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Thomas Mayer is Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank’s Management Board and key clients and Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies at the Goethe University of Frankfurt as well. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group and Head of Deutsche Bank Research. From 2002 to 2009 he was Chief European Economist at Deutsche Bank in London and co-head of the Bank’s Global Economics Group. Before Thomas Mayer joined Deutsche Bank in 2002, he worked for Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt and London (1991-2002), and for Salomon Brothers in London (1990-91). Before moving to the private sector, he held positions at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. (1983-1990) and at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (1978-82). In 1982, he received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kiel and is a CFA Charterholder since 2002. Thomas Mayer has published numerous articles on international and European economic issues in professional journals and has commented on these issues in the media. Newly published: Europe’s Unfinished Currency, Anthem Press, October 2012.

Before joining the MDM Bank Board of Directors in 2007, Oleg headed the Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation, a position he had held since 2004.Between 1999 and 2002 he was Executive Vice-President at Troika Dialog, Russia’s oldest investment company. Oleg has also held a variety of senior positions within the Russian government, including First Deputy Minister of Finance, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, and extraordinary advisor to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.After graduating from the department of mechanics and mathematics at Moscow State University in 1974, Oleg successfully defended his PhD in physics and mathematics at the same university in 1977.

George Magnus was the Chief Economist with effect from the merger of UBS and Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC). Mr. Magnus' held previous senior positions at UBS before the merger with SBC, S.G. Warburg (1987-95), Chase Securities (1985-87, previously Laurie Milbank), and Bank of America (1977-85). Previously he worked at Lloyds Bank International (1974-77), the UK Government’s Central Office of Information (1972-74). He received an MSc Econ from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and did postgraduate research at the University of Illinois. He has long experience of analyzing the global economy and engaging with clients and the media. In October 2008, Mr. Magnus’ book – The Age of Aging – a study of how demographics are changing the world and what the economic and social implications might be, as well as those for globalization, religion in the world, immigration and global security – was published. His current book, Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy?, published in late 2010, examines controversially the prospects for emerging markets and the BRICs, and China in particular, in the wake of the financial crisis.

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.

Roland Nash joined Verno Capital in early 2011 as Partner and Chief Investment Strategist. At Verno, Roland is responsible for helping to build out the fund management business and for the macroeconomic overlay for the hedge fund. Between 2003 and 2010, he was Chief Strategist and Head of Research for Renaissance Capital, managing a team of analysts for the CIS and Africa. He began his career in Renaissance Capital in 1996 as Chief Economist, and during his time there worked as Head of Fixed Income Research, Head of Equities Research, and co-Head of the Equities Group. Between 2003 and 2010, Roland was consistently ranked as the Number 1 Strategist for Russia by Institutional Investor. Between 2007 and 2010, Roland was also ranked Number 1 Strategist for EMEA. Prior to joining Renaissance Capital, Roland spent two years as a senior economic expert at the Russian European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP), where he was involved in advising the Russian government on economic policy. Roland is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum for the Russian Federation. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, where he received a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.

Dr Andy Xie is Shanghai-based independent economist specialising in China and Asia. He is currently director of Rosetta Stone Advisors. He is also a guest columnist for the South China Morning Post and Century Weekly. Dr Xie is one of the few economists who has accurately predicted economic bubbles including the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the more recent subprime meltdown in the United States. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1997 and was Managing Director and Head of the firm’s Asia/Pacific economics team until 2006. Prior to that he spent two years with Macquarie Bank in Singapore, where he was an associate director in corporate finance. He also spent five years as an economist with the World Bank. Dr Xie earned a PhD in economics in 1990 and an MS in civil engineering in 1987 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Yu Yongding is an Academician with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC; Member of the Advisory Committee of National Planning of the Commission of National Development and Reform of the PRC; Member of the National People’s Political Consultative Conference; Member of Advisory Committee of the IMF Asian-Pacific Department. He was Director-General of Institute of World Economics and Politics (1998-2010), Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China (2004-2006) and President of China Society of World Economy (2003-2011); Member of UN commission of the Reform of the International Monetary System (“Stiglitz Commission”), Member of UN Committee of Development Policy (2010-2013). Yu Yongding was born in 1948. He joined the Institute of World Economics in 1979 as Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and Senior Fellow, successively. He holds PhD degree in economics from the University of Oxford. His main research interests are macroeconomics, international finance and the Chinese economy. He published more than 10 books and numerous papers in academic journals and op-eds in various news media. He is a regular contributor to Project Syndicate.