Alexander (Cowson) E. Novikov, born in Leningrad (USSR) in 10 February 1964.
Research Engineer with Master degree in Hydrodynamics and Acoustics - Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute (1981-1987) and Krylov Shipbuilding Science Centre (1987-1990)
Research and practice area – Noise and vibration of nuclear submarines equipment
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Strategic and Project management, double degree - Academy of National Economic (Moscow, 2005-2008) and IEMI (Paris)/CMI (Geneva) (2007-2009)
Doctor Thesis (2008-2009) – System of Strategic Development Management of Diversified Corporation (in 2012 was published by Lambert Academic Publishing)
Research and practice area (1991-2023) - Strategic and Project management, Corporate governance and finance, Financial analysis and modelling, System analysis and integration, forecasting and prediction.