Alexey Popov

Teacher, business strategy
Head of open programs department, program director

Alexey Popov, Program Director of in-company programs at SSE Russia. He is responsible for program management with some key corporate clients. Alexey is an experienced teacher in business strategy and strategic marketing. He runs practical workshops and business simulations at corporate and open programs at SSE Russia. Key words: business strategy, strategic marketing, MARKSTRAT business simulation Alexey is EMBA graduate of 2003 from Stockholm School of Economics in Russia. He also studied marketing courses at the Chartered College of Marketing in Maidenhead, UK. He has diploma in electronics engineering from Moscow Aviation Technical University. Alexey has an extensive practical experience in various business fields. Prior to joining SSE Russia he worked at top‐management positions in telecommunications (Baltic Communications Ltd, Lucent Technologies Russia — Country Marketing Director), aircraft services (East Line Airlines — Director at North‐West Russia), publishing (Top‐Manager Business Journal — Deputy General Director). Also he has an experience in management consulting (he worked with PORT Consulting and SSE Ring on a number of research and consulting projects). This diversified experience helps Alexey better understand the educational needs of business executives and maximize the effectiveness of their learning at SSE Russia. Alexey is also an experienced teacher in business strategy and he carried out strategy sessions for Sberbank, Mosenergo, Rosgosstrakh, Sibur, Philip Morris and other companies. Alexey is a certified instructor for MARKSTRAT, Blue Ocean Strategy, InterPlay and MiniMax business simulations. Since 2006 he successfully managed simulation sessions at open and in-company trainings for multi-national corporations and local companies in Russia and internationally.

Alexey Popov