Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education - Economics Institute

MA Placements

CERGE-EI's student body is drawn from a broad range of countries and backgrounds. After completing their MA degrees at CERGE-EI, some students decide not to complete their PhD degrees and seek employment or choose to pursue other advanced degrees, such as MBAs. Still others continue with their PhDs while working in analytic jobs. CERGE-EI's MA alumni have served as key advisors to and employees of Prime Ministers, governmental ministries, international organizations and of private-sector companies. For more information, see our list below for a selection of MA alumni placements.

 

 

International Organizations


International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Nina Budina (Bulgaria, MA equiv. 1993)
Senior Economist, IMF, Fiscal Affairs Department, Washington, D.C., USA



OECD

Lenka (née Drnáková) Lauková (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Monthly Oil and Gas Statistics, International Energy Agency, OECD



The World Bank

Stefania Cnobloch (Romania, MA 2001)
Consultant, The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia – Human Development Sector Unit (ECSHD)

Elena (née Nikitochkina) Rydvalova (Russia, MA 2003)
Junior Professional Associate, The World Bank Group

 

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Central Banks and Governments 

 

Central Banks

Róbert Ambriško (Slovakia, MA 2007)
Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank

Vítězslav Babický (Czech Republic, MA 2002)
Financial Market Analysis Director, Czech National Bank

Otar Gorgodze (Georgia, MA 2002)
Deputy Head, Banking Supervision Department, National Bank of Georgia

Jan Hošek (Czech Republic, MA equiv. 1995)
Economic Analyst, International Economic Division, Czech National Bank

František Kopřiva (Czech Republic, MA 2007)
Economic Analyst, Macroeconomic Forecasting Division, Czech National Bank

Peter Tóth (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank, Czech National Bank

Milan Výškrabka (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Monetary Policy Section, Slovak National Bank

 

Government

Nouné Sekhpossian (Armenia, MA equiv. 1997)
Federal Agencies and Higher Education Liaison, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, Washington D.C., USA
Previously, Business Development, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

Maksim Yemelyanau (Belarus, MA 2007, PhD Expected 2011)
Chief Economist at the Public Debt Department, Belarusian Ministry of Finance
Previously, Senior Researcher at Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC)

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Academia / Research 

Central and Eastern Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States

Kalle Ahi (Estonia, MA 2007)
Department Head, Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS)
Lecturer, Tallinn Technical University

Natalia Davidson (Russia, MA 2003)
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Martin Guzi (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Resident Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany

Anush Hakobyan (Armenia, MA 2004)
Senior Lecturer, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia

 

Universities in North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific

Ariadna Dumitrescu (Romania, MA equiv. 1998)
Associate Professor, Department of Financial Management and Control , ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

Gueorgui Kolev (Bulgaria, MA 2003)
Assistant Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School, Lille, France

Natalia Kovrijnykh (Russia, MA 2001)
Assistant Professor of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA

Emiliya Lazarova (Bulgaria, MA 2002)
Lecturer in Economics, University of Birmingham Business School, UK

Valeri Nikolaev (Belarus, MA 2002)
Assistant Professor of Accounting, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, USA

Tatiana Plotnikova (Russia, MA 2007)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

Oleksandr Romanko (Ukraine, MA 2002)
MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow at Dept. of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada and a Research Fellow at Algorithmics Inc., Toronto, Canada

Viorel Roscovan (Moldova, MA 2004)
Assistant Professor of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Zsolt Sándor (Romania, MA equiv. 1996)
Researcher, Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Previously, Visiting lecturer, Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Evis Sinani (Albania, MA equiv. 1999)
Associate Professor, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Ctirad Slavík (Czech Republic, MA 2006)
Junior Professor, Department of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Vitaliy Strohush (Ukraine, MA 2005)
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Elon University, North Carolina, USA

Razvan Sufana (Romania, MA equiv. 1999)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, York University, Toronto, Canada

Daniela Tataru (Romania, MA equiv. 1997)
Analyst, Thames Cancer Registry, King's College London, UK

Umed Temurshoev (Kyrgyz Republic, MA 2005)
Post-Doctorate Researcher & Lecturer, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Mariya Teteryatnikova (Kazakhstan, MA 2006)
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria

Claudiu Tunea (Romania, MA equiv. 1999)
Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Vera Zaporozhets (Russia, MA 2001)
Research Fellow, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA), France

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Private Sector 

Central and Eastern Europe

Zuzana Bakošová (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Risk Specialist Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague

Volha Belush (Belarus, MA 2006)
Analytical Consultant, SAS, Prague

Aelita Belyaeva (Russia, MA 2004)
Senior Credit Risk Analyst, Československá obchodní banka, a.s. (ČSOB), Prague

Anastasia Chumanova (Russia, MA 2006)
Consultant, Corus Consulting, St. Petersburg, Russia

Olga Cook (née Borissova) (Kazakhstan, MA 2006)
Business Development Specialist & Business Analyst, SAP, Prague
Previously, Senior eBusiness Analyst at Monster Worldwide

Lesja Dorociakova (Ukraine, MA 2006)
QC Engineer, SoftServe, Ukraine

Viliam Druska (Slovakia, MA equiv. 1997)
Director, Business Intelligence and Insights, Vodafone Czech Republic

Pavel Esin (Russia, MA 2002)
Basel II Project Manager, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague
Previously, Basel II Specialist, Komerční banka

Vladimír Kosmata (Czech Republic, MA 2002)
Manager, Corporate Clients Centre, UniCredit Bank a.s., Prague

Peter Košinár (Slovakia, MA 2003)
Senior Research Analyst, Communications, IDC CEMA (Central & Eastern Europe / Middle East & Africa)
Previously, Data / Business Analyst, Cisco Systems

Sofiya Kuzyak (Ukraine, MA 2007)
Basel II Specialist, Komerční banka, a.s., Prague
Previously, Research Consultant, Drill Business Services (Drill B.S.)

Ján Matuška (Slovakia, MA 2007)
Operational and Credit Fraud Risk Manager, Tatra banka, Bratislava
Previously, Risk Consultant, Ernst & Young

Peter Tuchyňa (Slovakia, MA 2008)
Credit Scoring Analyst, Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague
Also, CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 3 Candidate

Mária Valachyová (Slovakia, MA 2002)
Senior Macro Analyst, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Bratislava
Previously, Analyst, Všeobecná úverová banka

Bohdan Vražda (Czech Republic, MA 2004)
Analyst, Front Office Trading, ČEZ, a.s., Prague
Previously, Energy Sector Project Analyst, Arthur T. Little

Jozef Zubrický (Slovakia, MA 2004)
Director, Erste Bank Group Center of Competence, Risk Models for Private Individuals, Česká spořitelna, Prague
Previously, Head of Rating and Scoring, Česká Spořitelna, Prague

 

North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific

Samvel Atayan (Russia, MA 2002)
Marketing Statistician, Marketplace Finance at eBay, San Francisco, California
Previously, Forecasting Analyst for Sales Planning, Warner Bros. Studios, in Hollywood, California

Dmytro Babik (Ukraine, MA 2002)
Applied Risk and Financial Analysis and Modeling Freelance Consultant, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Previously, Risk Analyst, Senior Risk Analyst, Calyon Bank (Crédit Agricole Group), Ukraine

Olga Baranava (Belarus, MA 2005)
Economist, Econ One Research Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA

Monica Barbu (Romania, MA 2001)
Senior Mathematician, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia
Previously, Consultant/Software Developer, Jeppesen

Galina Dvorecka (Russia, MA 2006)
User Experience Senior Specialist, Vistaprint, Barcelona, Spain
Previously, Product Manager Team Lead, Product Analyst, Monster

Ekaterina Goldfayn (Russia, MA 2003)
Consultant, Deutsche Post World Net Inhouse Consulting, Cologne, Germany

Yuriy Kapys (Ukraine, MA 2001)
Road Network Optimization Manager, DHL Express, Köln, Germany
Previously, Network Development Manager, DHL Supply Chain

Marina Martynova (Russia, MA 2002)
Associate, Cornerstone Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Previously Assistant Professor of Finance, Sheffield University, UK

Ervin Merkuri (Albania, MA 2002)
IT Finance Consultant / Analyst, Credit Suisse, New York City, USA

Narine Nersesyan (Armenia, MA equiv. 1997)
Senior Manager, Deloitte, Washington, D.C., USA
Previously Senior Manager, BearingPoint

Jitka Peeters (Belgium, MA 2002)
Project Manager Cross Functional, Cisco, Brussels, Belgium

Julia Popova (Russia, MA 2003)
Economist, New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Albany, NY, USA

Pavel Rábel (Czech Republic, MA equiv. 1996)
Oracle Database Consultant, Fidelity Investments, London, UK

Oleksiy Skorokhod (Ukraine, MA 2006)
Senior Quantitative Analyst, Westpac, Sydney, Australia
Previously Senior Risk Analyst, Quantitative Consulting, Prague, Czech Republic and Risk Analyst, PPF/Generali, Prague, Czech Republic

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