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
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)
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
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
