Snesar: Pandemic influenced Russians’ consumer preferences

Since May 2011
JSC VTB Bank, First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board.

2008 – 2011
JSC VTB Bank, Senior Vice President; JSC VTB Capital, Global CEO.

2006 – 2008
Head of Investment Business, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Russia.

2002 – 2006
Director, Head of Global Markets in Russia & CIS, Deutsche Bank AG, London.

1996 – 2002
Analyst, Executive Director at Emerging Markets Department, Bank Lehman Brothers, London.

1994 – 1996
Dealer, Senior Dealer at Currency Trading Department, JSC Incombank.

1970
Born in Ulan Bator.

Biography on the VTB website

Since 2002
VTB Bank: President and Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Supervisory Council.

1996
Vnesheconombank: appointed Chairman by presidential executive order; term in office extended in 1999 for another three years.

1995
National Reserve Bank: elected First Deputy Chairman.

1993 – 1995
Imperial Bank: Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department.

1979 – 1992
Diplomatic service at the USSR Consulate General in Australia (1979-1982) and Embassy to the UK (1985-1990).

1956
Born in Moscow.

Biography on the VTB website

Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Born on April 12, 1963 in Moscow.

Higher education. Candidate in Economics.

Fluent in German.

In 1985 graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute, specializing in Finance and Credit.

August 1985 – March 1987 – economist, senior economist at the Finance Ministry of the RSFSR;

March 1987 – May 1989 – military service in the Soviet Army;

May 1989 – January 1992 – leading economist, 1st grade economist, leading economist, deputy director of a subdivision, consultant at the Finance Ministry of RSFSR;

February 1992 – deputy director of a division at the Economy and Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation;

February 1992 – October 1997 – Deputy Director of the Budget Management Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department – Director of Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation;

October 1997 – July 2003 – Director of the Macroeconomic Policy and Banking Department of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation; since March 22, 2001: member of the Finance Ministry Board;

July 2003 – May 2004 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

May 2004 – December 12, 2005 – Director of the Inter-budget Relations Department;

December 2005 – September, 2011 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

September, 2011 – December, 2011 – Acting as Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

December, 2011 – May, 2018 – Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

May, 2018 – May, 2018 – Acting as Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

May, 2018 – January, 2020 – First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

January, 2020 – present time – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

In 2001 rewarded with the Finance Minister’s honorary diploma;

In 2002 received a citation of the President of the Russian Federation;

In 2002 received a citation of the Finance Minister;

In 2013 rewarded with the order «For Merit to the Fatherland», 3rd grade.

Since May 2011
JSC VTB Bank, First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board.

2008 – 2011
JSC VTB Bank, Senior Vice President; JSC VTB Capital, Global CEO.

2006 – 2008
Head of Investment Business, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Russia.

2002 – 2006
Director, Head of Global Markets in Russia & CIS, Deutsche Bank AG, London.

1996 – 2002
Analyst, Executive Director at Emerging Markets Department, Bank Lehman Brothers, London.

1994 – 1996
Dealer, Senior Dealer at Currency Trading Department, JSC Incombank.

1970
Born in Ulan Bator.

Biography on the VTB website

Governor of the Bank of Russia

Born on 29 October 1963 in Ufa.

Education

1986: graduated from the Department of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Career

1991–1992: Chief Specialist in the Directorate on Economic Reform of the Standing Committee of the USSR Scientific and Industrial Union Board, Moscow.

1992–1994: Chief Specialist, Consultant in the Economic Policy Directorate of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

1994–1994: Advisor at the Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

1994–1995: Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department — Head of the Division for State Regulation of Economy at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1995–1996: Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1996–1997: Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation; Member of the Ministry’s Board.

1997–1998: Deputy Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1998–1999: Deputy Chairperson of Promtorgbank’s Management Board.

1999–1999: Executive Director of the Eurasian Ratings Service.

1999–2000: Vice President of the Centre for Strategic Research.

2000–2003: First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

2003–2005: President of the Centre for Strategic Research.

2005–2007: Head of the Expert Council of the Organising Committee for Russia’s Presidency of the G8 in 2006; Research Team Head at the Centre for Strategic Research.

From 24 September 2007: Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

From 12 May 2008: Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

May 2012—June 2013: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.

From June 2013: Governor of the Bank of Russia.

Member of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors according to Article 15 of the Federal Law ‘On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)’.

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on July 11, 1979, in Perm.

2000 — graduated from Perm State University by the major Mathematical Economist.

2002 — acquired the speciality of Translating Language Expert.

2000 - 2005 — Head of the Budget Revenue and Expenses Planning Department, Head of the Regional Finance and Investment Department, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Economy of the Perm Region Administration.

2005 - 2007 — First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Department of the Perm Region, First Deputy Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.

2007 - 2009 — Deputy Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department, Director of the Department for Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of State Governments of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation.

2009 — Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.

2009 - 2010 — Director of the Department for State Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-Government of the Government of the Russian Federation.

2010 - 2011 — First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Mayor and Government.

2012 - 2017 — Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow city.

09.2017 - 01.2020 — Governor of the Perm Territory.

Since January 21, 2020 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Awarded the Letter of Acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation and Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.

PhD in Economics.

Married; father of a son and two daughters.

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

1982 Born on July 21, in Moscow.

2002 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.

2004 Master’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.

2002–2006 Economist, 1st class; Leading Economist; Chief Economist; Sector Head at the Balance of Payments Department at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).

2006–2010 Senior Manager; Director; Managing Director at Rosbank.

2010–2012 Head of the Analytical Unit at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Russia and the CIS.

2012–2013 Chief Economist for Russia at VTB Capital.

2013–2015 Director of the Long-term Strategic Planning Department at the Russian Ministry of Finance.

2013 included in the management personnel pool under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.

2015–2016Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2016–2020 Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

2017 Since March 14 – Presidential Special Representative for Trade and Economic Cooperation with Japan.

2018 Chairman of the Board, at the Centre for Strategic Research.

2020 Since January 24 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.

Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation

Born on October 12, 1960 in Dobele, Latvian SSR, in the family of a military serviceman.

1983 — graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Leningrad State University.

1983–1985 — an intern researcher in the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1985–1988 — a post-graduate student of the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Ph D. in Economics. Since 1988 — Research Fellow in the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1990 — Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. After liquidation of the Committee for Economic Reform, he moved to the Management Committee of the Leningrad Free Enterprise Zone.

1991–1992 — Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development.

1992–1993 — Chairman of the Chief Financial Administration for the Mayor of St. Petersburg.

1993–1996 — Deputy and First Deputy Mayor, member of the Municipal Government, Chairman of the Committee for Economics and Finance of the City Council of St. Petersburg.

1996–1997 — Deputy Head of the Administration of the Russian President, Head of the Chief Control Department.

1997–1999 — First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

1999 (January – June) — First Deputy Chairman of the Board of RAO Unified Energy System (RAO UES) of Russia.

1999–2000 — First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2000–2004 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2004–2007 — Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2007 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2012–2016 — Chairman of the Committee of Civil Initiatives — a community of professionals able to offer alternative solutions to the problems faced by the country.

2016 — head of the Center for Strategic Research, Vice-Chairman of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

On May 22, 2018, on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the position of Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Since November 2018 — member of the Presidential Council for Implementation of State Policy on Protecting Family and Children.

Author of more than 30 scientific papers in the field of economics and finance:

— PhD thesis on: “Comparability in the Mechanism of Implementation of Economic Competition Relations”.

— Doctoral thesis on: “Theoretical and methodological approaches to implementation of balanced and efficient budget policy.

Reserve officer.

Participation in the work of educational and scientific establishments:

— Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University and a member of the Supervisory Board of St. Petersburg State University;

— Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Gaidar Institute;

— Member of the Board of Trustees, Yegor Gaidar Foundation;

— Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University;

— Member of the Board of Trustees of the European University in St. Petersburg;

— Member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Economic School.

Participation in international ratings:

— In 2004 Aleksei Kudrin was named the Finance Minister of the Year by the British magazine “The Banker”, winning in two categories: “World Finance Minister of the Year” and “European Finance Minister of the Year.”

— In 2006 the British magazine “Emerging markets” named Aleksei Kudrin as the best Minister of Finance among the European developing countries.

— In 2010 the British magazine “Euromoney” named Aleksei Kudrin as the best Finance Minister of the year. According to the editor, Padraic Fallon, Kudrin got the award because he “...having overcome major political pressure secured establishment of the Reserve Fund, which allowed Russia to come out of the global financial crisis in a much better shape than the experts had expected”.

CEO, VTB Capital Investments

Senior Vice President, VTB Bank

Vladimir Potapov joined VTB Capital Investment Management team in 2010 as Global Head of the Portfolio Management Business. 

In 2013 Vladimir took over the business, becoming the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer (CEO). 

Since 2018, Vladimir Potapov has headed VTB Bank's integrated investment product platform - VTB Capital Investments.

VTB Capital Investments – the largest Russian investment management platform of VTB Group. Providing all types of money management solutions to clients. Total Assets under Management exceeds RUB 4.1 tn. The client base is over 2 million.

VTB Capital Investments unites: the largest management companies for Russian and international investors, brokerage services for retail clients, brokerage services for institutional investors, and FX services for individuals.

Vladimir studied at the Higher School of Economics and the People's University of Beijing, received an MBA from the Chicago Booth School of Business, CFA, and a coach of the Neuroleadership Institute.

Vladimir takes an active part in the development of the Russian financial market as a member of the world's largest association of business leaders “Young Presidents Organization (YPO)” and the Moscow Exchange Council, and is also a member of the Board of Directors of: Association of Professional Investors (API); CFA Association (Russia); NAUFOR; Moscow and St. Petersburg Stock Exchanges.

In 2021, Vladimir received 1^st place in the list of "TOP-1000 Russian Managers” among top managers of financial companies published by "Kommersant" and the Association of Managers.

In 2020, Vladimir received the LCA-2020 award “Leader as a coach, Stars among us".

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia

Born on August 2, 1977 in Kolomna, Moscow Region.

Education

In 1997 graduated from the Faculty of Economy, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

In 2005 graduated from the New Economic School.

Career

2005–2008— economist, Deutsche Securities

2008–2009— investment strategy managing director, United Capital Partners Advisory

2009–2011— deputy CEO, VTB Asset Management

2011–2018— deputy Head of Research, VTB Capital

2018–2020 — Director, Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Russia.

Since June 2020 — Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia.

Founding Partner, Mobius Capital Partners LLP

Prior to launching Mobius Capital Partners, Dr. Mobius was employed at Franklin Templeton Investments for more than 30 years, most recently as Executive Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. During his tenure, the group expanded AUM from USD 100m to over USD 40bn and launched a number of emerging market and frontier funds focusing on Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. His career and influence has earned him numerous industry awards. Dr. Mobius has also been a key figure in developing the international policy for emerging markets.

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International Investor and Author

Jim Rogers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, is an author, financial commentator, adventurer, and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Business Times, The Straits Times and many media outlets worldwide. He has also appeared as a regular commentator and columnist in various media and has been a professor at Columbia University.

After attending Yale and Oxford University, Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund, a global-investment partnership. During the next 10 years, the portfolio gained 4200%, while the S&P rose less than 50%. Rogers then decided to retire – at age 37. Continuing to manage his own portfolio, Rogers kept busy serving as a full professor of finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and, in 1989 and 1990, as the moderator of WCBS's 'The Dreyfus Roundtable' and FNN's 'The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers'.

In 1990-1992, Rogers fulfilled his lifelong dream: motorcycling 100,000 miles across six continents, a feat that landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. As a private investor, he constantly analyzed the countries through which he traveled for investment ideas. He chronicled his one-of-a-kind journey in Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers. Jim also embarked on a Millennium Adventure in 1999. He traveled for 3 years on his round-the-world, Guinness World Record journey. It was his 3rd Guinness Record. Passing through 116 countries, he covered more than 245,000 kilometers, which he recounted in his book Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. His book, Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably In The World's Best Market, was published in 2004. Another of his books A Bull in China describes his experiences in China as well as the changes and opportunities there. His recent book A Gift to My Children is a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (as well as for all adults and children) to find success and happiness. His latest memoir Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets was published in February 2013. Recently in January 2018, his book A Gift to My Children, 2nd edition which was published in Chinese, was launched in China. And in October 2018, another of his book The Next Big Wave, published in Complex Chinese, was launched in Taiwan. Rogers had two number one bestsellers in Japan namely The Future of Japan and A Warning to Japan that were published in January and July 2019 respectively.

Director for Institutional Affairs and Chief Economist of Generali CEE Holding B.V.

Miroslav Singer ranks amongst the most significant Czech economists. He graduated in Mathematical Methods Applied to Economy at the University of Economics in Prague. In 1995 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Before his appointment to the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank in 2001 he held senior management positions in the group Expandia (finance and industry) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (advising in restructuring).

Between 2005 and 2010 he was Vice-Governor and between 2010 and 2016 he was Governor of the Czech National Bank. Since January 2017, he has been the Director of Institutional Relations and Chief Economist at Generali CEE Holding responsible for Austria, CEE & Russia Region, since January 2018 he is also member of the Executive Committee. He serves in the supervisory boards of insurance companies of Generali, i.e. as a chairman in Generali Česká pojišťovna (CZ) and Poisťovňa Generali (SK).

Also he is a vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of Moneta Money Bank. Among other prestigious appraisals he was awarded “Central Banker of the Year in Europe” for 2014 by The Banker – FT group.

Global Head of Emerging Markets, Amundi

Yerlan Syzdykov is the Global Head of Emerging Markets & Co-Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at Amundi, based in the London office. In this role, he is responsible for leading a highly skilled investment team working on debt and equity strategies that covers Asia, Latin America, Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is also Lead Portfolio Manager on a number of our Emerging Market Debt strategies.

Yerlan has worked on Emerging Markets (EM) throughout his career. He has been involved in managing EM Debt strategies since 2000 when he joined Amundi Asset Management and has played a key role in evolving our investment capability in this area.

He joined Amundi Asset Management (previously Pioneer Investments) in 2000 from Bancroft in Paris where he had been working as an Investment Analyst for Private Equity deals. Before this, he worked with various companies in London and Paris within EM equity research.

Yerlan started his career as an EM Equity Analyst with Renaissance Capital in Moscow upon completion of his MBA in 1997.

Managing Director, EMEA and Global Political Research, TS Lombard

His 25 years’ experience covering the political economy of Russia and other FSU countries, including time working in Moscow-based investment banks where he was a top-ranked strategist and political analyst in broker surveys, started with a posting in Moscow as a UK diplomat in the early 1990s. In the decade from co-founding Trusted Sources until its merger with Lombard Street Research to form TS Lombard in 2016, he has also been producing broader political analysis on EMEA regional markets and geopolitics. Academic work in Italy during the 1980s underpins his lifelong interest in that country’s political economy. He is a regular commentator on FSU affairs in broadcast media and leading op-ed columns. He graduated from Oxford University, where he was also a Fellow of All Souls College.

CFA, Global Economist, Head of Macro Research, Allianz Global Investors

Stefan Hofrichter is AllianzGI’s Global Economist and Head of Macro Research since 2011. Stefan and his team are responsible for advising clients, in-house professionals and sales colleagues on global economic trends and asset allocation. He is a member of the firm’s Global Policy Council, which is responsible for shaping the mid-term “Global House View” on financial markets, and of the Global Fundamental Multi-Asset Investment Committee. In 2016 he was appointed to European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Group of Economic Advisers. Stefan joined the firm in 1996 as an equity portfolio manager and assumed the role of economist and strategist in 1998.

Between 2004 and 2010 he also managed absolute return and alpha-porting multi-asset mandates, as well as traditional Global and European balanced portfolios. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Konstanz and in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Hachenburg. Stefan is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the European Association of Banking and Financial History.

Head of Client coverage – Senior Vice President, VTB Bank

Mr. Snesar joined VTB Bank in 2011 as the Head of Metals & Mining Coverage. In the end of 2012 he became the Deputy Global Head of Fixed Income, Global Head of Fixed Income Sales. From December 2014 till May 2016 Dmitry held the position of First Deputy Chairman at Bank of Moscow.

Before his career with VTB Group Dmitry worked as Head of Investment Banking department at Deutsche Bank in Moscow and General Director and CFO at United Financial Group.

In 1995 Dmitry Snesar graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics with a degree in Economics. Dmitry speaks English and Spanish.

Dmitry has been a Member of the Board of Directors at VTB Leasing and Member of the Board of Directors of NPF VTB Pension fund. Dmitry was a Member of Supervisory Board at VTB Bank (France).

Born in 1979 in Moscow

2004: Graduated from Moscow State Social University, now Russian State Social University

1999-2004: Held managerial positions in the IT and communications sector, including at IBC Group where he headed the internet solutions division’s business development department and also worked as Director for Business Development.

2004: Advisor to the Minister and Director of the Department of State Programmes, Infrastructure Development and Use of Constrained Resources at the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation.

2008: Assistant to the Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation. Oversaw the organisation of the work of the Russian Presidential Council for Information Society Development.

February 2009: Listed among the top 100 members of the Management Personnel Pool under the Russian President’s Patronage.

2012: Advisor to the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

2014: Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region. 

2016: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region.

September 2018: Vice President for Digital Platforms at Rostelecom. 

February 2019: Combined this position with that of RT Labs Director General.

21 January 2020: Appointed Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order. 

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Founder and CEO of the Mother and Child Group of Companies and Doctis

From the date of opening (1994) to 2012 M.A. Kurtser was the head of Moscow State Budgetary Healthcare Institution Family Planning and Reproduction Center of the Moscow Healthcare Department”.

From 2003 to 2013 he was the chief obstetrician-gynecologist of the Moscow Healthcare Department.

Since 2017 - Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Pediatric Faculty of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education named after N.I. Pirogov.

M.A. Kurtser introduced into practice a number of advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques, including unique operations such as open intrauterine operation on the fetus for Spina bifida defect.

He is the founder and CEO of the Federal Group of Companies "Mother and сhild", which includes 42 clinics, including 6 hospitals and 36 outpatient clinics.

President of Rostelecom, Chairman of the Management Board

Mikhail Eduardovitch Oseevskiy was born in Leningrad on November 30, 1960.

He graduated from the Kalinin Politechnical Institute (Leningradskij Politekhnicheskij Institut imeni Kalinina) in 1983 with a Degree in Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics.

He has wide experience in high-ranking posts in Russian state and business institutions.

From 1986 to 1993, he worked in the Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA in Russian).

From 1993 to 1999, he was Deputy Director and later Director of the Stock Exchange in St. Petersburg.

From 1999, he was a Vice Chairman, and from 2003 First Vice Chairman of the Board Council of the Industrial and Construction Bank in Saint Petersburg.

From 2003 to 2011 he worked as a Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Administration.

In 2011 he was appointed Deputy-Minister of Economic Development of Russia. From July 2012 to March 2017 he worked as a Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board.

In March 2017 he was appointed President of Rostelecom.

Currently M. Oseevskiy is a member of governing bodies of the following organizations: member of the supervisory board of Digital Economy Autonomous Not-for-profit Organization, T2 RTC Holding LLC, member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the board of directors of Votron LLC, and member of the board of trustees of Joint-stock company Non-state pension fund “Alliance”.

Mikhail Oseevskiy is Chairman of the Supervisory Council of Saint-Petersburg Higher School of Economics National Research Institute.

Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V.

Tigran Khudaverdyan was appointed Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V. and joined the company’s Board of Directors in 2019. Prior to this, from 2015, he served as CEO of Yandex.Taxi, and following its merger with Uber, served as the CEO of the combined business. He joined Yandex in April 2006, and since then has led several successful Yandex projects, including Yandex.Browser and Yandex.Navigator. Tigran Khudaverdyan is a graduate of Moscow State University with a degree in Physics.

Founder and CEO, Wildberries

Graduated from the Moscow State Regional Social and Humanitarian Institute, Department of Foreign Languages, specializing in teaching English and German language.

In 2004 Tatyana founded an online store Wildberries from scratch, with a total audience of 92 million customers, the online retailer operates in 17 countries. About 3 millions orders on average a day proceeds at Wildberries.

Around 200,000 Russian and international brands are sold on the online platform: from clothing, toys, beauty products, baby food to household appliances and electronics. The suppliers of Wildberries are Russian 400,000 entrepreneurs and companies, more than 90% of which are small businesses. 50% of the goods are made in Russia.

The overall sales of Wildberries for 9 months of 2021 increased by 89% year-on-year and reached 538.9 billion rubles. According to analysts of Forbes magazine, Wildberries is worth approximately $13.6 billion.

Wildberries takes 2^nd place in Forbes ranking «30 most valuable Runet companies». Wildberries has been the largest online retailer in Russia in terms of online sales for five years in a row, according to the Data Insight analytical agency. The company ranks 4^th in sales among all retailers in the country.

In 2018, Tatyana won the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award and the RBC «Entrepreneur of the Year Award». In 2019, she was included in the Forbes list of «15 Businessmen Who Changed Perception of Russia», and in 2020, she took 1^nd place on RBC's Women CEOs list.

CEO, Chairman of the Management Board, PIK Group OJSC

Professor, School of Systems Biology
Director for the Chronic Metabolic and Rare Diseases Systems Biology Initiative (ChroMe RaDSBIn), College of Science George Mason University

1998 PhD in Molecular Biology (virology department), Moscow State University
2004 Doctor of Sciences in Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, RAS

Expert in molecular pathophysiology and genetics of human diseases H-index = 39, cited more than 9000 times

Personal Youtube Channel “Professor Ancha Baranova» with a focus on health and longevity, 74,800 subscribers, more than 2 mln views

Author of the first Russian-language book “Coronavirus: Manual for survival”, May 2020 and many sci-pop papers in «Элементы», «Биомолекула», «Химия и Жизнь», «Наука из первых рук».

Invited expert on many Russian TV shows, including “Great Game”, “Doc Talk”, “Zdorovie with Elena Malysheva”, news talks on Vesti, Moscow-24, RTVI

Interviewed by “Voice of America”, BBC, news agencies RIA Novosti, RBK, MK, Lenta.ru and others

Speaker at private events of Med-C, Protek, InVitro

President and Chairman of the Management Board at Norilsk Nickel

Born in 1961.

Vladimir Potanin holds a degree in International Economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Shortly after graduation, Mr. Potanin began his career at the USSR's Ministry of Foreign Trade, where he worked until 1990. That year, he became President of the Interros Foreign Trade Association. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the Vice-President, and then as President of the International Company for Finance and Investments (MFK), a banking institution. In 1993 he became President of UNEXIM Bank and Chairman of MFK's Board of Directors.

From August 14, 1996 to March 17, 1997 he served as the first deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation in charge of economic issues.

During his time in office, Mr. Potanin headed twenty or so federal, governmental, and inter-agency commissions. While working in government, Mr. Potanin was also Russia’s Governor at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

In May 1997, Mr. Potanin reprised his role as president of UNEXIM Bank. After the restructuring of the UNEXIM-MFK-Renaissance Group, he became President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interros on May 26, 1998.

Mr. Potanin has served as the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel since December 17, 2012

In June 2015, Mr. Potanin was nominated President and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Roman has over 25 years’ experience in executive positions at leading Russian companies in the financial sector. He has represented the NP RTS Association, one of SPB Exchange’s key shareholders since 2001, and he has been the President of the Association since 2012. 

Since 2007, Roman has been a member of the Board of Directors of a number of Russian companies, including Pharmstandard (2008–2015), the Moscow Energy Exchange (2009–2015), the National Association of Stock Market Traders (2008–present) and the National Rating Agency (2017–present). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of SPB Exchange since 2015, and he was the Chairman of the Exchange’s Board of Directors until 2019.

On October 6, 2021, SPB Exchange’s Board of Directors appointed Roman as CEO of SPB Exchange.

President and Chairman of the Management Board at Norilsk Nickel

Born in 1961.

Vladimir Potanin holds a degree in International Economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Shortly after graduation, Mr. Potanin began his career at the USSR's Ministry of Foreign Trade, where he worked until 1990. That year, he became President of the Interros Foreign Trade Association. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the Vice-President, and then as President of the International Company for Finance and Investments (MFK), a banking institution. In 1993 he became President of UNEXIM Bank and Chairman of MFK's Board of Directors.

From August 14, 1996 to March 17, 1997 he served as the first deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation in charge of economic issues.

During his time in office, Mr. Potanin headed twenty or so federal, governmental, and inter-agency commissions. While working in government, Mr. Potanin was also Russia’s Governor at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

In May 1997, Mr. Potanin reprised his role as president of UNEXIM Bank. After the restructuring of the UNEXIM-MFK-Renaissance Group, he became President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interros on May 26, 1998.

Mr. Potanin has served as the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel since December 17, 2012

In June 2015, Mr. Potanin was nominated President and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Born on 08/13/1959 in Moscow.

Since 1999 – General director of the JSC (Joint Stock Company) “DSK “AVTOBAN”

Sociopolitical activity

Since 2001 - Deputy of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Duma. Since 2008 - Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the charity fund "Blago Daru" for children with CNS diseases. Since 2012 - Founder of the charity fund of local communities "WE ARE TOGETHER".

Awards

The honorary title "Honored Builder of the Russian Federation", 1996

The medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, 2001

Peter the Great Medal "For Labour Valour", 2004

The memorable sign "75 years of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra", 2005

The medal "Honorary road builder of the CIS", 2007

Sign of the Governor of the Moscow region "For the useful", 2009

The Patriarchal badge "700th anniversary of St. Sergius of Radonezh", 2014

The Order of Honor “Merit in the field of transport and many years of conscientious work” (the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation), 2016

The medal "For special services to the Kaluga region" III degree, 2016

The honorary Badge of the Governor of the Kaluga Region "For personal contribution to the Kaluga Region development", 2017

Dr. Stefan Schulte is Chairman of the Executive Board of Fraport AG. He heads the Fraport Group and is responsible for the International Activities & Services business segment. Organizational units reporting directly to him include Global Investments and Management; Airport Expansion South; Corporate Development, Environment and Sustainability; and Corporate Communications.

Dr. Schulte joined Fraport in 2003, initially as CFO, with responsibility for commercial operations, IT services and affiliated companies. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Fraport AG in April 2007, assuming responsibility for Traffic and Terminal Management; Airport Expansion; Security, Real Estate and Facility Management; and Legal Affairs. Dr. Schulte has been Chairman of the Executive Board since September 2009.

Dr. Schulte was a Member of the Executive Board and Director of Labor Relations at Cologne-based DEUTZ AG between 2001 and 2003, where he was responsible for commercial activities, human resources and legal affairs.

From 1996 to 2000, he first worked as Divisional Director Controlling and Interconnection at Mannesmann Arcor in Eschborn, moving on to become Chief Financial Officer at Milan-based Infostrada S.p.A., which at the time was the Italian landline subsidiary of the Mannesmann/Vodafone Group. A banker by training, Dr. Schulte followed his degree with a doctorate (“Dr. rer. pol.”) at the University of Cologne. He began his career in 1991 in Deutsche Bank’s group development department.

Dr. Schulte chairs the audit committee of Airports Council International (ACI) World, the global federation of airport operators, and sits on the board of ACI Europe, the European trade body for airports. On July 1, 2018, Dr. Stefan Schulte took up the position of President of the German Airports Association (ADV). He is also a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Post AG and holds various mandates with institutions in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region and beyond. Dr. Schulte was born in Wuppertal and is a German citizen.

Virginie Maisonneuve joined AllianzGI as Global CIO Equity in June 2021. In this capacity, she leads the development of the firm’s Equity capability and investment offering. She is a member of AllianzGI’s Investment Executive Committee and International Management Group.

Virginie is a global investment leader with a 30 plus year track record of performance, team leadership and innovation. She has previously held portfolio management and CIO positions for companies such as Eastspring, Pimco, Schroders, Clay Finlay, Batterymarch, State Street Research and Martin Currie in various parts of the world including Singapore, New York, Boston, San Francisco and London. During this time, she has pioneered investing in areas such as China, “Quanta-mental”, Thematics, ESG and Climate Change.

Virginie started her career in China working as a consultant for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing while attending Political Economy classes at People’s University. She holds an MBA from ESLSCA, and a degree in Mandarin Chinese from Université Paris Dauphine.

Mr. Xu has 20-year experience in Financial Market. 

Mr. Xu is currently Head of Asset Management Segment of CICC and has been appointed as Assistant President of CICC since March 2020. He joined the Investment Banking Department of CICC in January 2000, and became Managing Director in January 2008. He took several positions in CICC including Secretary to the Board of Directors Head of Strategic Development Department and Head of Firm Office. 

As one of China’s first batch of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professionals, he founded and led the Company’s M&A business since 2005. Mr. Xu obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1997 and a master’s degree in finance from the Graduate School of the PBOC in 2000.

Yury Denisov has been CEO of Moscow Exchange since May 2019. Yury Denisov has more than 25 years of financial markets experience, including leadership positions at major Russian financial companies.

Yury Denisov was a member of the Exchange’s Supervisory Board from 2008-2011 and again from 2013-2020. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of NCC, which acts as central counterparty on all of the Exchange’s markets. Since 2018, he has also served on the Board of the NSD, which is Russia’s central securities depository.

From 2002-2010, Yury Denisov was Senior Vice President and Head of the Treasury at VTB Bank. From 1992-2002, he worked at Eurofinance Bank, latterly as Vice President – Head of the Treasury. He began his career at Vnesheconombank in 1987.

In 1993, Yury Denisov graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), specializing in international economic relations.

Dennis DeBusschere is President of 22V Research and chief market strategist. 

Prior to helping found 22V Research, he began his career in sales at Merrill Lynch. Dennis then went on to  head Evercore ISI’s Portfolio Strategy Research and Quantitative Research teams and sit on the firm’s Investment Policy Committee. 

Dennis has consistently been one of the top-ranked portfolio strategists in the Institutional Investor’s annual poll. His daily market note covers major macro and micro events, analyzing their tactical/short term impact on markets as well as their implications for longer term market themes. Dennis was the top ranked Portfolio Strategist in the 2021 Institutional Investor survey. He was the 2nd ranked Equity Linked Strategist and Runner Up in Quant research. 

Dennis graduated from University of Delaware in 1999 with a dual major in political science and economics.

Executive Vice President, Russia Division and General Director of PAO Fortum since 2009
Born 1960

Previous positions:

1991–1999 - various positions at Solar Turbines Europe S.A. in Europe and the USA;

1999-2005 - Various positions at GE in the USA and Canada

2005-2006 - Chief Operations Officer of JSC OMZ

2006 - Regional General Manager of GE Oil & Gas (Russia and CIS)

2006-2008 - Managing Director of JSC Power Machines

2008-2009 - Investment Development Director of SUEK

2009 – Executive Director of GE (Russia and CIS)

Since 2009 - Fortum

Stepan was appointed Chief Executive Officer at SUEK in May 2020.

Career

Since 2004, he worked at the Russian office of McKinsey and was in charge of the electric power industry and heat supply in Russia and the CIS. Stepan supervised projects in the field of power generation, network development and operation, sales activities. Stepan has worked at SUEK since 2018, from November 2018 till May 2020 he was CEO of SGC. In this role, he solved the issues of upgrading the Group's energy facilities, developing the heat supply infrastructure, improving the environmental efficiency of power facilities.

Education and qualifications

Stepan graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. He specialised in regulatory and environmental aspects of the power industry.

Chief Executive Officer, Polyus

Pavel Grachev was appointed head of Polyus in 2013. Prior to joining the company, from 2010 to 2013, Mr. Grachev served as Chief Executive Office of the leading potash producer Uralkali and then of the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund. Prior to this, from 1997 he held a number of executive positions in international investment and law firms.

In addition to participation in the Board of Polyus, Mr. Grachev is currently engaged as independent director on the Board of FGC UES (Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System) and RusHydro. He has also previously served on the Boards of Uralkali, PIK Group (as Chairman) and Polymetal.

Mr. Grachev graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the University of Trieste (Italy) with degrees in law.

Professor of Moscow State University, Department of Geography.

Director of regional program in Independent Institute for Social Policy (2003-2015), Chief Researcher in High School of Economics and Russian Academy of National Economics and Public Administration.

Member of Expert Board of Federal government till 2018, Expert board of Vnesheconombank (2015-2017), Expert board of Council of the Federation (2021). Expert of UN Development Program in 1997-2012 and in 2018.

Professional skills: Russian and CIS countries regional socio-economic development, urban and rural development.

CEO, Empieza por Educar Foundation (Teach for Spain)

Beatriz Morilla is a passionate believer in developing collective leadership.

Beatriz is currently the CEO of Empieza por Educar Foundation, whose vision is to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential, no matter where they are born. Apart from her work at the Foundation, Beatriz teaches Sustainability at CUNEF and ICADE Universities.

She holds a Bachelor in Law, a Certificate in Accountancy, Transparency ExpertCertificate and a Master Degree in Taxation; she is also a Member of the Institute of Directors and Administrators (ICA).

Previous positions include: Head of Tax at Barclays Spain, Head of Sustainability of The Spanish Banking Association and Chairman of the Financial Education Committee at the European Banking Federation.

Born on 1 August 1985 in Moscow

Education

2007: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, degree with distinction in World Economy

2009: University of London, MA in Finance and Financial Law

Biography

2005: Senior Auditor for oil and gas sector at Ernst&Young

2007-2012: Senior positions in analytical departments of Alfa-Bank and Unicredit Bank, regularly rated among best analysts

2012-2015: Vice President for analysis of oil and gas sector of Russia and Eastern Europe at Morgan Stanley

2014-2015: Rated among Top 3 oil and gas analysts for Russia and EMEA markets according to Extel and Institutional Investor

2015-2018: Head of Analytical Center for Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian Energy Agency, subordinate to the Ministry of Energy of Russia. Provided analytical and informational support to the Ministry of Energy in its key activities.

Since 12.03.2018: Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

Governmental Awards

2017: Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” (II class)

2021: Order of Friendship