Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education - Economics Institute

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)
Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division (FR)
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

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Central Banks and Governments 

Czech National Bank

Jan Babecký (Russia)
Principal Economist, Economic Research Department
Formerly Economic Analyst, International Economic 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

František Kopřiva(Czech Republic)
Senior Economist

Marian Krajč (Slovakia)
Financial Market Supervision Inspector

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)
Head, Quantitative Validation Team, Financial Market Supervision Department
 

Other Central Banks

František Brázdik (Slovakia)
Economist, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Formerly Senior Economic Analyst, Macroeconomic Forecasting Division, Czech National Bank

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)
Deputy Head of the Planning, Accounting and Payments Division, Public Debt Department, Belarusian Ministry of Finance
Formerly Senior Researcher at Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC)

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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

Ondřej Rydval (Czech Republic)
Deputy Director for Public Relations & Development, CERGE-EI, Prague
Formerly, Research Associate, Strategic Interaction Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany

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

Olga Popova (Russia)
Post Doctoral fellow, Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany

Yulia Rychalovska (Ukraine)
Research Assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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

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Private Sector 

Central and Eastern Europe

Juraj Antal (Slovakia)
Validation Team Leader, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
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

Viliam Druska (Slovakia)
Director, Business Intelligence and Insights, Vodafone Czech Republic, Prague

Martin Hlušek (Czech Republic)
External Advisor, FX-Concepts, Prague
Formerly Director, brokerjet České spořitelny, a.s.

Martin Jarolím (Czech Republic)
Executive Director, ČSOB branch network, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

Tomáš Kadlec (Czech Republic)
Project Office Director, Carnibona Group, Bratislava, Slovakia
Formerly Director, Business Development, DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., Prague

Ella Kállai (Romania)
Chief Economist, Alpha Bank, Romania

Katarína Kálovcová (Slovakia)
Consultant, KPMG, Prague

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)
Predictive and Sales Analytics, 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, OG Research (OGR), Prague

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)
Manager, Oliver Wyman, London, UK

Nevila Konica (Albania)
Economic Forecaster, IHS Global Insight, London, UK

Philipp Kraft (Germany)
Vorstandsassistent to the Chief Sales Officer, ERGO Insurance Group, Hamburg, Germany

Anna V. Racheva (Bulgaria)
Vice-President, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Irvine, California, USA

Dmitry Shemetilo (Russia)
Advisor, Factor Capital, 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

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