Lt. Colonel / Assistant Director in Terrorist Networks Sub-Directorate, Counter Terrorism Directorate, INTERPOL
Bio
Mr. Pelan graduated with honours from the Czech Police Academy and has a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
He joined the ranks of the Czech police in 2001 and during his career has worked as an investigator and Police Counsellor at the International Police Cooperation Division of the Czech Police Presidium in Prague. From 2006 till 2016, he spent 10 years at EUROPOL in The Hague, the Netherlands, working within the Serious and Organized Crime Department as well as European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC).
As of October 2016, he holds the post of the Assistant Director in INTERPOL’s Counter Terrorism Directorate and leads the Terrorist Networks Sub-Directorate.