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Piotr is an experienced Fortune 500 global business leader whose career spans more than 15 years with Thomson Reuters. He possesses a strong knowledge of information technology and media markets due to his myriad roles in sales and marketing, customer service, business development and finance. He has a proven track record of driving profitable growth across key business units in six different regions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Americas and Russia CIS. Currently Piotr is based in Moscow where he is Managing Director, Thomson Reuters, Russia and the CIS. His responsibilities include managing profitable short and long term growth of all the Thomson Reuters business units in the region: Financial and Risk, Intellectual Property and Science, Legal as well as Tax and Accounting. Prior to moving into the MD role Piotr was heading the Financial business of Thomson Reuters in the region. Previously he served in several leadership roles, most recently as Head of Business Planning and Operations, Americas, F&R, based in New York City. In 2009 he became Global Head of Business Planning and Operations, Global Sales and Customer Service, based in London. Piotr previous experience includes various front line roles across Middle-East, Africa and Europe, which covered Transactions Services, Capital Markets, Business Development and Channel Marketing. Prior to joining Reuters Piotr worked as a radio journalist in Poland – editing and presenting news and morning information review on Radio Free Europe. Born in Lodz, Poland, Piotr received a Master’s Degree in International Economics from Warsaw School of Economics and also studied at Bocconi University in Milan. He holds a Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) Master’s Degree in International Management from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. He is married and has two boys.

In his 29 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries including banking, consumer goods, high tech and industrial. Prior to his current role, Dominic was based in Shanghai as McKinsey’s Asia Chairman from 2004 to 2009 and led the Korea office from 2000 to 2004.External leadership and authored works:Dominic is an active participant in international fora including Davos, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Les Rencontres Йconomiques d’Aix-en-Provence, the Asia Business Council and the China Development Forum. He has authored more than 80 articles on the role of business in society, leadership, financial services, Asia, history and the issues and opportunities facing markets worldwide. Dominic is a co-author, with Roberto Newell and Greg Wilson, of Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises (Wiley & Sons, 2002) and China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China (Talisman, 2007).Dominic Barton is the Co-Chair of the ‘Focusing Capital on the Long Term’ initiative along with Mark Wiseman (CPPIB) and Larry Fink (BlackRock). The initiative seeks to develop practical structures, metrics and approaches for longer-term behaviours in the investment and business worlds.He is a member of the Canadian Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service, is on the Board of Memorial Sloan Kettering, is Chair of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council, a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, an advisor to the Asia Development Bank, a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a member of the Canadian Minister of International Trade’s Global Markets Action Plan Advisory Council and Chairman of the US President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa.

Born in 1969. Graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance in 1992. 1998–2000 OJSC Lenenergo, Deputy Commercial Director, Commercial Director. 2000–2001 Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District, Head of the Financial and Economic Department. 2001–2002 OJSC LOMO, Deputy Director, Management of Corporate Property. 2002–2004 OJSC Russian Fuel Company, Managing Director. 2004–2009 Federal Road Agency, Deputy Head, Head 2009–2015 Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Deputy Minister, First Deputy Minister. August 2011 Assigned Class Rank of Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st Class. August 20, 2015 Appointed President of OJSC Russian Railways. Mr. Belozerov is the chairman of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and co-chairman of the Russia–France Business Cooperation Council. He has been recognized for his services by numerous state and industry awards.

Alexey G. Dyumin was born August 28, 1972 in Kursk. In 1994 he graduated from the Voronezh Higher Military Engineering School of Radio Electronics. In 2009 he graduated with honours from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Russian Federation, and in 2013 – passed professional retraining at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. Is married and has a son. From 1994 to 1996 - engineer of the Central unit of Russian Air Force complex technical control. In 1996-2013 – held various positions in the Federal Guard Service. Provided the participation of President of Russia in various activities both inside the country and abroad, including summits oh the "Group of Eight", the "Group of Twenty", SCO, APEC, etc. From 2013 to 2016 – deputy chief of the main department of the general staff, chief of general staff – first deputy commander in chief of land forces, deputy minister of defense. February 2, 2016 was appointed acting governor of Tula region. Lieutenant-General. Hero of Russia. Was awarded with the order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree with swords, and other various medals.

1980Born in Moscow. 2002he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, majoring in Finance and Credit. 2002–2003Expert and lead specialist in the Department for Attracting Investments at the State Investment Corporation Federal State Unitary Enterprise. 2003–2004Chief Expert, International Project Administration, Gazprom OJSC. 2004–2005Assistant to the Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank OJSC. 2005–2008Vice President, Gazprombank. 2008–2009Member of the Management Board, First Vice President, Gazprombank. 2009–2011Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank. 2011–2016 Present Chairman of the Management Board, SOGAZ OJSC. Since April, 2016 Senior Vice President, Sberbank of Russia PJSC

Mr. Inyutsyn was born on 16 July, 1980 in Kaliningrad (now Korolev), Moscow Region. Education/specialisation National Research University Higher School of Economics, specialising in Credit and Finance Supplementary education FSBEI HPE Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration, specialising in Parliamentarianism (parliamentary activities). FSBEI HPE Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration, federal programme “Training and Retraining of the Executive Candidate Pool (2010–2015)”, highest reserve level, specialising in Project Management in Public Administration”. PhD in Law Brief profile After graduating from the HSE, Mr. Inyutsyn did his military service at Internal Affairs Agencies of the Russian Federation, Central Staff of the Russian Ministry of the Interior. 2008 to 2012: Department Supervisor at the Russian Government Staff. 2012 to July 2012: Head of the Russian President’s Library and Records Office. Since July 2012: Deputy Energy Minister, Russian Federation. Marital status Married, has a son State Prizes • Medal of the Order “For Service to the Fatherland” of the Second Degree; • Holds a Letter of Appreciation from the Russian President.

Russian businessman, born in 1964, graduated from Kirov Urals Polytechnic Institute in 1986. PhD in Technical Sciences, Doctor of Economics. Authored 4 monographs and over 70 scientific papers. Heading TMK since 2002, Chairman of the Board of Directors at TMK and Sinara Group since 2005. Formerly held key positions at various Russian metal and pipe companies. Member of the Management Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the Management Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, president of Non-Profit Partnership Russian Steel, Сhairman of the Supervisory Committee of Ural Federal University, Board member at Worldsteel and Industry Development Fund. Mr. Pumpyanskiy was awarded a second class Medal of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, a forth class Order for Merit to the Fatherland and Order of Honour, is a Russian Government prize winner in Science and Technology, was conferred an Honorary Metallurgist title.

Born: 2nd April 1941 in Mainz, Germany. Marital status: married, 2 children. Milestones: 1962-68 Law studies in Munich. 1969 Heinz Hermann Thiele joins Knorr-Bremse as a consultant for legal, patent and licence affairs. 1972 Head of legal and patent affairs. 1975 Director sales, Truck division. 1979 Managing Director sales Knorr-Bremse. 09/1985 CEO of Knorr-Bremse AG (corporate structure of the Knorr-Bremse Group). 12/1985 Heinz Hermann Thiele acquires a majority share in the company. In the following years Thiele developed a global strategy with a technical focus on complete break systems. Later he added competence in automatic doors for railways and HVAC systems (climate control). The execution of the strategy was very successful. 2007 Heinz Hermann Thiele left the position as CEO and became Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire joined Schneider Electric in 1986. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 and named Chairman & CEO in April 2013. His career at Schneider Electric has developed largely outside France in operational functions in Italy, China, South Africa and USA. Within the General Management, he served as Vice Executive President of the International Operating Division from 2002 before being appointed in 2004 Chief Operating Officer (COO). Moreover, Jean-Pascal is President of the France-China Committee since 2009. Jean-Pascal holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a MBA.

Graduated from Moscow State University (Department of Philosophy), Holds a PhD in Political Science from MSU (2008) with an emphasis on History and Theory of Political Science. Worked in the Institute of Mass Political Movements at the Russian-American University (1991-93), the Centre for Political Trends (1993-2003), Institute of Social and Political Research of the Russian Academy of Science (ISPI RAN) (1997-2003), Centre for Social Information ISPI RAN (2003-2006). Since September 2003 has been Director General of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM), where he also heads Expert Council. Valery Fedorov is the member of VCIOM Board of Directors (since 2006), Chief Editor of the "Monitoring. Social and Economic Changes" scientific journal (since 2003), Research Adviser of the Political Science Department at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (since 2013). Fedorov is awarded the Order of Friendship, Medal of the Order of Merit for Motherland II class; Certificate of Merit for the Active Promotion and Organizing the Presidential Election Campaign from the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation etc.