Programme

2030. Two thirds of the planet population live in big cities where sensors control street lighting and safety in residential districts, transport is charged with drones in motion, and a human being on the way to work in a driverless car gets a doctor’s consultation while looking through a message warning that the turbine cooling system at the plant he is in charge of will soon go out of order. The automatic data exchange and the development of new algorithms for their analysis, communication among people and things, autonomous intellectual management systems and industrial interaction schemes are key processes supporting the new digital infrastructure. What information networks and cybersecurity level will be required to manage such a system? How will the business model of energy companies change? Will the B2C insurance system disappear? What policy should governments pursue to regulate and maintain the smart infrastructure? What should instruments of financing such infrastructure be like? What new businesses will appear in the new landscape?

Moderator
Oleg Goshchansky, Chairman, Managing Partner, KPMG in Russia and the CIS

Oleg Goshchansky

Chairman, Managing Partner, KPMG in Russia and the CIS

Chairman and Managing Partner, KPMG in Russia and the CIS, Member of the KPMG Global Board and the Board of KPMG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Oleg joined KPMG in Moscow in 1997. Since 1 October 2012, Oleg acts as Chairman and Managing Partner of KPMG in Russia and the CIS. Prior to this appointment, Oleg was CIS Head of Audit. Under Oleg KPMG's Audit practice became the biggest in the Russian market. Oleg is as a member of KPMG's Global Board and Global Council, as well as of the Board of KPMG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Oleg has extensive experience with companies in various sectors of the economy. He has actively assisted in a number of IPOs by large Russian groups on international and Russian stock exchanges, in major mergers and acquisitions, as well as complex restructuring cases.
Oleg is a member of the Board of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), of the U.S.-Russia Business Council Board and as well as a Supervisory Board Member of The National Coordination Council for Development of Economic Relations with the Asia-Pacific Region.

Panellists
Greg Abovsky, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Yandex
Boris Glazkov, Vice-president, Rostelekom
Nicolas Notebaert, Chief Executive Officer, VINCI Concessions; Chairman, VINCI Airports
Evgeniy Olkhovich, Deputy General Director for Strategic Development, Rosseti
Joe So, Chief Technology Officer Industry Solutions, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Pavel Sorokin, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation
Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank
Daming Cheng, Executive Director, China International Capital Corporation Limited

Greg Abovsky

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Yandex

Greg Abovsky joined Yandex as Vice President of Investor Relations in January 2013, assuming the extra duty of Vice President for Corporate Development in October 2013. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2014, and Chief Operating Officer of Yandex in 2017.
He started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and has over 17 years of experience in a variety of finance and investment management roles in the media and technology sectors. He holds a B.A. degree in Business Economics and Russian Literature from Brown University and an MBA. with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Nicolas Notebaert

Chief Executive Officer, VINCI Concessions; Chairman, VINCI Airports

Nicolas Notebaert is a member of the VINCI Group Executive Committee and serves as CEO of VINCI Concessions, bringing together global market leaders VINCI Airports, VINCI Highways and VINCI Railways. He oversees a network of world-class transport infrastructures spanning over 18 countries and bringing together 17.000 employees. Nicolas Notebaert also serves as President of VINCI Airports, and holds leadership positions in prominent airport concessions throughout the world: President of the Board of Nuevo Pudahuel, the consortium operating Santiago’s airport bringing together VINCI Airports, Aéroports de Paris and Astaldi; Chairman of the Board of Cambodia Airports; and Chairman of France’s Aéroports du Grand Ouest concession company. Nicolas Notebaert is board member of Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA), Kansai Airports (Japan) and Aéroports de Lyon (France).
Nicolas Notebaert joined the VINCI Group in 2002 as Head of Operations for the French road concession Cofiroute, before being appointed Director of Business Development for VINCI Concessions France in 2004. In February 2008, he became Chairman of VINCI Airports and joined VINCI Concessions’ Executive Committee. Prior to joining the VINCI Group, he held various positions in the French Ministry of Public Works and was a cabinet member of the French Minister for Transportation and Infrastructure between 1995 and 2002. He started his career in 1994 as a consultant to the World Bank. Nicolas Notebaert is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (X 89) and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Ponts 94).

Evgeniy Olkhovich

Deputy General Director for Strategic Development, Rosseti

He was born on 1982 , Moscow, USSR.
Education:
He graduated from International School of Business Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in 2003 as Bachelor of Economics, in 2005 he got Master's degree in Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Master of Financial Management and Master of International Business in Dresden University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
Professional background:
From 2002 to 2003 he worked for MDM bank, Asset Management Division of the Investment Department.
From 2005 to 2010 he worked for Credit Suisse, Research Department of the stock market.
From 2010 to 2013 he was the Vice-president of division of stock market research of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
From 2013 to 2017 he worked for Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation as a Deputy Director of Department for the State Regulation of Tariffs, Infrastructure Reforms and Energy Efficiency.
From April 2017 he joined PJSC "Rosseti" as Deputy General Director for strategic development.

Joe So

Chief Technology Officer Industry Solutions, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Mr. Joe So is Chief Technology Officer of Industry Solutions, Enterprise Business Group, at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. In this role, he is focused on IT, Wireless, Networks and Unified Communications & Collaborations (UC&C) products particularly for Smart and Safe City, Energy, Banking & Financial Service, Transportation, Medical and Education Solutions. He leads a team of R&D and pre-sales engineers in developing and formulating solutions for the company’s enterprise customers.
With over 30 years of experience in the ICT field, Mr. So has a good command over the value chain: from engineering, customer satisfaction and sales support to operation, marketing and business development.
In 2005, Joined Huawei as part of a Senior Management Team with a mission to globalize the Technical Service division Mr. So joined Huawei in 2005 as part of a senior management team with a mission to globalize the Technical Service division. He was then appointed as the Head of Solution Sales for Finance, Transportation, Utilities and Government in 2010.
Prior to Huawei, Mr. So worked for various global ICT providers, where he was responsible for driving the companies’ enterprise and telecom businesses in the Asia Pacific region since 1995. He was also a consultant for SMEs in China, providing strategic direction and guidance on overseas expansion for their businesses.

Pavel Sorokin

Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

During the last 3.5 years Pavel Sorokin worked for Morgan Stanley as the Russian Oil & Gas sector lead and Vice President. In 2014-2015 he was ranked one of the best oil & gas sector analysts in Russia and EMEA in Extel and Institutional Investor. Pavel also used to work at Alfa-bank and Unicredit investment banking divisions and had Senior Accountant experience covering Oil & Gas sector at Ernst & Yong.
Pavel headed the Ministry of Energy’s “Energy Research Center” at the Russian Energy Agency which provides in-house research and advice to the Ministry of Energy.
From March 2018 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Lev Khasis

First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank

Lev A. Khasis was born on June 5, 1966, in Kuybyshev (now Samara).
In 1989 he graduated from the Academician S.P. Korolev Kuybyshev Aviation Institute (Aircraft Engineering); in 1995 – the Institute of Retraining and Advanced Training in Finance and Banking of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (Banking); in 2001 – St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (Law). PhD in Economics.
In 1993-1995 he held the post of Managing Director of the Samara branch of AvtoVazBank and Vice-President of AvtoVazBank.
In 1994-1999 he was Arbitration Manager and President of Aviakor OJSC.
In 1997-1998 he was Vice-President of Alfa-Bank.
In 1999-2002 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Perekrestok Trading House CJSC.
In 2002-2006 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Perekrestok Trading House CJSC.
In 2006-2011 he was Chief Executive Officer of X5 Retail Group N.V.
In 2011-2013 he was Senior Vice-President of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
September 2013 - present – member of the Executive Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. He supervises and coordinates the work of the International Operations Unit, the Techologies Unit, the Services Unit, and several other areas of the Bank's activity.
He is a shareholder of Sberbank: stake in the authorized share capital - 0.0012%, share of the ordinary shares held - 0.0013%.

Daming Cheng

Executive Director, China International Capital Corporation Limited

Mr. Daming Cheng - Executive Director of the Investment Banking Department of China International Capital Corporation. The team under the leadership of Daming Cheng serves the customers in China and the countries along the Belt and Road. Mr. Cheng has very profound experience in variety of industries: finance, real estate, manufacturing.
The cumulative amount of the bonds issued by Mr. Cheng has reached 50 deals. Since 2015-2017 Mr. Daming Cheng was awarded as “The outstanding bond underwriter” from Shanghai Stock Exchange. One of the prominent deals by his leadership was the first Belt and Road Corporate Bond issuance of RUSAL in 2017.
As a core, Mr. Daming Cheng has participated in Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. US dollar debt project, China CITIC Bank A+H shares Allotment, China Construction Bank A+H shares Allotment.
Mr. Daming Cheng holds a bachelor and master degree in materials science from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Wisconsin.

Front row participant
Tatiana Redko, Deputy Managing Director, Renault Russia

Tatiana Redko

Deputy Managing Director, Renault Russia

Education
1997 – 2002 Moscow State University
2002 – 2004 Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry
2015 – МВА Stockholm School of Economics
PhD in International Law
Work experience
2016 – currently - Deputy Managing Director CJSC Renault Russia
2013 – 2016 - GR Director in “High-speed Rail Lines” (branch of “Russian Railways”)
2010 – 2013 - Head of GR Department Zarubezhneft, Rosneft
2009 – 2010 - Deputy Head of the Department for International Cooperation, “National Oil Consortium”
2007 – 2010 - Executive Director of Russia – Venezuela Entrepreneurs Council (Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation)
2004 –2009 - Leading specialist, chief specialist, GR-manager Lukoil Overseas