Pavlov Alexander Sergeyevich

Pavlov Alexander Sergeyevich

Born September 26, 1984

Education

In 2007 he graduated from Ivanovo State University, Faculty of Physics. He also graduated from the Higher School of Corporate Governance of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Career

2008-2013

In 2008-2011 worked as the head of the department at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).

From 2011 to 2013 - Acting Head of the Department of Culture of the city of Moscow.

Since 2013, he was the chief of staff of the Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation in the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

2018-2021

In 2018-2021. worked as an adviser to the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, oversaw the direction of international relations and the export of Russian digital solutions.

Since May 2021 - General Director of RFRIT.

2025: Appointment as Managing Partner of ВЭБ.РФ

On March 17, 2025, Alexander Pavlov ВЭБ.РФ appointed to the post of chief managing partner of the Russian state development corporation. Previously, he served as General Director of the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies (RFRIT, ВЭБ.РФ Group).

Pavlov in ВЭБ.РФ will focus on the implementation of projects related to the use of artificial intelligence technologies. The state corporation is implementing a new development strategy until 2030, which includes a number of priority areas: these are, in particular, large investment projects, strong settlements and geostrategic regions, technological leadership and sovereignty, export support and entrepreneurship.

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Фото: BK group ВЭБ.РФ

Specialized development institutes of the ВЭБ.РФ group, including Skolkovo, will help in achieving technological leadership. In early 2025, a new unit will be created on the basis of the Skolkovo Foundation, which will carry out the agency functions of the Government of the Russian Federation to coordinate science in the field of AI. This platform is expected to strengthen the dialogue between science, state and business, bring many new ideas and give impetus to the development of large and promising projects.

Among Skolkovo participants, more than 900 companies develop and implement various solutions using AI technologies. Most projects are related to medicine and information security. Skolkovo residents are also actively developing solutions for industries with high potential for using artificial intelligence technologies - industry, construction, logistics, agriculture, aviation and others.

Now Russia is in the top five world leaders in terms of the number of generative models, and the importance of AI for the domestic economy is growing every year, "says Sergey Perov, Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Foundation[1]

TAdviser interview

General Director of the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies (RFRIT) Alexander Pavlov in an interview with TAdviser spoke about the start of a new wave of grant support for IT companies and projects for the introduction of digital technologies, as well as about the changed strategy of the fund and new directions of its work. Read more here.

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