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Alexander is the leader of EY Russia. He is actively involved in the work of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia. At the 2007 World Economic Forum, Alexander was entered in the list of Young Global Leaders, and in 2009 he was included in the top 100 young leaders in the Russian Presidential Reserve. He is vice president of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Russia. Alexander is a member of the Expert Council of the Open Innovations Forum, the Executive Committee of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, the Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Public Council of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. He leads the National Business Initiative’s road map Improving the quality of the regulatory environment for business. Alexander supervises the Entrepreneur of the Year program in Russia. Alexander has over twenty years of experience in strategic development, client service and government and corporate affairs. He is a graduate of Moscow State Linguistic University (1991) and has an EMBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2003).

First-class Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation Mr. Romodanovsky was born to a family of doctors on October 31, 1956 in Moscow. In 1980, he graduated from the First Medical Institute with a major in general medicine. He worked at Forensic Medicine Research Institute for two years. In 1983, he completed higher courses of the USSR KGB in Minsk. He worked at the Fifth Directorate of the USSR KGB. In 1988-1989, he was involved in fighting organised crime. In 1992, he worked at the Internal Security Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. In 2000, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Internal Security Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). In May 2001, he became Head of the Main Directorate and then the Internal Security Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2004, he defended his thesis. In 2005, he was appointed Director of the Federal Migration Service. In accordance with Order No. 1404-r of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 2 August 2012, he was appointed Head of the Federal Migration Service. He is a candidate of legal sciences and has been awarded the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (fourth-class)”, the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (third-class)”, the Order of Courage, the Order of Honour and the medal Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (second-class)”. He is married and has three sons.

EDUCATION DEC. 2000 – DEC. 2003: Doctor of Philosophy in East European History, University of Cologne OCT. 1992 – SEPT. 1993: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master of Science (Econ) APR. 1989 – SEPT. 1992: Studies at the University of Cologne and at the Volgograd State University, USSR CAREER OVERVIEW JUN. 2007 – PRESENT: Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation (AEB) JUL. 2001 – JUN. 2007: Advisor, Foreign Policy to the Party Executive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Berlin OCT. 2001 – APR. 2005: Lecturer, Institute for East European Studies, Free University, Berlin JULY 1999 – JUNE 2001: International Secretary, Young Socialists, Bonn/ Berlin DEC. 1998 – DEC. 2003: Chairman, German Youth Council (DNK) JULY 1996 – JUNE 1999: Managing Director, Social Democratic Youth Organisation in the Rhineland, Cologne SEPT. 1995 – AUG. 1996 Research in the Russian Archives, Moscow MAY 1995 – MAY 1996 Project Manager, Association for Social Security Policy and Research (GVG), Cologne APR. 1994 – MAY 1995 Clerk, City Administration of Cologne PUBLICATIONS Monography and articles