Bob Foresman (M.A. REECA, 1993) served as vice chairman of UBS Investment Bank in 2016-2020. He was Barclays Group country head for Russia and the region in 2009-2016 and deputy chairman of Renaissance Capital in 2006-2009. He also held senior Russia/CIS-related positions at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and ING Barings. Bob ran the Ukrainian privatization advisory office of the International Finance Corporation in Kyiv (1993-1995) and worked at the IFC in Washington until 1997. He served as an independent non-executive director of steel-pipe maker TMK Group (2012-2019) and is currently a shareholder and/or board director of companies working in steel, cybersecurity, and investment, among other business interests. Bob is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and holds a bachelor’s from Bucknell University (1990) as well as a certificate from the Moscow Energy Institute (1989). Bob and his wife, Luda, have five children and reside in upstate New York.
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