Professional Affiliation

Managing Partner, IC Alaska; President, Alaska Capital

Expert Bio

Dr. John Tichotsky is Managing Partner of IC Alaska, a C Change Group company, where he works with Russell Read, former CIO of the Alaska Permanent Fund. John Tichotsky is also president of Alaska Capital (alaskacapit.com), a firm dedicated to bringing international capital to unleash the growth potential of Alaska.

Over three decades, Dr. Tichotsky has specialized in the finance and economics of natural resource development and wealth management, especially in the oil and gas (LNG) industry and the mining industry. He has worked in Alaska, Northeast Asia, Europe, and Central Asia, with considerable experience in China and Russia.

John Tichotsky’s experience includes working as an international advisor and consultant for Roman Abramovich (Sibneft, Evraz) on natural resource issues (oil and gas, electricity, whale quotas, governmental relations), and as an expert on Northeast Asian energy issues. Dr. John Tichotsky was the Economic Advisor for Alaska Gasline Development Project, a $43 billion LNG and pipeline infrastructure project to move stranded natural gas from Alaska to Asia. Previously he worked as the Chief Economist and Advisor to the Alaska Governor and the State of Alaska’s Department of Revenue, where he led a group of economists that provide the State of Alaska with policy advice on all of Alaska’s economic activities, especially investment and petroleum revenue. John Tichotsky also has considerable experience as a project manager, an international resource negotiator, a privatization specialist, a real estate developer, a director for a junior mining company, and a senior analyst at a rating agency.

John Tichotsky has authored definitive studies in northern regional economic development and Northeast Asian gas industry structure. He has worked extensively with rural and indigenous communities in Alaska, Russia, and Mongolia. He has a Ph.D. and Master degree from Cambridge University (Jesus College), as well as a BA from Dartmouth College (New Hampshire).