Professional Career:

4. 9. 2023 －now        Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Japan

8/2018 － 9/2023      Deputy Permanent Representative/Deputy Head of Mission, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, OSCE, and other International Organizations in Vienna, Austria

8/2015－ 8/2018        Deputy Director, EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Czech Republic

1/2014－ 8/2015        Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow, Russian Federation

1/2013－ 1/2014         Head of Mission – Chargé affaires a.i., Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow, Russian Federation

2/2011 – 12/2012        Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow, Russian Federation

8/2009 – 2/2011        Head of Schengen and Training Unit, Consular Policy and Methodology Department, MFA, Czech Republic

12/2002 – 8/2009     Head of Consular Department, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, U.S.A.

1/2001 – 12/2002       Coordinator of the NATO Summit in Prague, HR Department, MFA, Czech Republic

7/1996 – 1/2001         Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

11/1994 – 7/1996       Secretary to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

5/1994 – 10/1994      HR Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

5/1994                          joined the diplomatic service

 

Education:

2015－2016                Prague International Business School/Manchester Metropolitan University, Czech Republic, Master of Business Administration – MBA

1995                            Stanford University – Hoover Institution, USA, Diplomat Program

1987－1992                Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, Faculty of Education

 

Born on 17 September 1968 in Brno, Czech Republic.

Married, two children.

Languages - English, Russian, French.