Dr. Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist, is the President of the International Academy of Emerging Markets. He is a US Fulbright Scholar and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee (Washington, DC) and of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Lifetime Foreign Member). He was a Professor of International Business at American University from 2004 to 2007 and was a Professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business from 1990 to 2004. In addition, until 2000, for five years he was an Adjunct Professor of Business Strategy at the Stern School of Business at New York University. From 1992-1998 he served as the Director of Emerging Markets at Arthur Andersen LLP in New York. He has the title of Honorary Doctor from the United States, Russian, Albanian, Ukranian and Kazakhstan Universities. He was honored with National and Scientific Awards from several countries. Dr. Kvint's studies have focused on strategy and quantitative analysis of the Global Emerging Market and solutions to poverty. He is the author of 21 books and more than 350 articles, is a contributor to Forbes and is an advisor to the governments of several emerging market countries.