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
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 Results Manager, Vice Presidency for Policy, London
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Fusako Tsuchimoto Menkyna (Japan, PhD 2012)
Junior Economist, Office of the 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
Asel Isakova (Kyrgyzstan, PhD 2010)
Junior Economist, Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria
Formerly Economic Analyst, Office of the Chief Economist, EBRD, London
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
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
Jan Brůha (Czech Republic, PhD 2013)
Economist
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
Mário Vozár (Slovakia, PhD 2013)
Economic Analyst
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)
Technical Specialist in Competition, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 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)
Academia
Charles University
Michal Břeský (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Senior Researcher, CERGE-EI
Barbara Pertold-Gębicka (Poland, PhD 2011)
Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Studies - Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
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
Other Universities in the Czech Republic
Petr Duczynski (Czech Republic, PhD 1999)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové
Martin Guzi (Slovakia, PhD 2013)
Post-doctorate Fellow, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Formerly, Resident Research Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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 / CIS
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, Hungary
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 (Brhlíková) Ševčíková (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
Vahagn Jerbashian (Armenia, PhD 2013)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, Spain
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)
Lecturer, 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, UK
Boryana Madzharova (Bulgaria, PhD 2013)
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
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
Dmitriy Vorobyev (Russia, PhD 2013 [expected])
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management (GSEM), Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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)
Head of Advanced Analytics and Customer Experience, 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
Martin Hlušek (Czech Republic, PhD 1997)
External Advisor, Salix Capital UK, 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)
Managing/Executive Director and Sales Director, ERGO Pro, 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)
Board Member and CFO/COO (Chief Financial & Operations Officer), Sberbank CZ, Prague
Formerly Chief Financial Officer (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
Viliam Druska (Slovakia, PhD 2012)
Regulatory Economist, Ooredoo, Doha, Qatar
Formerly Director, Business Intelligence and Insights, Vodafone Czech Republic, Prague
Ondřej Knot (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Manager, Oliver Wyman, London, UK
Nevila Konica (Albania, PhD 1999)
Economic Forecaster, IHS Global Insight, London, UK
Elena (Bogacheva) Parrino (Russia, PhD 1999)
Director, Benefit Investments, Altria Group, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, USA
Anna (Racheva) Sarabian (Bulgaria, PhD 2006)
Vice-President, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Irvine, California, USA
Dmitry Shemetilo (Russia, PhD 1996)
Application Specialist, Bloomberg LP, London, UK
Formerly 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
