Successful Alumni

Markéta Dvořák

Business Development Manager

Wellington Management Singapore

Based in the Singapore office, Markéta is a Business Development Manager at one of the world’s largest asset management firms, Wellington Management. Prior to moving to Singapore in 2015, she worked in the firm’s London office and their European investors. Markéta holds a double Masters degree from the University of Economics in Prague and Helsinki School of Economics (CEMS). She and her Singaporean husband have a son. In her free time, Marketa devotes her energy to supporting the cultural legacy of her great-great-grandfather, Czech Composer Antonín Dvořák.

CEMS graduate 2005

Andrea Hurychová

Founder & Managing Director

WeDigital Prague

Andrea started her career as an intern at Google in Prague. After experience in digital marketing, she became festival director of Utubering – one of the biggest events for generation Z – focused on influencers. Nowadays, she is the Founder and Managing Director in her online marketing agency WeDigital focused on influencer and video marketing. With her team, she cooperates with the brands such as Asahi beer, Avon, Google, L’Oréal or Unilever. During her CEMS studies, she spent a semester abroad at the Louvain School of Management.

CEMS graduate 2014

Daria Hvížďalová

Head of Solutions

JHV

After gaining corporate experience at P&G and being part of an AI research company GoodAI, Daria joined her husband in a family company JHV focused on industrial automation. She leads a consulting and product development division, is responsible for the company’s R&D strategy and portfolio expansion, investing and joint ventures. Currently at maternity leave, she also continues to be engaged in the academic sector by bringing together basic research & entrepreneurship via NF Neuron, a Czech non-profit science support fund. During her CEMS studies, she spent a semester abroad at the Louvain School of Management.

CEMS graduate 2017

Petra Chocholová

CEO
Hullabaloo

After graduating, Petra underwent the European graduate program of the Telefónica Group. Thanks to the planned rotations, she had the opportunity to gain experience in marketing, sales and strategy in branches in the Czech Republic and the UK, which she then used as a project manager in various companies. At the beginning of 2019, she started working as a COO in the advertising agency Hullabaloo, where after 6 months she took over the position of executive director.

CEMS graduate 2012

Hana Scharffová

Reporter/Presenter

Czech TV

Hana is a Czech TV presenter of the Horizont ČT24, a programme dedicated to current world affairs. During studies, she spent two semesters abroad at the Universität St. Gallen and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has worked in media since 1999, during years 2005-2009 as a foreign correspondent of the Czech TV in Germany, where she interviewed many of its high representatives, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. In 2006 she received a prize for journalist under 33 (Novinářská křepelka). She is a Taekwon-do ITF medallist and likes to spend her time with family, friends, in nature or training, around people who inspire her and at all the places where life reaches a spiritual level.

CEMS graduate 2002

Karolina Šustrová

Head of Operations
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Karolina began her career path with a global leader in commercial real estate immediately after graduation via a year-long international experience programme. After that, she became director of Centrum Černý Most, a large shopping centre in Prague. Her rather fast track career within URW continued on several other positions when in spring 2019, she became the company’s operations director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In addition to the financial and investment strategy of the portfolio of major shopping centres, Karolina is also responsible for the area of corporate social responsibility and innovations within the region.

CEMS graduate 2012

Tomáš Hruška

Country Managing Director CZ/SK/HU

L’Oréal

Tomáš started his career in the L’Oréal’s Marketing Department in the Czech Republic. He then worked in marketing and commerce in France; in Sweden as Country Managing Director, in Italy as General Manager Consumer Products Division, in the Czech Republic as Country Managing Director for the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. Since March 2020 Tomáš has been operating in Denmark as Country Managing Director for Nordic countries.

CEMS graduate 1998

Matouš Michněvič

Vice President – Head of Credit Product Europe

Mastercard

Matouš started his career in an advisory at KPMG in Prague and later Amsterdam. He was at the start of the strategy team at PwC for middle and eastern Europe. He has been working at Mastercard since 2013. Matouš was awarded the Silver Medal of prof. Jan Jánský for his blood donation. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

CEMS graduate 2006

Petr Šmíd

Head of Consumer Marketing, CEE

Google

Petr has been working for Google since 2013. Before that, he worked as an Associate and Business Analyst and later as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Being a CEMS and INSEAD MBA graduate himself, he’s passionate about education – leading frequent workshops for students, professionals, startups, and other businesses. He has always enjoyed travelling, skiing & ice hockey, for the past 3 years all of this with his little daughter.

CEMS graduate 2005

Filip Fingl

CEO
Dáme jídlo

Filip spent his CEMS internship in Malaysia with Rocket Internet. After graduating from the university, he joined Boston Consulting Group as a consultant, where he spent three years on projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. Subsequently, he became the investment manager of the Rockaway Group and worked in the Mall Group as a director of strategy. Since 2018, he has been the executive director and managing director of Dáme jídlo.

CEMS graduate 2014

Jan Moravčík

Co-owner, CEO
Gentleman Store

Honza is one of the two main faces of the Gentleman Store, a store with men’s fashion and cosmetics. He built the business together with his business partner Pavel already during his studies. In 2014, they started together with three boxes in the corner of the room. Today, they have a store in Prague and are also online in Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. The product portfolio continues to grow and today they even offer Prague gentlemen care in their own barbershop.

CEMS graduate 2018

Jan Rožek

Global Cluster Leader
Sirowa Group

Already during his studies, Honza began to profile himself in the field of marketing and business. He gained his first experience in the luxury division of L´Oréal and he remains dedicated to the field of cosmetics. Since 2016, he has been responsible for the operation of local branches in CZ/SK/HU in a group that represents and distributes a wide portfolio of brands from the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors. In his free time, he not only devotes himself to his family, but he is also an avid athlete. He is a member of the professional triathlon team and in 2018 and 2020 he became the amateur national champion in long-distance triathlon (also known as Ironman).

CEMS graduate 2011