Andrey Maingardt
Strategy Director at WMT AI
AI strategist and independent researcher specialising in the effects of AI on business, the economy, and the labour market.
“I make forecasts carefully: I separate facts from assumptions, document the evidence, and specify dates so that the outcome can be checked later.”
Expert on AI’s effects on business and employment
Andrey Maingardt is WMT AI’s Strategy Director, an AI strategist, and an independent researcher. He studies how AI changes business, the economy, and employment, and advises organisations on implementation. His work connects corporate-project experience with analysis of longer-term change.
Professional profile
At WMT AI, Andrey helps organisations assess AI opportunities and risks. He considers both processes and people: where AI can accelerate work, how skill requirements change, and what those shifts mean for the organisation.
Alongside corporate work, he conducts independent research and publishes analytical material. His research portfolio includes three studies, 13 briefings and notes, and three original analytical models, connecting current observations with a broader view of market development.
Research and original concepts
His major studies include “The Quiet Replacement”, “AI in 2025 and Forecasts for 2026”, and “The Convergence Point 2027”. They examine task automation, employment changes, and the economic factors that shape AI adoption.
His analytical models include the “four links of a crisis”, the “one-way door” effect, and the shift from a pyramid-shaped employment structure to a “dumbbell” model. These describe how automation can change the mix of tasks, team structures, and demand for specialist skills.
He separates facts, estimates, and forecasts, records the evidence, and sets time horizons for testing conclusions. Readers can revisit a prediction and assess how well it was supported by subsequent events.
Speaking and work with organisations
Andrey facilitates strategy sessions, corporate programmes, and executive learning. His portfolio spans central banking, public administration, technology, higher education, aviation, finance, retail, and professional sport. Topics include AI strategy, business and educational adaptation, banking applications, and change management.
His professional portfolio records training for 18 companies and organisations. This work grounds discussions of AI’s effects in the actual tasks of leadership teams and industry specialists.
Independent analytical practice
Andrey’s independent analytical work includes research, forecasts, briefings, and practical material about the effects of AI on organisations, the economy, and the labour market.
This practice connects research with delivery: analytical work builds the evidence base, while collaboration with WMT AI applies it to corporate needs and implementation.
A combined practitioner and researcher perspective
Corporate experience helps Andrey identify the management and operational consequences of AI adoption. Research places those changes in the wider context of the economy and employment.
His expertise therefore covers two connected questions: how a company can use AI in its current processes, and how the technology may change business and employment structures over time.