GlobalSource Partners’ Russia/FSU Country Analyst Alexei Panin formerly ran the corporate risk consulting division at a dynamic local think tank. He has years of experience managing end-to-end complex investigations and advisory projects on a range of sectors across the CIS. His work at the think tank involved hundreds of detailed examinations of pre- and post-transactional corporate risk in the region on behalf of major multinationals and financial institutions. A regular commentator in major business dailies on politico-economic events, Alexei has lectured on corruption risks at the Higher School of Economics in conjunction with Transparency International.

Alexei is a graduate of Moscow’s Financial University and has also studied anti-fraud and corruption issues at University of Portsmouth, UK. He is fluent in Russian and English and is professionally proficient in German.