Center for Economic Research and 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


Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)

Ján Matuška (Slovakia, MA 2007)
Country Manager, Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
Previously, Operational and Credit Fraud Risk Manager, Tatra banka, Bratislava, Slovakia


European Commission / European Union

Umed Temurshoev (Tajikistan, MA 2005)
Scientific Officer, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Sevilla, Spain
Previously, Post-Doctorate Researcher & Lecturer, University of Groningen, Netherlands


International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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


Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Juan Manuel Puerta (Argentina, MA 2003)
Economist, Office of Evaluation and Oversight, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., USA


OECD

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

Martin Pospíšil (Czech Republic, MA 2011)
Economist / Policy Analyst, OECD



The World Bank

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

 

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Central Banks and Governments 

 

Central Banks

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

Sevinj Atakishiyeva (Azerbaijan, MAE 2012)
Junior Specialist, Strategic Managament Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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

Jakub Matějů (Czech Republic, MA 2012)
Junior Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank

Marek Rusnák (Slovakia, MA 2011)
Junior Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank

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

 

Government

Ilkin Aliyev (Azerbaijan, MA 2008)
Officer, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
Previously, Investment Analyst, ExxonMobil

Anton Marcinčin (Slovakia, MA equiv. 1993)
Adviser to the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
Previously, Member of Parliament, National Council of Slovakia, Bratislava

Tatiana Plotnikova (Russia, MA 2007)
Research Officer, STATEC, Luxembourg
Previously, Postdoctoral Fellow at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

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

Oleksandr Stupnytskyy (Ukraine, MA 2001)
Researcher, Research Institute of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague

Peter Tóth (Slovakia, MA 2006)
Senior Economist, Institute for Financial Policy (IFP), Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
Previously, Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank, Czech National Bank

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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

Zsolt Sándor (Romania, MA equiv. 1996)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic and Human Sciences, Sapientia University, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Previously, Researcher, Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

 

Universities in North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific

Jaroslav Borovička (Czech Republic, MA 2007)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), USA

Katarína (Kotovová) Borovičková (Slovakia, MA 2008)
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), USA

Ján Ďuraš (Slovakia, MA 2008)
PhD Student and Lecturer, University of Minnesota, USA

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

Petr Harasimovič (Czech Republic, MA 2006)
Teaching Assistant in Economics, University of Bristol, UK

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

Vlad Manole (Romania, MA equiv. 1996)
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Previously, Senior Economist, The Conference Board

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

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

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

Mariana Spatareanu (Romania, MA equiv. 1996)
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA

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

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 / CIS

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

Ivo Burger (Czech Republic, MA 2004)
Business Analyst, IBA CZ, Prague, Czech Republic

Anastasia Chumanova (Russia, MA 2006)
Consultant, Korus Consulting, Moscow, Russia

Olga (Borissova) Cook (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

Pavel Esin (Russia, MA 2002)
Program Leader, MasterCard Worldwide, Moscow, Russia
Previously, Basel II Project Manager, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Moscow, Russia

Václav Franče (Czech Republic, MA 2012)
Macroeconomic Analyst, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague

Dávid Hajmán (Slovakia, MA equiv. 1996)
Project Office Director, ČEZ, Prague
Previously, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Hani Himmat (Czech Republic, MA equiv. 1997)
Chairman, Board of Directors, Axa investiční společnost and Chief Investment Officer, Axa Insurance Group (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Bartosz Hołówko (Poland, MA 2010)
Consultant, Financial Services Risk Management, Ernst & Young, Prague

Yaroslav Hul (Ukraine, MA 2010)
Model Operator, OGResearch, Prague

Jaroslav Kačmár (Slovakia, MA 2010)
Senior Consultant, Financial Services Risk Management, Ernst & Young, Prague

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)
Financial Analyst, Raiffeisenbank, Prague
Previously, Basel II Specialist, Komerční banka, Prague

Radek Laštovička (Czech, MA equiv. 1993)
Manager, Ernst & Young, Prague

Emília (née Boháčková) Lešková (Slovakia, MA 2010)
Credit Risk Specialist, Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague

Peter Ondko (Slovakia, MA 2008)
Business Analyst, Arthur D. Little, Prague

Ivan Otenko (Ukraine, MA 2003)
Rebates & Contracts Team Lead, Accenture, Ukraine

Petr Sedlák (Czech Republic, MA 2001)
Director, Economic and Performance Management, ČEZ a.s., Prague

Margarita Stepanova (Kazakhstan, MAE 2012)
Project Manager, KTR Kazakhstan

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 Vaněk (Czech Republic, MA 2001)
Project Manager, Sancho Panza, Prague, Czech Republic

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)
Database Marketing Analyst, 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)
Lecturer, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California, USA
Previously, Economist, Econ One Research Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA

Monica Barbu (Romania, MA 2001)
Capital Value Maximisation Analyst, QR National, Brisbane, Australia
Previously, Senior Mathematician, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

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

Marek Fodor (Slovakia, MA equiv. 1997)
Chairman, Kantox FX, Barcelona, Spain
Previously, Founder, Elecciones.es, Barcelona, Spain

Ekaterina Goldfayn (Russia, MA 2003)
Senior Expert Business Partner Management E-Postbrief, Deutsche Post AG, Köln, Germany

Yuriy Kapys (Ukraine, MA 2001)
Senior Supply Chain Consultant for EMEA Region, DHL Supply Chain, Bonn, 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

Andrea Mračnová (Slovakia, MA 2011)
Consultant at IPR Corporation, Ltd. London, UK
Formerly Portfolio Manager Junior at Privatbanka, a.s., Slovakia

Svitlana (Zhylenko) Omural (Ukraine, MA 2009)
Finance Director, Central Park Films LLC, New York, USA

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

Oleksandr Romanko (Ukraine, MA 2002)
Research Analyst, Risk Analytics & Business Analytics, IBM, Toronto, Canada

Oleksiy Skorokhod (Ukraine, MA 2006)
Senior Consultant, Decision Analytics and Modelling, Aztec Information Services, Sydney, Australia
Previously Senior Quantitative Analyst, Westpac, Sydney, Australia and Risk Analyst, PPF/Generali, Prague, Czech Republic

Iouliana Stadnikova (Russia, MA equiv. 1997)
VP at Ipsos Loyalty (Market Research), Seattle, WA, USA

Silan Teymurtas (Turkey, MA 2008)
Virtual Business Manager, Cisco Systems, Prague

Viktor L. Tchistiakov (Russia, MA equiv. 1993)
Senior Associate at Quantitative Risk Analytics Rabobank International, Utrecht, Netherlands
Previously Senior Analyst Portfolio Modelling at ING Group, Amsterdam and Senior Analyst at Transtrend, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Inga Volkhonska (Ukraine, MA equiv. 1996)
Special Projects Manager, Southern California Edison, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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