HSE Alumnus Has Recently Been Appointed Russian Minister of Economic Development

RBC reported that, in his role as Economic Development Minister, Oreshkin sees his main objective over the next year as preparing ‘key measures that will remove structural barriers to our economy’s growth and enable us to move forward.’

Maksim Oreshkin received his bachelor’s in 2002 from the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences before going on to complete a master’s in finance in what is now called the Master’s Programme in Financial Markets and Institutions. He served for four years for the Russian Central Bank. Then worked for Rosbank, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and later VTB Capital.

In 2013, Oreshkin joined the Ministry of Finance, where he initially headed the department of long-term strategic planning. Two years later, in 2015, he was promoted to become a deputy minister. In his role as Deputy Finance Minister, Mr Oreshkin was in charge of macroeconomic issues, risk analysis in the budget system, and matters concerning monetary policy.

During 90's Alexander Shokhin, HSE President, and Evgeny Yasin, HSE Academic Supervisor, served as Russian Ministers of Economy, in 1994, and in 1994 - 1997 respective periods.