Alex Kraus

Alex is Vice President at Metis Strategy. During his tenure at Metis Strategy, Alex has worked on a variety of strategy and M&A cases ranging from leading the development of an international expansion strategy for a $3 billion US-based firm, to facilitating the development of a new product development process for a Fortune 500 payroll services company. He also has a wealth of experience in project and portfolio management, organizational design, and process improvement, gained through his work with a variety of multi-billion dollar companies across different sectors and industries.

Prior to joining Metis Strategy, Alex worked as Director of International Business Development and Public Affairs for a Virginia-based consulting firm, providing professional services to German and U.S. companies, seeking to establish, grow, or protect their business interests in the other country.

Alex‘s professional experiences include derivatives trading support and risk management for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank AG and industry research and analysis with the Corporate Executive Board, a Washington D.C.-based strategic research and executive education firm, providing business support to finance and operations executives of multinational corporations.

Previously, Alex worked on operational and marketing matters of the European launch of a U.S. based financial services firm in the credit card industry and on policy and legal affairs for German state ministries, the former Treuhandanstalt, a major San Francisco law firm, and for the German Embassy in Tokyo.

Alex holds a German law degree (J.D. equivalent) from the University of Heidelberg and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts and Harvard Universities) in Boston. His graduate studies focused on International Business Relations, International Trade, and International Business and Economic Law. Alex also studied European, Corporate, and Environmental law at the Universities of Lausanne in Switzerland and Bayreuth, Germany.

In addition to being a native German-speaker, Alex speaks English and French fluently and continues to work on his basic Spanish and Japanese language skills.