Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development and ESG Transformation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rating Agency Expert RA, a member of the Management Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, a member of the Board of Trustees of Russian Council on International Affairs, a member of the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for European Reform (CER). Igor Yurgens graduated with a degree in economics from Moscow State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics.

