Andrey Movchan (born 25 April 1968, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born Cypriot financier and investment specialist. He is the founder of Movchan's Group, a group of investment management companies, formerly a director and currently an expert in the Economic Policy Programme at the Carnegie Moscow Centre.[1]

Andrey Movchan
Born (1968-04-25) April 25, 1968 (age 56)
Moscow, USSR
CitizenshipCyprus, Israel
Occupation(s)Financier, Investor
Websitehttps://movchans.com/

Biography

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Сareer

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  • 1993-1994 - Head of department, Alfa Group.
  • 1994-1995 - Deputy Chairman of the management board of Guta Financial Group.
  • 1995-1997 Head of Department at Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank.[2][3]
  • From 1997 to 2003 - Executive Director of Troika Dialog Company.
  • 2003-2009 - CEO of Renaissance Investment Management.[4]
  • 2006-2008 - CEO of Renaissance Credit Bank.
  • In 2009, he founded IC ‘Third Rome’ and was CEO of the company until its sale in 2013.[5][6]
  • In 2015, he headed the Economic Policy Programme at the Carnegie Moscow Center, and since July 2017 he has been an expert of the programme.
  • In 2016, he founded Movchan's Group,[4] an investment management company.[7]

Family

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Married, father of four children. Wife Olga, cardiologist, Gestalt therapist.

Left Russia in 2020 and moved to London with his family.[8][9]

In 2023 he renounced his Russian citizenship.[10]

Ratings and awards

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  • 2006 - ‘The Most Successful CEO of a Management Company in Russia’ (Forbes)
  • 2006 - Person of the Year 2006 (RBC)
  • 2007 - Grand Prix Chivas Top 18 Financials 2007
  • 2008 - ‘Best CEO of a Management Company’ (Finance)
  • 2009 - was the first in Russia to be awarded the title ‘Stock Market Legend’ by SPEARS
  • 2011, 2013 - winner of the business journalism contest ‘Presscation’ in the nomination ‘Word and Deed’.[11][12][1]

Publications

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He has written columns for Forbes magazine,[13] Republic.ru,[14] Vedomosti[15] and RBC.[16] He maintains a blog at Snob.ru[17] and has appeared on the TV Rain channel[18] and the Echo of Moscow radio station.[19] He publishes essays on financial and economic topics in various publications.

Books

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  • Movchan, Andrey (2019). Russia in the Post-Truth Era: Common Sense vs Information Noise. Alpina Publishers. ISBN 978-5-9614-2428-7.
  • Movchan, Andrey; Mitrov, Alexey (2020). Cursed Economies. AST Publishers. ISBN 978-5-17-109321-1.
  • Movchan, Andrey (2022). An English Diary. AST Publishers. ISBN 978-5-17-135332-2.
  • Movchan, Andrey (2023). From War to War. Freedom Letters. ISBN 9781998265336.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Movchan's Group Unveils New Investment Strategies to Combat Inflation". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  2. ^ "INTERVIEW: Renaissance Investment looks to riches of the CIS". www.intellinews.com. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  3. ^ "Андрей Андреевич Мовчан". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  4. ^ a b "Banker Builds Investment Firm by Hammering Putin's Economic Rule". Bloomberg.com. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. ^ Moscow|jason_corcoran_in_moscow, Jason Corcoran in. "Renaissance Investment founder raids firm for new venture". www.fnlondon.com. Archived from the original on 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. ^ "Oracle Capital Group купила блокпакет "Третьего Рима"". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  7. ^ GetNews. "Movchan's Group Unveils New Investment Strategies to Combat Inflation". Barchart.com. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  8. ^ Kellogg, Amy (2022-04-24). "What are the sanctions doing to Russia?". Fox News. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  9. ^ "Экономист Андрей Мовчан вышел из российского гражданства". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  10. ^ Service, RFE/RL's Russian. "More Russians Renounce Citizenship Amid Moscow's Invasion Of Ukraine". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  11. ^ "Andrey Movchan - CASE". case-center.org. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  12. ^ "Andrei Movchan". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  13. ^ "Андрей Мовчан | Forbes.ru". web.archive.org. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  14. ^ "Андрей Мовчан на Republic.ru". web.archive.org. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  15. ^ "Андрей Мовчан". Ведомости (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  16. ^ "РБК – новости в реальном времени". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  17. ^ "Андрей Мовчан – Блог – Сноб". web.archive.org. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  18. ^ "Андрей Мовчан". web.archive.org. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  19. ^ "Андрей Мовчан — Персоны — Эхо Москвы". web.archive.org. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2024-12-16.