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Gleb Bryanski has since December 2012 headed the editorial team of Russian PRIME news agency, one of the leading economic and financial information providers in Russia. PRIME is currently part of RIA Novosti Group. Prior to his appointment as PRIME’s Editor-in-Chief Gleb Bryanski had been working at Reuters, the world’s oldest news agency, where he held a number of jobs over 18 years in Moscow and Stockholm bureaus, starting as a television producer and leaving the company as a senior political correspondent. As a reporter for Reuters, Gleb Bryanski covered a variety of stories, ranging from the war in Chechnya and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, to markets and economic policy. Gleb Bryanski studied financial analysis at the Stockholm School of Economics. Since May 2014 Head of economic news, Russian News Agency TASS.

DMIC is being developed by the Government of India as a global manufacturing and investment destination supported by world class infrastructure and enabling policy framework. In essence, the DMIC project is aimed at the development of futuristic, smart industrial cities in India which will converge and integrate technology across sectors. Mr. Amitabh Kant is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 Batch). He is also the author of “Branding India – An Incredible Story” and has been the key driver of the “Incredible India” and “God’s Own Country” campaigns which positioned and branded India and Kerala State as leading tourism destinations. Both these campaigns have won several international awards. Mr. Kant has worked as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Secretary, Tourism, Government of Kerala, Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, District Collector, Kozikhode and Managing Director, Matsyafed. During his tenure in Kerala he structured the Calicut Airport as a private sector project based on User’s Fee and developed the BSES Power Project and Mattanchery Bridge under Private Public Partnership.

Born on February 21, 1952. 1973 – graduated from the Railway Corps and Military Transport School, Leningrad (now St Petersburg). 1983 – graduated from the Military Logistics Support and Transport Academy with a degree in Railway Engineering. 1973-1976 – served on the Transdnestr Railway in the Odessa Military District. 1976-1980 – served in the South Army Group. 1983-1985 – Military Commandant of a railway section and Urgal station on the Baikal-Amur railway line (BAM). 1984 – took part in driving the Golden Spike, when eastern and western sections of the BAM were linked. 1985-1994 – Section Military Commandant, Head of a Military Transport Department and Deputy Head of Military Transport on the Moscow Railway. 1996-2004 – employed at SeverStalTrans. 1998 – Deputy CEO of SeverStalTrans; supervised the transport engineering sector, railway transport and seaport operations. March 9, 2004 – appointed Transport and Communications Minister. May 20, 2004 – appointed Transport Minister. Since May 21, 2012 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation. Was a member of the Public Council of the Government Commission for the Railway Transport Reform.

Born in 1969 in Michurinsk in Tambov region, Vadim Mikhailov graduated in 1992 from the State Financial academy with a degree in finance and credit. From1992-2003, he worked at auditing firm Arthur Andersen starting as an economist before becoming director of the firm’s bank audit department. From 2003 to August 2009, he served as Director, then Managing Director of Ernst & Young Business Consulting Ltd.

Dennis M. Nally is Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., the coordinating and governance entity of the PwC network. He has served as Chairman since 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Nally was the Chairman and Senior Partner of the US firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Nally has extensive experience serving large multinational clients in a variety of industries, principally focusing on technology and life sciences. Mr. Nally leads many of PwC’s corporate responsibility efforts, including involvement with organisations such as the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, the World Economic Forum’s Global Citizenship Initiative, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Mr. Nally is also PwC's representative to the United Nations Global Compact, an organisation of businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption. Mr. Nally is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs. He is a member of the Duke Kunshan University Advisory Board, The Carnegie Hall Society Board of Trustees, and The Business Roundtable. He also serves as Vice Chair of the US Council for International Business and on the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Yuri Soloviev has been at the head of VTB Capital since the company’s foundation in 2008. In May 2011 Yuri Soloviev has been appointed First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VTB Capital holding companies. Previously held positions: 2008 –2011: President of VTB Capital, Head of the Investment Business of VTB Group. 2009: joined the Young Global Leaders community (World Economic Forum in Davos). 2008: Mr. Soloviev was rated among 10 Top Investment Bankers of Europe and FN 100 Rising Stars 2002 – 2008: he joined Deutsche Bank Group, where he was First Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank Russia and managed the Group’s investment business in Russia and the CIS. 1996 – 2002: he headed Fixed Income Trading on Local Markets at Lehman Brothers in London. Mr. Soloviev was born on April 13, 1970. In 1994 he graduated from the Plekhanov Economics Academy, enrolling in London Business School to receive his Executive MBA. Yuri Soloviev is a member of Federal Pool of High Potential Managers.