Alexander Rodnyansky is a Ukrainian economist, former presidential advisor, and entrepreneur. Until the end of 2024, he served as an economic advisor to the president, playing an active role in wartime economic strategy, international negotiations, and Ukraine’s recovery planning. Rodnyansky also served on the Supervisory Board of Oschadbank, Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, and chaired its Strategy and Transformation Committee.

Rodnyansky is an associate professor of economics at the University of Cambridge and a research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. His academic work focuses on macroeconomics, finance, and international finance.

He has received numerous academic and professional distinctions, including a fellowship from the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship from Princeton University, a Sloan Foundation Macro Financial Modeling Grant, and multiple teaching awards from Princeton. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).