Signum University

Alexander Petrov

Alexander “Alex” Petrov joined Signum’s Board of Visitors in Fall 2024 as an at-large Board Member. He has a strong interest in innovative approaches to higher education which improve the sustainability of the university sector while making it more accessible to a broader range of students.

Alex has a BSc from the University of London Worldwide (the world’s oldest distance and flexible learning institution) and MSc from London School of Economics. Based in London, UK, he has worked in a range of roles in the finance industry, focusing on macroeconomic policy research, sovereign credit risk, and the intersections of economic and political analysis, and currently serves on an investment committee of a family office.

Alex has been a Tolkien fan since the reading The Hobbit at the age of nine but his particular interest is the Silmarillion. Aside from fantasy literature, he enjoys reading British history and the occasional Le Carré novel.

Alex is in a library, need we say more? He's a man of European descent with dark short hair, dark-rimmed glasses, an open necked button down shirt and a rather nice grey jacket. He's got a smile on and is looking directly at you with a pleased expression in his eyes as though he just found the book he was searching for and wants to tell you about it.