Petr Olegovich Aven (Petr O. Aven) (Russian: Петр Олегович Авен; b. March 16, 1955, in Moscow) is a Russian businessman and politician. Petr Aven graduated from Moscow State University in 1977 and holds PhD in Economics (1980). Subsequently, Petr was a senior researcher at the All-Union Institute for Systems Studies at the USSR Academy of Sciences and then spent time at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austri...
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Petr Olegovich Aven (Petr O. Aven) (Russian: Петр Олегович Авен; b. March 16, 1955, in Moscow) is a Russian businessman and politician. Petr Aven graduated from Moscow State University in 1977 and holds PhD in Economics (1980). Subsequently, Petr was a senior researcher at the All-Union Institute for Systems Studies at the USSR Academy of Sciences and then spent time at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria (1989–1991).
Mr. Aven went on to become the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federaion (1991–1992), serving as Russia's representative to the Group of Seven and conducting a number of high-level trade and economic missions to Western capitals. In 1993 he joined the Russia's Choice movement and was a candidate for State Duma.
Since October 1994 Mr. Aven has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Consortium. From 1994 till June 2011 was the President of Alfa Bank Russia. Currently Mr. Aven is the Chairman of...
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