Member of the Board of Directors
Alex Knaster is the Chairman and CEO of Pamplona Capital Management.
Prior to founding Pamplona, Mr Knaster served as Chief Executive Officer of Alfa-Bank from 1998-2004. He also served as General Director of Sidanco, Russia’s seventh largest oil company from 2002-2003.
From 1995-1998 Alex Knaster was President and CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston (Moscow). In this position he was responsible for the firm’s operations in Russia and the CIS. From 1985-1995 he worked as Managing Director of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Bankers Trust Company and Simmons & Company. He also worked at Schlumberger Ltd for a number of years as an engineer on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Alex Knaster holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Russian Academy of Science, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Mr Knaster is also a Member of the Board of Directors of TNK-BP, several other Alfa Group Companies, and of Nabors Industries (NYSE).
