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Aivaras Abromavicius

Aivaras ABROMAVIČIUS is an investment banker and politician who has 20 years of experience in managing big pools of money across emerging markets in public, private equity and real estate. In 2002-2014, he co-owned and was at the core of building East Capital, one of the largest and most reputable asset management companies focusing on global emerging markets, with AUM of $4 bn. After the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, Mr. Abromavičius, a Lithuanian national, was asked to serve as the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. Over a one-and-a-half year period, he built and managed the strongest and most reform-minded team in the entire government. Mr. Abromavičius holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Concordia University Wisconsin and Concordia International University – Estonia.

Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson
Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, YES Annual meeting 2025 "How to End the War?
«The sanctions' regime has failed utterly, partly because no one was serious on either side of the Atlantic about cutting off revenues to Russia from its exports of fossil fuels. But also because of a massive hypocrisy by European states that have continued to export to Russia via third countries.»

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