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)
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
Daniela Tataru (Romania, MA equiv. 1997)
Analyst, Public Health England (formerly Thames Cancer Registry), Department of Health, United Kingdom
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
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
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)
Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Previously, 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
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
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
Lubomír Bregman (Ukraine, MAE 2012)
Business Strategist , Optigra Software, Lviv, Ukraine
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)
Regional Director Small Business - Prague, 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
Kirill Krasovskiy (Russia, MA 2012)
Supplier Administrator, Accenture, Prague
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
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)
Head of Market Research, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Bratislava
Previously, Senior Macro Analyst, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Bratislava
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 of Credit Risk Models (Erste Group Bank Competence Center), Česká spořitelna, Prague
Previously, Head of Rating and Scoring, Česká Spořitelna, Prague
North America, Western Europe, Asia & Pacific
Samvel Atayan (Russia, MA 2002)
Advanced Analytics Manager, Marketing Insights & Operations, Adobe, San Jose, California
Formerly, Database Marketing Analyst, eBay, San Francisco, California
Dmytro Babik (Ukraine, MA 2002)
Co-founder, CFO, Director of R&D, Complex Task Assessment Solutions and Information Technology (CTASIT) LLC, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Previously, Risk Analyst, Senior Risk Analyst, Calyon Bank (Crédit Agricole Group), Ukraine
Olga (Baranava) Haislip (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)
Operations Analyst, Aurizon, Brisbane, Australia
Previously, Capital Value Maximisation Analyst, QR National, 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
Lucia Krchňáková (Slovakia, MA 2009)
Auditor, Ernst & Young, Vienna, Austria
Alexei Kapkin (Russia, MA equiv. 1995)
Partner/Global Equity Analyst, River and Mercantile Asset Management, London, United Kingdom
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) Májeková (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
Andrew Pribram (USA, MAE 2013)
Chief of Staff, Prague Society for International Cooperation, Czech Republic
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, 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
