PROTV Chisinau

PRO TV Chisinau was launched under the umbrella of CME Media Enterprises BV, which was founded by Ronald Lauder and Mark Palmer. Central European Media Enterprises BV is a media company that operates 46 television channels across seven countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The company was established in 1991 aimed at creating independent television in Eastern European countries, which were seeking alternatives to state media. Ronald Lauder, one of the founders, is the heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company, having stepped down from management role there in 1983. Between 1986 and 1987, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria. As a businessman, he partnered with Mark Palmer, a former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, and together they founded the company, focusing on television as a sector with significant growth potential.

Lauder also founded Israeli TV and RWL Water LLC in 2010. He is active in philanthropy and civic activism, advocating for Jewish causes, and has served as President of the World Jewish Congress since 2007.

Mark Palmer is a former Fellow of the American Academy of Diplomacy and has worked as  Vice President of Freedom House and the Council for the Community of Democracies. He also co-founded the National Endowment for Democracy. After co-founding the business with Ronald Lauder, Palmer retired from public service, because the move was viewed as a potential conflict of interest. He later led the Central European Development Corp. and was involved in real estate ventures.

Traian-Cătălin Giosan has been the General Director of Pro TV Chisinau since the establishment of the channel in 1999.

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Giosan has shares in several businesses. In addition to his role as Director of Pro Digital SRL, he co-founded three other companies with Dorin Recean, the current Prime Minister of Moldova: Delta Consulting SRL (now liquidated), Performa SRL, and Food Network SRL. The third founder of the latter is Sphera Franchise Group SA, the franchisor of the American restaurant chain KFC in Moldova.

Diana Gutu - news director - has been working at ProTV Chisinau since 2016. No public information is available about her professional background or education.

Lorena Bogza has been a journalist at Pro TV since 1996. Since 1999 , she has been the presenter of the channel’s  main talk show, "In profunzime" (In depth). Initially, "In profunzime" was a segment within the news program, but it later transitioned to feature interviews with civil servants, and since 2004, it has been filmed on set. Lorena Bogza is a trained philologist. In 2009, she was awarded the Order of the Republic by Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu. She received a number of awards in Moldova for her journalistic work.

In 2014, she married Iurie Nastas, who was serving as a city councilor representing the Liberal Party at the time.