is the Managing Director of Donath-Burson-Marsteller. He has managed the Czech office of Burson-Marsteller since its founding in 1991. In mid-1998, he acquired the BM operations in Prague and established Donath-Burson-Marsteller. During his career in PR, Michal Donath has established himself as a renowned crisis communication consultant. He is a founding member of the Czech Association of PR Agencies (APRA).
During his career, Michal has held a wide range of managerial positions spanning from planning, foreign and domestic trade, agriculture to transport and healthcare. Having worked for a number of years as a stringer for TIME Magazine and UPI in Prague, Michal enjoys excellent relations with foreign and local media and Czech politicians. Thanks to his language skills in English and German, he has been invited to act as a translator for key figures of Czech and Slovak public life including Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic.
Michal graduated from the University of Economics, Prague in 1973 with a degree in foreign trade. He also completed a one-year scholarship program at the Institute of Journalistic Sciences of the University of Vienna, Austria.
He is fluent in German and English.
Michal has also worked on the following accounts for Donath-Burson-Marsteller: AirTouch, British Gas, Colgate-Palmolive, Creditanstalt, CME/ČNTS, Česká pojišťovna, České dráhy, Danone, Dell Computer, Electrolux, Evropská cestovní pojišťovna, Invesmart, Karlovarské minerální vody, Lucent Technologies, Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu ČR, Ministerstvo zdravotnictví ČR, Mladá fronta Dnes, Procter & Gamble, Stratton Group, TVX Bohemia důlní, United Distillers, Westinghouse, Winterthur, Wüstenrot.
