CET has personnel at all professional levels required to execute its broad range of assignments, led by 8 exceptionally experienced practice leaders:
| Charles Jonscher Founder and President of CET | 30 years’ experience in Corporate Finance and M&A. President of CET since 1990. Partner, Booz Allen and Hamilton (1987-90). Lecturer at Sloan School of Management, MIT, and Faculty of Economics, Harvard University (1980-84). Extensive writing on business and technology. Education Cambridge (BA, Electrical Sciences) and Harvard (MA and PhD, Economics). |
| Tom Lampl Managing Director and head of CET’s private equity division | 30 years investment banking experience in Europe and USA. President,International Capital Group (Global Asset Management), 1985-90. Vice-President, J P Morgan & Co (1980-85); previously with S G Warburg & Co (project and corporate finance) and Rothschild Intercontinental Bank. Education Oxford (MA, Physics) and Insead (MBA). |
| Jan Dauman Head of CET’s strategy consultancy practice | 25 years global experience, as Chief Executive of InterMatrix Group, advising multinational corporations including Xerox, Cisco, and Merck. Formerly with M W Kellogg and IBM. Author of ‘Business Survival and Social Change’ and ‘Business in Balance’. Education Imperial College London (BSc), Yale (MIA) and Brunel (PhD). |
| Antoni Rakowski Leads CET’s corporate finance and M&A teams in the Polish market | Flagship transactions have included Vodafone, Orbis SA ($250 million equity sale), and Norwich Union (insurance joint venture). Transactions for numerous industrial and FMCG corporations. Education Warsaw School of Economics (International Trade) and University of Warsaw (Development Economics). |
| Adrian Rusu Head of Corporate finance and M&A teams in CET Bucharest | Awarded 33 privatisation assignments by the Romanian Government. International clients include Danone, Compaq, Bank of America, and BNP Paribas. Education Technical University of Bucharest (MSc); Pittsburgh University (George Soros Scholar); Emory University (MBA). |
| Peter Chudy Head of CET’s diagnostic and restructuring practice in Poland | Completed over 50 projects for industrial and consumer corporations including Pepsi, Heinz, Compaq, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly. Previously withChemical Bank of New York. Education University of Denver (BA, MA) and American Graduate School of International Management (MBA). |
| Tadeusz Madej Head of CET’s Polish transaction team | Clients include Timken, Comcast Corporation, Texaco. Advises many domestic corporations on strategy and acquisitions. Education Czestochowa Technical University (MSc), Warsaw (Postgraduate Studies in Organisation and Management). |
| David Keresztes Head of CET’s Hungarian team with a focus on financial sponsors and alternative investments | Previously head of CET affiliate Standard Capital. Clients include Eurocom, Railroad Development Corp, Lithuanian Airlines and Euroventures. The Riverside Company(1994-97), Anthem Partners (1991-93), Goldman Sachs (1989-91). Education Columbia University (BA, Economics). FINRA Series 7 & 63. |
| Barnaba Lyzbicki Specialist in MedTech, BioPharma, IT and AI transactions | Previously with IQVIA, also Visiting Scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and post-doctoral researcher at the National Research Council, Italy. Education University of Bologna, Italy (PhD in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biotechnology), and Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland (MSc in Pharmacy). |