The Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI is a consultative body primarily composed of internationally recognized scholars in the field of economics and representatives of Charles University, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

The ESC meets twice yearly. Its functions include ensuring the introduction and maintenance of the highest academic standards, reviewing institutional finances, supervising the efficient use of available funds, and assisting in developing external funding sources. The ESC is also responsible for certain management functions, including recommending candidates for the directorship of the institution.

The ESC is currently composed of the following members:

Prof. Phillippe Aghion, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, Harvard University

Prof. Ing. Jiri Drahos, DrSc., dr.h.c.
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Prof. Randall Filer, Ph.D.
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Prof. Roger Gordon, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego

Prof. RNDr. Vaclav Hampl, DrSc. (represented by Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Stech, CSc.)
Charles University Prague

Prof. RNDr. Jan Hanousek, CSc.
CERGE-EI

Byeongju Jeong, Ph.D
CERGE-EI

Doc. Stepan Jurajda, Ph.D. (ex officio)
CERGE-EI

Doc. Ing. Michal Kejak, M.A., CSc.
CERGE-EI

Miriam Klipper, Esq.
Asst. District Attorney, New York County

Prof. Jan Kmenta, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Michigan

Doc. Lubomir Lizal, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI

Prof. Gérard Roland, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley

Prof. Avner Shaked, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of Bonn

Sergey Slobodyan, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI

Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Ph.D.
Columbia University, New York City
Nobel Prize in Economics 2001

Prof. John Sutton, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Prof. Jan Svejnar, Ph.D. (Chair)
University of Michigan, and CERGE-EI

Prof. Michelle White, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego

Doc. Ing. Josef Zieleniec, CSc.
New York University in Prague

Kresimir Zigic, Ph.D.
CERGE-EI