Dr. Tichotsky was appointed as a Director on November 1, 2006. Dr. Tichotsky has worked in Russia since 1988 and serves as a consulting economist and international policy advisor to Roman Abramovich, the Governor of Chukotka since February 2001. Dr. Tichotsky wrote his Master’s thesis on Gold and Tin Mining in the Russian Northeast and his PhD on Russian diamond mining, The Republic of Sakha: Russia’s Diamond Colony which has been published in both English and Russian. Previously, he has been a senior analyst in the area of international public finance and has also worked extensively within the academic community. Dr. Tichotsky is a graduate of Dartmouth College and completed his master’s degree at Cambridge University and received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK. |