Jan Kubíček was born on 14 September 1976 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Economics in Prague, where he continued his postgraduate studies in the Economic Policy and Administration programme. He started his working career at Newton Holding, a.s. as an analyst. From 2007 to 2013, he worked as an advisor to CNB Deputy Governor Vladimír Tomšík. From 2018 to 2019, he headed the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Analysis Section of the Office of the National Budget Council. From 2022 to 2023, he was the head of this office. Since graduating, he has also worked at economic universities (University of Economics in Prague, Newton College, Škoda Auto University), where he taught macroeconomic analysis, long-run growth theory, business cycle theory and others. He currently teaches at the Department of Public Finance at the University of Economics in Prague. Jan Kubíček speaks English and French, also Italian and German at a basic level.
He has been a member of the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank since 13 February 2023.