Michel Grabar

Michel Grabar is a business operative and academic. Describing his specialism as 'Mergers and acquisition' and his interest as 'Investing in Russia and in Europe' Grabar works for a variety of corporations in the investment field and is an adviser to Canal +. He is also on the advisory board of the EU-Russia Centre a lobby forum in Brussels.

The EU-Russia Centre describes him as:

A Lecturer in Russian literature and civilisation at the University of Haute Bretagne (Rennes 2) particularly concerned with the historical, geographical and economic problems faced by the post-Soviet states. He is a member of CREER (Centre de Recherche sur les Elites Européennes et Russes) at Rennes 2 University and has run a number of research projects including national ideology in Russia.

Yet in his own 'LinkedIn' profile Grabar states that he is:

• Member of the Advisory Board at EU-Russia Centre
• Expert Energies fossiles et renouvelables at Vesper-Partners
• Adviser at Arjil Groupe Altium
• Vice President Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe at AviaMediaTech Limited
• Assistant Professor, member of a research group, in charge of an exchange program with SPbGU. at University Rennes 2

This rather suggests that he has more of an interest in Russian matters than simply an academic interest. Grabar goes on to note his past roles as Adviser at Ministère Délégué aux Affaires Européennes and at Canal Plus.

Affiliations

• Member, Advisory Board EU-Russia Centre. September 2008 — Present (January 2009)
• Expert, Energies fossiles et renouvelables Vesper-partners - company in oil & energy industry, Vesper-partners is a consulting company focused on Energy issues in Russia and the CIS. It was founded in 2007 by a French consulting company well known in Energy business called Arthur Straight. July 2008 — Present (January 2009)
• Adviser, Arjil Groupe Altium (in charge of Russian projects) - privately held company with 11-50 employees, in banking industry. September 2007 — Present (January 2009)
• Vice President, Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe AviaMediaTech Limited (http://www.aviamediatech.com) - in international trade and development industry, AviaMediaTech is a consulting and Capital Service located in London UK, and Mr Grabar is in charge both of a region (Eastern Europe and CIS) and of different sectors (medias, M&A, trading). September 2007 — Present (January 2009)
• Assistant Professor, member of a research group, in charge of an exchange program with SPbGU, University Rennes 2. October 1997 — Present (January 2009). At the Russian Department of Rennes 2 University Mr Grabar teaches both in French and in Russian twice a week University level courses such as: Contemporary politics and economics of Russia; Russian History, Geopolitics of the CIS etc...
• Adviser, Ministère Délégué aux Affaires Européennes - Government Agency with 10,001 or more employees in Government Administration industry. January 1996 — May 1997. As an adviser of the Minister of European Affairs, Mr Grabar was both in charge of various European issues and of the dialogue with Russia and Ukraine.
• Adviser, Canal+ - privately held company with 1001-5000 employees, in broadcast media industry. January 1989 — July 1990 As an advisor of the CEO and VP for international Development, Mr Grabar was in charge of the Development of Canal + in Eastern Europe. As a result, he could quote the setting of Canal + Poland.

Education

• ESCP-EAP European School of Management-Ecole supérieure de Management, Master, Management, 1989 — 1990
• Ecole normale supérieure de Lettres et Sciences humaines PhD, Russian studies, 1985 — 1990

Website

LinkedIn Michel Grabar

Resources

• EU-Russia Centre, accessed 19 January 2009.
• Michel Grabar, accessed 19 January 2009.