Alexander Shmelev is in charge of advisory to the UCP Russia Fund. He was closely involved in the foundation of the Russian stock market and has unmatched experience in managing equity portfolio investments.

From 2006 to 2007 Alexander was a Director of Strategy Development Department in UFG Asset Management.

From 1995 to 2006 Alexander worked with UFG. He was responsible for international and domestic equity sales and trading operations. He later managed UFG`s Russia-dedicated hedge fund.

Prior to joining the UFG team, Alexander worked in the Audit Department of PriceWaterhouse in Germany.

He graduated from the State Finance Academy of Russia in 1993.