David Vavra

Managing Partner

David leads business development and sets strategy

Before founding the firm in 2006 with a small group of leading macroeconomists in Prague, David worked for the International Monetary Fund. As part of this engagement, he advised dozens of central banks on monetary policy around the globe. He also served as an advisor to the governor of the Czech National Bank during the financial crisis and implemented a model-based forecasting and analysis system for the Czech economy.

David has helped a series of central banks move to flexible exchange rate regimes and implement inflation targeting frameworks. Throughout his career, he has regularly engaged with academic institutions such as the Economic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Prague School of Economics. 

David Vavra holds a Ph.D. in Economics.

Meet our people

David Vavra

Managing Partner

David leads business development and sets strategy

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Jaromir Hurnik

Senior Partner

Jaromir is responsible for world economy projections and advisory business lines

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Hynek Hrebicek

Senior Partner

Hynek is responsible for forecasting projects and yield curve business lines

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Jaromir Benes

Senior Partner

Jaromir is responsible for the development of forecasting software, modeling solutions, and macro-prudential business line

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Jiri Lukac

Partner

Jiri heads our Prague office and is responsible for forecasting projects

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Tomas Motl

Partner

Tomas heads our Brno office and focuses on model development and macro-prudential projects

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Karel Bauer

Head of Division

Karel heads our money market division

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Sergey Plotnikov

Head of Division

Sergey heads our IT and financial software development division

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Katalin Szilagyi

Head of Division

Katalin heads our Budapest office and is responsible for forecasting projects

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Aron Iker

Deputy Head of Division

Aron is deputy of our Budapest office and works on forecasting projects

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Anna Augusztin

Senior Economist

Anna is senior expert in forecasting and advisory projects

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Reka Doma

Money Market Expert

Reka is expert in our money market division

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