Programme

The private sector participates in sustainable development programmes, which are seen as part of corporate social responsibility and investment in human capital. By combining economic interests with contributions towards the development of countries and regions, companies are better able to manage the risks associated with emergency situations, and to present themselves as responsible representatives of the business community which subscribe to the Sustainable Development Goals. Russia is one of the leading donor countries to international development aid programmes. Yet Russian businesses thus far have little experience of involvement in these programmes. The required public–private partnership mechanisms are not well developed, there is no vision or strategy for collaborative efforts in this area, and businesses often do not understand the value of these programmes or their potential benefits, including in the context of promoting their interests in a particular region. Why do new epidemic diseases pose a threat to the economy and to security? What kind of losses do investors sustain as a result of infectious diseases? How and why do global business leaders take part in international development aid programmes? How can the Russian experience of public–private partnership with RUSAL in the fight against Ebola in Guinea be harnessed in other regions? Inclusive investment: is investment necessary in order to reduce the losses incurred due to epidemic diseases? What kind of public–private partnership approaches and tools exist in the development sector? What is the outlook for the role of private Russian funds in international development aid programmes?

Moderator:
Oksana Derevyanko-Ghozzi , Head of Business Programmes, Russia Today

Oksana Derevyanko-Ghozzi

Head of Business Programmes, Russia Today

Oxana graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute and High Economic School, Prague . In 1997, she started her career as an editor in the news desk of Channel One and became the author and host of a morning economics news program soon. Throughout her professional life in Russian television, Oxana has always specialized in creating content on economics and business. She managed and hosted economics-related programs on Channel One and NTV, participated in the creation of several programs for the Rossiya television channel. She heads Business Program Department of Russia Today channel since 2009. Oxana is a frequent guest and moderator at world-wide forums and conferences. She is a professional journalist who is always attentive to facts and figures, making any discussion interesting and accessible to any audience.

Panellists
Oleg Deripaska , President, Member of the Board of Directors, RUSAL
Anna Popova , Head, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
Sergey Storchak , Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation
Cihan Sultanoglu , Assistant Secretary-General, The United Nations Organizations; Regional Director, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United Nations Development Programme
Frank Schauff , Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses

Oleg Deripaska

President, Member of the Board of Directors, RUSAL

Oleg Deripaska was appointed as RUSAL’s President in November 2014. He oversees new development strategies for the Company. Since January 2009 Oleg Deripaska was Chief Executive Officer of UC RUSAL. In 1997, Mr Deripaska, then Director General of the Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter, created Russia’s first vertically integrated company – Siberian Aluminium (in 2001 renamed Basic Element) that later incorporated a number of Russia’s leading aluminium production facilities. In 2000, Siberian Aluminium became one of the world’s top ten aluminium producers.. Between 2000 and 2003, Mr Deripaska was Director General of RUSAL, which was created through the merger of Siberian Aluminium and Sibneft’s aluminium and alumina assets. In 2007, Russia’s RUSAL and SUAL and Swiss Glencore merged to create United Company RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium. In 2009, the year of global economic recession, Oleg Deripaska once again stepped in to head up RUSAL. Mr Deripaska graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Physics Department of Moscow State University and later received a degree from the Plekhanov Academy of Economics. Oleg Deripaska is Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Russian National Committee and a member of the Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Council which is a Russian Government Agency. He also serves on the Boards of Trustees of the National Science Support Foundation, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Schools of Business Administration of the Moscow and St. Petersburg State Universities. In 2004, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appointed Oleg Deripaska as Russia’s Representative in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council. In 2007, he was appointed Chairman of the Council’s Branch in Russia. In 1999, Mr Deripaska was awarded with the Order of Friendship. In 1999, 2006 and 2007 he was named «Businessman of the Year» by the Russian leading business daily Vedomosti. He was also named the Industry Ambassador of the Year at 2013 Metal Bulletin Global Aluminium Award for Excellence.

Anna Popova

Head, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing

Ms. Popova, M.D., has a degree in medicine and prophylactics, professor in medical hygiene. Worked as an epidemiologist, chief of epidemiology at Budennovsk hospital, chief epidiemologist in State Center in Serpukhov and Pushino, deputy head of Rospoterbnadzor in Moscow oblast, head of HR or Rospoterbnadzor and deputy chief of Rospotrebnadzor . After a decree of the government of Russian Federation government N1931 temporary acted as chief of Federal Agency for consumer protection and human wellbeing from October 23, 2013. Following a decree of the government of Russian Federation N571-p appointed head of Rospoterbnadzor. Married, has two children

Sergey Storchak

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation

Date of birth: June 8, 1954. Place of birth: Olevsk, Zhitomir Region, Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic. Education: graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1981. Major: international economic relations. Qualification: international currency and credit relations. Degrees: PhD in Economics. Awards and merits: 2000: Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II class, medal. 2006: Honorable mention by the President of the Russian Federation. 2007: Order of Friendship. Command of foreign languages: fluent in English and French. Background: 09.1971 – 10.1972: shipper, Krasnodar refinery. 11.1972 – 11.1974: served in the Soviet Army. 01.1975 – 08.1976: transport operator, II category, Construction Department, Glavmospromstroy’s Enterprise 207: Mosstroy 29. 09.1976 – 07.1981: studied in Moscow State Institute of International Relations. 08.1981 – 11.1988: junior research associate and senior research associate, Institute of World Economy and International Relations. 12.1988 – 02.1992: Second Secretary, USSR Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations, USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 02.1992 – 08.1994: Second Secretary and Senior Officer, Russia’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 08.1994 – 04.1998: Deputy Head of Foreign credit and Debt Division, Head of Department, Ministry of Finance. 04.1998 – 09.2004: Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank of the USSR. 09.2004 – 10.2005: Director, Department of International Financial Relations, State Debt and State Financial Assets, Ministry of Finance. 11.2005 – till present: Deputy Minister of Finance.

Cihan Sultanoglu

Assistant Secretary-General, The United Nations Organizations; Regional Director, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United Nations Development Programme

Ms. Ayse Cihan Sultanoğlu (Turkey) is the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations; and Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She was appointed to this position by the UN Secretary-General in April 2012. Ms. Sultanoğlu has had many years of distinguished service at UN/UNDP, including leadership positions at the country and headquarters level. Cihan previously served as the Director of Human Resources in UNDP’s Bureau of Management. Prior to this, she served as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director, RBEC (2007-2010); UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus (2004-2007); UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Lithuania (2000-2005); Deputy Resident Representative in Morocco (1995-2000); Deputy to the Director of the Office of the Administrator (1993-1995); Recruitment Officer and later Staffing Specialist for Junior Professional Officers (JPO), Division of Personnel (1988-1993); Recruitment Officer, Division of Personnel, (1986-1988); Administrative Officer, UNDP Malawi (1982-1985). She started her career as an administrative trainee in New York and Bangkok, Thailand (1981-1982). Ms. Sultanoğlu holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from the School of International Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University as well as a BA in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University, New York. She speaks Turkish, English and French. She was awarded with the “Order of the Commander of the Cross” by the President of Lithuania in 2005 and the “Order of Francysk Skaryna” by the President of Belarus in 2016.

Frank Schauff

Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses

EDUCATION DEC. 2000 – DEC. 2003: Doctor of Philosophy in East European History, University of Cologne OCT. 1992 – SEPT. 1993: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master of Science (Econ) APR. 1989 – SEPT. 1992: Studies at the University of Cologne and at the Volgograd State University, USSR CAREER OVERVIEW JUN. 2007 – PRESENT: Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation (AEB) JUL. 2001 – JUN. 2007: Advisor, Foreign Policy to the Party Executive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Berlin OCT. 2001 – APR. 2005: Lecturer, Institute for East European Studies, Free University, Berlin JULY 1999 – JUNE 2001: International Secretary, Young Socialists, Bonn/ Berlin DEC. 1998 – DEC. 2003: Chairman, German Youth Council (DNK) JULY 1996 – JUNE 1999: Managing Director, Social Democratic Youth Organisation in the Rhineland, Cologne SEPT. 1995 – AUG. 1996 Research in the Russian Archives, Moscow MAY 1995 – MAY 1996 Project Manager, Association for Social Security Policy and Research (GVG), Cologne APR. 1994 – MAY 1995 Clerk, City Administration of Cologne PUBLICATIONS Monography and articles