Shifts in demand, new technologies, political upheaval in the Middle East and natural disaster in Japan are just a few of the factors converging to reshape an emerging, integrated global energy market. Getting the energy mix right is crucial for future energy security.
1) How are national and regional players adjusting their upstream and downstream strategies in reaction to market trends? 2) How are shifting geopolitical risks, such as recent events in the Middle East, reshaping global energy security? What new risks might emerge from these trends? 3) What are the major technological and supply discoveries that will impact the global energy markets over the next decade?
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV, PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FROM GLOBAL ENERGY COMPANIES
Moderator: Rair Simonyan ,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Morgan Stanley Bank LLC
Rair Simonyan
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Morgan Stanley Bank LLC
Rair Simonyan joined Morgan Stanley in 1998 as Managing Director and President of Russian operations, later, he was appointed the Chairman of the Board, and since April 2009, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at OOO Morgan Stanley Bank. He is a member of the Board of Directors at OAO Transneft and OAO Zarubezhneft; a member of the International Advisory Board at Rolls-Royce and a member of the International Advisory Board at Russian Museum. In 1996-1997, Mr. Simonyan was the First Vice-President of OAO Rosneft. His responsibilities included strategic planning, economics, corporate finance and international investment projects. In 1974-1991, he worked in the Institute of World Economy and International Relations and was a member of its Board of Directors. In 1970, Rair Simonyan graduated from the Moscow State University majoring in Economic Geography, and in 1986, received a Candidate od Sciences (Ph.D.) degree in Economics from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Science.
Panellists Dr. Daniel Yergin ,
Executive Vice-President, Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates Inc (CERA) Igor Sechin ,
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft Oil Company Nobuo Tanaka ,
Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Executive Director (2007–2011), International Energy Agency
Dr. Daniel Yergin
Executive Vice-President, Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates Inc (CERA)
Igor Sechin
President, Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft Oil Company
Nobuo Tanaka
Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Executive Director (2007–2011), International Energy Agency
Front row participants - energy corporation executives: Vagit Alekperov ,
President, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee, LUKOIL Nils S. Andersen ,
Partner, Group Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Moller-Maersk Vladimir Bogdanov ,
General Director, Surgutneftegas OJSC
Alexey Repik ,
President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) Peter Voser ,
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc Andrei Galaev ,
CEO, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd Paul C. Gelder ,
Chairman of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, N. V. Nederlandse Gasunie Trond Giske ,
Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway Robert Dudley ,
Group Chief Executive, BP
Alexey Repik ,
President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) Neil W. Duffin ,
President, ExxonMobil Development Company Alexander Dyukov ,
Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, PJSC Gazprom Neft Sergey Kirienko ,
Chief Executive Officer, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM Fulvio Conti ,
Chief Executive Officer, General Manager, Enel SpA Jacek Krawiec ,
President, Chief Executive Officer, PKN ORLEN Marcel Kramer ,
Chief Executive Officer, South Stream Peter Caddy ,
Development Director, Argus Media Ltd Helge Lund ,
Chief Executive Officer, Statoil ASA Alexey Miller ,
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom Jay Pryor ,
Vice President of Business Development, Chevron Corporation Dr. Bernhard Reutersberg ,
Chairman of the Board, E.ON Ruhrgas AG Jean-Francois Cirelli ,
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, GDF Suez Paolo Scaroni ,
CEO, eni Sergey Frank ,
President, Chief Executive Officer, PAO Sovcomflot Hermann Hahn ,
Executive Director, TNK-BP Eduard Khudainatov ,
President, Rosneft Oil Company
Vagit Alekperov
President, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee, LUKOIL
Graduated from the M. Azizbekov Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute in 1974. Doctor of Economics. Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Recipient of five orders and eight medals, and a Certificate of Gratitude from the Russian Federation President. Two times winner of the RF Government Prize. Employed since 1968; worked at oil fields in Azerbaijan and Western Siberia. 1987-1990: General Director of the Production Association Kogalymneftegaz of Glavtyumenneftegaz of the USSR Ministry of Oil and Gas. 1990–1991: Deputy Minister; First Deputy Minister of the USSR Ministry of Oil and Gas. 1992-1993: President of the Oil Concern Langepasuraikogalymneft. 1993–2000: Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO “LUKOIL”. Since 1993: President of OAO “LUKOIL”. Elected to the LUKOIL Board of Directors since 1993.
Nils S. Andersen
Partner, Group Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Moller-Maersk
Born 1958, Danish citizen, married, 3 children. Education M.Sc. (econ), University of Aarhus, Denmark. Career 1982–83 Controller, De Danske Sukkerfabrikker; 1983–84 Assistant Marketing Manager, Tuborg International; 1984–85 Regional Sales Manager, Tuborg International; 1985–88 Deputy General Manager, Tuborg International; 1988–90 Vice President, Carlsberg A/S; 1990–92 Managing Director, Union Cervecera; 1992–97 Managing Director, Hannen Brauerei; 1997–99 CEO, Drinks Division, Hero Group; 1999–01 Executive Vice President, Carlsberg A/S, Carlsberg Breweries A/S; 2001–07 President, Chief Executive Officer, Carlsberg A/S, Carlsberg Breweries A/S; 2007 Group Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S; Member of ERT European Round Table of Industrialists since 2001. Member of IRT EU-Russia Industrialists’ Round Table since 2007. Awarded Order of the Dannebrog by Her Majesty, the Queen of Denmark.
Vladimir Bogdanov
General Director, Surgutneftegas OJSC
Mr. Bogdanov was born on May 28, 1951 in the village of Suerka, Uporovo District, Tyumen Region. In 1973, he graduated from Tyumen Industrial Institute where he majored in Oil and Gas Well Drilling. In 1990, he graduated from the Academy of National Economy under the USSR Council of Ministers with a degree in Economics, Management and Planning of the National Economy. He started work in 1973 as an assistant driller and has been Director General of OJSC Surgutneftegas since July 1984. Mr. Bogdanov is the Doctor of Science in Economics, Fellow (Member) of the International Academy of Fuel and Energy Complex, Academy of Mining Sciences, and Technology Academy of the Russian Federation. He was awarded with the Order of the Badge of Honour, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (IV Degree, III Degree, II Degree), and others.
Alexey Repik
President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
<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>
Peter Voser
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc
Peter Voser graduated in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, in 1982. From August 1982 to March 2002, Peter was employed by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies in a variety of finance and business roles. During this time he worked in Switzerland, the UK, Argentina and Chile. From March 2002 until September 2004, Peter was CFO and a Member of the Group Executive Committee of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland. In addition to his role as CFO, he was also responsible in the Executive Committee for IT and the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals business (upstream and downstream). Since 2004, Peter Voser served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell. Peter Voser was on the Board of Directors of UBS AG from April 2005 to April 2010. In November 2006, he was appointed a member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority. Voser has been the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc since July 1, 2009.
Andrei Galaev
CEO, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd
He is a graduate of the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance and also went through the MBA programme from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Andrei started his career as an engineer in the nuclear power sector. Since that time Andrei has held a number of senior engineering, banking and commercial positions in different Russian companies. In 2000 – 2007 worked as Trade Commissioner with the Canadian Consulate General in St. Petersburg. Joined Sakhalin Energy in August 2007. Under Andrei’s management Sakhalin Energy has been delivering the liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the first Russian LNG Plant to Asia-Pacific. This brings up the opportunities for Russia’s development into the leading energy exporter to the highly competitive energy markets of Asia-Pacific.
Paul C. Gelder
Chairman of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, N. V. Nederlandse Gasunie
Paul van Gelder took up the position of the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie September 1, 2010. Prior to taking on his new role at Gasunie, he was Managing Director TAQA Europa and TAQA Energy, responsible for TAQA’s European operations. His previous positions in TAQA included Project Director Bergermeer Gas Storage developing an underground gas storage facility. Paul van Gelder joined TAQA at a very early stage of the development of the company as he was working for BP in the Netherlands when BP Nederland Energie was acquired by TAQA in the end of 2006. Before his career with BP he worked as Director Logistics for Driessen Aerospace Systems in the Netherlands and in the Czech Republic. This followed a career in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Royal Netherlands Navy where he rose to Commanding Officer after having fulfilled several operational positions both in the Netherlands and abroad. Paul van Gelder is a graduate of the Royal Netherlands Naval Academy and has a Masters degree from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. He is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Energy Delta Institute and Member of the Advisory Board of Clingendael.
Trond Giske
Minister of Trade and Industry of Norway
Born November 7, 1966. Political posts: 2009 – Minister of Trade and Industry, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government; 2005–2009 – Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government; 2001–2005 – Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County; 2001–2005 – Member of the Labour Party Parliamentary Group; 2000–2001 – Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs, Jens Stoltenberg’s first government; 1997–2001 – Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County; 1992–1996 – Member of the Labour Party’s Central Executive Committee; 1992–1996 – Leader of the Labour Youth League; 1990–1996 – Member of the Labour Youth League’s Central Executive Committee; 1989–1990 – Leader of the Labour Youth League in Sør-Trøndelag County; Membership of parliamentary committees and delegations: 2001–2005 – Standing Committee on Family, Cultural Affairs and Government Administration; 1999 – Delegate to the UN General Assembly; 1997–2001 – Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs; 1997–2001 – Election Committee. Education 1997 – Undergraduate degree in sociology, political science and law, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Robert Dudley
Group Chief Executive, BP
Robert (Bob) Dudley is BP’s group chief executive. He was appointed an executive director of BP on 6 April 2009. Bob joined Amoco Corporation in 1979, working in a variety of engineering and commercial posts. Between 1994 and 1997, he worked on corporate development in Russia. In 1997, he became general manager for strategy for Amoco and in 1999, following the merger between BP and Amoco, was appointed to a similar role in BP. Between 1999 and 2000, he was executive assistant to the group CEO, subsequently becoming group vice president for BP’s Renewables and Alternative Energy activities. In 2002, he became group vice president responsible for BP’s upstream businesses in Russia, the Caspian Region, Angola, Algeria and Egypt. From 2003 to 2008 he was president and CEO of TNK-BP in Moscow. On his return to BP in 2009 he was appointed to the BP board and oversaw the group’s activities in the Americas and Asia. Between 23 June and 30 September 2010, he served as the president and CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization in the US. He became group chief executive on 1 October 2010. Bob Dudley holds a Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and an MBA from SMU.
Alexey Repik
President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
<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>
Neil W. Duffin
President, ExxonMobil Development Company
Neil Duffin was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, UK. He is a graduate of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He joined Mobil Oil Company in the North Sea, UK, in 1979. Beginning in 1983, he was involved in planning satellite field developments. In 1986, he transitioned to Subsea Operations and Well Test Supervisor for the UK offshore sector. In 1989 Neil served as Platform Manager in the Beryl Field, North Sea, UK. In 1992 he was named Producing Advisor for Europe and Africa. Neil returned to Aberdeen in 1995 as Operations and Northern North Sea Manager, Mobil North Sea Ltd, Scotland, UK. In 1998, Neil was named Senior Vice President, Mobil Oil Indonesia. In 2000, Neil was named Vice President, ExxonMobil Development Company, CIS/Middle East Projects. He became Vice President of ExxonMobil Production Company in 2004. In 2006, he was named Executive Vice President of ExxonMobil Development Company. In 2007, Mr. Duffin became President of ExxonMobil Development Company.
Alexander Dyukov
Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, PJSC Gazprom Neft
Born in 1967. After leaving school in 1985 he entered the Lenin’s Shipbuilding Institute. Subsequently, from 1996 to 1998, Dyukov took up the post of Financial Manager and Chief Executive director of CJSC St-Petersburg Oil Terminal. In 1998 he was economics director, and during 1999 acted as chief director, of JSC St-Petersburg SeaPort. In 2000 he resumed his duties in JSC St-Petersburg Oil Terminal as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In 2001 he took an IMISP MBA degree. In February 2003 he was appointed President of JSC AK SIBUR. Since July 2005 he has also been President of JSC AKS Holding. In November 2005 he ceased working as the President of JSC AK SIBUR. He is President of OJSC AKS Holding, and since December 2005, he has also been President of JSC SIBUR Holding. Since November 2006 he has been Chairman of Board of Directors of JSC SIBUR Holding. From 2011 — Deputy Chairman of Board of Directors of JSC SIBUR Holding. On 23 November 2006 he was appointed Acting President of JSC Gazprom Neft’. On 30 December 2006 he was elected President of JSC Gazprom Neft’ by the ordinary general meeting of shareholders.
Sergey Kirienko
Chief Executive Officer, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Sergey Kirienko was born July 26, 1962, in Sukhumi. On finishing school, he entered the shipbuilding department of Gorky Institute of Water Transport Engineers from which he graduated in 1984. 1991-1993, studied at the governmental Academy of National Economy, specialising in Finance and Banking. April 1998, became Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and held this office till August 1998 when Boris Yeltsin dismissed the Government. May 2000, President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergey Kirienko as Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in Volga Federal District. November 2005, Russian Government appointed him as Head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency. December 2007, following President Putin’s order, he took the position of Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” and is still holding this office. Sergey Kirienko has been awarded the Order of Honour.
Fulvio Conti
Chief Executive Officer, General Manager, Enel SpA
Fulvio Conti is CEO and General Manager of Enel SpA, the major Italian energy group since May 2005. He joined Enel SpA in 1999 as CFO. Fulvio was formerly General Manager and CFO of Telecom Italia, General Manager and CFO of Ferrovie dello Stato, the Italian national railway between 1996 and 1999. From the end of 1991 to 1996 he was CFO of Montecatini and was subsequently in charge of finance at Montedison ‐ Compart, overseeing the financial restructuring of the group. Fulvio began his career in 1969 with the Mobil Oil Group, where he held a number of executive positions in Italy and Europe. Member of the Boards of Directors of Barclays (since 2005) and AON (since 2007). Mr. Conti is vice president of Eurelectric and sits on the board of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. In May 2009 he was appointed “Cavaliere del Lavoro” of the Italian Republic and in December of the same year he became “Officier de la Legion d’Honneur “of the French Republic.
Jacek Krawiec
President, Chief Executive Officer, PKN ORLEN
In the years 1992–1997, he worked for Bank PEKAO SA, Ernst & Young SA and PriceWaterhouse Sp. z o.o. In 1998, he was with the UK branch of Japanese investment bank Nomura plc headquartered in London, where he was responsible for the Polish market. From 1998 to 2002, he served as President of the Management Board and CEO of Impexmetal SA. In 2002, he became President of the Management Board of Elektrim SA. From 2003 to 2004, he was Managing Director for Sindicatum Ltd London. From 2006 to 2008, he served as President of the Management Board of Action SA. He has a wealth of experience working on corporate supervisory bodies, including chairing the supervisory boards of Huta Aluminium Konin SA, Metalexfrance SA of Paris, S and I SA of Lausanne, ce-market.com SA. From June to September 2008, he acted as Vice-President of the Management Board of PKN ORLEN and – on September 18, 2008 – was appointed President of the Management Board and CEO of the Company. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Unipetrol a.s. and Member of the Supervisory Board of Polkomtel SA.
Marcel Kramer
Chief Executive Officer, South Stream
Marcel Kramer has been directing the South Stream pipeline project since September 2010. His career began in the mid-70s when he took up a role in the Department of Oil & Coal at the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands. From 1979 Mr. Kramer held a number of international energy-related positions at NATO Headquarters in Brussels and Oil Industry Division at the International Energy Agency in Paris. His next move (1988) was to Canada, where he spent almost four years in Calgary as Director of Crude Oil Supply and Trading in Petro-Canada. In 1992 he returned to Europe to work for Statoil. In 2003, Mr. Kramer joined Gasunie in The Netherlands and he was appointed Chairman and CEO in 2005. In 2010 Mr. Kramer was awarded the title of Officer in the Order of Orange- Nassau by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, in recognition of corporate and social achievements for the benefit of the country. Marcel Kramer is the President of the Royal Dutch Gas Association, and is also professionally involved in the International Gas Union and the International Association of Energy Economists. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Boskalis Westminster.
Peter Caddy
Development Director, Argus Media Ltd
Peter Caddy is a director of the Argus Media companies, one of the world’s leading oil and energy market reporting agencies. He is responsible for the direction of market reporting at Petroleum Argus. He has directorial responsibility for the Argus market reports and Argus newsletters. He has worked at Argus for 16 years, including spells running the Asian operation from Singapore and the US operation from Houston. Before Argus he worked at BP.
Helge Lund
Chief Executive Officer, Statoil ASA
Born in 1962. Mr. Lund graduated as a business economist from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) in Bergen, and has an MBA from the Insead business school in France. Mr. Lund was a political adviser to the Conservative Party of Norway’s parliamentary group, a consultant with McKinsey & Co and Deputy Management Director of Nycomed Pharma AS. He came to Statoil from the position of CEO in Aker Kværner ASA. Held central managerial positions in the Aker RGI system from 1999. CEO of Statoil from August 2004. CEO of StatoilHydro since October 1, 2007 and Statoil ASA since November 2, 2009.
Alexey Miller
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom
He graduated from Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and holds a PhD in Economics. Upon graduation, Alexey Miller was engineer-economist at the General planning division of Leningrad Civil Construction Research and Design Institute (LenNIIproekt under the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council). 1990 - Junior researcher, Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute; Section Head, Economic Reform Committee, Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. 1991–1996 - Head of the Markets Monitoring Division, Foreign Economic Relations Directorate, External Relations Committee of St. Petersburg Mayor’s Office; Head of the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate; Deputy Chairman of the External Relations Committee. 1996–1999 - Director for Development and Investments, Sea Port of St. Petersburg. 1999–2000 - Director General of Baltiyskaya Truboprovodnaya Sistema (Baltic Pipeline System). 2000 - Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation. Since 2001 - Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom. Since 2002 – Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors.
Jay Pryor
Vice President of Business Development, Chevron Corporation
Jay Pryor is Chevron Corporation Vice President for Corporate Business Development responsible for identifying and developing new, large-scale business opportunities throughout the world. In 1979 Pryor earned his bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University and joined Chevron USA Production Co. as a petroleum engineer. Pryor held a succession of management positions with increasing responsibilities in Asia, the US, Europe and the former Soviet Union. In 1992 Pryor joined Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. as the first manager of petroleum engineering in Tengizchevroil in Kazakhstan. In 1996, he transferred to San Ramon, Calif., as sponsor in charge of career development. He also served as general manager of Human Resources for Chevron's worldwide operations. In 1999 he became managing director of the Asia South business unit and managing director of Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Ltd. In 2002, Pryor was named managing director of Chevron Nigeria Ltd. Pryor assumed his current position in May 2006. Pryor is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and founded the society's first branch in Kazakhstan.
Dr. Bernhard Reutersberg
Chairman of the Board, E.ON Ruhrgas AG
Dr. Bernhard Reutersberg (born on February 23, 1954) has since March 1, 2008 been Chairman of the Board of Management of E.ON Ruhrgas, which is the market unit responsible for pan-European gas business in the E.ON Group. He became a member of the company's Board of Management on October 1, 2006, initially being in charge of sales. Dr. Reutersberg is Vice-President of the German Federation of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) and member of the Governing Board of Eurogas, the European Union of the Natural Gas Industry.
Jean-Francois Cirelli
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, GDF Suez
Born on July 9, 1958. Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies and Ecole Nationale d’Administration, a graduate in Law. Since July 2008, Vice-Chairman and President of GDF SUEZ. 2004-2008, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz de France. 2002-2004, Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Office. 1997-2002, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic. 1995-1997, Technical Advisor to the President of the Republic. 1985-1995, different posts in the Treasury Department of the Economy and Finance Ministry of France. Other memberships and offices held: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Electrabel. Board Member of GDF SUEZ Energie Services, SUEZ Environnement Company, SUEZ-TRACTEBEL (Belgium).
Paolo Scaroni
CEO, eni
Born in 1946. He has been Chief Executive Officer of eni since June 2005. He is currently Director of Assicurazioni Generali, LSEG plc (London Stock Exchange Group), Veolia Environnement (Paris), he is also a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, New York, and of the Board of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. After graduating in Economics at the Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milan in 1969, he worked for three years at Chevron, before obtaining an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and continuing his career at McKinsey. In 1973, he joined the Saint Gobain Group, where he held a series of managerial positions in Italy and abroad, until his appointment as Head of the Glass Division in Paris in 1984. From 1985 to 1996, he was Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Techint. In 1996, he moved to the UK and was Chief Executive Officer of Pilkington until May 2002. From May 2002 to May 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Enel. From 2005 to July 2006, he was Chairman of Alliance Unichem (UK). In November 2007 he was decorated as an Officer of the Legion d'honneur.
Sergey Frank
President, Chief Executive Officer, PAO Sovcomflot
Mr Sergey Ottovich Frank was born on 13 August 1960 in Novosibirsk. In 1983 Mr Frank graduated with honours from the Admiral G.I Nevelskoy Maritime State University in Vladivostok, specialising in ship navigation on sea routes. In 1995 he completed a law degree at the Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok. In 2007 he defended his PhD dissertation in technical sciences. 1984-1989 – Deputy director of the Admiral G.I Nevelskoy Maritime State University. 1989-1995 – Head of the external economic relations department, Deputy head of finance and economics, and deputy general director at the Far Eastern Shipping Company. 1995-1996 – Deputy director of the department for maritime transport at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. 1996-1998 – Deputy, then First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. 1998-2004 – Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since October 2004 – President and Chief Executive Officer of PAO Sovcomflot. Simultaneously from 2014 – Chairman of the Board of AO United Shipbuilding Corporation; Member of the presidium at the Maritime Board under the Government of the Russian Federation ; Member of the State Committee for issues of development of the Arctic; Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; deputy head of the Union’s committee for transport and transport infrastructure; Head of the Council at the Russian Chamber of Shipping. Head of the supervisory board and The Honourable President of the Admiral G.I Nevelskoy Maritime State University; Member of the supervisory board of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the supervisory board of the Russian Geographic Society.
Hermann Hahn
Executive Director, TNK-BP
German Khan is a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1988. Mr. Khan is an original founder of Alfa Group Consortium. From 1992 to 1998, he held various managerial posts in Alfa Group Consortium, one of the largest private financial – industrial conglomerates in Russia. In 1995–1998 he held the post of director of the department of commodity trading at Alfa-Eco, a major trading company and a part of the Alfa Group. From 2000 to 2003 he acted as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of TNK (Tyumen Oil Company). German Khan has been Executive Director of TNK-BP since the company`s inception in 2003. Mr. Khan is a member of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group. He is also member of the Boards of directors of Slavneft, of Alfa Finance Holdings S.A. (oil and financial assets) and of ABH Holdings Corp. (holding company of Alfa – Banking Group).
Eduard Khudainatov
President, Rosneft Oil Company
Born in 1960. Holds degrees from Tyumen State University and International Academy of Business (Moscow). From 1993 to 1996 – Head of Evikhon; Evikhon-2; and Yuganskpromfinco. From 1996 – Deputy Head of the Nefteyugansk Administration; First Deputy Head of the Nefteyugansk region and Head of the Poikovsky settlement Administration. From 2000 to 2003 – Federal Inspector in the Nenets Autonomous District of the Administration of the Authorized Representative of the Russian President in the Northwestern Federal District. From 2003 to 2008 – General Director of OJSC Severneftegazprom. From 2008 to 2009 – Vice President of Rosneft. From 2009 – First Vice President of Rosneft, responsible for production and capital construction projects. Since September 6, 2010 – President of Rosneft. Eduard Khudainatov holds 3,127,000 shares of Rosneft (0.0295% in share capital).
“Digital economy is a new paradigm for the development of the state, the economy and society.”
Greetings to participants, organisers, and guests of the
27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum
“For more than a quarter of a century, the Forum has provided an opportunity for politicians, experts, business leaders, academics, and media professionals from around the world to hold in-depth discussions on key economic development trends in Russia and the world. Participants in plenary sessions, roundtables and panel discussions exchange views on ways to promote international cooperation, encourage scientific and technological progress and the development of human capital, and to effectively tackle the challenges we face.
The theme of the current meeting, The Foundations of a Multipolar World – The Formation of New Areas of Growth, is highly relevant and meaningful. A growing part of the international community is in favour of building a just and democratic system of international relations based on the principles of genuine equality, consideration for each other’s legitimate interests, and respect for the cultural and civilisational diversity of nations. It is precisely these principles that underpin the activities of BRICS, which Russia is chairing this year. It is symbolic that the history of this dynamically developing association, whose members already account for more than a third of the global economy, began at the 10th St Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2006.
Our country is open to constructive dialogue and interaction with partners and is ready to work together to address the economic, social, scientific and technological challenges of our time.
I am confident that the Forum will jump-start new and promising initiatives and projects, fostering mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries and peoples.