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Mr. Pekka A. Viljakainen was born in Finland 1972. He studied engineering at the University of Technology in Lappeenranta. Thanks to his technical background, Mr. Viljakainen has for 25 years worked as an ambassador between business executives and technology teams. He started as an entrepreneur in 1986, by establishing Oy Visual Systems Ltd. (1986-2004). His company was merged with TietoEnator in 2000. Mr. Viljakainen is widely known by his nickname, Bulldozer. The nickname was earned by his reputation and track record for handling very complex governance and political topics inside large international organizations. During his corporate carrier he acted as trusted advisor for CEO’s and chairman’s specializing for the transformation related to enterprise digitalization and HR. After 26 years of his active Visual Systems-Tieto carrier, he left from operative roles on 2011 and focused to his non-profit leadership education project called www.nofear-community.com . Because of this he has been visiting speaker and advisor for several international corporations and faculties (like IMD Business School). In 2012 Mr Viljakainen was invited to act as senior advisor for the president of Skolkovo Foundation. Since that he has been acted as a founder and advisor for several nationwide entrepreneurship programs in Russian Federation. Russian StartupTour 2013-2014 (16 + 28 Russian cities) and StartupVillage concepts has key elements of those actions. During those programs he has build a strong network of entrepreneurs, local governmental institutions as well as universities across Russia and abroad. Mr Viljakainen is the member of Strategic Board of the Russian Postal Service and Board of Directors of Soprano Communications. Mr Viljakainen is also known as investor, business angel and advisor for several high-tech companies. Those activities are handled thru his family investment office called www.Aii.fi He is also well known supporter and philanthropic for several areas related to education, classical music as well as several social projects. His hobbies are helicopter flying PPL(H), cross country skiing, weight lifting and triathlon.

Born March 21, 1957 in Leningrad. 1979 – graduated from Leningrad State University (Department of Mathematics and Mechanics) specializing in Applied Mathematics. 1979–1988 – Research Assistant, Junior Scientific Researcher, Scientific Researcher of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 1986 – successfully defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis in Physics and Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences. 1984–1995 – Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Computational Mathematics at Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics. 1988–1992 – Senior Scientist of the Leningrad Institute for Informatics and Automation of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1991–1995 – Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of AstroSoft Company, St. Petersburg. 1995–1996 – Consultant of Microsoft Consulting Services, Microsoft Middle East (Dubai). 1996–1997 – Senior Consultant / Head of Practice, Microsoft Consulting Services, Microsoft Eastern Europe. 1997–1999 – Head of Accounts Department, Microsoft Representative Office in Russia, Microsoft Eastern Europe. 1999–2003 – University Relations Manager, Microsoft Research Lab (UK). 2003–2005 – Head of Government Relations, Microsoft Representative Office in Russia, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe. 2005–2007 – Chief Strategy Officer, Cabinet of the Chairman of Microsoft in Russia and CIS Countries, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe. 2007–2009 – General Director of Software Development Centre of EMC Corporation in St. Petersburg. Since April 2009, he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of RVC OJSC.

Born in 1957. Graduated with honors from the faculty of automation and computer engineering of the Moscow Railway Transport Engineering Institute (MIIT). In 1990 Viktor Vekselberg founded Renova, an asset management company. Mr. Vekselberg currently holds office as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of companies. In 1996 he founded SUAL Group and served as its President until 2003 when he eventually chaired the Board of Directors of the Group. Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Tumen Oil Company from 2002 until 2003. Member of the Board of Directors of TNK-BP from 2003 until 2013. Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Company Rusal (UC Rusal) from 2007 until March 2012. In March 2010, Viktor Vekselberg was appointed as Head of the Skolkovo Innovation Center project. Viktor Vekselberg has been President of the Skolkovo Foundation since June 2010.

Born 1974, in Tashkent. 1996 - Graduate from the Tashkent Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. 2001 - Graduate from the Moscow State University of Economy, Statistics and Informatics, majoring in Finance and Credit. MBA degree from the University of Warwick. From 1995 work in various structures of ABN AMRO in Uzbekistan, Netherlands and Russia, supervising over programs of bank transformation in IT, corporate, retail and investment business. 2001 to 2006 work in Alfa Bank as IT Deputy Director, Senior Vice-President, Director on development and support of products and operations of Retail Block. 2006 to 2008 a partner of IBM Russia/CIS consultancy for financial and insurance companies. From January 2008 to now: Sberbank's Senior Vice-President, Member of the Board, CIO. From January 2014 to now: Sberbank's Senior Vice-President, Digital Bank. Member of the Supervisory Boards of JSC Subsidiary bank of “Sberbank of Russia", Ukraine and OAO "Belpromstroyank", Belarus, Chairman of the Board of Directors in OAO "Universal Electronic Card" and ZAO "Sberbank-Technologies" companies, Member of the Board of Directors of "Sberbank AST" company. From July 2015 till now Managing Partner of Sberbank Venture Fund.

Dmitry Repin is a CEO of New Professions Lab (newprolab.com), a technology education startup focused on professional education for new and emerging technology professions. Dmitry Repin is also in charge of Digital October (digitaloctober.com), a center for new technology and technology entrepreneurship in Moscow, Russia since its inception in 2010. Dmitry has a BS in physics from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Boston University. He also worked as a Senior Researcher at MIT Sloan School. Currently, Dr. Repin is also an invited Professor of Entrepreneurship at the New Economic School and a Board Member at several private technology companies. Dmitry Repin is a licensed sailing captain with over 7000 nautical miles sailed in the past 7 years. In 2007, he created eXtrepreneurship, a unique program, where he teaches entrepreneurship aboard a sailboat. In 2012, Dmitry has received Global Business Leader of the Year award from Horasis Forum in Luxembourg.

Vartan Dilanian is the Country Managing Director for Accenture in Russia. He is responsible for Accenture business development in Russia and CIS, for development and implementation of the company development strategy, as well as for operations management of the company. Vartan also leads the Financial Services practice of Accenture Russia. Prior to Accenture, Vartan Dilanian was the Advisor to Chairman of the Board of TransCreditBank. Before that, he was the President of Binbank. Previously Vartan spent over 15 years holding senior positions with major consulting companies and financial organizations – in particular, he was the Head of Financial Markets Department for Russia and CIS at Ernst & Young and the Head of Financial Markets Department at Arthur Andersen. Vartan has international work experience: in 1999 – 2001 he worked at the Arthur Andersen offices in Almaty, Tashkent, and Bishkek as the Head of Financial Markets Department. Having graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Vartan Dilanian holds an Executive MBA degree.