Michal Vodrážka graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, and a master’s degree in public policy at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul, where he completed an internship at the University of California, San Diego. Since 2010, he has been working at the Czech National Bank, where he manages the department for payment regulation and consumer protection, and also innovation in the financial market.