EDUCATION:

Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE), Prague
Ph.D. degree in Economics

Princeton University, Princeton
Ph.D. program in Economics, visiting student, Fulbright Scholarship

Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
Master degree in Computer Science

PREVIOUS CAREER:

Agrofert Holding, Prague (2008 – 2013)
Head of M&A and Corporate Finance, Member of the Board

Citibank Prague, London, Budapest (1998 – 2008)
Corporate Finance

The Economics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (1993 – 2001)
Researcher

LANGUAGES:

Czech (native), English

KEY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS:

Severomoravské Vodovody a Kanalizace (largest Czech water utility)
80m EUR financing

Škoda Group (sale of Škoda Power turbine producer)
sell-side advisory, EV undisclosed

ČEZ (largest Czech electricity producer/distributor)
500m EUR bond issue, buy-side advisory

New World Resources / RPG Group (largest Czech hard coal producer)
1.1bn EUR financing, 510m USD financing, 300m EUR HY bond issue

Český Telecom (largest Czech telecom operator)
850m EUR financing

Zentiva (largest Czech pharma producer)
550m EUR financing