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Adrian Wooldridge is the management editor and Schumpeter columnist of The Economist. Before that he was the Washington bureau chief and lexington columnist. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and All Souls College, Oxford, where he was awarded a doctorate in history. He is the author or co-author of seven books including, most recently, Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and their Ideas Have Changed the World - for Better and for Worse.

Born June 13, 1972 in Murmansk. 1994: graduated in organisation of the machinery industry from St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University as an Engineer-Economist. 2000: completed a post-graduate programme at St. Petersburg State University with a CSc (Econ.). 2005, obtained an Executive MBA degree from the Business School of Chicago University and holds a Ph.D.??? in Economics. 1999 to 2004, Senior Deputy General Director at Lenenergo, Open Joint Stock Company of the Power Industry and Electrification. 2004 to 2005: Head of Department for government regulation of tariffs and infrastructure reforms of the Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade. He has been Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of of the Russian government since November 2005. May 2008 through April 2010: Deputy Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's office of the Russian Federation. Mr. Androsov is currently a Managing Partner of Altera Capital. He has been as a Member of the Board of Directors at OJSC OC Rosneft; OJSC RAO UES of Russia; OAO Svyazinvest, Zarubezhneft, JSC Interregional distribution grid companies Holding (alternate name Joint Stock Company Russian Grids).Since 2011, member of the public council of the Federal Tax Service, Professor at the Higher School of Economics. Member or the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Public Council under the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

BA, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Tech. Former: Political Adviser to Conservative Party Chairman; Chairman, Young Conservatives; CFO, KB-entrepreneur; Member, Municipal Executive Board, Trondheim; Deputy Chairman, Norwegian Conservative Party; Member, Storting, Norwegian Parliament; Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs and Deputy Chairman, Standing Committee on Energy and Environment; Cabinet Minister of the Environment; Chairman, UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Cabinet Minister of Trade and Industry; Chairperson, PD Burma - Int'l Network of Parliamentarians promoting democracy; Secretary-General, Norwegian Red Cross; Int'l Vice-Chairman, China Council for Int'l Cooperation on Environment and Dev. (advisory board to the State Council); Chairman of the Board, Mesta (Norway's largest company in infrastructure maintenance). Member of the Board, Statoil. Recipient of awards and honours, including: Commander, Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav (2005); Cavaliere Di Gran Croce, Italy (2005); "Gift to the Earth", WWF (2004).

Kjell Morten Johnsen was appointed member of Telenor Group Executive Management May 11th, 2012. He comes from the position as CEO of Telenor Serbia, a position he held for three years. Johnsen serves as a member of the Board of Directors of VimpelCom Ltd as of June 2011 and at OJSC VimpelCom (Russia) as of June 2007. He is a chairman of the board of directors in the Telenor owned companies in Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Denmark and Sweden. While working in Serbia, Kjell Johnsen served as the President of the Foreign Investors Council of Serbia from December 2009 to December 2011. Prior to moving to Serbia, Kjell-Morten Johnsen has held a number of senior positions in Telenor, including Senior Vice President of Telenor Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Head of Telenor Russia. Until February 2008 he was Member of the Board of Directors of Golden Telecom. Education: MBA in Strategic Management from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in cooperation with HEC, France.

<p> Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". </p>

Paul Polman has been Chief Executive Officer since 1st January 2009. Paul is next Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and serves on the Board of the UN Global Compact. He is on the Board of the Consumer Goods Forum and is a Director of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce. In 2012 Paul received the Atlantic Council Award for Distinguished Business Leadership and the CK Prahalad Award for Global Sustainability Leadership. He is Chairman of Perkins School for the Blind International Advisory Board and serves as President of the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. He began his career at Procter & Gamble in 1979, holding many senior executive positions, including Group President of Europe. He moved to Nestle in 2005, where he was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for the Americas. Paul is married with three children.

Mark Weinberger is the Global Chairman and CEO-elect. Immediately prior to his appointment, he was the Global Vice Chairman - Tax of the organization. Mark serves as a member of the Global Executive, the organization’s highest level management body; the Global Practice Group; and the Global Public Policy Committee. Mark previously served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy) in the George W. Bush Administration. Mark was also appointed by President Clinton to serve on the Social Security Advisory Board, which advises the President and Congress on all aspects of the Social Security system. Mark was co-founder of Washington Counsel, P.C., a DC-based law and legislative advisory firm that merged into Ernst & Young LLP and now operates as Washington Council Ernst & Young. Mark holds a B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, an M.B.A. and J.D. from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, and an LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He sits on the Boards of Directors for The Tax Council and The American Council for Capital Formation.