work best with people who have a point of view, want the honest answer, and are not looking for comfortable slides. If that sounds like the wrong fit, it probably is — and that is fine to know before the first call.

Martin Kobera, Prague · 2026

I come in with a mandate to act.

The first conversation costs nothing.