Today, the philanthropic sector is undergoing a large-scale transformation. While charitable organizations are playing an increasingly important role, social initiatives by organizations at the local level are becoming increasingly crucial in areas where the state does not have the necessary financial or operational resources. The private sector is pioneering new ways of demonstrating its social responsibility, and the role of technology as a tool for increasing the effectiveness of all participants in social initiatives is growing. Another trend is the formation of new approaches, such as social investing and social crowdfunding, among other innovations. What is the modern trajectory for the development of social engagement in Russia and globally? What problems do traditional and new participants in social initiatives face today? What social initiatives are in pressing need of funding? Can Russia develop a culture of social responsibility that meets modern standards? What trends will determine the continued development of socially oriented practices?
Moderator Christoph Frei,
Secretary General, Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council
Christoph Frei
Secretary General, Chief Executive Officer, World Energy Council
Born in Switzerland in 1969, Christoph Frei became WEC’s youngest Secretary General in April 2009. Over the past three years he has lead the further development of the world-renowned London-based organisation through a number of initiatives, including the initiation of WEC’s on-going Global Energy Scenarios and Energy & Climate Policy Assessment flagship projects or, the facilitation of high-level World Energy Leaders’ Summits to enhance the relevance and impact of the 90 years old organisation. Prior to joining WEC, Christoph was a member of the Executive Council of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its Senior Director in charge of Energy (2001-2009). He is also an Adjunct Professor at EPFL (since 2006) and a member of WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Energy Security (since 2009). Previously he held various positions as Research Fellow and Lecturer at Swiss Federal Technical Institutes in Zurich (ETHZ), Lausanne (EPFL) and Würenlingen (PSI). Christoph received his PhD es sc. from EPFL (1997-2000). He holds a diploma in electrical engineering (ETHZ, 1989-1995) and masters in energy economics & management (EPFL, 1995-1997), econometrics (University of Geneva, 1997-2000), and applied ethics (Ethics Centre, University of Zurich, 2001-2002). During the past 10 years Christoph has initiated projects including EPFL’s Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, the South Africa based Energy Access Partnership, or the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, which in 2008 lead Ethisphere to rank him among the 100 most influential people in business ethics. Christoph’s mother tongue is (Swiss-) German, he speaks fluently French, English, some Italian and Spanish. He is married, father of three kids and when time permits plays the piano and enjoys ski-touring.
Panellists Sadhguru .,
Yogi and Mystic; Founder, Isha Foundation Tomasz Bochenek,
President, Microsoft Rus LLC Sanjeev Kanoria,
Trustee, Kanoria Foundation Timothy Murphy,
General Counsel, Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard Inc Dan Sten Olsson,
Chief Executive Officer, Stena AB Frederik Paulsen,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ferring Holding SA Lana Popovic,
General Manager for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Baltics and Moldova, The Coca Cola Company Irina Prokhorova,
Co-Founder, Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation (The Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives) Igor Rybakov,
Co-Founder, Co-owner, TechnoNICOL; Co-Founder, Rybakov Foundation Ilya Chukalin,
Chief Executive Officer, Presidential Grants Foundation
Sadhguru .
Yogi and Mystic; Founder, Isha Foundation
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and a New York Times bestselling author. Sadhguru has been conferred the "Padma Vibhushan" by the Government of India in 2017, one of the highest annual civilian awards, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. Probing and passionate, insightful, logical and unfailingly witty, Sadhguru's talks have earned him the reputation of a speaker and opinion-maker of renown. With his astute and incisive grasp of current issues and world affairs, as well as his unerringly scientific approach to the question of human well-being, he has been a primary speaker at the United Nations World Headquarters, a regular at the World Economic Forum, and a special invitee at the Australian Leadership Retreat, Indian Economic Summit and TED. He has also been invited to speak at leading educational institutions, including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Wharton and MIT among others. Three decades ago, Sadhguru founded Isha Foundation, a non-profit human-service organization, with human well-being as its core commitment, supported by over nine million volunteers in over 250 centers worldwide. Sadhguru has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, as well as various outreach projects for uplifting rural India. Sadhguru has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, as well as various outreach projects for uplifting rural India.
Tomasz Bochenek
President, Microsoft Rus LLC
Tomasz Bochenek took office as President of Microsoft in Russia on August 31, 2017. Previously he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and played an important role in ensuring the efficient operation, growth and digital transformation of Russian business, significantly contributing to the success of the corporation in Central and Eastern Europe. Tomasz joined Microsoft in April 2000 as the GM of Poland. Over 5 years under his leadership, the Microsoft business in Poland grew by +200%. In November 2005, Tomek was appointed to SMSG VP of Central and Eastern Europe, and was responsible for growing the business across CEE, driving customer satisfaction and gaining market share from the competition. Under Tomek’s leadership, the CEE Area increased revenue and was the fastest growing region in the world. During 2011-2014 Tomek lead CCG organization across CEE. Starting from July 1st 2014 Tomek was Acting General Manager for CEE Multi Country. Tomasz graduated and got his Master´s Degree of Engineering in Warsaw University of Technology. Holds a Certificate in Business Administration from Open University United Kingdom and MBA from University of Minnesota. Before Microsoft Tomasz worked for IBM Polska Sp. z o.o, Compaq Computers Sp. z. o.o. Tomasz is married, has a son. His hobbies are skiing, sailing, tennis.
Sanjeev Kanoria
Trustee, Kanoria Foundation
Sanjeev belongs to the entrepreneurial Kanoria family from Rajasthan. He is Vice Chairman of Austrian Anadi Bank AG, Chairman of Advinia Health Care Limited, Managing Director of Suasth Health Care (India)Ltd. All the three businesses are 100% owned by the kanorias. He is also a trustee of the Kanoria Family Foundation which the largest infrastructure finance company in India, engaged in financing and developing Infrastructure projects such as roads, Ports, Telecom, Power, Housing, Hospitality and Healthcare. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and of Glasgow in 1992 and worked in Liver transplant surgery at Kings College hospital. He was awarded a Category 1 PhD from University College London for his pioneering work in reducing liver injury. He took a career break from surgery to complete a MBA from London Business School and Kellogs in Strategy, finance and health care. He subsequently worked with McKinsey & Co, (UK) as a consultant, before leaving in 1999 to start Advinia Health Care which has recently acquired a large no. of dementia beds from Bupa to become the top providers of care in the UK with 3300 beds and employs 4500 people. It has received many awards for innovative and quality service. He has also developed a state of the art 400 bed multi speciality hospital in Mumbai. Kanorias purchased the Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank in December 2013 from the Austrian government. The bank has been renamed as Austrian Anadi bank and is one of the oldest banks in Europe being formed in 1896. The Bank has recently added an innovative digital platform for retail banking.
Timothy Murphy
General Counsel, Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard Inc
Tim Murphy is General Counsel and Сhief Franchise Officer for Mastercard Incorporated (Masterсard). In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing legal affairs, public policy, corporate security and privacy, global inclusion and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Tim is a member of the company’s Management Committee.Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Murphy was chief product officer, where he was responsible for the management, development and commercialization of payments solutions, creating sustainable competitive advantage for Mastercard and its customers.Throughout his tenure, Tim also has served as president of the company’s U.S. region, executive vice president of customer business planning and analysis, and senior vice president and associate general counsel for Mastercard. Before joining MasterCard in 2000, Mr. Murphy was an associate in the New York and London offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm. Tim is a member of the board of trustees for the National Urban League, the board of directors for the U.S.-Russia Business Council and the board of directors for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Tim also serves as chairman of the board of governors for Fairfield College Preparatory School. Mr. Murphy graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and magna cum laude from Amherst College. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Amherst and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Urban League.
Dan Sten Olsson
Chief Executive Officer, Stena AB
1969, MBA, Gothenburg University. Formerly with Svenska Handelsbanken and Eriksberg Shipyard, Gothenburg. Since 1972, Stena Group: 1980, Deputy Managing Director; 1983, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer; Director: Stena and affiliates; Stena International and affiliates. Chairman: Stena Line; Stena Metall; Concordia Maritime; Swedish Shipowners' Association. Co-Founder, World Childhood Foundation. Member of the International Advisory Board, Alliance for Global Sustainability. Recipient of awards and honours, including: King's medal for contributing in the development of Swedish society in terms of business, sustainable values and charity (2005); Commander of the British Empire in recognition of Stena's long-standing commitment to investment in the UK; Honorary Doctorate, Chalmers Technical University, Göteborg.
Frederik Paulsen
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ferring Holding SA
Dr Frederik Paulsen is an established businessman, academic, philanthropist and explorer. Based in Switzerland, Dr Paulsen’s business interests focus mainly on the Ferring Group, founded by his father, and also extend into other pharmaceutical and life science interests, real estate, publishing and beverages. As one of the few people to have stood on all eight of the Earth’s poles, Dr Paulsen has a deep historical and scientific interest in polar exploration and in 2015 was a founding member of the Swiss Polar Institute. His worldwide philanthropic interests range from the islands of South Georgia, to Russia, Western Europe, the US and to the Kingdom of Bhutan, in the areas of culture, science and education. He is the recipient of numerous national honours and was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in February 2016. Most recently in May 2017, he was awarded Officier de la Légion D’Honneur, granted by President François Hollande of the French Republic. Frederik Dag Arfst Paulsen was born on 30 October, 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden. Still a Swedish national, Dr Paulsen now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. He speaks English, Swedish, German and French. Dr Paulsen studied chemistry at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, and Business Administration at Lund University, Sweden.
Lana Popovic
General Manager for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Baltics and Moldova, The Coca Cola Company
Lana Popovic is the Franchise General Manager for The Coca-Cola Company responsible for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Baltics and Moldova. Lana has been working for The Coca-Cola Company for the past 17 years on different leadership positions in general management, strategy and marketing. Having started her career in 2006 as a Marketing Manager for Croatia and then for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lana became an Operations Director for Greece in 2011. One year later, Lana continued her career as an Operations Director for South Eastern Europe with responsibilities for seven countries, including Greece and Serbia. In 2016 Lana was appointed the position of a Franchise General Manager of The Coca-Cola Company in Poland and the Baltics. Effective October 1st 2017, Lana has been named Franchise General Manager of the newly formed Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Baltics and Moldova Franchise Unit and became accountable for driving sustainable growth of Coca-Cola business in the seven countries of the region.Lana is recognized for her ability to develop her people and organization, enhance consumer and franchise leadership capabilities and improve market shares while working closely with TCCC’s bottling partners.
Irina Prokhorova
Co-Founder, Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation (The Charitable Foundation for Cultural Initiatives)
Graduated with honours from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, сandidate of Philological Sciences. Since 1992 - the editor-in-chief of the «New Literary Observer» journal and publishing house. In 2004 she became a co-founder of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation which is aimed at the systematic support of culture in Russian regions, as well as raising the intellectual level and creative potential of local communities. Author and host of two programmes: «Irina Prokhorova. The System of Values» on RBCTV and «Culture of Everyday Life» on web-portal «Snob». A laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for New Literary Observer journal in the category “The Best Educational Project” (2002). A laureate of the independent American award Liberty for her contribution to the development of Russian-American cultural relations (2003). Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2005). A laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize in literature (2006). In 2012, she became the Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France.
Igor Rybakov
Co-Founder, Co-owner, TechnoNICOL; Co-Founder, Rybakov Foundation
Igor Rybakov is the Russian entrepreneur, a venture investor and philanthropist, member of Russian richest people list according to Forbes magazine with estimated net worth $ 1.20 billion in 2018. Co-owner of TechnoNICOL corporation, which is currently included in the top 200 largest private companies in Russia according to RBC media. Co-founder of The International Venture Fund Larix and The International Business Integrator Prytek. In December 2015, Igor Rybakov together with his wife Catherine have started charity foundation "Rybakov Fond". In 2016, the "Rybakov Fond" was entered the top 9 private charitable Russian foundations according to the magazine "Ogonyok". In 2017, Igor has founded the Legacy Endowment Foundation, an International organization to develop personalized solutions for philanthropic projects launch and implementation. Igor is the founder of two International Business communities R2 and "Equium", chairman of the General Council Office of the Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization.
Ilya Chukalin
Chief Executive Officer, Presidential Grants Foundation
Graduated from Saratov State Academy of Law, had multiple internships abroad. Graduated from the Federal Management Training Programme at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and Pudong Academy (China). 2001: head of the Saratov Gubernia Community Foundation that implemented projects in social management, regional social development projects and various regional events. 2006–2011: held various management positions in medium-sized and big companies overseeing legal, corporate, real estate management issues, as well as GR. 2011: Deputy Director of the Department for strategic development and innovation, adviser to the Minister for communications and telecommunications. 2016: Deputy Director of the project office of the National technology initiative. April 3, 2017: appointed Secretary of the Coordinating Committee on presidential grants for civil society development and General Director of the Presidential Grants Foundation.
Front row participants Lev Ambinder,
President, Rusfond; Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
Aleksandra Boldyreva,
Executive Director, Association of Grantmaking Organisations "Donors Forum" Faina Zakharova,
President, Lifeline Foundation
Maria Krasnikova,
Director, The Art, Science and Sport Charity Foundation Oksana Oracheva,
General Director, Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation
Alexander Tkachenko,
Archipiest, Chairman of the Committee for Philanthropy, Civic Education, and Social Responsibility of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation Elena Topoleva-Soldunova,
Director, Agency for Social Information; Leading Expert, Centre for Studies of Civil Society and the Non-profit Sector, National Research University Higher School of Economics Anna Shabarova,
Vice President for Human Resources and Social Responsibility, Russian Copper Company; Member of the Board of Trustees, Russian Copper Company Charity Fund Anna Yanchevskaya,
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema Charitable Foundation
Lev Ambinder
President, Rusfond; Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
Co-Founder and Head, Russian Aid Foundation, a project of Kommersant Publishing House (Rusfond, rusfond.ru). Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. Lev Ambinder was born on August the 9th, 1944 in Kazan in the family of a metalworker. He took up journalism professionally in 1966 and graduated from the Kazan State University Faculty of Journalism in 1970. Since May 1991 Mr Ambinder is the employee of the Kommersant Publishing House. The winner of the Russia’s Best Media Manager Award in 2014 («Media Social Responsibility»). Mr Ambinder is married, has two sons and three grandchildren.
Aleksandra Boldyreva
Executive Director, Association of Grantmaking Organisations "Donors Forum"
Faina Zakharova
President, Lifeline Foundation
A public figure, an expert in the non-commercial sector, the President of Life Line Charity Foundation for salvation of severely ill children. Zakharova has been awarded an honorable distinction “For Benevolence”. The above mentioned state reward was presented to her by Mr. Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, in the Kremlin in 2013. Faina Yakovlevna is a member of the Public Council in RF Health Ministry. Zakharova has been a founder and an inspirational figure for establishing the Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Russia). She has guided a number of special CAF Russia programmes. Besides, she was involved in arranging the first conference “Charity in Russia” (2005). In 2014 Faina Zakharova was one of the founders of the Association of Fundraisers. She also deserves credit for running “The Year of Charity in Russia” (2006). Apart from that, she has been the author of a number of successful as well as efficient charity events such as “A red nose – a kind heart!”, the first in Russia charity “Running Race 5275”, “Someone’s life – not a trifle!” and others. In 2017 Faina Zakharova was included in the top 75 list of the most respected people in the country possessing a high moral and professional authority according to The Russian Reporter Magazine. Faina Zakharova is keen on travelling and is interested in modern arts.
Maria Krasnikova
Director, The Art, Science and Sport Charity Foundation
Oksana Oracheva
General Director, Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation
Oksana Oracheva, General Director of the Foundation since 2014. Prior to joining the Foundation Oksana served as Russia Program Director of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program at Moscow office of the Institute of International Education from 2000 till 2010. Oksana was chair of the Governing Council of the Russian Donors Forum in 2015 and 2016. Oksana is a political scientist and has over 20 years of work experience in non-profit sector. Since 1989 she has been teaching different courses on political history and political science. She has written more than 50 scientific publications on federalism, center-periphery relations and good governance. Oksana holds a MSocSc in political science degree of the University of Birmingham, UK and a PhD in political history from Perm State University and did research as a visiting professor at Yale University.
Alexander Tkachenko
Archipiest, Chairman of the Committee for Philanthropy, Civic Education, and Social Responsibility of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
Elena Topoleva-Soldunova
Director, Agency for Social Information; Leading Expert, Centre for Studies of Civil Society and the Non-profit Sector, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Graduated from the Moscow State University of Lomonosov, MA in Philology. Has additional education in social marketing (California State University, USA, Education Development Center, Boston). From 1994 till present Elena has been the director of the non-profit organization Agency for Social Information. Elena is an active member of NGO community in Russia. She personally does a lot to encourage both business and NGO sectors to become more responsible, transparent and accountable. She was one of the members of the international working group on developing the guidelines for NGO sustainability reporting (Global Reporting Initiative, NGO supplement). Since 2010 Elena is a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. Since 2012 Elena is a member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Since 2012 till 2015 Elena was a member of the Council on Civil Society Development and Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation, and the chair of the Comission on NGO development. In 2013 she was a member of the Board of the Civic G20. In 2014 she became the chair of the Public Council of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.
Anna Shabarova
Vice President for Human Resources and Social Responsibility, Russian Copper Company; Member of the Board of Trustees, Russian Copper Company Charity Fund
Born in Sverdlovsk. Graduated from the Ural State Legal Academy in 1999 and gained a post-graduate degree in Crisis Management in 2005. Anna Shabarova's career began in the Public Prosecution Service of Yekaterinburg in 1995. In 1997-2000 she worked as a legal advisor at the Ural Optical Mechanics Plant, and in 2001-2003 she headed the Legal Department of the Regional Crisis Management Centre. From 2004 to 2011 she was the head of the Ural Office of the Strategiya insolvency administrator partnership, before becoming director for legal issues at the Egoroshinskiy Radio Manufacturing Plant, Sverdlovsk Region, until 2015. Shabarova was appointed Vice President of RCC in 2016. She is currently responsible for HR management andsocial partnerships with regional authorities, as well as RCC’s charity projects and initiatives. Anna is member of the board of trustees of the charity fund of the Russian copper company.
Anna Yanchevskaya
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema Charitable Foundation
