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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.

40, married, with four children. Graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Corps des Telecom – Mines, MINES ParisTech Professional career: 1999–2004: Ministry of Healthcare and Ministry of Finance of France. 2004–2007: Counselor to France’s Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin. 2007 to present: Saint-Gobain: 2007–2009: Head of the Planning Division, 2009–2012: Head of Saint-Gobain Abrasives Asia-Pacific (Shanghai), 2012–present: General Delegate, Russia, Ukraine and CIS at Saint-Gobain (Moscow) Additionally: Founding President of the Coup de Pouce Humanitaire charity foundation.

Born on November 1, 1964 in the Dzhambul Region, Kazakhstan, Alexander Drozdenko graduated from Leningrad Agriculture Institute in 1986 with a degree in the economics and organization of agriculture. He obtained a PhD in Economics in 2007. Between 1988 and 2002, he worked in various positions in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region. In November 2002, Alexander Drozdenko was invited to join the Government of the Leningrad Region and appointed as the Region’s Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Leningrad Region Committee on State Property Management. In May 2012, the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, on the recommendation of the President of the Russian Federation, elected Drozdenko as Governor of the Leningrad Region. He was inaugurated on May 28, 2012. On May 12, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the Early Termination of the Powers of the Governor of the Leningrad Region.” Alexander Drozdenko has been appointed acting Governor of the Leningrad Region.

He has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Distribution Division in Fortum from March 1, 2014, and he has been Member of the Company's Management Team since 2004. He previously was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of the Company from 2004. He joined the Company in 1991. He worked as Business Unit Head in Portfolio Management and Trading at Fortum Power and Heat OY (2000), Vice President for Electricity Procurement and Trading in Fortum Power and Heat OY (1999) and Vice President, Electricity Procurement of Imatran Voima OY (1997). He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Fortum and Member of the economy and tax committee of Confederation of Finnish Industries. Timo Karttinen holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering.

As Vice President of Gazprombank Oleg is responsible for interaction with major clients involved in implementing projects as part of federal and regional programmes. Oleg has almost twenty years of experience working for major industrial structures. Prior to joining Gazprombank, Oleg worked as the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, where he was responsible for improving the investment climate in Russia, eliminating unnecessary administrative barriers and developing the public-private partnership. He later managed a major state-owned corporation – JSC Special Economic Zones, where he was in charge of the infrastructural development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and attracting direct Russian and foreign investment. Oleg has experience working with the federal and regional authorities and has been involved in government delegations to expand economic ties and business cooperation between Russia and foreign governments. Oleg Kostin was born in 1975. He is a graduate of the MBA programme at the MIRBIS Moscow International Higher Business School.

Mikhail MenMinister of construction and housing services of Russian FederationNovember 12, 1960 – Born in Sergiev-Possad district of Moscow area. 1978 – 1980 – studied at the Institute of Oil and Gas Industry majoring in Industrial Energy Production.1980 – 1982 – service at the construction divisions of the Far East Navy. Received a license to operate a construction crane and an honorary certificate for achievements in construction. 1983 – 1991 – worked at various culture intuitions in Moscow and Moscow district. Studied in Moscow Culture Institute. 1991 – 1993 – worked in publishing. 1993 – 1995 – deputy of Moscow Oblast Duma from Sergied-Posad. 1995 – 1999 – deputy of the State Duma of Russian Federation.1999 – 2002 – vice-governor of Moscow Oblast. Studied at the State Service Academy under the President of Russian Federation, majored in law, graduated cum laude.2002 – 2005 – deputy mayor of Moscow 2005 – 2013 – governor of Ivanovskaya Oblast, confirmed after presentation of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. November 1, 2013 – appointed Minister of Construction and Housing Services. Awarded the Order of Friendship, Order of Honor, Medal for 850th Anniversary of the city of Moscow. Married, has 6 children.

Born 1973. In 1997, he graduated from the Department of Aerophysics and Space Research, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. As a fourth year student, he took up business, specialising in capital repairs. In 1994, he organised and headed the Morton Group of Companies, which is today one of the biggest real estate developers in Russia in terms of housing and social infrastructure construction. In 2013, he headed the Management Board of the Mutual Civil Liability Insurance Company for Developers. According to the Top-1000 Russian Managers, he is rated among the ten most professional and influential heads of the Russian construction sector. He is actively involved in charitable work.