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Sergey Beloussov is entrepreneur businessman and executive with more than 20 years’ experience of creating, developing and managing transnational companies involved in the IT sector in North America, Europe and Asia. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He received a Bachelor’s degree in physics, a Master’s degree with distinction in physics and electrical engineering, Candidate of Science degree in information technologies from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and holds more than 100 patents. Sergey Beloussov currently serves as General Director at Acronis, a leading provider of new generation data protection solutions: backup, crash data recovery and secure access systems. Acronis data backup software helps enhance the security and accessibility of servers and data. Acronis solutions are built upon 15 years of research and development and are available in more than 130 countries, are translated into 14 languages. Acronis products are used by more than 5 million end users and over 300,000 corporate customers. From 2000 to 2011, Sergey Beloussov served as General Director of Parallels, a global leader in development of virtualization and automation software for individual and corporate users and service providers. He became Chairman of the Board of Parallels in 2000. In 2010, he founded Runa Capital, a venture capital firm, where he is now a senior partner. Mr. Beloussov supports innovation and advancement of science and education. He is the founder of QWave Capital, a VC firm, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Quantum Centre, board member of the Singapore Centre for Quantum Technologies, member of the Advisory Council of Innopolis University and member of the Supervisory Board of Novosibirsk State University.

Mr. Pekka A. Viljakainen was born in Finland 1972. He studied engineering at the University of Technology in Lappeenranta. Thanks to his technical background, Mr. Viljakainen has for 25 years worked as an ambassador between business executives and technology teams. He started as an entrepreneur in 1986, by establishing Oy Visual Systems Ltd. (1986-2004). His company was merged with TietoEnator in 2000. Mr. Viljakainen is widely known by his nickname, Bulldozer. The nickname was earned by his reputation and track record for handling very complex governance and political topics inside large international organizations. During his corporate carrier he acted as trusted advisor for CEO’s and chairman’s specializing for the transformation related to enterprise digitalization and HR. After 26 years of his active Visual Systems-Tieto carrier, he left from operative roles on 2011 and focused to his non-profit leadership education project called www.nofear-community.com . Because of this he has been visiting speaker and advisor for several international corporations and faculties (like IMD Business School). In 2012 Mr Viljakainen was invited to act as senior advisor for the president of Skolkovo Foundation. Since that he has been acted as a founder and advisor for several nationwide entrepreneurship programs in Russian Federation. Russian StartupTour 2013-2014 (16 + 28 Russian cities) and StartupVillage concepts has key elements of those actions. During those programs he has build a strong network of entrepreneurs, local governmental institutions as well as universities across Russia and abroad. Mr Viljakainen is the member of Strategic Board of the Russian Postal Service and Board of Directors of Soprano Communications. Mr Viljakainen is also known as investor, business angel and advisor for several high-tech companies. Those activities are handled thru his family investment office called www.Aii.fi He is also well known supporter and philanthropic for several areas related to education, classical music as well as several social projects. His hobbies are helicopter flying PPL(H), cross country skiing, weight lifting and triathlon.

Siegfried Wolf worked in Magna Company from 1994 to 2010, and since 1995 he held the position of Magna Europe President. In 1999 he joined the Board of Directors of Magna International. In 2001 Mr. Wolf became the Head of Magna-Steyr, Magna's European subsidiary. From 2002 to 2005 he was also the Executive Deputy Chairman of Magna International Board of Directors. In April of 2005 Siegfried Wolf became the Head of Magna International as one of the two Co-CEOs of the concern. Before joining Magna Mr. Wolf was employed by Philips, VMW (metallurgy industry), Hirtenberger AG (equipment manufacturing). In 2008 he became member of the GAZ Group Board of Directors, and in 2010 he headed the Board. Since 2010 he also heads the Board of Russian Machines. Siegfried Wolf is a Director in the Boards of a number of major European companies: Verbund, Österreich Industrieholding AG, Siemens AG Österreich, Strabag.

BA (Hons) in Psychology, Hebrew University; MBA and Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Since 1977, with Bain & Company, since 1993, Chairman. Member of the Board, WPP. Committee Member: Peres Institute for Peace; Council of Foreign Relations. Member: Foundation Board, World Economic Forum; HEC School of Management, France; International Advisory Board, Atlantic Council of US; Advisory Board, British-American Business Council. Chairman, International Business Leaders Advisory Council to the Mayor of Shanghai, China. Recipient of awards: named one of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Business”, and Forbes Magazine’s “The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World”. Also awarded the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award for outstanding achievement, the Distinguished Leadership Award from IDC University, the Leadership Award from Ben Gurion University, the International Institute of Boston’s 25th Annual Golden Door Award for outstanding contribution to the community, and Le Trophée de l’INSEAD by the French Minister of Finance, Economy and Industry. Prior to joining Bain & Company, Ms. Gadiesh served in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army.

Nikolay Lebedev was born in 1957 in Sochi. He graduated from Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in Leningrad, navigation faculty. After the graduation N.Lebedev has been working onboard the Baltic Shipping Company vessels for 10 years as a navigator and finished his marine career in 1990. In the mid 80-s he gathered a group of associates from among the software engineers and marine officers of Baltic Shipping Company, who proceeded to the development in the field of software for maritime transport and aviation. This gave birth to Transas company, incorporated in 1990. Mr. Lebedev’s authority, technical and professional knowledge, as well as leader talent allowed Transas group to evolve into a leading provider of innovative electronics and software solutions for transportation industry with strong market positions both in Russia and in more than 130 countries around the world. At present Mr. Lebedev is President of Transas Group and one of its main shareholders.

Sander van 't Noordende is a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee and is Group Chief Executive of Accenture Global Management Consulting, which employees more than 17,000 consultants. The practice offers its clients, 3/4 of which are Fortune Global 500 companies, services in strategic development, analytics, customer relations, finance and enterprise performance, operations, risk management, sustainability, talent and organization. From September 2006 until March 2011, Mr. van ‘t Noordende was Group Chief Executive of Accenture's Resources operating group, which serves companies in the oil, mining, chemicals and power industries. Previously, Mr. van ‘t Noordende led Accenture's Resources operating group in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. He also served as Managing Director of the Resources operating group in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. From 2001 until September 2006, he served as Accenture's Country Managing Director for the Netherlands. Mr. van ‘t Noordende joined Accenture in 1987 and became a Managing Director in 1999.

Pavel Teplukhin joined Deutsche Bank on October 1, 2012. Pavel was among the co-founders of Troika Dialog in 1991; from 1996 till 2010 he headed Troika Dialog Management Company, primarily in the position of the President, and later as Chairman of the Board. Pavel Teplukhin has played a key role in creating the securities market and collective investment industry in Russia, as well as the private banking industry. He is a mastermind and co-author of the Russian pension system reform. He took part in launching the first Russian-focused U.S. mutual fund in 1996, established the first stock Unit Investment Fund (UIF) in Russian in 1997, the first market real property UIF, the first life insurance UIF, and he managed 4 of the 5 major pension funds. Pavel is Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors in Rusnano, Member of the Board of Directors of Rusnano Management Company LLC, Member of the Boards of Directors of OJSC Rusnano, and Member of the Board at WTC Moscow. Pavel Teplukhin graduated from the London School of Economics and Moscow State University.