Introducing

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Tomáš Kopečný: Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine

PhDr. Tomáš Kopečný became the new Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. He was appointed to the post by the government of Petr Fiala.

Work experience

• 1/2023 –  now Governmental Envoy for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
• 1/2020 – 12/2022 Deputy Minister for Defence Industrial Cooperation, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
• 10/2016 – 12/2019 Director of CZE MoD Defence Industrial Cooperation Department.
• 12/2014 – 10/2016 Head of International Defence Industrial Cooperation Section, Deputy Director of CZE MoD Defence Industrial Cooperation Department.
• 3/2014 – 12/2014 Office of the Deputy Minister of Defence, Advisor.
• 9/2013 - 2/2014 Professional internship, NATO, team of the Special Advisor to NATO Secretary General and the Public Diplomacy Division.
• 5/2013 – 8/2013 Office of the 1st Deputy Minister of Defence, Advisor on Africa.
• 9/2011 – 5/2013 Head of Media Monitoring in Nigeria for the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
• 10/2009 – 8/2011 Reporter at Prague Writers’ Festival

Education

• Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Security Studies (PhDr.)
• Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Security Studies (MA)
• Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Territorial Studies (BA)
• Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Philosophy (BA)
• McGill University (Canada), Faculty of Arts. Exchange student

Professional certificates

• Security clearance, SECRET level
• Prince 2 Foundation, Practitioner – project management certificates
• M_o_R® Foundation – risk management certificate
• International Defence Acquisition Negotiations – US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

Languages

• English (C1)
• French (C1)