He earned an Master of Laws degree in international and comparative law from George Washington University and a Doctor of Philosophy from Saint Kliment Ohridski University (also known as Sofia University). In addition, he studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science at Boston University as well as Harvard Business School.
Mirtchev is an American born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Alexander Mirtchev is Executive Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies International (RUSI) and Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), London. He is also the president of Krull Corporation
Mirtchev is an academic and has served as a fellow and member of numerous universities and educational institutions, including his role as American Founding Council Member of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. In addition, he has served as a Senior Fellow of the Russian and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as Doctor Emeritus of the University of Foreign Trade and Finance, Ukraine, and as a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He is a Board Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States, and Wilson National Cabinet Member at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He serves as an independent member of the advisory board of Washington & Jefferson College"s Center for Energy Policy and Management, independent director of the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and has served as director of the Law Offices of Stewart & Stewart.
