Petr Aven Fellowship

Petr Aven was a YSSP participant in 1977 and remembers this experience as the best time of his life. He returned to IIASA from 1989 to 1991 and was one of the initiators of the very influential economic reform research program that catalyzed market liberalization in Russia and many other East European countries. From 1991 to 1993, Petr Aven was the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federation. From 1994 to 2011 he served as the President of Alfa-Bank.  Currently Mr. Aven is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Alfa Banking Group.

"My involvement in the IIASA summer program was my first experience working with foreign scientists, who I found to be a rich source of new knowledge and expertise. Today, many years after my YSSP experience, I am still aware of the influence my participation in the program had on my life", he says.

Last edited: 02 October 2012