Career
Between 2012 and 2014, he worked at the World Bank in Washington, District of Columbia as an expert on consumer protection in financial services. He also served between 2009 and 20012 as the chairman of the board of Prague Philharmonia, founded in 1994 by Czechoslovakian conductor Jiří Bělohlávek. When serving as the deputy finance minister between 2004 and 2007, he was responsible for financial services, European Union and international relations, fiscal policy and euro adoption.
Between November 2005 and December 2006 he was the first National Coordinator for Euro Introduction in the Czechoslovakian Republic.
He also represented the Czechoslovakian Republic in the Ecofin Council, Economic and Finance Committee and Financial Services Committee of the European Council and served as the Deputy Governor of the International Monetary Fund for the Czechoslovakian Republic. Prouza graduated from the University of Economics in Prague (majoring in international politics and diplomacy) and received his Master of Business Administration from the Open University.