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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.

Prior to joining Otkritie, Mr. Aganbegyan had served as head of the Moscow Exchange since September 2010. Under his watch, Russia’s two biggest exchanges – the MICEX and the RTS – completed a merger that resulted in the establishment of a market institution that has become a global trading centre. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Aganbegyan managed the Russian business of Renaissance Capital Investment Company, where he was responsible for expanding and strengthening relations with key clients as well as public and government relations. From 2002to 2003, he served as the managing director for project financing at Troika Dialog Investment Company, where he managed the company’s investment and banking affairs. From 1997 to 2002, he was the co-chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston in Russia. In the 1990s, he worked at the companies PricewaterhouseCoopers, Clifford Chance and Credit Suisse Financial Products (Moscow). Mr. Aganbegyan graduated from Moscow State Law Academy in 1995.

Born May 25, 1976 in Almaty. In 1996, he graduated with honors from the Kazakh State Academy of Management. Since November 1995 to November 1996 he worked as a senior economist at the Central-Asian stock exchange. Since November 1996 to August 2007 he worked at the Department of research and statistics of the National Bank of Kazakhstan on different positions. Since July 2003 to August 2007 he worked as a director of the Department of research and statistics. On August 28, 2007 he was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.

Mr. Zakaryan started his career in 1999 in Supervisory Service of Armenian securities market. Prior to 2002 Mr. Zakaryan worked in regulatory authorities, dealing with licensing, regulation and supervision of all market participants, including the stock exchange and the depository. Mr. Zakaryan was involved in formation and registration of Armenian stock exchange and the Depository as self-regulatory organizations. Starting from 2002 Mr. Zakaryan held the position of Deputy CEO of Armenian Stock Exchange. After reorganization of stock exchange to joint stock company and its acquisition by NASDAQ OMX, Mr. Zakaryan was re-appointed in the position of Deputy CEO, meanwhile heading trading, listing and supervisory services of the Exchange as well as work of business development department. In June 2011 Mr. Zakaryan was appointed Acting CEO of “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” OJSC stock exchange.

Born January 4, 1967, in Bilibino, Magadan Region. 1993: graduated from the Law Faculty of Moscow State University with a degree in jurisprudence. 1984–1985: laboratory assistant at the EKOS Scientific Research Institute. 1985–1987: served in the Soviet Army. 1993: attaché of the Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 1993–1995: senior legal adviser at ALM Consulting. 1995: Director, ALM Law Office. 1997: Head of Department of the State Register of Federal Property, State Committee of the Russian Federation for State Property Management. 1998: Deputy Minister for State Property of the Russian Federation. 1998–2000: Chairman, Russian Federal Property Fund. 2000–2003: Chief of the Government Staff in the rank of Minister. 2003: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2003–2004:Deputy Head of Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. 2004: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2005: Russian Sherpa in the G8. 2008: First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Married with two sons and two daughters.

Born April, 11, 1958, in Moscow, Russian. Graduated from Moscow financial institute, faculty of the international economic relations.Member of the Board (Minister) at the Eurasian Economic Commission, responsible for the development of the integration and macroeconomics. The main objective of the Eurasian Economic Commission (permanent regulatory body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) is to ensure functioning and development of the EAEU, to prepare proposals for its further integration.Prior to her cabinet appointment (from the period of October 2001 till February 2012) Tatiana Valovaya was the Head of the Department of the International Cooperation of the Government of the Russian Federation. From 1989 to 1994 – member of the Permanent Mission of the USSRand the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union (Bruxelles), responsible for economic and monetary affaires. Later Valovaya hold different positions in the Ministries of the Russian Federation, in Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Ph.D. in Economics, professor of the Financial University (Moscow). Author of numerous publications on international economic relations, regional economic and monetary integration, economics, and history of Europe and Eurasia.Fluent in English and French.

<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>

The Chairman of the Management Board manages the operations of the Bank and the Management Board in compliance with the Bank’s Charter. The Chairman of the Management Board is elected for four years. The Chairman is answerable to the Bank’s Board regarding resolutions, organization of the Bank’s activities and the Bank’s performance. The competences of the Chairman of the Management Board are specified in the Bank’s charter. Dmitry Pankin graduated from the Political Economy Department of the Leningrad State University named after Andrey Zhdanov, and is a candidate of economics. He had professional development courses at Bocconi University in Milan and the City University Business School in London. In 1999-2000, Dmitry Pankin headed a department at RAO UES of Russia. In 2000-2003, he chaired the Board at the St. Petersburg Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In 2004-2011, he worked as Deputy Director and then Director of the Department for International Financial Relations, Public Debt and Public Financial Assets at the Russian Ministry of Finance, and then as Deputy Minister of Finance. In 2011-2013, he headed the Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation. In 2013-2015, Dmitry Pankin was Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. On 6 February 2015 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Management Board at EDB. Dmitry Pankin was awarded the Second Class Medal of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland in 2007 and the Order of Friendship in 2011, and received acknowledgement letters from the President and the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Pankin is an active First Class State Counsellor of the Russian Federation.

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, James is committed to setting a clear "tone from the top" around the key issues of quality, integrity, and professionalism. James began his career with Ernst & Young in 1977 and has held a series of leadership positions. Based in New York and London, James also serves as senior advisory partner for many of Ernst & Young’s largest global clients. James is active with many stakeholders, reflecting Ernst & Young's commitment to enhance trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. He has encouraged dialogue with stakeholders regarding changes facing the global capital markets, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, IFRS, and the movement toward convergence of global accounting standards and global governance. Throughout his career, James has supported civic, cultural, and business organizations. James takes an active part in Foreign Investment Advisory Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. James holds a Master's and a BA in Accounting from Rice University in Texas, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees.

Graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade and completed a business executives’ course at Harvard Business School. 1994-1998 Chairman of the Management Board at NOMOS-Bank. 1998-2000 Adviser and Deputy General Director at Rosvooruzheniye. 2000-2005 President and Chairman of the Management Board at NOMOS-Bank. 2005 appointed Assistant to the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. Mr. Finogenov was appointed Chairman of the Management Board at EDB on 16 June 2006.

Andrei Sharonov joined Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO in September 2013 as Dean, having left the position of Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy in Moscow City Government.Born in 1964 in Ufa, Andrei Sharonov graduated as an engineer from Ufa State Aviation Technical University and as a lawyer from Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation; in 1994 obtained his PhD in Social Studies.From 1989 to 1991 a Member of the Soviet Parliament, Congress of People’s deputies of the USSR; till 1996 chaired the Russian Federal Committee (Ministry) on Youth Affairs.In 1996-2007 occupied the positions of Deputy Minister, State Secretary and First Deputy Minister at Economics Development Ministry of Russian Federation.In the period from 2007 till 2010, Managing Director and the Board of Directors’ Chairman for Troika Dialog (Private Investment Company).Board Member for OJSC NOVATEK, ALROSA Group, Bank of Moscow OJSC, OJSC Sovcomflot, MC NefteTransService LLC and JSC Eco-System Management Company.As of December 22, 2010, by appointment of Moscow City Mayor Decree, Andrei Sharonov served at Moscow City Government as Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy in charge of budgeting, industrial and city business development, regional rate regulations as well as competition and public retail and procurement policy, trade and services.Since 2012, Andrei Sharonov is heading Executive Committees of Moscow Urban Forum and Open Innovations Forum.Andrei Sharonov received 2009 “Aristos” Awards as “Independent Director” and “Director of the Year”; the Person of the Year in Business Reputation for 2012.Andrei Sharonov was awarded with the Order of Honour and granted the title of “Honoured Economist of Russian Federation”.