Deputy CEO and Chief External Affairs Officer
ACT Treasurer

Klára Brachtlová

Klára is currently Deputy CEO and Chief External Affairs Officer at CME Group in Prague, Czechia, overseeing the day-to-day operations of CME Group’s TV stations and streaming platforms across six Central and Eastern European markets, including Czechia, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia.  With 15 years’ executive experience in the industry, she has managed all aspects of TV broadcasting operations and finance.

Klára leads CME Group’s news and current affairs, digital transformation initiatives and is responsible for CME Group’s regulatory and public affairs strategy for the EU and at the Czech national level.  She is on the Board of the Czech Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Czech Audiovisual Fund.  From October 2023 to September 2025, she also participated as a member of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1. 

Previously, Klára was Chief Financial Officer and later Co-CEO of TV Nova, a CME Group subsidiary and the leading commercial TV station in Czechia, where she led the company’s digital transformation, securing its position as the market leader in the Czech market.  She is a certified Statutory Auditor and Tax Advisor, holding an ACCA qualification.