PhD Placements
CERGE-EI's graduates have a history of finding demanding and satisfying employment across sectors. As graduates emerge from the program, they assume high-profile, influential positions as economic policy-makers and advisors. CERGE-EI 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 comprehensive list below for PhD alumni placements.
International Organizations
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Michaela Erbenová (Czech Republic)
Deputy Division Chief, Financial Sector Oversight Division
Formerly, Vice-Governor, Chief Executive Director, Czech National Bank and Economic Advisor of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Jiří Podpiera (Czech Republic)
Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets, Financial Sector Analysis Division
Tigran Poghosyan (Armenia)
Economist, Middle East and Central Asia Division
Emil Stavrev (Bulgaria)
Senior Economist, Research Department
Previously Senior Economist, Czech National Bank
The World Bank
Martin Čihák (Czech Republic)
Lead Economist, Washington, D.C.
Formerly Research Economist, EU2 Department, International Monetary Fund
Anca (Pruteanu) Podpiera (Romania)
Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Formerly Economy Analyst, Czech National Bank
Peter Silárszky (Slovakia)
Senior Economist, Washington, D.C.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Pavel Dvořák (Czech Republic)
Economist, London
Asel Isakova (Kyrgyzstan)
Economic Analyst, Office of the Chief Economist, London
Libor Krkoška (Czech Republic)
Head of EBRD Representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Formerly Principal Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, London
Anita Taçi (Albania)
Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, London
Other
Jacek Cukrowski (Poland)
Unit Head, Capacity-building Institute and Regional Analysis Unit, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria
Formerly Poverty Reduction and Economic Development Specialist, Poverty Reduction in Europe & CIS Section, UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
Zuzana Dobrotková (Slovakia)
Renewable Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency, Paris
Ján Planovský (Slovakia)
Head of Unit, Management of IT infrastructure, Eurostat, Luxembourg
Ondřej Schneider (Czech Republic)
Senior Economist, Institute of International Finance, Washington, D.C
Central Banks and Governments
Czech National Bank
Jan Babecký (Russia)
Principal Economist, Economic Research Department
Formerly Economic Analyst, International Economic Division
František Brázdik (Slovakia)
Senior Economic Analyst, Macroeconomic Forecasting Division
Michal Franta (Czech Republic)
Research Coordinator, Economic Research Department
Kamil Galuščák (Czech Republic)
Research Coordinator, Economic Research Department
Dana Hájková (Czech Republic)
Head Economic Analyst, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Analyses Division
Narcisa (Virlan) Kadlčáková (Romania)
Analyst
Tomáš Konečný (Slovakia)
Expert Analyst
Formerly Credit Risk Specialist, Česká spořitelna, Prague
Marian Krajč (Slovakia)
Economist, Prudential Inspection Division
Lubomír Lízal (Czech Republic)
Member, ČNB Bank Governing Board
Associate Professor, CERGE-EI (on leave)
Formerly Director, CERGE-EI, 2004-2009
Branislav Saxa (Slovakia)
Senior Economic Analyst, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Analyses Division
Martin Vojtek (Slovakia)
Economist, Financial Market Supervision Department
Other Central Banks
Aurelijus Dabušinskas (Lithuania)
Senior Economist, Research Department, National Bank of Estonia, Tallinn
Martin Fukač (Czech Republic)
Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, USA
Zuzana Fungáčová (Slovakia)
Economist, Institute for Economics of Transition (BOFIT), Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Teodora Paligorova (Bulgaria)
Senior Analyst, Financial Markets, Research Department, Bank of Canada, Ottawa
Government
Lubomira Anastasova-Chirmiciu (Bulgaria)
Labour Market Policy Manager, London Development Agency, UK
Irena Dushi (Albania)
Economist, Division of Policy Analysis, United States Social Security Administration, Washington, D.C.
Martina Lubyová (Slovakia)
Senior Researcher, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
Andrei Medvedev (Belarus)
Senior Associate, Economics of Financial Regulation Department, Financial Services Authority (FSA), London, UK
Magdalena Morgese-Borys (Poland)
Economist, European Commission, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)
Formerly Post-Doc Researcher, University La Sapienza, Italy
Oleksandr Stupnytskyy (Ukraine)
Researcher, Research Institute of Labor and Social Affairs, Prague
Juraj Stančík (Slovakia)
Scientific Fellow, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Seville, Spain
Jana (Rajdlová) Valachyová (Slovakia)
Analyst, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
Maksim Yemelyanau (Belarus)
Chief Economist at the Public Debt Department, Belarusian Ministry of Finance
Formerly Senior Researcher at Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC)
Academia
Charles University
Michal Břeský (Czech Republic)
Senior Researcher, CERGE-EI
Karel Janda (Czech Republic)
Associate Professor, Department of Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, and Department of Banking and Insurance, Faculty of Finance, University of Economics in Prague
Daniel Münich (Czech Republic)
Assistant Professor, CERGE-EI.
Currently serves as Chair of Advisory Committee for Social And Human Services, member of Advisory Committee for Evaluation of R&D of the Czech Republic Board of R&D, and member of the Czech Tertiary Education System Reform team
Inna (Piven) Čábelková (Ukraine)
Assistant Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities
Krešimir Žigić (Croatia)
Associate Professor, CERGE-EI
Universities in Czech Republic
Petr Duczynski (Czech Republic)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové
Elena Mielcová (Slovakia)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, Silesian University, Karvina
Katarína Svítková (Slovakia)
Vice-President (Vice-Provost) for International Academic Affairs, Anglo-American University, Prague
Formerly, Dean, School of Business and Administration, Anglo-American University, Prague
Universities in Central and Eastern Europe
Dmitri Kolyuzhnov (Russia)
Assistant Professor, Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Margit Tóth (Hungary)
Professor, Accounting and Finance Department, Budapest College of Management
Universities in North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific
Jan Bena (Czech Republic)
Assistant Professor, Finance Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada
Pavlo Blavatskyy (Ukraine)
Professor, Institute of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Previously Assistant Professor, University of Zurich
Petra (Brhliková) Sevčíková (Slovakia)
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Constantin Colonescu (Romania)
Professor of Economics, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada
Pavel Čížek (Czech Republic)
Associate Professor, CentER for Research in Economics and Business, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Zvezda Dermendzhieva (Bulgaria)
Post-Doctorate Fellow, Osteuropa-Institut, Regensburg, Germany
Formerly Visiting Assistant Professor, GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies), Tokyo, Japan
Bersant Hobdari (Albania)
Assistant Professor, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Karin Jõeveer (Estonia)
Assistant Professor, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Alexander Klein (Slovakia)
Assistant Professor, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Silvester van Koten (Netherlands)
Jean Monnet Fellow at the Loyola de Palacio Chair, European University Institute, Italy
Eugen Kováč (Slovakia)
Junior Professor for Applied Microeconomics and Management, University of Bonn, Germany
René Levinský (Czech Republic)
Research Group Leader, Strategic Interaction Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany
Jan Novotný (Czech Republic)
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Manchester Business School, UK
Filip Pertold (Czech Republic)
Post Doctoral fellow, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Barbara Pertold-Gębicka (Poland)
Post Doctoral fellow, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Yulia Rychalovska (Ukraine)
Research Assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Ondřej Rydval (Czech Republic)
Research Associate, Strategic Interaction Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany
Dmitri Ryvkin (Russia)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Florida State University
Natalia Shestakova (Russia)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria
Jakub Steiner (Czech Republic)
J.E. Purkyně Fellow, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Assistant Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA
Andrey Timofeev (Russia)
Senior Research Associate, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA
Ainura Uzagalieva (Kyrgyzstan)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of the Azores, Portugal
George Vachadze (Georgia)
Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), New York, USA
Galina Vereshchagina (Ukraine)
Assistant Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University, USA
Private Sector
Central and Eastern Europe
Juraj Antal (Slovakia)
Internet Entrepreneur/CEO, Fandona.cz
Formerly Advisor to the Bank Board, Czech National Bank
Martin Cincibuch (Czech Republic)
Partner for Finance & Planning, OG Research (OGR), Prague
Formerly Head, Research Department, Real Economy Division, Czech National Bank
Štěpán Čábelka (Czech Republic)
Strategic Analyst, Strategy and Analysis Sector, Česká pojišťovna, Prague
Alexandr Černý (Czech Republic)
Manager, KPMG Advisory, Prague
Marián Dinga (Slovakia)
Analyst, Finance Department, Raiffeisen Bank, Prague
Martina Dobešová (Czech Republic)
Head of Retail Product Management, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague
Martin Hlušek (Czech Republic)
External Advisor, FX-Concepts, Prague
Formerly Director, brokerjet České spořitelny, a.s.
Martin Jarolím (Czech Republic)
Director of Retail Marketing, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Tomáš Kadlec (Czech Republic)
Director, Business Development, DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., Prague
Ella Kállai (Romania)
Chief Economist, Alpha Bank, Romania
Martin Kálovec (Slovakia)
Principal, Boston Consulting Group, Prague
Andrea Kellová (Slovakia)
Manager, PPP Centrum, Prague
Jana Krajčová (Slovakia)
Macro Analyst, Economic and Strategic Research Dept. Česká spořitelna, Prague
Kristina Lenková (Bulgaria)
Head of Product Factory, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Olga Loiseau-Aslanidi (Georgia)
Economist, Moody's Analytics, Prague
Elena Mikulcová (Slovakia)
Credit Administrator, Citibank, a.s., Prague
Jan Mysliveček (Czech Republic)
Senior Associate, Boston Consulting Group, Prague
Daniel Narwa (Czech Republic)
Project Manager, Department of Strategy and Organization, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Libor Němeček (Czech Republic)
Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Financing, Agrofert Holding, Prague
Formerly Assistant Vice President, Citibank, Prague
Milan Neubauer (Czech Republic)
Komerční banka, Prague
Formerly Senior Macroeconomist, PPF, Prague
Michael Ostatnický (Czech Republic)
Senior Consultant, Deloitte, Prague
Richard Podpiera (Czech Republic)
Director of Management Consulting and Operational Excellence, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Formerly McKinsey & Co., Prague and Economist, Monetary and Financial Systems, IMF, Washington, D.C.
Vít Šorm (Czech Republic)
Manager, Regulatory Affairs, RWE Transgas Net, Prague
Karel Soukeník (Czech Republic)
CFO, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague
Ivana Studená-Moravciková (Slovakia)
Business Development Director, Festap s.r.o., Slovakia
Formerly Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Juraj Valachy (Slovakia)
Senior Economist, Tatra banka, a.s., Bratislava
Formerly Macroeconomic Analyst and Advisor, Financial Policy Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
David Vávra (Czech Republic)
Principal, OGResearch
Ondřej Vychodil (Czech Republic)
Director, Strategy, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Bruno Wertlen (Slovakia)
Principal Proposition Manager, Vodafone Roaming Services, Luxembourg
Kamil Yazigee (Czech Republic)
Senior Data Analyst, Modeler, Credit Risk Division, Bisnode, Prague
North America and Western Europe
Ashot Baghdasarian (Armenia)
Economist, Department for Environmental Economics and Regulation, COWI, Denmark
Elena (Bogacheva) Parrino (Russia)
Director, Benefit Investments, Altria Group, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, USA
Ondřej Knot (Czech Republic)
Consultant, Oliver Wyman, London, UK
Nevila Konica (Albania)
Economic Forecaster, IHS Global Insight, London, UK
Anna V. Racheva (Bulgaria)
Vice-President, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Irvine, California, USA
Dmitry Shemetilo (Russia)
Consultant, Blackfish Capital Management, London, UK
Jiří Střelický (Czech Republic)
Managing Director for Product Management & Operations, Generali Pojišťovna CZ
Elena (Oravcová) Yusupová (Slovakia)
Manager, Brand Science, Sydney, Australia
Formerly Economist/Econometrician, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
