Sergey Aleksashenko

Sergey Aleksashenko is one of the leading experts on the financial sector and monetary policy, with extensive experience in both theory and practice. His resume includes positions ranging from “Senior Fellow for Global Economics and Development at the Brookings Institution” to “First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia” and “President of Merrill Lynch Russia.” Aleksashenko currently works as an independent consultant and analyst.

Key topics:

• transformations of the Russian economy and structural constraints that are formed under conditions of autocracy.
• The impact of government decisions on the macroeconomic environment, financial stability and development potential.
• International financial architecture: central banking instruments, capital market dynamics, currency risks and vulnerabilities specific to the CIS and Eastern Europe.

In addition to academic writing, Aleksashenko actively comments on political and economic events, publishes operational reviews, and analyzes Russian government decisions. He does all this with a highly coherent logic that allows him to identify patterns not always apparent in the current agenda and describe complex economic processes in a language accessible to a wide audience. His materials consistently become an important part of the international discussion about the state and future of the Russian economic model.