Petr Dvořák
Petr Dvořák is an experienced media executive with over two decades of leadership in the television and media industry.
He currently works as an independent media consultant, serves as a chairman of the newly established Czech Audiovisual Fund and is also active as an executive director of the Vltava Philharmonic Hall Foundation.
From 2011 to 2023, he served as Director General of Czech Television, overseeing six nationwide channels and elevating the broadcaster to become the most watched and most trusted TV group in the country. Under his leadership, Czech TV reached a market share of over 30% and achieved record levels of public trust. He significantly expanded international cooperation, particularly in drama production, sports broadcasting, and news.
Internationally, he contributed from 2013 to 2019 as a member of the Executive Board and from 2020 to 2023 as Vice-President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), where he was responsible for strategic leadership and sports rights acquisitions across 56 member countries.
Prior to that, from 2002 to 2010, he was CEO of TV Nova, the leading commercial TV network in the Czech Republic, where he implemented a successful multi-channel digital strategy and maintained a market share of around 45%. From 2008 to 2010, he oversaw as Vice-President of CME, owner of TV Nova, all broadcasting activities in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Croatia.
