Dr. Alexandra Vacroux is the President of the Management Board of IEDC – Bled School of Management. She holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, where she served for 15 years as Executive Director of the Davis Center, directing graduate studies for the REECA program and founding the Scholars Without Borders initiative. An expert in Russian and Eurasian policy, she serves on the Davis Center Advisory Board and as Vice President for Strategic Engagement at the Kyiv School of Economics. Her extensive international background includes leading sales at the Brunswick Warburg investment bank in Moscow, consulting for the Russian Privatization Agency, and holding research affiliations with CEFIR and the Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C.