CEU alumni are doing great things around the world every day. See below for profiles of some of the university's most accomplished graduates who embody the university's spirit and values.
George Margvelashvili
(SOCI '94, Georgia)
President of Georgia
Szilard Benk
(ECON '02, '09, Hungary)
Director of Research, Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Konstantin Kurganov
(LEGS '94, Ukraine)
Businessman, owner of Peters & Burg Agrochemical Holding
Borbala Czako
(BUSI '90, Hungary)
Global Director and Partner, Ernst & Young
Tinatin Khidasheli
(POLS '96, Georgia)
Senior Independent Consultant; former Georgian Minister of Defense, May 2015 - August 2016
Grigori Vasilievich Golosov
(POLS '94, Russian Federation)
Professor of Comparative Politics, European University at St. Petersburg
Pawel Rowinski
(ENVS '91, Poland)
Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Peter Grishin
(ECON '00, Russian Federation)
Economist and Head of Macroeconomic and Fixed Income Research, VTB Capital
Giga Zedania
(MEDS '00, Georgia)
Rector of Ilia State University
Xenia Shevnina
(POLS '04, Russian Federation)
Director, Digital Sales EMEA at Paramount Pictures
Gabriel Sipos
(ECON '98, POLS '99, Slovakia)
Executive Director at Transparency International Slovakia
Bruce Lasky
(LEGS '03, USA)
Attorney and legal educator, Co-Founder/Director of Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE)
Nerijus Dagilis
(ECON '98, Lithuania)
Managing Director,Neries Investicijos
Jaroslav Miller
(HIST '97, '04, Czech Republic)
Rector of the Palacký University, Olomouc
Adam Bodnar
(LEGS ’01, Poland)
Ombudsman, Office of the Human Rights Defender in Poland
Uchenna Emelonye
(LEGS '04, Nigeria)
Country Representative, U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda
Dylan Gray
(HIST '94, Canada/India)
Filmmaker, Writer, Producer, Owner of Sparkwater India
Jakub Leps
(POLS '98, Czech Republic)
Writer, educator and politician; Third Deputy Mayor in Prague's 11th District
Peter Cunningham
(IRES '97, U.K.)
CEO, Branding Science Group
Cristina Marzea
Romania, IRES '98
Founding Partner at Veritum Partners
Olena Tregub
(POLS '05, Ukraine)
Secretary General of the Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO)
Zulfia Sabirova
(GENS '97, Ukraine)
Head of Area Office for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Kassala, Sudan.
Ezra Chiloba Simiyu
(DPP '08, Kenya)
Chief Electoral Officer, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Kenya