Belfer Center Director's Seminar with Petr Aven, President of Alpha-Bank, Russia on "The Russian Economic Crisis: Imported or Homegrown?" Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 Time: 2:00-3:00PM Place: Belfer Center Library (L369) POSITIVE RSVP ONLINE ONLY: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/aven.html<http://www.elabs7.c… The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Petr Aven, President, Alpha-Bank-Russia. Petr Aven has served as President of Alfa-Bank since 1994. He is responsible for the Bank's overall strategy and for relations with business and government leaders in Russia and abroad. He has played a central role in developing Alfa-Bank into a market leader in nearly every category of financial services. Alfa-Bank is routinely recognized as Russia's best privately owned bank by publications like Euromoney and Global Finance. Prior to joining the Bank, Petr Aven was Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federation from 1991-1992. In this role, he was the guiding force in the development of Russia's economic and trade relations with the West, serving as Russia's representative to the G-7, and conducting a number of high-level trade and economic missions to Western capitals. Aven was one of the most influential voices and figures in the reform circles of the early 1990's. He was personally responsible for establishing the convertibility of the rouble and for the liberalisation of foreign trade in the government of Yegor Gaidar. An economist by training, Aven spent several years at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria (1989-1991) and prior to that he was a senior researcher at the All-Union Institute for Systems Studies at the USSR Academy of Sciences. Aven holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Moscow State University (1980). Petr Aven is Chairman of the Board of Directors of AlfaStrakhovanie and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of CTC Media. He is a member of the Boards of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and of the Association for National Financial Reporting Standards. He is also a Trustee of the Russian Economic School and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. In 2007 Petr Aven became Chairman of the Russia-Latvia Business Council. Moreover Petr Aven is a trustee of Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a trustee of Eisenhower Fellowships. Petr Aven is the author of numerous scientific papers and articles on Economic and Trade Issues and is widely quoted in the financial and trade press on matters related to the Russian economy and trade policy. He is a professor at State University - Higher School of Economics. He has received a number of international awards, most recently by Institutional Investor magazine, when he was named Russia's Most Admired Executive in Financial Services. Aven is a frequent visitor to western capitals where he often lectures on economic developments in Russia. RSVP REQUIRED! http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/aven.html<http://www.elabs7.c… As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Belfer Center Directors' Seminars are strictly off-the-record. By indicating your desire to attend the seminar, you agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy against recording or disclosing the contents of the lunch. Your access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions. Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all available legal options and you will be excluded from all future events. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu