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Sergei Komlev is a recognised expert in contract structuring and pricing for natural gas. From 2007 to 2023, he served as Head of the Contract Structuring and Pricing Department at Gazprom Export LLC, where he was responsible for analytical support of natural gas export contracts. Following the restructuring of Gazprom Export, he moved to Department 310 of PJSC Gazprom as Deputy Head of Section. Between 2020 and 2022, he led the “Pricing” group within the Strategy Committee of the International Gas Union. He has also been invited as an expert to the Natural Gas Exporters Forum. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and the monograph “Foundations of Natural Gas Pricing. Misunderstandings Jeopardizing the Future of the Industry” (Anthem Press, 2022). Since 2023, he has been Deputy Head of a Section in a Department of PJSC Gazprom.
On May 13, as part of the research seminar of the Master’s Programme “Finance”, a guest lecture was delivered by Sergei Komlev, Deputy Head of a Department at PJSC Gazprom. The lecture, titled “What Makes Natural Gas as a Commodity One of the Kind”, focused on the pricing paradoxes of the global natural gas market that challenge conventional economic theories.
Department of Finance and Cbonds Joint Workshop "ESG and the Bond Market: Profitability, Data and Market Transformation"
On April 28, 2026, a joint online seminar of the research group of the HSE - St. Petersburg Department of Finance and Cbonds was held on the topic "ESG and the bond market: profitability, data and market transformation." The seminar was devoted to discussing how the issuer's ESG characteristics affect the cost of borrowing and investment decisions in modern market conditions. The discussion was based on materials prepared by Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor I.Y. Churakova.
'Lessons in Flexibility and Finance': Master's Student from HSE University-St Petersburg Spends a Semester at One of the Best Malaysian Universities
Kseniya Turenko, 2nd-year student of the master's programme 'Finance' at HSE University-St Petersburg, spent a semester at the University of Malaya. Read on to find out how students live in Malaysia, how the programme in Economics is different and what studies in another country give you.
Not for school, but for life: Study mobility experience in China
Chu Han, a 2nd year student of the Master's Programme “Finance” shared his impressions of academic mobility in XJTLU