Petr Aven

RIAC Member. Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Economics. Holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics. Started his career as a junior, later senior researcher at the Research Institute for Systemic Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (USSR AS). Served as counselor to the USSR Foreign Minister. In 1991, became a member of the Reform Cabinet, placed at the head of the Russian Foreign Trade Ministry and was appointed Presidential Special Envoy for relations with the G7 group...