and Dean and Professor of Economics at London Business School (2024- Sergei Maratovich Guriev (Russian: Серге́й Мара́тович Гури́ев, Ossetian: Гуыриаты Мараты фырт Сергей, romanized: Gwyriaty Maraty fyrt Sergej; born 21 October 1971) is a Russian economist, who is the dean and a professor of economics at the London Business School, prior to which he was the provost of the Institut d’études politiques in Paris (Sciences Po).

[1][2] In January 2024, he was announced as the incoming Dean of London Business School, succeeding François Ortalo-Magné.

[3] Sergei Guriev was born to an ethnic Ossetian[4] family, on 21 October 1971 in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia.

[7] [7] He has also supported and advised Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in particular, being one of the founding donors of his Anti-Corruption Foundation[8] in 2012, working[9] for his 2013 Moscow Mayor electoral campaign, and serving as an informal advisor[10] afterwards.

Guriev left Russia on 30 April 2013 after a “frightening and humiliating interrogation”[11] as government investigators searched his office and secured 5 years of his emails due to his activities in a panel of legal and economical experts who critically assessed Russian position in the second Yukos case.

[16]In November 2023, the official Russian news agencies TASS and RIA reported that Russia's interior ministry had placed him on a wanted list with Sergey Aleksashenko, another economist in exile, on unspecified charges.

From 2016 until 2019, Guriev was the Chief Economist and a member of the executive committee at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.