Andrey Movchan
Born (1968-04-25) 25 April 1968 (age 56)
Citizenship Cyprus
Occupation(s)Financier and investment manager
Websitehttps://movchans.com/

Andrey Movchan (born April 25, 1968, Moscow, USSR) is a Cypriot financier and investment manager with Russian roots. He founded the investment management company Movchan’s Group in 2015, having previously held senior positions at Troika Dialog, Renaissance Investment Management, Third Rome and Renaissance Credit Bank. In addition, he was an expert for and director of the economic policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moscow Center).[1][2]. Movchan’s Group manages a number of hedge- and investment funds in global financial markets and provided investment management services for affluent professional investors.

Biography

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Education

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Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty (1985-1992) Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Banking and Insurance Faculty (1995-1996) University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2001-2003), MBA.

Career and entrepreneurship

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  • 1992-1993: Department head at Alfa Group;
  • 1993 - 1995 Head of the financial department at “Guta” Group;
  • 1995-1997: Department head at Rossiysky Kredit Bank[3];
  • 1997-2003: Executive Director at Troika Dialog[4];
  • 2003-2009: СЕО at Renaissance Investment Management[5][6];
  • 2006-2008: CEO at Renaissance Credit Bank;
  • 2009-2013: CEO Third Rome Investment Company[7];
  • 2015 - 2019: Headed up the economic policy program at the Carnegie Moscow Center[8];
  • In 2015 he founded the investment management company “Movchan’s Group”.

Family

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Andrey Movchan is married and has four children. His wife, Olga, has PhD in internal medicine (cardiology and psychiatry) and practices Gestalt therapy as a consultant, trainer and supervisor.

In 2015 the family received the Cypriot citizenship.

In 2020, Andrey Movchan and his family moved to London[9]

In 2023, Andrey Movchan renounced his Russian citizenship.[10]

Recognition and awards

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  • Most Successful CEO of an Asset Management Company (Forbes, 2006)
  • Person of the Year (RBC, 2006)
  • Chivas Top 18 Financials Grand Prix (2007)
  • Best CEO of an Asset Management Company (Finance, 2008)
  • Legend of the Private Banking and Wealth Management Industry (Spear's, 2009)
  • Two-time laureate of “Presscation” Award for contributions to business journalism, Word and Deed category (2011 and 2013)
  • Member of Beta Gamma Sigma (2003)

In the media

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Movchan regularly authors articles on economic, social and political issues and maintains a personal blog on Facebook with over 110 000 followers. He is a contributor across Movchans Media, offering his views on the financial markets and investing on its YouTube and Telegram channels.

Books

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  • Andrey Movchan (2019). Russia in the Post-Truth Era: Common Sense vs Information Noise (2019). Alpina Publishers. ISBN 978-5-9614-2428-7..
  • Andrey Movchan (2021). Cursed Economies (2020; coauthored with Alexei Mitrov). AST Publishers. ISBN 978-5-17-109321-1..

References

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  1. ^ "Andrey Movchan". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Putin Is Up, But Russians Are Feeling Down". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "INTERVIEW: Renaissance Investment looks to riches of the CIS". INTELLINEWS. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "European Family Office Forms Strategic Alliance With Third Rome Group". Wealth Briefing. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Renaissance Investment Management". The Hedgefund Journal. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
  6. ^ "Renaissance Investment's Remaining CEO Is Departing". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  7. ^ "Renaissance Investment founder raids firm for new venture". Financial News. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
  8. ^ "Andrey Movchan Joins Carnegie Moscow Center". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "What are the sanctions doing to Russia?". Fox News. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "More Russians Renounce Citizenship Amid Moscow's Invasion Of Ukraine". Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty. Retrieved June 30, 2023.