Pavel Mertlik

Pavel Mertlik

Headline: Pavel MertlikSource: EuromoneyDate: August 2001Author: Philip Ead Chief economist of Raiffeisenbank, Prague Pavel Mertlik For a former minister of finance, Pavel Mertlik is down to earth and approachable. When I phone him out of the blue to ask for an interview about his new job, his reaction is something like […]

Headline: Pavel Mertlik
Source: Euromoney
Date: August 2001
Author: Philip Ead

Chief economist of Raiffeisenbank, Prague







Pavel Mertlik

For a former minister of finance, Pavel Mertlik is down to earth and approachable. When I phone him out of the blue to ask for an interview about his new job, his reaction is something like “sure, do you want to do it now?” Feeling insufficiently prepared to go ahead there and then, I suggest the next morning.

Mertlik’s blend of openness and tough pragmatism endeared him to many during his two years as finance minister of the Czech Republic, which ended in April.

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