Jan Souček (CZE)

CEO of Czech Television

He has been in the media all his professional life. In his role of Director General of Czech TV, he focuses on supporting the independence, objectivity and respected position of Czech Television in the media industry.

Jan graduated from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno. He started his career as a news editor in a commercial television, then worked as a radio presenter and then as Head of News department at Czech Radio Brno. He has been working at Czech Television since 2005, first as a presenter of a morning show and later as head of the Entertainment Production Centre. For nine years, he was the head of Czech TV Studio Brno.