Prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík, CSc.

Prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík, CSc., the director of the Institute of Economic Studies at Faculty of Social Sciences at the Charles University in Prague, a member of the National Economic Council (NERV). He is a specialist in the field of Financial Markets, Corporate Finance and Banking. As an econometrics graduate at the University of Economics, Prague, he acquired the Candidate of Economic Sciences title (CSc.) for his academic research in the area of evaluation of projects and his advanced studies finished at the London School of Economics (1990-91). Since 1997 he has been a professor of Banking and Firm Finances at the Charles University in Prague and since 1993 he has been establishing the prominent Czech university workplace – the Institute of Economic Studies at Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague (IES). According to Hospodářské noviny (the Czech Economic newspaper) it is ranked to be the best university workplace in the area of economic, financial and related research studies. The abstractly- logical conception of education leading to independent problem solving together with a high portion of teaching in English and obligatory studying abroad are very positively accepted by the economic practice. A number of multinational companies has therefore constituted their own professor Chairs at the IES, which is an absolutely unique phenomenon for the Czech university environment. More at http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/
Prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík, CSc. has issued over 150 publications home and abroad, which are frequently quoted –within the group of 1230 Czech economists he´s ranked among the five most quoted authors. At the same time he´s the Chairman of the consultant firm EEIP a.s., which is the cooperative partner of many European banks in the area of Investment Banking (especially of Raiffeisen Bank and formerly Westdeutsche Landesbank) and also a partner of consultant companies (like McKinsey & Company) in the Czech Republic. During 2002-2008 he was the deputy chairman of supervisory board of Zapadoceska plynarenska,a.s., member of the supervisory boards of Vychodoceska plynarenska a.s. and Severomoravka plynarenska a.s.

A quotation - why did the University decide to support this project:

„The Institute of Economic Studies FSV-UK is a part of the traditional Charles University, however it originated after the year 1990 as a unique school for dynamic, reflective and globally thinking economists (and this is how it is percieved home and abroad). After reading the articles of Your project we have arrived at a conviction that Your criteria of systematic searching for the best female candidate are as objective as possible and are close to our ways of thinking."

The personal decision to accept my participation:

„I like to participate on projects that help to find yet undiscovered values and talents. Your project does that very creatively.“