Twenty years in finance and investment management, specialising in high yield bonds and credit. Managing principal, Symfonie Capital, LLC. Investment advisor to Erste Group's ISCS High Yield Fund (2008 - 2013). Managing EUR 100 mn Central and East European hedge fund (2003 - 2008). Senior credit analyst, CSFB, ING. CEO, ING Investment Management, Central/East Europe Equity analyst, ING. MBA University of Rochester, BA, Tufts University.

Twenty five years professional experience in finance and banking operations. COO, Banca Nacional, Equitoreal New Guinea. COO, MT Thaler Investment Management, Prague. Held senior operations management position in ING Bank, serving in Budapest, Monaco and Prague. Branch manager, ABM Amro, Geneva. COO First National Bank of Chicago, Geneva. PhD, Computer Science, University of Oxford.

Twenty years in banking and finance. Nationally recognised leading economist, Czech Republic. Founding partner, Partners Advisors, one of the Czech Republic's leading retail financial advisory services. New business analyst, PPF Holding, leading Czech private equity firm. Equity manager, ING Investment Management, Prague. Published several books and newspaper articles on economics in the Czech Republic.

More than 20 years professional experience in managerial finance and business development. Partner, CQK Invest, providing financial and business support to innovative startup companies. 10 years experience in senior management positions in HBO Europe, promoted to CFO. MBA, University of Pittsburgh, Diploma, University of Chemical Technology, Prague.

Ten years experience in finance and capital markets. Specialist in mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for small and medium sized enterprises. Journalist covering financial markets for leading Polish economic publications. Masters in Finance and Accounting, Warsaw School of Economics.

Fifteen years experience in database architecture and software sales. Designed and implemented customer billing and information systems for large scale mobile phone companies in Central Europe and Russia, including MTS, T-Mobile and Vodafone.. Sales director at Oracle, Central Europe. MSc, Economics and Computer Science, Prague College of Economics.