Alexander Plekhanov is Deputy Director of Research at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. His main responsibilities include editorship of the Transition Report and the Regional Economic Prospects as well as cross-country macroeconomic analysis, analysis of trade policy, foreign investment and the business environment. Previously Alexander covered economic developments in a number of countries in the region, including Russia, Belarus, Mongolia and Central Asia. Alexander joined the Bank in October 2007.
Prior to that, he worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. Alexander holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.