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<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>

Born March 17, 1959 in Moscow. Higher education. Graduated in 1981 from Lomonosov Moscow State University as a Cybernetics Economist. From 1981 to 1986, he worked as an intern researcher and junior research fellow of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute under the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1986 to 1990, he was a junior research fellow, a research fellow and a senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of Scientific and Technical Progress under the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1990 to 2006, he worked as a senior research fellow and head of the laboratory of the Institute for Economic Forecasting under the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 2006 to 2008, he was Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. In 2008, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. From 2008 to 2012, he was Director of the Department of Economics and Finances under the Government of the Russian Federation. From 2012 to 2013, he was Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Since June 24, 2013, he has been an Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. He holds the rank of an Active State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, first class. He is a doctor of economic sciences. In 2007, he was awarded the honorary title ‘Honoured Economist of the Russian Federation’. In 2009, he was awarded the Order of Honour. He is married with one son.

Mr. Black is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Global Management, LLC and a Managing Partner of Apollo Management, L.P. which he founded in 1990 to manage investment capital on behalf of a group of institutional investors, focusing on corporate restructuring, leveraged buyouts, and taking minority positions in growth-oriented companies. The firm had $86 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2011. From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Black worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, where he served as Managing Director, head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and co-head of the Corporate Finance Department. He serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, LLC, Sirius XM Radio Inc., The New York City Partnership and the general partner of AP Alternative Assets. Mr. Black is a trustee of The Museum of Modern Art, Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Asia Society. He is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Black is also a member of the Board of Faster Cures and the Port Authority Task Force. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1973 with a major in Philosophy and History and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975.

David Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG. TPG generally makes significant investments in companies across a broad range of industries all over the world. TPG and its affiliates have approximately $49.4 billion of capital under management. Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was COO of the Robert Bass Group, Inc. (now known as Keystone Group) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, he was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the US Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, he was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Prior to becoming CEO of RDIF in 2011, Kirill Dmitriev headed a number of large private equity funds and completed a series of landmark transactions, including the sale of Delta Bank to General Electric, Delta Credit Bank to Société Générale, STS Media to Fidelity Investments, etc. At the beginning of his career he worked at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. He is Deputy Chairman of the Investment Council under the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and was appointed by the President of Russia as a member of the BRICS and the APEC business councils; he also was selected as ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum. He serves as a member of the boards of directors of Rostelecom, Gazprombank, MDMG, Russian Railways and a member of the boards of trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre and Moscow State University. In 2011 he was the only Russian representative in the list of ‘100 most influential private equity professionals of the decade’ (Private Equity International). He holds a BA in Economics with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University and an MBA with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) from the Harvard Business School.

1980Born in Moscow. 2002he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, majoring in Finance and Credit. 2002–2003Expert and lead specialist in the Department for Attracting Investments at the State Investment Corporation Federal State Unitary Enterprise. 2003–2004Chief Expert, International Project Administration, Gazprom OJSC. 2004–2005Assistant to the Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank OJSC. 2005–2008Vice President, Gazprombank. 2008–2009Member of the Management Board, First Vice President, Gazprombank. 2009–2011Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank. 2011–2016 Present Chairman of the Management Board, SOGAZ OJSC. Since April, 2016 Senior Vice President, Sberbank of Russia PJSC

<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>

Mr. LOU Jiwei is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Investment Corporation since September 2007. Mr. LOU Jiwei held senior positions in the Chinese government since 1980’s. He served as Deputy Secretary-General (ministerial level) of China’s State Council, Executive Vice Minister of Finance, Deputy Governor of Guizhou Province, Director-General at the State Commission for Economic Restructuring, among other positions. Concurrently, Mr. LOU serves as Chairman of China Accounting Standards Committee, and teaches part-time as professor and PhD supervisor at SEM of Tsinghua University, China National School of Administration, and the Research Institute for Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance. As a major contributor to China’s economic reforms, Mr. LOU published extensively on topics ranging from public finance, taxation and fiscal reforms, banking and monetary policy, etc. He was named one of the world’s “100 most influential people” by Time magazine in 2008, and among the “world’s most powerful people” by Forbes in 2009 and 2010. Mr. LOU holds degrees from Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he earned his M.A. in Econometrics.

Mr. Chong-Suk Choi was appointed President & CEO of KIC in July 2011. He brings to KIC his 35-year experience in international finance. He was recently Executive Advisor for Hana Bank, which is one of the top private financial institutions in Korea. At Hana Bank, he was also President & COO of the Financial Markets & Treasury Banking Unit and Deputy President & Group Head of the Financial Markets Group. Furthermore, he was President & CEO (Representative Director) of Hana Bank (China) Co., Ltd. Other important positions he held include Executive Advisor for Hana Financial Group Inc., Chairman of Allianz Global Investors Korea, CFO/Senior Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning Division of Hana Bank, among others. Mr. Choi was also at the Korea Exchange Bank from 1976 to 1992. Mr. Choi received his MBA from Columbia University and his bachelor’s degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul.

Joseph Schull is a Managing Director and Head of Europe, based in the London office of Warburg Pincus. He joined Warburg Pincus in 1998 and has been responsible for the firm’s TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) investments in Europe as well as its investment activities in Emerging Europe. During 2010, he was made responsible for the firm’s European operations. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from McGill University, Canada where he studied politics, philosophy and economics. Mr. Schull also received a D.Phil from Oxford University, where he was University Lecturer from 1990 to 1991. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he was Deputy Director of the International Affairs Program at the Ford Foundation. Mr. Schull has been involved in Warburg Pincus investments in broadcasting, telecommunications, cable television, information services, Internet, education and pharmaceuticals.

Bader M. Al-Sa’ad was appointed on the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) on December 1st, 2003. December 10th, 2003, he was appointed as the Managing Director of KIA (the Chief Executive Officer). He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of KIA. Mr. Al Sa’ad has extensive experience in investments and financial sector for the past 35 years. Previous to his appointment as the Managing Director of KIA, he was the Managing Director of one of the leading investment company in Kuwait, The Kuwait Financial Center (“Markaz”). He also has extensive experience in various positions at the Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East. Mr. Al Sa’ad has been a member of various Boards of Directors encompassing numerous domestic and international companies, financial institutions and banks. He has also been the Chairman as well as member of various professional organizations and committees. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and of Bank of America’s Global Advisory Council. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Al Sa’ad is a graduate of Kuwait University with a major in Accounting.

Kurt is Co-Managing Partner of Permira. He is a member of the Board, Investment Committee and Executive Group. He joined the London office in 1996, and became a Partner in 2001. He has been involved in a number of transactions including AU System, Inmarsat and TDC. Prior to joining Permira in 1996, Kurt worked for the Boston Consulting Group ("BCG") in Stockholm and prior to that for an IT reseller in Finland. Kurt has a degree in Economics from SSEBA, Finland, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. He has also completed graduate studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, USA.

Laurent Vigier is a member of the Caisse des Dépôts Group’s Management Committee and since 2007, has been in charge of developing the Caisse des Dépôts Group’s premier relationships with sovereign funds and long-term international investors. Thus, Laurent contributed to the creation of the Long-Term Investors’ Club (LTIC) in 2009 and of the Institutional Investors Roundtable (IIR) in 2011, as well as setting up the first multilateral funds: Marguerite (€710 million), Inframed (€385 million) and the Franco-Chinese SME fund (€150 million). He was previously Director of European and International Affairs and Permanent Representative of the Group to the European institutions (2007 to 2013), Senior Advisor to the staff of the President of the French Republic on multilateral/G8 matters and then of European affairs between 2003 and 2007. Laurent began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs working on WTO matters (1998-2002) and as a Senior Advisor to the staff of the Minister for European Affairs from 2002 to 2003. He is a former student of the ENA (class of 1998) and of the Ecole normale supérieure - Ulm, has an Agrégation in history and is a former student of Harvard University.

Born August 25, 1953, in Moscow. In 1975, graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute, specialty — “International Economic Relations”. Doctor of Economics, professor. Corresponding member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 1975—1979 — State Committee of USSR Council of Ministers for Foreign Economic Relations, engineer. 1979—1986 — Attache, third secretary, USSR Foreign Ministry Department, USSR Embassy of USSR Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1986—1987 — Institute of World Economics and International Relations, USSR Academy of Sciences, research worker. 1987—1992 — USSR Embassy of USSR Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Second, First Secretary. 1992—1993 — Russian Embassy of Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, First Secretary. 125001993—1997 — Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Russian Finance Ministry Department. 1997—2002 — Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR, First Deputy Chairman. 2002—2004 — Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (OJSC), Deputy President — Chairman of the Board 2004—2007 — Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR, Chairman. 2007—2016 — State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)”, Chairman. From April 2016 – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Vice president. For outstanding contribution to the development of the financial and banking system of Russia, long-standing and dedicated work he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order “For Merits and Dedicated Service to the Country”, IV Degree, the Order of Honor, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Saint Sergiy Radonezhsky, II Degree, the Order of Blessed Prince Daniil Moskovsky, II Degree, the Medal of the Order “For the Merits and Dedicated Service to the Country”, the Order of the Banner of the Republic of Serbia with Golden Wreath, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Officer Grade, the Russian Association of Banks Decoration of Honor “For Merits and Dedicated Service to the Banking Community”, “Excellent Employee of Vnesheconombank” Badge, his name is recorded in Vnesheconombank’s Book of Honor, he was also officially thanked by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation.