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Bob Davis is a senior editor or the Wall Street Journal who economic and other issues in the 2016 presidential campaign. From 2011 through 2014, he covered the Chinese economy from Beijing – and still misses China despite the pollution. He and his wife, Debra Bruno are writing a book on their experiences in the country, which will be published by the Journal. Until Oct. 2011, he was international economics correspondent in Washington DC. From 2004 to 2007, he was the Journal's Latin America bureau chief. From 2002-2004, Mr. Davis was the Washington DC news editor responsible for coverage of economic policy making. In 2001 and 2002 he was the Wall Street Journal's Brussels bureau chief. In 2000, he was awarded the Raymond Clapper award for Washington reporting for coverage of the White House negotiations with China over the World Trade Organization. A year earlier, he was part of a team of Journal reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for coverage of the Asian and Russian financial crisis. In 1998, he co-authored "Prosperity," which was selected by Business Week as one of the year's 10 best business books.

Education: graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University with a degree in law Professional experience: Started working in 1995 for Zavenyagin Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant rising from the ladder of service from legal adviser to Director of Corporate and Legal Department. She was appointed Director of Legal Department of MMC Norilsk Nickel in 2008. Since 2012 was appointed Deputy CEO, in 2015 – Vice President - Corporate Governance, Assset Management and Legal Affairs, MMS Norilsk Nickel In 2015 – Vice-President- Corporate Governance, Assset Management and Legal Affairs,MMS Norilsk Nickel At present- Vice President- State Secretary, GR.

Professor Erik Berglof is the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The IGA brings together several regional and some thematic research centres in order to increase the impact of research, policy thinking and teaching at the LSE. Prior to the LSE, Erik Berglof was the Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Professor Berglof also previously held the position of Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He was Assistant Professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Currently, he is also Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Treasurer of the International Economic Association, Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of New Economic Thinking in New York, Board Member and Research Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute in Brussels, and Board Members of the New Economic School in Moscow. In 2013 he was awarded the Leontief Medal for his contributions to economic reforms.

Pavel Grachev was appointed head of Polyus in 2013. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2013, Mr. Grachev served as Chief Executive Office of the leading potash producer Uralkali and then of the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund. From 2006 to 2011, he worked as chief counsel and then managing director of the investment company Nafta Moskva. From 1997 to 2006, he was the head of the Moscow office of the law firm Pavia e Ansaldo (Italy). In addition, Mr. Grachev has also served on the boards of Polyus Gold, the Federal Grid Company, Uralkali, PIK Group (as Chairman) and Polymetal. Mr. Grachev graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the University of Trieste (Italy) with degrees in law.

Born in 1965, Alexey Mordashov has been working for Severstal since 1988. He started his career as a senior economist, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1992. In December 1996, he was appointed as Severstal’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2002 and 2006 he served as CEO of Severstal Group and was Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Since the introduction of the new structure of corporate governance in December 2006 Mr. Mordashov has been CEO of Severstal. From December 2014 till June 2015 Alexey served as CEO of AO "Severstal Management" - managing organization of PAO Severstal. In May he was elected as Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Vice-Chairman of World Steel Association. Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ Committee on Integration, Trade and Customs Policy and WTO. Serves on the Entrepreneurial Council of the Government of Russian Federation. Co-chairman of the “Trade as a Global Driver” Taskforce of the “Business 20” of “Group of Twenty”. Co-chairman of the Northern Dimension Business Council. Vice-President of Russian-German chamber of commerce, member of the Russian-German workgroup responsible for strategic economic and finance issues. Member of the EU-Russia Business Cooperation Council. Alexey earned his undergraduate degree from the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. He also holds an MBA degree from Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University (UK).

Jay is the Global Vice Chair of Tax at EY, leading more than 38,000 people around the world who make up the Tax practice and is responsible for all aspects of EY’s Tax strategy and operations. Jay joined EY in 1985 and has extensive global experience. Prior to his current role, Jay served as Chair of the Global Accounts Committee, representing EY’s largest accounts on the Global Executive, and as Deputy Managing Partner for EY’s EMEIA Area. He has led EY’s Americas Tax practice and, from 1995 to 1999, led EY’s Commonwealth of Independent States Tax Practice based in Moscow. He was appointed to the board of the US-Russia Business Council in 2014.

Boris Titov was born on December, 24, 1960 in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Moscow state institute for international relations in 1983. In 1983-1989 worked for the foreign trade association “Soyuznefteexport”. 1989-1991 – chemistry department chief at the soviet-dutch joint enterprise “Urals”. 1991-2012 - executive director of Solvalub group of companies. 2001-2002 – the president of the JSC “Agrochemical corporation “Azot”. 2006-2012 – chairman of board of directors, general director of “Abrau-Durso” wine producing company. 2000-2005 – member of the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. 2004-2012 – chairman of the All-Russia public organization “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”). 2006-2009 – member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. In June 2012 was appointed the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneur’s rights. Member of the Presidential Economic Council since July 2012. In April 2014 was appointed the Chairman of the Russian part of the Russia-China Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development Elected as the chairman of board of directors of the Association of Managers of Russia (AMR) in September 2014 In February 2016 became the official leader of the political party “The party for growth” Awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, I degree and the Stolypin Medal, II degree, Order of Honor of the Russian Federation, Chevalier of the Legion of honor

1973-1978 – research fellow, senior lecturer of the Pskov branch of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. 1978-1981 – postgraduate student. 1981-1990 – assistant professor of the Pskov branch of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. 1990-1993 – Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Subcommission for Fiscal Policy, Secretary of the Commission of the Republic Council for Budget, Planning, Taxes and Prices of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation. 1993-1995 – Director of the Tax Department of the Center for Foreign Investments and Privatization. 1995-1998 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. 1998-2000 – Director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Audit, Taxation Department of PriceWaterhouse & Co. in Russia. January 2000 - April 2004 – First Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation (State Secretary). April 2004 - October 2005 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. November 2005 - June 2013 – State Secretary - Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. June 2013 - present time – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation.