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Born in 1957. Graduated with honors from the faculty of automation and computer engineering of the Moscow Railway Transport Engineering Institute (MIIT). In 1990 Viktor Vekselberg founded Renova, an asset management company. Mr. Vekselberg currently holds office as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of companies. In 1996 he founded SUAL Group and served as its President until 2003 when he eventually chaired the Board of Directors of the Group. Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Tumen Oil Company from 2002 until 2003. Member of the Board of Directors of TNK-BP from 2003 until 2013. Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Company Rusal (UC Rusal) from 2007 until March 2012. In March 2010, Viktor Vekselberg was appointed as Head of the Skolkovo Innovation Center project. Viktor Vekselberg has been President of the Skolkovo Foundation since June 2010.

In December 2013, Ms.Shamshad Akhtar was appointed by the UN Secretary-General as United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the tenth Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). She also serves as UN Sherpa for the G20. Previously the Secretary-General’s Senior Advisor on Economics and Finance, as well as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, she led the UN-wide coordination of the post-2015 development agenda and related policy and normative work, including supporting work on the Sustainable Financing Strategy. She served as Governor of the Central Bank of Pakistan from 2006 to 2009; Vice President of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region; and held a range of senior posts in the Asian Development Bank, including that of Director-General (South-East Asia region). Ms. Akhtar was a post-doctoral US Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University, holds a PhD in Economics from the Paisley College of Technology, a Master in Development Economics from the University of Sussex, and an MSc in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University.

In his 29 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries including banking, consumer goods, high tech and industrial. Prior to his current role, Dominic was based in Shanghai as McKinsey’s Asia Chairman from 2004 to 2009 and led the Korea office from 2000 to 2004.External leadership and authored works:Dominic is an active participant in international fora including Davos, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Les Rencontres Йconomiques d’Aix-en-Provence, the Asia Business Council and the China Development Forum. He has authored more than 80 articles on the role of business in society, leadership, financial services, Asia, history and the issues and opportunities facing markets worldwide. Dominic is a co-author, with Roberto Newell and Greg Wilson, of Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises (Wiley & Sons, 2002) and China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China (Talisman, 2007).Dominic Barton is the Co-Chair of the ‘Focusing Capital on the Long Term’ initiative along with Mark Wiseman (CPPIB) and Larry Fink (BlackRock). The initiative seeks to develop practical structures, metrics and approaches for longer-term behaviours in the investment and business worlds.He is a member of the Canadian Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service, is on the Board of Memorial Sloan Kettering, is Chair of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council, a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, an advisor to the Asia Development Bank, a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a member of the Canadian Minister of International Trade’s Global Markets Action Plan Advisory Council and Chairman of the US President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa.

Andrei Bougrov is a Deputy CEO, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel and Member of its Management Board. He also served as Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel and was Senior Managing Director of Interros Holding Company. Prior to that in 1993-2002 Mr. Bougrov was Russia’s Principal Resident Representative and Executive Director at the World Bank. Before joining the World Bank Mr. Bougrov was a senior staff member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. He received a BA and a Master’s Degree with first class honors from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, completed post-graduate studies and received a Ph.D. in economics.

Hans-Paul Bürkner is Chairman of The Boston Consulting Group. He was previously President and Chief Executive from 2003 to 2012. He joined BCG in 1981 and was a member of the teams that opened BCG's Düsseldorf (1982) and Frankfurt (1991) offices. Before becoming the firm's CEO, he was head of BCG's global Financial Services practice. He has counted among his clients many of the world's leading companies during more than 30 years at BCG. He has worked with them to redefine their strategies and organizations, spearheaded major global expansion initiatives, and supported them in the fundamental restructuring of their businesses. Hans-Paul studied economics, business administration, and Chinese, receiving a Diplom from the University of Bochum, an MA from Yale University, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

With VTB Bank since 2002. President and Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Supervisory Council Previously held positions: In 1996 under the Presidential Decree Appointed as Chairman of Vnesheconombank, with the authorities being extended in 1999 for another three years. In 1995 – Elected First Deputy Chairman, National Reserve Bank. 1993-1995 – Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department, Imperial Bank. 1979-1992 – Diplomatic service: during 1979-1982 – in the USSR Consulate General in Australia, in 1985-1990 – in the USSR Embassy in Great Britain. In 1979 – graduated cum laude from Moscow State University with a degree in International Economics, Ph.D. in Economics. Awarded with the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland III, IV degree, the Medal of Honor and the Order of Merit (France). Born in 1956, in Moscow.

EDUCATION: A graduate of St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, he obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA. Mr. Mazumder also undertook the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA. WORKING EXPERIENCE: He is presently the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of TIL Ltd., which manufactures India’s largest range of material handling equipment in technical collaborations with world leaders – Manitowoc Crane Group, USA; Hyster (a part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, USA); Astec Industries, USA; Paceco Corp, USA (a part of Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Japan) and Mitsui Miike Machinery Co., Japan (a part of Mitsui Group). He is also the Executive Chairman of TIPL (Tractors India Pvt. Ltd.). The Company is a distributor for Caterpillar, USA, in India, Nepal and Bhutan for their earthmoving, construction, mining equipment and power systems. REPRESENTATION ON OTHER BODIES: 1. Mr. Mazumder is President-Designate of CII 2. Chairman of the CII National Committee on Integrity & Transparency in Governance 3. Chairman of CII Associations’ Council (ASCON) 4. He is past Chairman of CII – Eastern Region 5. Past President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry 6. He is Director on the Board of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC). 7. Committee Member of The Agri-Horticultural Society of India 8. Mr. Mazumder has served as a Trustee of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT).

Mr. Hüsnü M. Özyeğin who is a prominent businessmen and a well-known philanthropist in Turkey and Europe was born in 1944 in İzmir, Turkey. Hüsnü M. Özyeğin graduated from Robert Academy in 1963 and received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University in Corvallis Oregon in 1967, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1969. In 1974, he was appointed the Managing Director of Pamukbank. He became the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Yapı Kredi in 1984. In September 1987, he founded Finansbank which quickly evolved to become one of Turkey’s most prominent and respected banks. He was the Chairman of Finansbank between 1987 – 2010. Mr. Özyeğin is the Chairman of Fiba Holding A.Ş., Fibabanka A.Ş., Credit Europe Bank (Suisse) S.A. in Geneva. He is also the Board Member of Credit Europe Bank (Moscow) Ltd. Fiba Holding is active in financial services, tourism, retail and real estate development. Mr. Özyeğin is involved in numerous civic activities as Chairman of Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation (HMÖV), Board Member of Mother and Child Education Foundation (AÇEV) and Chairman of Board of Trustees of Özyeğin University and Member of Board of Dean’s Advisors of Harvard Business School. Mr. Özyeğin is married, has two children and five grandchildren. Awards: Turkey: 2007 The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Distinguished Service Award. International: 2010 Oregon State University College of Engineering, Oregon Stater Award. 2011 Harvard Business School, Alumni Achievement Award.

Mark Otty is a Member of the Global Executive Committee. Mark was appointed Managing Partner of EY EMEIA Area in 2008 – a diverse Area spanning Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. The EMEIA Area formally began operations on 1 July 2008, bringing together 81,000 people, across 12 regions and 93 countries with 3,628 partners to create an US11.4bn organisation, making the firm the first of the Big 4 to achieve integration on this scope and scale. Originally from South Africa, Mark’s career has spanned multiple disciplines and locations. Having originally joined Ernst & Young as an audit trainee, he has also worked with clients in the fields of corporate finance, advisory and tax, in South Africa, Canada and the UK. Mark has a particular focus on helping EY people bring the firm’s values to life in their dealings with each other, and with clients and others. A South African Chartered Accountants, Mark graduated from the Witwatersrand University with degrees in Accounting and Commerce. Now based in London, Mark is an enthusiastic marathon and ultra marathon runner.

Mr Rudd served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister (2007-2010, 2013) and as Foreign Minister (2010- 2012). He led Australia’s response during the Global Financial Crisis, reviewed by the IMF as the most effective stimulus strategy of all member states, and helped found the G20. Mr. Rudd was a driving force in expanding the East Asia Summit to include both the US and Russia in 2010, and initiated the concept of transforming the EAS into a wider Asia Pacific Community. Mr. Rudd drove Australia’s successful bid for its non-permanent seat on the United Nation’s Security Council for 2012-14. Mr. Rudd joined the Asia Society Policy Institute as its inaugural President in January 2015. ASPI is a "think-do tank" dedicated to using second track diplomacy to assist governments and businesses in resolving policy challenges within Asia, and between Asia and the West. He is Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism where he is leading a review of the UN system over the 2015-16 period. Mr. Rudd is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School where in 2014 he completed a major policy paper on "Alternative Futures for US-China Relations." He is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House, a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute. Mr. Rudd is a member of the Comprehensive Test Ban Organization's Group of Eminent Persons. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, serves as a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, and co-Chairs the World Economic Forum’s China Council.

In 1977, she received her Bachelors Degree (BS) in Economics and Administrative Sciences from Marmara University in Istanbul. She received her Masters Degree on European Integration Law from University of Amsterdam in 1988 and her PhD degree in Political Science from Boğaziçi University in 1996. She started her career in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1984 as third secretary in Directorate General for Bilateral Economic Affairs. Between 1985-1990, she served as Vice-Consul in Turkish Consulates in Rotterdam and Aleppo. From 1990 to 1992 she was the first secretary in the Directorate for West European and OECD Countries and in Turkish Deputy Prime Ministry. From 1992 to 1996, she served as consul in Turkish Consulate General in New York. Between 1996-1999, she served as section head in the Department for Balkan Countries and Department for Central Asia and Caucasus in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1999 she was appointed as the first counselor at the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the UN Office in Geneva and in 2002, as the first counselor in the Turkish Embassy in Amman. Between 2004- 2008, Ms. Sinirlioğlu served as the Head of Department and Deputy Director General in the Directorate General for Bilateral Economic Affairs in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ayşe Sinirlioğlu was the Ambassador of Turkey to Romania from 2008 to 2011 and Ambassador of Turkey to Spain from 2011 to 2014. She has been serving as the Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Turkey’s G20 Sherpa since September 2014. Mrs.Sinirlioğlu is married and has two children.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire joined Schneider Electric in 1986. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 and named Chairman & CEO in April 2013. His career at Schneider Electric has developed largely outside France in operational functions in Italy, China, South Africa and USA. Within the General Management, he served as Vice Executive President of the International Operating Division from 2002 before being appointed in 2004 Chief Operating Officer (COO). Moreover, Jean-Pascal is President of the France-China Committee since 2009. Jean-Pascal holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a MBA.

Alexander N. Shokhin was born 25 December, 1951. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1974. Doctor of Economics, Professor. Twice, in 1991-1994 and in 1998, Mr. Shokhin held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1994 he also held positions of Minister of Labor, Minister of Economics, Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development. From 1994 to 2002 – Deputy of the State Duma, with the posts of First Vice Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the Duma party bloc 'Our Home is Russia', Head of the Duma Committee on Credit Institutions and Capital Markets. Since 1995 - President of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. From 2002 to 2006 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Group "Renaissance Capital". From 2005 to 2009 – member of the RF Public Chamber. Since 2005 – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Shokhin is a member of several deliberative bodies under the Russian President and Government. He is also an independent director on the Boards of several companies, including ALROSA, Russian Railways, TMK and others.

Mr. Yu Ping serves as Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) since 2003. Mr. Yu began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of China in 1976, and has worked at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade since 1977. Mr. Yu’s current and past positions include: • Chairman, Chinese Business Council, Shanghai Cooperation Organization. • Chairman, East Asia Business Council (2006, 2012). • Vice Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council (2012). • Lead Shepherd, APEC Working Group on Trade Promotion (2004). • Member of Trade & Investment Taskforce, The Business 20 (2012). • Co-Chair of Trade Taskforce, The Business 20 (2013, 2014). • Vice-President, AIPPI China. • President, LES China. • Vice President, China-Russia Friendship Association. • Member of the Board, China-Japan Friendship Association. • Member of the Board, Chinese People’s Institute for Foreign Affairs. • Chief Delegate of China, International Bureau of Expositions. Mr. Yu graduated from the English Department of the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages in 1975. He later completed training in the advanced studies program in international trade at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2004, he received an MBA degree from Fordham after completing the post graduate course run by BiMBA and Fordham in Beijing. Mr. Yu studied literature and English courses at the Bayero University, Nigeria on government exchange program 1977-1979.