Mr Alex Knaster

KANDO id: 38988

Bio

From 1998 to 2004 was the Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Bank in Russia, and grew Alfa Bank ten-fold into Russia's largest privately owned bank. From 2002 to 2003 was the General Director of Sidanco, Russia's seventh largest oil company. From 1995 to 1998 was President and CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston (Moscow), responsible for the firm's operations in Russia and the CIS. From 1985 to 1995 was Managing Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Bankers Trust Company and Simmons & Company. From 1980 to 1983 was an Engineer at Schlumberger Ltd on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Chartered financial analyst and holds BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University, MBA from Harvard Business School, and PhD in Economics from the Russian Academy of Science.

Education