Mentors

Jan Pich

  • About Jan: Jan got his Master’s degree in Security Technologies, Systems and Management from the Tomas Bata University in Zlín. After graduation, he worked as a Cyber Security specialist in the energy sector. Then he led Cyber Security, Monitoring and Architecture teams in an international finance group for 5 years. Since 2022 he is working at EY as a Cyber Security Manager – his team specializes in cyber security governance, penetration testing and development of defense detection strategy.
  • Company: EY
  • Degree: Security Technologies, Systems and Management
  • Candidate Requirements: student of 4th/5th year (Master studies), also suitable for PhD students
  • Area of interest: Information Security, Managerial Informatics, Computer Engineering, Networking, Cyber Security, Informatics, Software Engineering
  • Application process: a CV and a letter of motivation, one-on-one interview
  • Meeting frequency: at minimum once every two months, at least six meetings in a year, ideally once a month except summer vacation
  • Language options: Czech, Slovak, English


Daniel Matteoni

  • About Daniel: Daniel studied computer science at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, and got his MBA at the University of Business and Management in Prague. He has experience with software development in IT (Adastra, Logica, DHL IT Services) and in financial companies (Commerzbank and Česká pojišťovna insurance company). Since 2018, he has worked at Barclays as a Vice President - Development Team Lead. Daniel has more than 10 years of experience with agile methods development (Scrum).
  • Company: Barclays
  • Degree: Computer Science
  • Candidate requirements: Postgraduate or PhD student
  • Areas of interest: computer science, agile software projects and their management, software development in the finance sector
  • Application process: a CV and a letter of motivation, one-on-one interview
  • Meeting frequency: at minimum once every two months, at least six meetings in a year, ideally once a month except summer vacation
  • Language options: Czech, English, Polish


Tomáš Němeček

  • About Tomáš: Tomáš studied financial and insurance mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, then continued to study statistics, game theory and economics at Humboldt University in Berlin. For 8 years, he has worked as a chief analyst for a consulting company focusing on finance and risk management. In 2011, he started working at EY and currently acts as an Partner in the Financial Services Risk Management Department. His team concentrates on credit and operation risk modelling and related regulatory questions.
  • Company: EY
  • Degree: Econometrics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics
  • Candidate requirements: Postgraduate student or PhD student, Undergraduate students in their final year can also apply
  • Area of interest: credit risk modelling and loan loss provisioning
  • Maximum number of mentees: 1
  • Application process: a CV and a letter of motivation, one-on-one interview
  • Meeting frequency: at minimum once every two months (preferably once a month), at least six times per year except summer vacation
  • Language options: Czech, Slovak, English


Petr Novák

  • About Petr: Petr studied software systems at our faculty, afterwards worked in a company producing NVR (Network Video Recorders) for IP cameras. In 2015, he went to Seznam.cz to work on its compasion shopping website Zbozi.cz. Now he works as Development Lead of E-commerce Division, which includes the emerging shopping platform.
  • Company: Seznam.cz
  • Degree: Computer science, Software engineering
  • Candidates requirements: student of his/her master study
  • Areas of interest: agile methods, development in daily usage
  • Maximum number of mentees: 1
  • How to apply: a CV and a letter of motivation, one-on-one interview
  • Meeting frequency: ideally once every month, once in two weeks, based upon discussion
  • Language options: Czech, English


Dušan Přecechtěl

  • About Dušan: Dušan studied financial and insurance mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, and finance at the Faculty of Finance and Accounting at the University of Business and Economics in Prague. He worked as a portfolio manager in an international investment company responsible for directing financial activities and risk assessment for institutional clients in the CEE region. In 2014, he came to EY, where he now works as a senior manager in the Financial Services Risk Management department as a part of a team specializing in credit and operation risk, modelling and related regulatory questions.
  • Company: EY
  • Degree: Econometrics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics
  • Candidate requirements: Postgraduate or PhD student, final year Undergraduate also eligible
  • Areas of interest: focus on IFRS9, IRB and Stress testing models, ESG topics, ECB Comprehensive Assessment and EY IFRS9 ECL engine implementation
  • Maximum number of mentees: 1
  • Application process: a CV and a letter of motivation, one-on-one interview
  • Meeting frequency: ideally once a month, once every two months at minimum, at least six times per year except summer vacation
  • Language options: Czech, Slovak, English


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