Alumni Placements

CERGE-EI's graduates have a history of finding demanding and satisfying employment across a range of sectors. Many have assumed high-profile, influential positions as economic policy-makers and advisors for governments, ministries, international organizations, and private-sector companies, or are pursuing careers in academia. For more information, see our comprehensive list below of alumni placements.

International Organizations

IMF (International Monetary Fund)

Nina Budina (Bulgaria, MA equiv. 1993)
Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department

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

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

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

Zuzana Dobrotková (Slovakia, PhD 2008)
Renewable Energy Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Formerly, Global Renewable Energy Reporting, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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.

EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

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

Libor Krkoška (Czech Republic PhD 1997)
Head of EBRD Resident Office in Nicosia, Cyprus

Anita Taçi (Albania, PhD 2000)
Deputy Director, Strategy Coordination & Results Management, Vice Presidency for Policy & Partnership, London

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

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

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

Other

Jacek Cukrowski (Poland, PhD 1995)
Unit Chief, Development Policy, Statistics and Research Branch, 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

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

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

Ján Plánovský (Slovakia, PhD 2001)
Head of Unit, Central data and metadata services, Eurostat, Luxembourg

Juan Manuel Puerta (Argentina, MA 2003)
Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, D.C., USA

Central Banks and Governments

Central Banks

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

Gurgen Aslanyan (Armenia, PhD 2014)
Lecturer and Research Associate, Dilijan Research and Training Centre of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia

Sevinj (Atakishiyeva) Gahramanova (Azerbaijan, MA in Applied Economics 2012)
Junior Specialist, Strategic Management Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan

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

Vítězslav Babický (Czech Republic, MA 2002)
Financial Market Analysis Director, Czech National Bank

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

Jan Brůha (Czech Republic, PhD 2013)
Economist, Czech National Bank

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

Michal Franta (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Adviser to the Bank Board and Research Coordinator, Economic Research Department, Czech National Bank

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

Kamil Galuščák (Czech Republic, PhD 2002)
Executive Director, Economic Research Department, Czech National Bank

Otar Gorgodze (Georgia, MA 2002)
Head, Specialized Groups and Supervisory Policy Department, National Bank of Georgia

Jan Hošek (Czech Republic, MA equiv. 1995)
Economic Analyst, International Economic Division, Czech National Bank

Eva Hromádková (Slovakia, MA 2007)
Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank

Narcisa (Virlan) Kadlčáková (Romania, PhD 2003)
Analyst, Czech National Bank

Tomáš Konečný (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Economist, European Systemic Risk Board, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Formerly Senior Analyst, Czech National Bank

František Kopřiva (Czech Republic, PhD 2012)
Senior Economist, Czech National Bank

Marian Krajč (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Head of Insurance risk control team, Financial market supervision department, Czech National Bank

Martin Kuncl (Czech Republic, PhD 2014)
Analyst, Macro-Financial Studies Division, Bank of Canada, Ottawa

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

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

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

Marek Rusnák (Slovakia, MA 2011)
Expert Analyst, Financial Stability Department, Czech National Bank

Yulia Rychalovska (Ukraine, PhD 2010)
Research Economist, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Previously, Research Economist, Modelling and Forecasting Unit, institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), Luxembourg

Branislav Saxa (Slovakia, PhD 2009)
Principal economist, Monetary and Statistics Department, Czech National Bank

Peter Tóth (Slovakia, PhD 2014)
Senior Researcher, Research Department, Slovak National Bank, Bratislava
Previously, Senior Economist, Institute for Financial Policy (IFP), Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Mário Vozár (Slovakia, PhD 2013)
Economic Analyst, Czech National Bank

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

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

Governments

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., USA

Václav Franče (Czech Republic, MA 2012)
Advisor to Deputy Minister, Czech Ministry of Finance and Economic Advisor, Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Previously, Macroeconomic Analyst, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

Gor Hambardzumyan (Armenia, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Head of Internal Audit Department, Council of Public TV & Radio Company, Yerevan, Armenia

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

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

Aleš Nechuta (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Analyst and Advisor for Economic Analysis and EU Affairs, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly, Analyst, KPMG, Brno, Czech Republic

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

Tamta Sopromadze (Georgia, MA 2014)
Budget Specialist, Parliamentary Budget Office of the Republic of Georgia

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

Daniela Tataru (Romania, MA equiv. 1997)
Analyst, Public Health England (formerly Thames Cancer Registry), Department of Health, United Kingdom

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

Branislav Žúdel (Slovakia, MA 2011)
Deputy Head of the Department for Economic Analyses and Forecasts, Slovak Ministry of Finance, Bratislava

Academia / Research

Czech Republic

Michal Břeský (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Senior Researcher, CERGE-EI, Prague

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

Barbara Pertold-Gębicka (Poland, PhD 2011)
Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Studies - Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

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

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

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

Daniel Münich (Czech Republic, PhD 1998)
Assistant Professor, CERGE-EI, Prague
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

Pavla (Nikolovová) Vozárová (Czech Republic, PhD 2014)
Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University (ČVUT)

Filip Pertold (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
Post Doctoral fellow, CERGE-EI, research coordinator think tank IDEA

Inna (Piven) Čábelková (Ukraine, PhD 2001)
Assistant Professor of Economics and Head of Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities

Ondřej Rydval (Czech Republic, PhD 2007)
Deputy Director for Administration, 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

Silvester Van Koten (Netherlands, PhD 2009)
Assistant Professor, Department of Institutional Economics (NF), University of Economics (VŠE) in Prague
Formerly Jean Monnet Fellow at the Loyola de Palacio Chair, European University Institute, Italy

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

Central and Eastern Europe and Russia

Kalle Ahi (Estonia, MA 2007)
Associate Professor of Finance and Banking, Estonian Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS)
Lecturer, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Anna Bogomolova (Russia, PhD 2014)
Assistant Professor, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

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

Karin Jõeveer (Estonia, PhD 2007)
Lecturer, Tallinn University of Technology, School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn, Estonia
Formerly Assistant Professor, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Dmitri Kolyuzhnov (Russia, PhD 2008)
Assistant Professor, Novosibirsk State University, Russia

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

Petar Stankov (Bulgaria, PhD 2014)
Senior Assistant Professor, University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Dmitriy Vorobyev (Russia, PhD 2013)
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management (GSEM), Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 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

Western Europe

Jana Cahlíková (Czech Republic, PhD Expected 2015)
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich, Germany

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

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

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

Asel Isakova (Kyrgyzstan, PhD 2010)
Junior Economist, Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria
Formerly Economic Analyst, Office of the Chief Economist, EBRD, London

Vahagn Jerbashian (Armenia, PhD 2013)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, Spain

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

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

Gueorgui I. Kolev (Bulgaria, MA 2003)
Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University Business School, London, UK

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

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

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

Marko Petrović (Serbia, MA 2013)
Scientific Researcher, University Jaume I (UJI), Castellon De La Plana, Spain

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

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

Evis Sinani (Albania, MA equiv. 1999)
Associate Professor, Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Ctirad Slavík (Czech Republic, MA 2006)
Assistant Professor, Dep. of Money and Macroeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

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

Dragana Stanišić (Serbia, PhD 2013)
Researcher and Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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

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

Mariya Teteryatnikova (Kazakhstan, MA 2006)
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria

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

Vera Zaporozhets (Russia, MA 2001)
Research Fellow, Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA), France

North America

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

Jaroslav Borovička (Czech Republic, MA 2006) 
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

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

Ján Ďuraš (Slovakia, MA 2008)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Penn State University, USA

Natalia Kovrijnykh (Russia, MA 2001)
Assistant Professor of Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alexandra Tsvetkova (Russia, MA 2009)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Andrey Timofeev (Russia, PhD 2005)
Senior Research Associate, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA

Claudiu Tunea (Romania, MA equiv. 1999)
Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Western Ontario, Canada

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

Galina Vereshchagina (Ukraine, PhD 2004)
Associate Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University, USA

Other Regions

Pavlo Blavatskyy (Ukraine, PhD 2005)
Professor, School of Management and Governance, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

Gilbert Mbara (Kenya, MA 2010)
Lecturer, Meru University of Science and Technology, Meru, Kenya

Private Sector

Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia

Tosin Adebayo (Nigeria, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Business Development Analyst, Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc., Plzeň, Czech Republic

Lusine Amirkhanyan (Armenia, MA in Applied Economics 2013) 
Senior Auditor, Asatryans LLC, Yerevan, Armenia

Juraj Antal (Slovakia, PhD 2008)
Head of Credit Risk Validation Team, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Advisor to the Bank Board, Czech National Bank

Zuzana Bakošová (Slovakia, MA 2006) 
Risk Specialist, Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

Volha Belush (Belarus, MA 2006)
Consultant, SAS, Prague, Czech Republic

Aelita Belyaeva (Russia, MA 2004)
Senior Credit Risk Analyst, Československá obchodní banka, a.s. (ČSOB), Prague, Czech Republic

Liubomyr Bregman (Ukraine, MA in Applied Economics 2012)
Business Strategist, Optigra Software, Lviv, Ukraine

Ivo Burger (Czech Republic, MA 2004)
Data Analyst, FOCUS Marketing & Social Research, Brno, Czech Republic
Formerly Business Analyst, IBA CZ, Prague, Czech Republic

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

Martin Cincibuch (Czech Republic, PhD 2003)
Partner for Finance & Planning, OG Research (OGR), Prague, Czech Republic
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, Czech Republic

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

Peter Čižmár (Slovakia, MA 2011)
Consultant, Ernst & Young, Prague, Czech Republic

Olga (Borissova) Cook (Kazakhstan, MA 2006)
Business Development Specialist & Business Analyst, SAP, Prague, Czech Republic
Previously, Senior eBusiness Analyst at Monster Worldwide

Zvezda Dermendzhieva (Bulgaria, PhD 2010)
Advertising Analytics Expert, eBay Inc, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Pricing Specialist, Generali Pojišťovna CZ, Prague, Czech Republic

Marián Dinga (Slovakia, PhD 2011)
Senior Liquidity Manager for Balance Sheet Management, Česká spořitelna, Prague, Czech Republic

Viet Anh "Michal" Do (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Senior Business Analyst, KPMG, Prague, Czech Republic

Martina (Pechová) Dobešová (Czech Republic, PhD 2005)
Formerly Head of Business Operations, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

Lesja Dorociakova (Ukraine, MA 2006)
QC Engineer, SoftServe, Ukraine

Ekaterina Erofeeva (Russia, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Sales Analyst, Heineken, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pavel Esin (Russia, MA 2002)
Regional Risk Manager/Director (Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan), Moscow, Russia
Previously, Basel II Project Manager, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Moscow, Russia

Dávid Hajmán (Slovakia, MA equiv. 1996)
Project Office Director, ČEZ, Prague, Czech Republic
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

Martin Hlušek (Czech Republic, PhD 1997)
External Advisor, Salix Capital UK, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Director, brokerjet České spořitelny

Batlome Janjgava (Georgia, PhD 2014)
Consultant, Quantitative Risk Management, Deutsche Börse Services, Prague, Czech Republic

Martin Jarolím (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Senior General Manager, Business Unit Core Communities Banking & International Markets, KBC Group, Belgium and Member, ČSOB Supervisory Board, Prague, Czech Republic

Veronika Jelínková (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Senior Consultant, GrowJOB Institute & CEO and Marketing Manager, Project 141 (NGO), Prague, Czech Republic

Dominik Juričák (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Advisory Intern, PwC, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Associate Intern, Credo Ventures, Prague, Czech Republic

Dana Hájková (Czech Republic, PhD 2007)
Macro Analyst, Česka spořitelna, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Head Economic Analyst, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Analyses Division, Czech National Bank

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

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

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

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, Czech Republic

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

Andrea Kellová (Slovakia, PhD 2008)
Tariffs and Analyses Specialist, ČEZ Prodej, Prague, Czech Republic

Ondřej Knot (Czech Republic, PhD 2010)
CEO and Co-Founder, Dateio, Prague, Czech Republic
Previously, Manager, Oliver Wyman, London, UK

Natalia Kobylkina (Russia, MA 2013)
SW licensing specialist, KPMG, Prague, Czech Republic

Radim Kolmaš (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Co-Founder/Managing Director, Brevia Finance, Prague, Czech Republic

Vladimír Kosmata (Czech Republic, MA 2002)
Regional Director Small Business - Prague, UniCredit Bank a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

Peter Košinár (Slovakia, MA 2003)
Senior Research Analyst, Communications, IDC CEMA (Central & Eastern Europe / Middle East & Africa)
Previously, Data / Business Analyst, Cisco Systems

Philipp Kraft (Germany, PhD 2012)
Managing/Executive Director and Sales Director, ERGO Pro, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Vorstandsassistent to the Chief Sales Officer, ERGO Insurance Group, Hamburg, Germany

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

Kirill Krasovskiy (Russia, MA 2012)
Transition Project Manager, Accenture, Prague, Czech Republic

Sofiya Kuzyak (Ukraine, MA 2007)
Financial Analyst, Raiffeisenbank, Prague, Czech Republic
Previously, Basel II Specialist, Komerční banka, Prague

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

Kristina Lenková (Bulgaria, PhD 2000)
Head of Marketing & Communication - Czech Republic & Slovakia, mBank / BRE Bank SA, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Head of Product Factory, Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB), Prague

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

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

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

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

Karel Musil (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Senior Economist, OG Research (OGR), Prague, Czech Republic

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

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

Daniel Neidlinger (USA, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Documents Control Specialist, ELC Group, Prague, Czech Republic

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

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

Peter Ondko (Slovakia, PhD 2013)
Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Prague, Czech Republic

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

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

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

Arsen Poghosyan (Armenia, MA 2011)
Property Insurance Analyst, Generali Pojišťovna CZ, Prague, Czech Republic

Tomáš Porhajaš (Slovakia, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Brevia Finance, Prague, Czech Republic

Andrew Pribram (USA, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
‎Analyst, AVG Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic

Sasha Prokosheva (Russia, MA 2009)
CMP (Campaign Measurement & Performance) Lead for CEE at Microsoft Marketing Services Center via Wunderman, Prague, Czech Republic

Elena (Nikitochkina) Rydvalová (Russia, MA 2003)
Data Analyst, Accenture, Prague, Czech Republic

Vinicius Salvi (Brazil, MA in Applied Economics 2013)
Fraud Analyst, Expedia, Inc., Prague, Czech Republic

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

Margarita Stepanova (Kazakhstan, MA in Applied Economics 2012)
Project Manager, Honeywell KZ, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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

Karel Soukeník (Czech Republic, PhD 2001)
Board Member and CFO/COO (Chief Financial & Operations Officer), Sberbank CZ, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague

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

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)

Jiří Sýkora (Czech Republic, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Business Analyst, Arthur D. Little, Prague, Czech Republic

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

Peter Tuchyňa (Slovakia, MA 2008)
Risk manager, Creativedock, Prague, Czech Republic
Formerly Scoring Analyst, Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
Also, CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 3 Candidate

Juraj Valachy (Slovakia, PhD 2003)
Senior Economist, Tatra banka, a.s., Bratislava, Slovakia
Formerly Macroeconomic Analyst and Advisor, Financial Policy Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Mária Valachyová (Slovakia, MA 2002)
Head of Market Research, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Bratislava, Slovakia

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

David Vávra (Czech Republic, PhD 2003)
Principal, OG Research (OGR), Prague, Czech Republic

Bohdan Vražda (Czech Republic, MA 2004)
Analyst, Front Office Trading, ČEZ, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
Previously, Energy Sector Project Analyst, Arthur D. Little

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

Maksim Yemelyanau (Belarus, PhD 2012)
Chief Researcher, Center for Strategic Development and Economic Research, Belarusbank, Minsk, Belarus
Previously, Deputy Head of the Planning, Accounting and Payments Division, Public Debt Department, Belarusian Ministry of Finance

Ekaterina Zaytseva (Russia, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Senior Actuarial Specialist, Non-State Pension Fund "Blagosostoyanie", Moscow, Russia

Meiram Zhandildin (Kazakhstan, MA in Applied Economics 2012)
Senior Financial Analyst, Tsesnabank JSC, Astana, Kazakhstan

Jozef Zubrický (Slovakia, MA 2004)
Director of Credit Risk Models (Erste Group Bank Competence Center), Česká spořitelna, Prague, Czech Republic

Western Europe

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

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 Investment Controlling, Deutsche Post AG, Köln, Germany

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

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

Lucia Krchňáková (Slovakia, MA 2009)
Auditor, Ernst & Young, Vienna, Austria

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

Pavel Rábel (Czech Republic, MA equiv. 1996)
Oracle Database Consultant, Fidelity Investments, London, UK

Viorel Roscovan (Moldova, MA 2004)
Factor Investing Researcher, Robeco, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Previously, Assistant Professor of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Katarzyna Rzentarzewska (Poland, MA 2011)
Macro Analyst, Poland Macro & Fixed Income Research, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna, Austria
Formerly Macro Analyst, Economic and Strategic Research Dept., Česká spořitelna, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

Dmitry Shemetilo (Russia, PhD 1996)
Application Specialist, Bloomberg LP, London, UK
Formerly Advisor, Factor Capital, London, UK

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

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

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

North America

Samvel Atayan (Russia, MA 2002)
Advanced Analytics Manager, Marketing Insights & Operations, Adobe, San Jose, 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

Nobue (Sato) Block (Japan, MA in Applied Economics 2012)
NY Tax Preparer, Kiso & Tanaka LLP CPA, New York, USA

Olga (Baranava) Haislip (Belarus, MA 2005)
VP of Quantitative Modeling, Bank of the West, San Francisco, USA
Previously, Economist, Econ One Research Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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

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

Julia Popova (Russia, MA 2003)
Economist, New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), Albany, NY, USA

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

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

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

Avgoustina Tchoutkina (Bulgaria, MA 2001)
Global Insights Analytics Lead, The Clorox Company, Toronto, Canada

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

Other Regions

Ilkin Aliyev (Azerbaijan, PhD 2013)
Senior Economist, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Previously, Officer, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic

Monica Barbu (Romania, MA 2001)
Principal Product Design Adviser, Aurizon, Brisbane, Australia
Previously, Capital Value Maximisation Analyst, QR National, Brisbane, Australia

Viliam Druska (Slovakia, PhD 2012)
Director, Regulatory Economics, Ooredoo, Doha, Qatar
Formerly Director, Business Intelligence and Insights, Vodafone Czech Republic, Prague

Oleksiy Skorokhod (Ukraine, MA 2006)
Product Development Manager, Anomaly Research and Analytics, Sydney, Australia
Previously, Modelling and Analytics Manager, Aztec Information Services, Sydney, Australia and Risk Analyst, PPF/Generali, Prague, Czech Republic

Silan Teymurtas (Turkey, MA 2008)
Business Development Manager, Strategy and Planning, Cisco Systems, Istanbul, Turkey

Elena (Oravcová) Yusupová (Slovakia, PhD 2006)
Data Analytics Director, The Leading Edge, Sydney, Australia
Formerly Manager, Brand Science, Sydney, Australia

Nafiu Zakari (Nigeria, MA in Applied Economics 2014)
Operations Manager, Najah Automated Entry Systems, Doha, Qatar