Pyotr Aven

Petr Olegovich Aven is an International businessman, economist and politician. He heads Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest commercial bank. He is a member of the Board of Directors at LetterOne Group. L1 Group was established in 2013 to invest in international projects in energy, telecommunications and technology. 

  • Pyotr Aven heads Alfa Bank Group, Russia’s largest private sector bank.
  • He grew up in Moscow, graduated from Moscow State University, and worked at the Institute for Systems Studies at the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
  • In 1989 he went to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; two years later he was tapped to be minister of foreign economic relations.