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Born June 13, 1972 in Murmansk. 1994: graduated in organisation of the machinery industry from St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University as an Engineer-Economist. 2000: completed a post-graduate programme at St. Petersburg State University with a CSc (Econ.). 2005, obtained an Executive MBA degree from the Business School of Chicago University and holds a Ph.D.??? in Economics. 1999 to 2004, Senior Deputy General Director at Lenenergo, Open Joint Stock Company of the Power Industry and Electrification. 2004 to 2005: Head of Department for government regulation of tariffs and infrastructure reforms of the Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade. He has been Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of of the Russian government since November 2005. May 2008 through April 2010: Deputy Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister's office of the Russian Federation. Mr. Androsov is currently a Managing Partner of Altera Capital. He has been as a Member of the Board of Directors at OJSC OC Rosneft; OJSC RAO UES of Russia; OAO Svyazinvest, Zarubezhneft, JSC Interregional distribution grid companies Holding (alternate name Joint Stock Company Russian Grids).Since 2011, member of the public council of the Federal Tax Service, Professor at the Higher School of Economics. Member or the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Public Council under the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Hans-Paul Bürkner is Chairman of The Boston Consulting Group. He was previously President and Chief Executive from 2003 to 2012. He joined BCG in 1981 and was a member of the teams that opened BCG's Düsseldorf (1982) and Frankfurt (1991) offices. Before becoming the firm's CEO, he was head of BCG's global Financial Services practice. He has counted among his clients many of the world's leading companies during more than 30 years at BCG. He has worked with them to redefine their strategies and organizations, spearheaded major global expansion initiatives, and supported them in the fundamental restructuring of their businesses. Hans-Paul studied economics, business administration, and Chinese, receiving a Diplom from the University of Bochum, an MA from Yale University, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Yuri Isaev was born in Moscow on January 1, 1972. In 1994 he graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, School of Economics. He holds a PhD in economics. In 1992 he joined Russian Credit Bank as economic analyst, where he held various positions, including head of division, Deputy Chairman of the Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Board and President, Chairman of the Board. 2001: President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Impeksbank. 2002 – 2004: Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade. 2004: Advisor to the First Deputy Head of Federal Security Service; Deputy CEO, Rusal. 2005: Chairman of the Board, Russian Development Bank 2007: First Deputy Chairman, Social State Association "All-Russian sports society" Dynamo" 2008-2013: Deputy of the State Duma, V and VI convocation; Deputy Head of Financial Market Committee. Fluent in English and in French.

Sergey Kravchenko holds post of president of Boeing Russia/CIS since 2002, he is responsible for leading all Boeing business activities in Russia and the CIS. Kravchenko joined The Boeing Company in 1992. He directly participated in Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner program design, held leading positions in engineering departments in Seattle responsible for production and relations with suppliers and partners. In Russia, he led Boeing projects on participation in ISS, establishment of two Boeing joint ventures with Rostec /VSMPO, Boeing Design Center in Moscow, Boeing Flight Training Center in Skolkovo. Before Kravchenko joined Boeing in 1992, he worked as a professor and as the lead scientist of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He also taught in Moscow and worked as a research consultant in Europe, the United States and Asia. Sergey Kravchenko is one of the leading specialists in Russia on modern management of large international projects and companies. Kravchenko is a professor and holds a doctorate degree of engineering science, earned in 1990. He holds over 20 patents in various areas of engineering and has published more than 50 research papers.

Lord (Peter) Mandelson, born in 1953, is a former European Trade Commissioner and British First Secretary of State. As EU Trade Commissioner between 2004 and 2008, he negotiated trade agreements with many countries and led European negotiations in the WTO Doha World Trade Round. He was Minister without Portfolio, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Northern Ireland Secretary and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the British government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2010. He was Member of Parliament for Hartlepool in the UK from 1992 until 2004 and Director of Campaigns and Communications for the Labour party between 1985 and 1990. He is also President of the Policy Network think tank, senior advisor to Lazard and non-executive director of AFK Sistema.

Vladislav Soloviev was appointed as RUSAL’s CEO in November 2014. He is responsible for Company’s long-term development, driving output growth of value-added products and further penetration into new strategic markets. Since April 2010 Vladislav Soloviev was First deputy CEO and was responsible for the company’s operational management with a focus on increasing RUSAL’sbusiness efficiency and improving production and financial performance. Between 2008 and 2010, Vladislav Soloviev was CEO of En+. Between February 2001 and January 2008 he was Head of RUSAL’s Finance Directorate. Between 2000 and 2001 he was Director of RUSAL’s Accounting Department. From 1998 to 2000 Mr Soloviev held the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Tax Policy and worked as an adviser to the Minister for Taxes of the Russian Federation. From 1994 to 1998 Vladislav Soloviev held various executive positions in UNICON/MC Consulting with responsibility for auditing oil and gas companies. Mr. Soloviev serves on the Board of En+ Group. Since 2013 he also serves on the Board of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel. For three years he was Chairman of the Board of RussNeft. Vladislav Soloviev graduated Summa Cum Laude from the State Academy of Management and later received a degree from «Stankin» Moscow Technical University. He also graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation and earned an MBA degree from the Antwerp University in Belgium.

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.

Ekaterina Trofimova is the Chief Executive Officer of Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA, Russia) appointed at its foundation in November 2015. Prior to this from September 2011, Ms. Trofimova worked in Gazprombank (Russia), namely as a Member of the Management Board and supervised the Ratings Advisory Centre, the Centre for Economic Forecasting and the Corporate Communications Department. From June 2000 to July 2011, Ms. Trofimova worked as a financial analyst, Director and Head of Standard & Poor's Russia and CIS Financial Institutions Rating Group (Paris, France). In S&P, Ms. Trofimova had a leading role in developing and updating the financial institution rating methodology. Apart from working on analysis of the major financial institutions, she was actively involved in the company's strategy generation and human resources management in the region. Ms. Trofimova graduated from the International Economics department of St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance in 1998 and the Finance and Tax Administration department of the University of Sorbonne (Paris, France) in 2000.