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Date and place of birth: October 10, 1960, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR 1983 – Graduated from Department of Management and Applied Mathematics at Moscow Physics and Technology Institute (MFTI). 1983-1984 – Worked at Almaz Designs. 1984-1986 – Served in the Soviet Army (Strategic Missile Forces). 1986-1988 – Worked as a macroeconomics researcher at the Computer Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1988-1990 – Worked at the Energy Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1990-1992 – Senior Researcher at the Institute of Market Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1993-1995 – Deputy Director of the Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). 1992-1995 – Expert and Science Editor at Kommersant Weekly. 1995-1998 – Science Editor and First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Expert, a weekly analytical magazine. 1998 – First Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Izvestia. November 1998 – Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Expert magazine. July 2006 – Appointed General Director of ZAO Mediaholding Expert. Offices Held: Editor-in-Chief, Expert magazine; Chief Executive Officer, Expert Media Holding Director; Institute for Societal Projecting (InOP); Member of Central Staff, All-Russia Popular Front, Head of "Quality of Life" Working Group Member of the Advisory Board; Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Head of Expert Council at ASI.

Born March 21, 1957 in Leningrad. 1979 – graduated from Leningrad State University (Department of Mathematics and Mechanics) specializing in Applied Mathematics. 1979–1988 – Research Assistant, Junior Scientific Researcher, Scientific Researcher of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1986 – successfully defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis in Physics and Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences. 1984–1995 – Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Computational Mathematics at Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics. 1988–1992 – Senior Scientist of the Leningrad Institute for Informatics and Automation of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1991–1995 – Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of AstroSoft Company, St. Petersburg. 1995–1996 – Consultant of Microsoft Consulting Services, Microsoft Middle East (Dubai). 1996–1997 – Senior Consultant / Head of Practice, Microsoft Consulting Services, Microsoft Eastern Europe. 1997–1999 – Head of Accounts Department, Microsoft Representative Office in Russia, Microsoft Eastern Europe. 1999–2003 – University Relations Manager, Microsoft Research Lab (UK). 2003–2005 – Head of Government Relations, Microsoft Representative Office in Russia, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe. 2005–2007 – Chief Strategy Officer, Cabinet of the Chairman of Microsoft in Russia and CIS Countries, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe. 2007–2009 – General Director of Software Development Centre of EMC Corporation in St. Petersburg. Since April 2009, he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of RVC OJSC.

Appointed May 21, 2012 by order of the Russian President. Born: February 15, 1967 in Moscow. 1990: graduated with distinction from the Physics and Chemistry Department, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, specializing in Physics of Metals. 2003: graduated from Moscow State Law Academy specializing in Jurisprudence. 1990–1992: full-time post-graduate studies at National University of Science and Technology (MIS&S) and defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation in physical and mathematical sciences, specialty 01.04.07 – Solid State Physics. 1992–2000: scientific associate and senior scientific associate at Research Laboratory of synthesis of MIS&S; associate professor in the department of theoretical physics at MIS&S. 1997: defended his Doctor of Science (Phys.Mat.) thesis in Solid State Physics. 1997–2000: Vice-Rector of MIS&S for scientific work. 2000–2004: Pro-rector for international co-operation; Professor, theoretical physics department, MIS&S. 2004–2005: Director, Department of State Scientific, Technical and Innovation Policy, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. 2005–2007: State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Since April 2007: Rector of the National University of Science and Technology (MIS&S). 2009: listed among the Top 100 management personnel reserve under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation. Author of 55 scientific works, including 49 printed abroad; a higher educational institution textbook Physics of Metals, 2006. His scientific works have covered: transport characteristics of metals; fluctuation phenomena in superconductors; physical characteristics of low-dimensional and amorphous metal systems. Doctor of Science (Phys.Mat.), Professor. Awarded the RAS Gold Medal for young scientists (2000), Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation 2011 in the sphere of education. Married with three children.

Born June 8, 1983, Moscow. 2005: graduated from Moscow State University, Institute of Asian and African Studies. 2008: gained his CSc from the State University of Management in Moscow. Career background: 2004–2008: Ministry of Industry and Energy: Head of Strategic Planning and Research Department; Assistant Administrator of Strategic Planning and Research Department; Assistant Administrator of Priority Projects Support under the Economic Analysis and Planning Division; Advisor to the Public Relations Department; Senior Expert of the PR Department. 2008–2012: Assistant and Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. 2012–2016: Director of Strategic Development and Project Management Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. 31 August 2016: appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Since 2015, Mr Osmakov has held the title of Full State Counsellor. CSc in Economics. Married with a child.

Dmitry Peskov was born in Voronezh in 1975. In 1998 graduated from Voronezh State University. In 1999 received an MA in political science from the University of Manchester. Since 2000 worked at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, was responsible for university development strategy. Left the university at the position of the Innovations Director, Deputy Vice-President on science. In 2008 created Metaver, a company that designs new education forms on the suture of education and venture economics. In 2009 became head of Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. In 2011 became the Director on Young Professionals Direction at Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Member-Expert Council of Government of Russia. Member of the board of trustees of the agency on professional development WorldSkills Russia. Member of the council of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on development of young, innovative and small entrepreneurial activity. Head of the work group on Best Professional Practices Support at the Presidential Professional Qualifications Council. Member of the commission on 2020 Innovation Strategy implementation. He is on the Board of Directors at Aeroflot-Russian Airlines PJSC, RVK PSC, boards of trustees for Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics and Support Foundation for Visually and Hearing Impaired. Holds various state awards, including the Order ”For Merit to the Fatherland”, 2nd Degree.