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Evelina Zakamskaya was born on November 17, 1977, in Baku, and graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Tver State University. She is a presenter for Radio Mayak and for Mir, a television and radio company. Since 2006, she has been an anchor for television channel Russia 24. She writes and presents Mnenie (Opinion), a talk show covering social and political issues, and Idei, menyayushchie mir (World-Changing Ideas), a series of popular science programmes. Evelina Zakamskaya moderates Russia 24 sessions at major international forums. She is married with two daughters.

David Gray joined PwC in London in 1987 and has been with PwC Russia since 1994. On 1 July 2011, David was appointed as Managing Partner of PwC Russia. Prior to this appointment, he led PwC's Energy, Utilities and Mining practice in Central and Eastern Europe. David has been working in Russia for more than 16 years and has helped build a market-leading practice. He has a wealth of experience in the Russian market and in-depth knowledge of our firm, team and clients. With more than 20 years of experience in providing audit and advisory services for clients, David has worked primarily with energy sector companies involved in electric power generation and transmission, and oil and gas production and transport. He has led numerous engagements for leading Russian companies to audit their financial statements prepared under both International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Russian Accounting Standards (RAS). David is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He holds a degree in Geography from the University of Newcastle (UK) as well as a PhD in Economic Geography from the University of London.

Born June 1, 1956 in Moscow. In 1978 graduated from the Economics Faculty at Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 1991 received his diploma from the International Business School at Harvard University. In 1980—1991 worked at the Ministry of Finance, USSR. Mr Zhukov has been elected five times (in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2011) as a Member of Parliament of the Russian Federation. At the second and third convocations of the Duma he was Committee Chairman for the budget and taxation. In December 2003—March 2004 and December 2011—September 2016 was Member of Parliament - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. From March 2004—December 2011 Mr Zhukov took up the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Whilst working for the Russian Federation government he was responsible for the work of the ministries of the Economic Block, as well as for social policies. In 2004—2011 he headed the Board of Directors at the Russian Railways. Since April 2013 has been co-chairman of the Public Council on the development of fast and high-speed railways in the Russian Federation. In September 2016 was elected Member of Parliament - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation. In the Duma, Mr Zhukov is responsible for creating programmes on legislative activities; leading work on the inter-factional group for developing the President’s Message; overseeing the work of the (tripartite) groups for the improvement of inter-factional relations in the Russian Federation; working with all the economic committees of the State Duma, as well as with the Committee of social policy; organizing cooperation with the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, with the government, and the executive power. He is also working at the Presidium of the Economic Council, under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation. Over the course of many years Mr Zhukov has been in charge of support for high performances sports. Since May 2010 he has been President of the Russian Olympics Committee. In 2013 was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Chairman of The Bolshoi Theatre’s Board of Trustees. Chairman of the Public Council of The International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower”. Member of the Supreme Council for the United Russia Party. His interests include football, chess and golf.

As an alpine skier Mr. Killy reached the pinnacle of his sport – including three-times Olympic skiing champion at the X Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble (1968); three-times world skiing champion, (1966-1968); Professional World Champion (1973); and two-times winner of the World Cup (1967 and 1968). In 1968 he was awarded the Legion of Honour by General de Gaulle. From 1968 to 1981 he was also a race car driver, racing in the 24 hours of Le Mans, a movie actor, and head of his own brand of skiwear. He has also been a board member on a number of prestigious multi-national companies including Worldwide TOP Partner Coca-Cola, where he was Chairman of Coca-Cola France for four years, and Rolex. Before becoming an IOC Member, Mr. Killy was Co-Chairman of the Organising Committee for the XVI Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992. Following the success of the 1992 Winter Olympics, Jean-Claude Killy ran ASO for 9 years, a company that organises events such as the Tour de France and Paris Dakar. He has also been a Member of the Executive Board of the Alpine Committee of the International Skiing Federation and President of the Tour de France company (1993-2001). Mr. Killy became an IOC Member in 1995, and sat on many IOC commissions including: member Coordination for the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998, Vice-Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City and Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 and for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. He formed part of the “IOC 2000” Executive Committee in 1999 and 2002 and was a member of the IOC Finance Commission. Mr Killy stepped down as an IOC Member in March 2014. Mr. Killy was born in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris, but was brought up in Val-d'Isère in the Alps, where his family had relocated in 1946 following the war. He continues to practice sport in his spare time including cycling, running and swimming.

Dmitry Kozak, born November 7, 1958. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Saint Petersburg State University, he worked at the Leningrad Prosecutor’s Office as a senior prosecutor in 1985—1989. 1990—1994: head of the legal department, head of legal management at the St. Petersburg City Council. 1994—1998: chairman of the legal committee for the Mayor’s Office of St. Petersburg, Governor’s Office, St. Petersburg. 1998: Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, chairman of the legal committee for the Governor’s Office of St. Petersburg. 1999: elected chairman of the board of directors for the International Investment Fiscal Union. 1999—2000: head of the government office, Minister of the Russian Federation. 2000—2003: deputy leader of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. 2003—2004: first deputy header of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. In 2004: chief of government staff of the Russian Federation. 2004—2007: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District. 2007—2008: Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation. 14th October 2008: appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.