Alex Knaster

Alex Knaster is Chairman and CEO of Pamplona Capital Management, an investment management firm with private equity, hedge fund and fund of funds operations.

Prior to founding Pamplona, from 1998 until 2004 Mr Knaster has served as Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Bank in Russia. Under his leadership, Alfa Bank has grown over ten-fold into Russia’s largest privately owned bank. 

From 1985 to 1998 Mr Knaster has held senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Bankers Trust Company and Simmons & Company International in Houston, New York, London and Moscow.

Prior to beginning his career in investment banking, Mr Knaster spent three years with Schlumberger Ltd as an engineer working on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Mr Knaster holds a PhD degree in Economics from the Russian Academy of Science, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Mr Knaster is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of International Society of Financial Analysts and National Association of Petroleum Industry Analysts.

Mr Knaster is married with four children.