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Elizabeth Buse is the group executive, International for Visa Inc., with responsibility for overseeing Visa's global sales and client service functions across Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Visa's fastest growing geographies. Previously, Buse was the global head of product for Visa Inc., leading all aspects of product strategy, development and growth. Prior to assuming the role of global head of product, Buse was executive vice president of product development and management for Visa USA. Before joining Visa USA in 1998, she served as vice president of strategic initiatives for the electronic funds division of First Data Corporation (FDC). Before FDC, Buse was a senior engagement manager at Windermere Associates, a management consulting firm focused on developing strategies for corporations facing intensely competitive industries. Buse received her MBA from the Haas School at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a graduate fellow in Spanish linguistics at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. She received her B.A. in Spanish linguistics.

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.

<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>

Andrei Dubovskov has vast experience in telecommunications: having begun his career in 1993, he filled executive positions in Millicom International Cellular, LLC Regional Cellular Communication, CJSC 800 and a number of other companies in Moscow, Almaty, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities. From 2002 to 2004, he was CEO of the Tele2 Group in Nizhny Novgorod. In 2004, he came to MTS, taking up the post of Nizhny Novgorod Branch Director. In 2006-2007, he was Director of the macroregion MTS Ural and, in 2007, started working for CJSC UMS (MTS Ukraine) as Senior Deputy CEO. Since 2008, he has been at the helm of MTS Ukraine. Mr. Dubovskov is a Board Member of MTS, AFK Sistema and member of the Supervisory Board of MTS Ukraine. He is Chairman of the Management Board of MGTS and JSC Russian Telephone Company, Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS-Belarus). He is also a member of the Committee on Corporate Management under the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema and the Committee on Strategy under the Board of Directors of MTS. Andrei was born in 1966 and graduated in 1993 from the All-Russia S.A. Gerasimov State Institute of Cinematography as a Film Director.

Natalya Kaspersky was born in 1966 in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIEM) with a degree in Applied Mathematics. She holds a bachelor's degree from Open University in the UK. In 1997, Natalya and her former husband Yevgeny Kaspersky founded Kaspersky Lab and she became the general director. For the more than 10 years that Natalya ran the company, Kaspersky Lab went from being an unknown start-up to one of the leaders on the international IT market with turnover of half a billion (in the dollar equivalent). In 2003, Kaspersky Lab established the subsidiary InfoWatch, which began working on developments to protect companies from information leaks. In 2007, Natalya Kaspersky took over as CEO of the company. Under her leadership, InfoWatch has turned into a powerful holding companies specialising in information security in just a few years. Natalya Kaspersky actively invests in the development of high-tech companies, is a member of the advisory board at Russian Venture Company, is an advisor at the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, and an expert in the professional organisation of security officers.

Born 10 November in Vinnitsa 1988: graduated from the Translation Faculty of the Moris Torez Moscow State Institution of Foreign Languages and the German Faculty at Leipzig University. 1988–1993: editor for the Chief Editorial Department for Foreign Information, TASS. 1993–1997: ITAR-TASS correspondent in Paris. On his return, headed the ITAR-TASS Editorial department for the countries of Europe, then became Deputy Head of the News Service. 1998: Deputy Head of Government Information Directorate of the Administrative Office of the Government of the Russian Federation. The same year, became first Press Secretary of the Prime Minister and then Head of the Government Information Directorate. 1999: from May, Advisor to the Prime Minister. 2000: in January, headed the Press Service Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. 2002: in January, appointed Head of Protocol of the President of the Russian Federation. 2008: from 12 May – Minister of Communications and Telecommunications of the Russian Federation. 2012: from 21 May – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. Speaks English, German and French.