Programme

Yaroslav Lissovolik joined the Eurasian Development Bank as its Chief Economist in 2015. In 2001-2004 he worked in the International Monetary Fund, where he was Advisor to the Executive Director for the Russian Federation in Washington. In 2004 Yaroslav Lissovolik joined Deutsche Bank as Chief Economist; in 2009 he became Head of Company Research in Russia and in 2011- a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank in Russia. Yaroslav Lissovolik earned a BA in Economics from Harvard University; an MA in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations; an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, holds a PhD in Economics and is a professor at the department of World Economy at the Diplomatic Academy. Yaroslav Lissovolik is a member of the Advisory Council of the Central Bank of Russia, a member of the Council on foreign and defense policy and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. In 2012 Yaroslav Lissovolik became a member of the Expert Council of the Russian government as well as the Working group on macroeconomic policy of the Presidential Economic Council. He has published books on Russia's entry to the WTO and on Russia's integration into the world economy, as well as numerous articles and papers on economic and policy issues.

Anatole Kaletsky is co-chairman and chief economist of Gavekal Dragonomics, an investment research and asset management group based in Hong Kong. He is also an award-winning writer on economics and was the first chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, a foundation created after the 2008 crisis to encourage economic research challenging the dominant paradigm of rational expectations and efficient markets. Before co-founding Gavekal and INET, Anatole was an award-winning journalist on The Economist, Financial Times, Times of London and the New York Times, working in London, Washington, New York and Moscow. His 2011 book Capitalism 4.0 anticipated many of the post-crisis transformations of the global economy and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He now two monthly columns - on international economics, published in 100 newspapers around the world in the Project Syndicate network, and on British political economy, published in Prospect magazine. He is also a co-founder and owner of the cultural publishing website www.thebrowser.com. Anatole was educated at Cambridge, where he gained a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics, and at Harvard, where he was a Kennedy Scholar and received an MA in Economics. He is an honorary Doctor of Science at the University of Buckingham.

David D. Li is China’s leading economist and a top advisor to Chinese senior leaders. He is the Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor of Economics and the Director of the Tsinghua University Center for China and the World Economy. He is also the founding Dean of Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University, a fellowship program with a master’s degree curriculum that seeks to bring future global leaders to Tsinghua with the goal of bridging the gap between China and the world. The launch of the program in 2013 elicited congratulatory letters from China President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Obama. Professor Li has served on the Monetary Policy Committee of China’s central bank and is currently a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which functions in a capacity similar to that of Britain’s House of Lords. David Li is an active writer and speaker on issues regarding the Chinese economy and global politics. He frequently participates in discussions with leading intellectuals and other prominent figures from around the world, such as debating with Henry Kissinger, Fareed Zakaria and Niall Ferguson on the topic of whether the 21st century will belong to China. He also makes frequent appearances on television outlets such as CNBC and Bloomberg, and his writings and quotes can be found in prominent publications such as the New York Times, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Neil MacKinnon is the Global Macro Strategist for the Research Department and is based in London. Neil joined VTB Capital in September 2009. Prior to joining VTB he worked with the ECU Group (a currency and global macro fund). During the 1990s, Neil was chief currency strategist with Citibank and subsequently worked in the hedge fund industry with Nexus Capital (then affiliated to Soros Fund Management). He started his career as an economist with Her Majesty’s Treasury. Neil holds a bachelor’s degree with Honours in Economics from Liverpool University and a master’s degree in Economics and Econometrics from Southampton University. Neil is married with three sons... one a lawyer, one a film producer and the youngest a budding footballer.

Vladimir Mau is Doctor of Economics, Professor, PhD, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation. Born on 29 December 1959 in Moscow, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of National Economy in 1981. Since 1991 he participated in the development and implementation of economic reforms in Russia, including working as Advisor to the Chairman of the Russian Government from 1992-1993. From 1997-2002 Mau was the Head of the Working Center for Economic Reforms of the Russian Government. In 2002, he became the Rector of the Academy of National Economy of the Russian Government, and in 2010 the Rector of the newly formed the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Rector Mau is a renowned expert in the field of economic theory, the history of economic thought and national economy. He is the author of 25 monographs, books and textbooks published in Russia and the UK, as well as more than 600 other works. The main results of his research focus on economic history and the history of economic thought in Russia and the USSR; the theory and history of economic policy; economic transformation and economic reforms. Rector Mau is a member of Economic Council of the President of Russian Federation. He is and also a chairman of the Expert Board under the Government Commission for Economic Development and Integration, and member of several governmental commissions and committees.

A. Nekipelov was born in 1951 in Moscow. In 1973 he graduated from economic department of Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 1973 – 2001 he worked with the Institute for Economics of the World Socialist System of the Academy of Sciences, in 1998 – 2001 – as Director of the Institute. Since 2004 Nekipelov A. has served as Director of Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University. He holds the degree of candidate of science in economics from 1976, doctor of science in economics – from 1990, the title of full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences – from 1997. In 2001 – 2013 he served as a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, vice – president of the Academy. A. Nekipelov’s research interests are general economic theory, economic reforms. He is the author of more than 200 publications, including several monographs. A.Nekipelov used to be a member of the Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Education of the Russian Federation (2004 – 2oo6), of the Government’s Council for Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (2004). In 1994 - 1997 he actively participated in the work of Russian – American Economic Transition Group. Now he is a member of the expert Council under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, and a member of Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Born on the 21 July 1982 in Moscow. In 2004 graduated from Higher School of Economics (Masters in Economics). 04.2002 – 06.2006 – serve in various capacitites at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. 07.2006 – 07.2010 – serve in various capacitites at Rosbank, Société Générale group. 07.2010 – 06.2012 – Head of Research on Russia and CIS at Crédit Agricole CIB. 06.2012 – 08.2013 – Chief Economist for Russia at VTB Capital. 09.2013 – 03.2015 – Head of the long-term strategic planning department at the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. 03.2015 – 11.2016 – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. From 30 November 2016 – Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Kenneth Rogoff is Thomas D. Cabot Professor at Harvard University. From 2001-2003, Rogoff served as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. His 2009 book with Carmen Reinhart, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly has been very widely cited by academics, policymakers and journalists. One regularity that Reinhart and Rogoff illustrate is the remarkable quantitative similarities across time and countries in the run-up and the aftermath of severe financial crises. In general, they show that for financial crises, the differences between emerging markets and advanced countries are far less pronounced that previously believed. Rogoff is also known for his seminal work on exchange rates and on central bank independence. His treatise Foundations of International Macroeconomics (joint with Maurice Obstfeld) is the standard graduate text in the field worldwide. His monthly syndicated column on global economic issues is published in over 50 countries. He serves on the Economic Advisory Panel of the New York Federal Reserve. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Rogoff is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Group of Thirty.

Ekaterina Trofimova is the Chief Executive Officer of Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA, Russia) appointed at its foundation in November 2015. Prior to this from September 2011, Ms. Trofimova worked in Gazprombank (Russia), namely as a Member of the Management Board and supervised the Ratings Advisory Centre, the Centre for Economic Forecasting and the Corporate Communications Department. From June 2000 to July 2011, Ms. Trofimova worked as a financial analyst, Director and Head of Standard & Poor's Russia and CIS Financial Institutions Rating Group (Paris, France). In S&P, Ms. Trofimova had a leading role in developing and updating the financial institution rating methodology. Apart from working on analysis of the major financial institutions, she was actively involved in the company's strategy generation and human resources management in the region. Ms. Trofimova graduated from the International Economics department of St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance in 1998 and the Finance and Tax Administration department of the University of Sorbonne (Paris, France) in 2000.

Dr. Jacob A. Frenkel is Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty (G-30) and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University. Previously he served as Vice Chairman of American International Group (2004-2009) and Chairman of Merrill Lynch International (2000-2004). He served two terms as the Governor of the Bank of Israel (1991-2000) and is credited with reducing inflation in Israel, achieving price stability, liberalizing Israel’s financial markets, removing foreign exchange controls, and integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. He was the Economic Counselor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund (1987-1991) and the David Rockefeller Professor of International Economics at the University of Chicago (1973-1987). He is a Laureate of the 2002 Israel Prize in Economics, and a recipient of numerous prizes, honors and awards from various Universities and Governments. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (1995-1996) and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1999-2000). He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He holds a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.

Ksenia Valentinovna Yudaeva has served as a First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia since September 2013 and was appointed to the Central Bank's Board in October 2013. At the Bank of Russia she is responsible for international relations, macroeconomic forecasting and research and previously oversaw domestic monetary policy. Dr. Yudaeva came to the Bank after spending one year as Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate of the RF Presidential Administration, where she was also Russia's Sherpa to the G20 during the Russian presidency. Prior to her government service, Dr. Yudaeva was Chief Economist and Director of the Center for Macroeconomic Research at Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, from 2008 to 2012. She has held positions at several think-tanks in Russia, including Academic Director of the Center for Strategic Research and Scholar-in-Residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. Dr. Yudaeva earned a degree in Economics and Mathematics from the Moscow State University, a Master's degree in Economics from the New Economic School and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.