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 Center
• 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 mor 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 of the Advisory Board EU Russia Center September 2008 — Present (3 months)
• Expert Energies fossiles et renouvelables Vesper-partners (Oil & Energy industry) July 2008 — Present (5 months) Vesper-partners is a consulting company focused on Energy issues in Russia and the CIS.Vesper-partners has been created in 2007 by a French consulting company well known in Energy business called Arthur Straight.
• Adviser Arjil Groupe Altium (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Banking industry) September 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months) At Arjil I am in charge of Russian projects.
• Vice President Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe AviaMediaTech Limited (International Trade and Development industry) September 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months) http://www.aviamediatech.com. For Aviamediatech, which is a consulting and Capital Service located in London UK, I am in charge both of a region (Eastern Europe and CIS) and of different sectors (medias, M&A, trading).
• Assistant Professor, member of a research group, in charge of an exchange program with SPbGU. University Rennes 2 - October 1997 — Present (11 years 2 months). At the Russian Department of Rennes 2 University I teach 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; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry) January 1996 — May 1997 (1 year 5 months) As an adviser of the Minister of European Affairs I was both in charge of various European issus and of the dialog with Russia and Ukraine.
• Adviser Canal+ (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry) January 1989 — July 1990 (1 year 7 months) As an advisor of the CEO and VP for international Development I was in charge of the Development of Canal + in Eastern Europe. As a result I 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

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