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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.

Rustam Minnikhanov was born on March 1, 1957 in the Novyi Arysh village of the Rybno-Slobodsky District in the Tatar ASSR.He graduated from Kazan Agricultural Institute in 1978 as mechanical engineer and from Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade (Moscow) as a commodity expert in 1986. He is a doctor of economic sciences. 1978-1980 - engineer in the Saby District Association of Selkhoztekhnika. 1980-1983 - senior engineer and chief power engineer in the Saby timber industry enterprise. 1983-1985 - deputy chairman of the District Consumer Society Board. 1985-1990 - chairman of the District Consumer Society Board in the Arsk District. 1990-1992 - chairman of the Arsk District Executive Committee. 1992-1993 - first deputy head of the Arsk District Administration. 1993-1996 - head of the Vysokaya Gora District. 1996-1998 - minister of finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 1998, Rustam Minnikhanov was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan. From March 25, 2010 - President of the Republic of Tatarstan. From March 24, 2015 - Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan. Order of Friendship (2002); Order of Services to Motherland 4th class (2007); Order of Services to the Republic of Tatarstan (2007); Medal in memory of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg (2003); Medal in memory of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan (2005); Medal to mark the three billionth ton of oil in Tatarstan (2007); Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (2008); Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2009); Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation (2009); Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation (2010); Gratitude of the of the President of the Russian Federation (2012); Gratitude of the of the Government of the Russian Federation (2012, 2013); Order of Honor (2014).

Born on March 26, 1970. 1993 — Mr Murov graduated from the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University with a major in Jurisprudence. 1998 — Completed occupational retraining in the Financial Management programme at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Managers. 2009 — Graduated from the Saint-Petersburg State University for Civil Aviation with a major in the organisation and management of transportation (air travel). Mr Murov holds a doctorate in economic sciences. 1993—1996 — Worked at the City Bar Association of St Petersburg. 1996—2000 — Deputy General Director of OJSC ICN Oktyabr. 2000—2004 — Worked in the telecommunications and construction industries. 2004—2005 — First Deputy General Director of FSUAE Pulkovo. 2005—2007 — Director of FSUE Pulkovo Airport. 2007—2012 — General Director of FSUE Pulkovo Airport. January 2012—June 2012 — Deputy General Director of OJSC IDGC Holding. July 2012—June 2013 — Executive Director of OJSC IDGC Holding. July 2012 — Joined OJSC FGC UES (Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System) as First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. 11 September 2012 — Elected a member of the OJSC FGC UES Management Board by the decision of the OJSC FGC UES Board of Directors. 11 November 2013 — Elected Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC FGC UES. Mr Murov has been awarded the medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (second class) and the Order of Honour and also has certificates and acknowledgements from the St Petersburg governor and administration. He is an Honoured Transport Worker of Russia.

Born on January 20, 1972 in Kursk. 1995 - graduated from D.F. Ustinov “Voenmeh” Baltic State Technical University (St. Petersburg), majored in impulse heat engines. 2008 - graduated from the Russian Federation Presidential North-West Academy of Public Administration, majored in state and municipal government. Class 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation. 1995 - CEO at “Regionalnoe Investicionnoye Agentstvo” OJSC (“Regional Investment Agency”). 1995-2001 - Director General of “Promyshlennyi” non-state pension plan asset management company. 2002-2005 - CEO at construction company “Stroyinvest” LLC. 2005-2010 - worked in the Committee on Investments and Strategic Projects of the Government of St. Petersburg. 2010-2012 - Deputy Director of Industry and Infrastructure Department of the Central Office of the Government of the Russian Federation. From November 2012 - Head of the Federal Road Agency. Awards: In 2012 was awarded an honor credential of the Government of Russia, Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation, in 2014 - by the medal of honor. Married, 2 daughters.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire joined Schneider Electric in 1986. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 and named Chairman & CEO in April 2013. His career at Schneider Electric has developed largely outside France in operational functions in Italy, China, South Africa and USA. Within the General Management, he served as Vice Executive President of the International Operating Division from 2002 before being appointed in 2004 Chief Operating Officer (COO). Moreover, Jean-Pascal is President of the France-China Committee since 2009. Jean-Pascal holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a MBA.

Dimitris Tsitsiragos, a Greek national, leads the investment operations overseeing new business development and client relationships with key private sector partners worldwide. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Tsitsiragos was Vice President for Global Client Services, leading the investment operations and advisory services of IFC. Prior to that Mr. Tsitsiragos was Vice President for IFC’s Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa region. From 2010 to 2011, he served as IFC’s Director of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe department. Mr. Tsitsiragos headed IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Services department from 2004 to 2010, leading activities in tourism, retail and property development, construction materials, the forest-products chain, life sciences, and energy-efficient machinery. Mr. Tsitsiragos has worked in a wide range of regions and industries. He spent over two years in New Delhi as IFC’s Director of the South Asia department, where he doubled commitments for the region, and doubled IFC’s portfolio in India. Prior to this, Mr. Tsitsiragos served as Manager of New Investments for IFC’s Eastern/Central Europe region, and spent over 12 years in IFC’s oil and gas division. Externally, Mr. Tsitsiragos has served on the Board of Directors for both IDFC (India) and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He has also represented IFC in operating committees managing oil and gas properties in Latin America, the Middle East and Central Asia. He holds an MBA from George Washington University.

In 1999, Nikolay graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC), and in 2004 he graduated from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and London School of Economics (LSE). He began his working career as a business-analyst in the German company Venturepark Incubator AG in 2000. There he studied business plans of startups and analyzed markets. In 2001 Nikolay was appointed as a consultant of the Berlin branch of McKinsey&Company, where he was responsible for intellectual property sourcing. He also provided advice to the leading German diversified holding in the merger and takeover projects and took part in the development of the sales boost programme for the German’s largest retail bank. At the same time he conducted the research on demand of the International Institute of Strategic Studies. To be more precise, Mr. Grachev analyzed strategic consequences of the Russian energy projects in North-East Asia. Before entering the Skolkovo Foundation Nikolay worked in the consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Russia). Since 2005 he had been its partner and Head of the sector-specialized centre "Energy and oil and gas industry" in Russia and CIS.

Born 19 March 1979, in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic. 1996–2001: studied Jurisprudence at the Moscow Consumer Cooperation University. 2001–2004: Lawyer (private law practice) 2004–2005: Advisor to the Governor of the Ryazan Region and later Head of the Expert Department at the Administration of the President of the Chuvash Republic. 2006–2007: Deputy Director of Construction Department, Head of Support Team for the national project Affordable Housing promoted by the Russian Ministry of Regional Development. 2007–2008: Head of the Directorate for Affordable Housing Market Development at the Federal Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities. 2008–2011: Chairman of the Management Board, member of the Managing Committee, Director for Legal and Corporate Issues, RSS Plc. From July 2009: Vice-President of the National Union of Water Utility. 2011–2012: Executive Director of the Socioeconomic and Political Research Institute Fund under the All-Russia People’s Front. Since October 2011: Executive Director of NP Development of Housing and Utilities. Since August 2012: member of the Advisory Panel under the Russian Government and Head of the Working Group for Development of Housing and Utilities under the Advisory Panel of the Russian Government. 6 December 2013: appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Russian Federation. 1 October 2014: appointed Chief State Housing Inspector of Russia. December 2015: elected Bureau Member of the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management.