Pavel Přikryl earned his PhD. at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. In his PhD. research, he dealt with the US influence on the process of European integration. He lectured on transatlantic security at the Charles University, too. He was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at George Washington University.

He used to be an analyst in the AMO Research Center with focus on US foreign policy. He worked for over 5 years for a management consultancy, Facility, lately as a Managing Director of the company’s local office in Slovakia. He specialized mostly in risk management in banking and energetic industries. He was responsible for the Euro-implementation project in one of the Slovak bank. Currently, he is working as Manager in international consulting compancy Grant Thornton Advisory where he focuses mainly on fusions and acquisitions.