Center for Economic Research and 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, PhD 1997)
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, PhD 2005)
Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets, Financial Sector Analysis Division

Tigran Poghosyan (Armenia, PhD 2008)
Economist, Middle East and Central Asia Division

Emil Stavrev (Bulgaria, PhD 2000)
Senior Economist, Research Department
Previously Senior Economist, Czech National Bank
 

The World Bank

Martin Čihák (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
Lead Economist, Washington, D.C.
Formerly Research Economist, EU2 Department, International Monetary Fund

Anca (Pruteanu) Podpiera (Romania, PhD 2005)
Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Formerly Economy Analyst, Czech National Bank

Peter Silárszky (Slovakia, PhD 2001)
Senior Economist, Washington, D.C.
 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Pavel Dvořák (Czech Republic, PhD 2008)
Principal Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, London

Asel Isakova (Kyrgyzstan, PhD 2010)
Economic Analyst, Office of the Chief Economist, London

Libor Krkoška (Czech Republic PhD 1997)
Head of EBRD Representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Formerly Principal Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, London

Anita Taçi (Albania, PhD 2000)
Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, London
 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Fusako Tsuchimoto Menkyna (Japan, PhD 2012)
Junior Economist, Office of Chief Economist (Directorate of Economics), Paris


Other International Organizations

Jacek Cukrowski (Poland, PhD 1995)
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, PhD 2008)
Global Renewable Energy Reporting, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Formerly Renewable Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency, Paris

Lenka (Drnáková) Lauková (Slovakia, PhD 2013)
Programmer/Statistician in Oil Industry Market Division, International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris

Ján Planovský (Slovakia, PhD 2001)
Head of Unit, Management of IT infrastructure, Eurostat, Luxembourg

Ondřej Schneider (Czech Republic, PhD 1998)
Senior Economist, Institute of International Finance, Washington, D.C

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Central Banks and Governments 

Czech National Bank

Jan Babecký (Russia, PhD 2005)
Principal Economist, Economic Research Department
Formerly Economic Analyst, International Economic Division

František Brázdik (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Analyst, Macroeconomic Forecasting Division

Michal Franta (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Research Coordinator, Economic Research Department

Kamil Galuščák (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
Research Coordinator, Economic Research Department

Dana Hájková (Czech Republic, PhD 2007)
Head Economic Analyst, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Analyses Division

Narcisa (Virlan) Kadlčáková (Romania, PhD 2003)
Analyst

Tomáš Konečný (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Expert Analyst
Formerly Credit Risk Specialist, Česká spořitelna, Prague 

František  Kopřiva (Czech Republic, PhD 2012)
Senior Economist

Marian Krajč (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Financial Market Supervision Inspector

Lubomír Lízal (Czech Republic, PhD 1998)
Member, ČNB Bank Governing Board
Associate Professor, CERGE-EI (on leave)
Formerly Director, CERGE-EI, 2004-2009

Branislav Saxa (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Senior Economic Analyst, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Analyses Division

Martin Vojtek (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Head, Quantitative Validation Team, Financial Market Supervision Department
 

Other Central Banks

Aurelijus Dabušinskas (Lithuania, PhD 2004)
Director, Economics Department, Economics and Financial Stability Service, Central Bank of Lithuania
Formerly Senior Economist, Research Department, National Bank of Estonia, Tallinn

Martin Fukač (Czech Republic, PhD 2007)
Economist, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, USA

Zuzana Fungáčová (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Economist, Institute for Economics of Transition (BOFIT), Bank of Finland, Helsinki

Teodora Paligorova (Bulgaria, PhD 2007)
Senior Analyst, Financial Markets, Research Department, Bank of Canada, Ottawa

 

Government

Lubomira Anastasova-Chirmiciu (Bulgaria, PhD 2010)
Senior Project Officer, Greater London Authority, London, UK

Irena Dushi (Albania, PhD 1998)
Economist, Division of Policy Analysis, United States Social Security Administration, Washington, D.C.

Martina Lubyová (Slovakia, PhD 2002)
Senior Researcher, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

Andrei Medvedev (Belarus, PhD 2006)
Senior Associate, Economics of Financial Regulation Department, Financial Services Authority (FSA), London, UK

Magdalena Morgese-Borys (Poland, PhD 2009)
Economist, European Commission, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)
Formerly Post-Doc Researcher, University La Sapienza, Italy

Juraj Stančík (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Scientific Fellow, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Seville, Spain

Jana (Rajdlová) Valachyová (Slovakia, PhD 2006)
Analyst, Council for Budget Responsibility, Slovak Republic, Bratislava
Formerly Analyst, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava

Maksim Yemelyanau (Belarus, PhD 2012)
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, PhD 2001)
Senior Researcher, CERGE-EI

Karel Janda (Czech Republic, PhD 1996)
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, PhD 1998)
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, PhD 2001)
Assistant Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities

Krešimir Žigić (Croatia, PhD 1996)
Associate Professor, CERGE-EI

 

Universities in Czech Republic

Petr Duczynski (Czech Republic, PhD 1999)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové

Elena Mielcová (Slovakia, PhD 2002)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, Silesian University, Karvina

Ondřej Rydval (Czech Republic, PhD 2007)
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, PhD 2007)
Vice President and Accreditation Liaison Officer and Vice Provost for Student 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, PhD 2008)
Assistant Professor, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Margit Tóth (Hungary, PhD 2001)
Professor, Accounting and Finance Department, Budapest College of Management

 

Universities in North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific

Jan Bena (Czech Republic, PhD 2006)
Assistant Professor, Finance Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada

Petra (Brhliková) Sevčíková (Slovakia, PhD 2007)
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Formerly Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Constantin Colonescu (Romania, PhD 1999)
Professor of Economics, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada

Pavel Čížek (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
Associate Professor, CentER for Research in Economics and Business, Tilburg University, Netherlands

Bersant Hobdari (Albania, PhD 2006)
Assistant Professor, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Karin Jõeveer (Estonia, PhD 2007)
Senior Research Fellow, Financial Regulation and Risk Management research programme, Financial Markets Group (FMG), London School of Economics, UK
Formerly Assistant Professor, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Anna Kochanova (Russia, PhD 2013 [expected])
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany

Alexander Klein (Slovakia, PhD 2005)
Assistant Professor, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Silvester Van Koten (Netherlands, PhD 2009)
Jean Monnet Fellow at the Loyola de Palacio Chair, European University Institute, Italy

Eugen Kováč (Slovakia, PhD 2006)
Junior Professor for Applied Microeconomics and Management, University of Bonn, Germany

René Levínský (Czech Republic, PhD 2000)
Research Group Leader, Strategic Interaction Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany

Jan Novotný (Czech Republic, PhD 2012)
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Cass Business School, London

Boryana Madzharova (Bulgaria, PhD 2013 [expected])
Post-doctorate Fellow, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Filip Pertold (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Post Doctoral fellow, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Barbara Pertold-Gębicka (Poland, PhD 2011)
Post Doctoral fellow, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Olga Popova (Russia, PhD 2012)
Post Doctoral fellow, Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany

Yulia Rychalovska (Ukraine, PhD 2010)
Research Economist, Modelling and Forecasting Unit, institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), Luxembourg
Formerly Research Assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Dmitry Ryvkin (Russia, PhD 2006)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Florida State University

Anastasiya Shamshur (Belarus, PhD 2012)
Lecturer in Finance, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK

Natalia Shestakova (Russia, PhD 2011)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria

Jakub Steiner (Czech Republic, PhD 2006)
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, PhD 2005)
Senior Research Associate, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA

Ainura Uzagalieva (Kyrgyzstan, PhD 2006)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of the Azores, Portugal

George Vachadze (Georgia, PhD 1999)
Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island (CUNY), New York, USA

Galina Vereshchagina (Ukraine, PhD 2004)
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, PhD 2008)
Validation Team Leader, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Formerly Advisor to the Bank Board, Czech National Bank

Martin Cincibuch (Czech Republic, PhD 2003)
Partner for Finance & Planning, OG Research (OGR), Prague
Formerly Head, Research Department, Real Economy Division, Czech National Bank

Štěpán Čábelka (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
Senior CRM Analyst, Česká pojišťovna, Prague

Alexandr Černý (Czech Republic, PhD 2006)
Director of Forecasting and Analysis, ČEZ Prodej, s.r.o., Prague
Formerly, Manager, KPMG Advisory, Prague

Zvezda Dermendzhieva (Bulgaria, PhD 2010)
Pricing Specialist, Generali Pojišťovna CZ
Formerly Post-Doctorate Fellow, Osteuropa-Institut, Regensburg, Germany

Marián Dinga (Slovakia, PhD 2011)
Financial Analyst & Strategic Planning, Raiffeisenbank, Prague

Martina (Pechová) Dobešová (Czech Republic, PhD 2005)
Head of Retail Product Management, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague

Viliam Druska (Slovakia, PhD 2012)
Director, Business Intelligence and Insights, Vodafone Czech Republic, Prague

Martin Hlušek (Czech Republic, PhD 1997)
External Advisor, FX-Concepts, Prague
Formerly Director, brokerjet České spořitelny, a.s.

Martin Jarolím (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Executive Director, ČSOB branch network, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

Tomáš Kadlec (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
CEO, BNP Paribas Cardif (Czech Republic)
Formerly Director, Business Development, DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., Prague

Ella Kállai (Romania, PhD 2000)
Chief Economist, Alpha Bank, Bucharest, Romania

Katarína Kálovcová (Slovakia, PhD 2012)
Consultant, KPMG, Prague

Martin Kálovec (Slovakia, PhD 2002)
Principal, Boston Consulting Group, Prague

Andrea Kellová (Slovakia, PhD 2008)
Manager, PPP Centrum, Prague

Philipp Kraft (Germany, PhD 2012)
ERGO pojišťovna, Prague
Formerly Vorstandsassistent to the Chief Sales Officer, ERGO Insurance Group, Hamburg, Germany

Jana Krajčová (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Macro Analyst, Economic and Strategic Research Dept. Česká spořitelna, Prague

Kristina Lenková (Bulgaria, PhD 2000)
Head of Product Factory, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

Olga Loiseau-Aslanidi (Georgia, PhD 2011)
Economist, Moody's Analytics, Prague

Elena Mikulcová (Slovakia, PhD 2001)
Credit Administrator, Citibank, a.s., Prague

Michal Mravec (Czech Republic, PhD 2011)
Strategy Analyst, Market Analysis and Forecasting, Strategy Division, ČEZ, Czech Republic

Jan Mysliveček (Czech Republic, PhD 2009)
Senior Associate, Boston Consulting Group, Prague

Daniel Narwa (Czech Republic, PhD 2000)
Predictive and Sales Analytics, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

Libor Němeček (Czech Republic, PhD 1998)
Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Financing, Agrofert Holding, Prague
Formerly Assistant Vice President, Citibank, Prague

Milan Neubauer (Czech Republic, PhD 2006)
Komerční banka, Prague
Formerly Senior Macroeconomist, PPF, Prague

Michael Ostatnický (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Senior Consultant, Deloitte, Prague

Richard Podpiera (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Executive Director, Asset and Liabilities Management, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague
Formerly McKinsey & Co., Prague and Economist, Monetary and Financial Systems, IMF, Washington, D.C.

Vít Šorm (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Manager, Regulatory Affairs, RWE Transgas Net, Prague

Karel Soukeník (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
CFO, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague

Jiří Střelický (Czech Republic, PhD 2011)
Managing Director for Product Management & Operations, Generali Pojišťovna CZ

Ivana Studená-Moravciková (Slovakia, PhD 2003)
Business Development Director, Festap s.r.o., Slovakia
Formerly Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Ashot Tsharakyan (Armenia, PhD 2011)
Economist, Moody's Analytics, Prague

Juraj Valachy (Slovakia, PhD 2003)
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, PhD 2003)
Principal, OG Research (OGR), Prague

Ondřej Vychodil (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Director, Strategy, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

 

North America and Western Europe

Ashot Baghdasarian (Armenia, PhD 2003)
Economist, Department for Environmental Economics and Regulation, COWI, Denmark

Elena (Bogacheva) Parrino (Russia, PhD 1999)
Director, Benefit Investments, Altria Group, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, USA

Ondřej Knot (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Manager, Oliver Wyman, London, UK

Nevila Konica (Albania, PhD 1999)
Economic Forecaster, IHS Global Insight, London, UK

Anna V. Racheva (Bulgaria, PhD 2006)
Vice-President, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Irvine, California, USA

Dmitry Shemetilo (Russia, PhD 1996)
Advisor, Factor Capital, London, UK

Bruno Wertlen (Slovakia, PhD 2004)
Principal Proposition Manager, Vodafone Roaming Services, Luxembourg

Elena (Oravcová) Yusupová (Slovakia, PhD 2006)
Manager, Brand Science, Sydney, Australia
Formerly Economist/Econometrician, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Kamil Yazigee (Czech Republic, PhD 2000)
Senior Data Consultant and Modeler, Bisnode Deutschland Holding GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

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