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Charles Robertson, a leading emerging markets specialist, is Renaissance Capital’s Global Chief Economist and Head of the Firm’s Macro-strategy Unit. Mr. Robertson covers the global economic themes having the greatest impact on emerging markets. Over the past decade, the scope of Mr. Robertson’s work has covered, among other topics: quantifying political risk in emerging markets; how the retirement age rising to 67 reflects deep-rooted problems in the West and great opportunities in emerging markets; the revolutionary nature of growth in countries with non-democratic governments; the fact that Africa’s economies are now returning some of the highest growth rates on Earth, and how this trend is set to play out; the impact of terrorism and natural disasters on economies; the effects of falling agricultural stocks on food prices and inflation; and how emerging-markets banks may have the best growth potential over the coming years. Mr. Robertson is the lead author of The Fastest Billion: The Story Behind Africa’s Economic Revolution (www.fastestbillion.com), published in October 2012. Mr. Robertson was ranked the number-one economics and macro analyst for emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the Extel survey in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. In addition, the team he led was ranked the best macro team in Extel’s 2010 survey of equity investors. Another of Charlie’s teams took first place for SSA coverage in the institutional investor survey for 2012.

Prior to joining Otkritie, Mr. Aganbegyan had served as head of the Moscow Exchange since September 2010. Under his watch, Russia’s two biggest exchanges – the MICEX and the RTS – completed a merger that resulted in the establishment of a market institution that has become a global trading centre. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Aganbegyan managed the Russian business of Renaissance Capital Investment Company, where he was responsible for expanding and strengthening relations with key clients as well as public and government relations. From 2002to 2003, he served as the managing director for project financing at Troika Dialog Investment Company, where he managed the company’s investment and banking affairs. From 1997 to 2002, he was the co-chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston in Russia. In the 1990s, he worked at the companies PricewaterhouseCoopers, Clifford Chance and Credit Suisse Financial Products (Moscow). Mr. Aganbegyan graduated from Moscow State Law Academy in 1995.

Having joined PwC in Moscow in 1995, Igor became a partner in 2006. During his twenty-year career at PwC Russia, he has helped to build a market-leading practice providing assurance and other services to a wide range of top Russian and international energy and utilities companies. Igor's diverse project track record includes the audit of complex group consolidations, provision of consulting and risk assurance services. In addition to significant client responsibilities, Igor has held a number of leadership roles within PwC. He has led the Russian Oil & Gas, Mining and Utilities practice, was Assurance Leader for Russia and Central & Eastern Europe. Igor is a member of ACCA and a CFA charterholder.

Irackly has worked on a broad range of M&A transactions in Russia including buyside, sellside, mergers, and privatisations and has extensive experience working on cross-border transactions assisting Western multinational players to expand in Russia / Russian clients to acquire assets abroad. Recent notable M&A experience includes advisory to Pharmstandard on spin-off of OTC Pharm and acquisition of Biocad, advisory to Severstal on $2.4bln sale of its North American steel-making business and separation of Nordgold; advisory on $10bn worth of capital return to shareholders by Norilsk Nickel as part of its defence against hostile take-over attempts of UC Rusal, advisory on Gazpromneft’s acquisition of 50% shares of Tomskneft, advisory to International Paper in connection with its acquisition of a 50% interest in Ilim Pulp Enterprises, advisory to Norilsk Nickel in connection with acquisition of a controlling interest in OGK 3, advisory to Guta Group on the private placement of 6% stake in Mosenergo, Smart Hydrogen on its 35% investment into Plug Power, Severstal on the consolidation of Severstal Resurs Mining assets, Gazprom in connection with $13.1bn acquisition of 72% stake in Sibneft, fairness opinion to Gazprom Board of Directors in connection with a $7.12 bln sale of 10.74% of Gazprom to the Russian Government.

1999 – Chairman of the Board of "Bashkir Commerce and Industry", non-profit organization.1999-2003 – Member Municipal Council of Sibay City, Сhairman of Social Affairs Committee.2003-2007 – Member of Parliament of the Republic of Bashkortostan – Kurultai.2004 – Chairman, Association of Business Organizations of the Republic of Bashkortostan.2005 – Head, "The Center of Strategic Development", the Republic of Bashkortostan Presidential Institution.2007-2011 – Member of Parliament of the Russian Federation, the 5th duma; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation.2011-2014 – Adviser, Special Representative of the President of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation, on investment cooperation.Co-chairman of All-Russian Public Organization "Delovaya Rossia", responsible for business protection.Executive Cochairman of Public Procedures Centre "Business Against Corruption", Independent Noncommercial Organization.Awarded by the Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation, and the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Born in 1960 in Salzburg/Austria. 1982 Juris Doctor, University of Salzburg, School of Law. 1983 State Government of Salzburg, Desk officer in the Directorate General for General Matters. 1988 State Government of Salzburg, Head of Section for Citizenship, Electoral Law et al. 1991 Federal Chancellery, Office of Federal Minister of Federalism and Administrative Reform. 1995 State Government of Salzburg, Head of Section for Legal Affairs and Head of Bureau of Governor of Salzburg. 1997 Personal Adviser to Federal Minister of Defence. 2000 Federal Ministry of the Interior, Head of Directorate General for General Matters. 2003 Federal Ministry of the Interior, Head of Directorate General for Legal Affairs. 2006 State Government of Salzburg, Head of Section for Elections and Security. July 1st, 2007 Federal Competition Authority, Director General. Affiliations: • Member of the Austrian data protection council • Lay Judge at the Federal Administrative Court Author of numerous publications concerning constitutional administrative, and competition law.

Graduated from Saint-Petersburg Engineer-Economy Academy, specialization economy and organization of engineering industry, honored qualification engineer-economist. In 1995 he has became assistant to the Member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. A year later, he was appointed as a Chief of Staff of the First Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Finance Committee of St. Petersburg City Administration. Under his guidance a set of law enforcement acts and administrative rules of Saint-Petersburg Administration in the sphere of state finance management were elaborated. From 1999 till 2004 – Director of scientific-research programs, executive director of “EPICENTER –Saint- Petersburg Foundation”. Is a draftsman of several legislative initiatives at the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the sphere of economy, finance, taxes and antimonopoly policy. Since 2004 – Deputy Head of the FAS Russia, since July 2006 till now – Stats-secretary – Deputy Head of the FAS Russia. Andrey Tsarikovskiy is a member of Governmental Commission on legislative activity, Governmental Commission on Economic Development and Integration, Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation. Andrey Tsarikovskiy is the active participant of the FAS’s Russia international cooperation with foreign organizations and competition authorities in the sphere of antimonopoly policy, combating unfair competition, state regulation of natural monopolies and control over public procurement.

In 1957 he graduated from the Odessa Institute of Civil Construction, and in 1963 from the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Economics. In 1968 he defended his thesis for the degree of the Candidate of Science. In 1976 - Doctor of Economics, and since 1979 - Professor. In 1989 Evgeniy Yasin led a Department on Economic Reform in the State Commission of the USSR Council of Ministers. He was one of the key authors of a number of programmes of the transition to a market economy, including the well-known programme ‘500 days'. In 1991 he went from the USSR Government Office to the Scientific and Industrial Union of the USSR - today called the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) (RSPP) - as Director for Economic Policy. In November 1991 he created the Expert Institute as part of this organization and became its head. In 1993 he was appointed Head of a work group under the Chairman of the Government of the RF and actively participated in the development of economic programmes. In April 1994 he became Head of the Analytical Center under the President of the RF. In November 1994 Evgeniy Yasin was appointed Minister of the Economy of the Russian Federation, and in April 1997 - Minister of the Russian Federation. From October 1998 to present - Academic Advisor of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics, President of the Expert Institute. Since 2000 - President of the ‘Liberalnaya Missiya' (‘Liberal Mission') Foundation.