Alexander Idrisov is the Co-founder of Eurasia Competitiveness Institute and President of Strategy Partners Group—the leading Russian strategy advisory firm, founded in 1994. Strategy Partners assists to the leading corporations and government bodies to create sustainable value, providing innovative and objective professional advice on strategy, organization, performance improvement, digitalization, corporate finance and change management. Alexander established a highly experienced team of Russian and foreign professionals leveraging their expertise, excellent connections, and first class reputation to exploit growth opportunities in developing Russian and CIS markets. He used to be a pioneer of the innovation and venture capital activity in Russia.