Aleksandr Kretov

Aleksandr Kretov is Head of Blockchain Development Department at Tinkoff, a position he has held since April 2025. In this role, his stated responsibilities include developing and implementing a blockchain development strategy, forming a strategy for products based on digital assets, evaluating the economic efficiency of projects, creating internal standards and methodologies, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and monitoring emerging technologies in blockchain and digital assets.

Kretov has held a concurrent position as Product Lead at Tinkoff since January 2023, where he has been involved in building a platform for the tokenisation of real-world assets, forming a product strategy around digital financial assets, issuing digital financial assets, creating market-making infrastructure for trading digital financial assets on the platform, and engaging with regulatory authorities on legislative initiatives in the field of digital financial assets. Prior to these roles, he served as Head of Trading Desk at Tinkoff Capital from April 2024 to April 2025, where he managed a trading team, developed and implemented trading strategies, and built trading infrastructure. Before that, he was Portfolio Manager at Tinkoff Capital from May 2021 to April 2024, during which he launched ETFs on Russian stock markets, managed over $500 million in assets under management, traded equities and bonds on exchange and OTC markets, and developed stock market index methodologies. His total professional experience spans approximately nine years. He is based in Moscow.