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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.

Mr. Eibeck graduated from Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences with Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been working in automotive industry since 1985. Mr. Eibeck occupied key positions at Magna International Company – since 2007 he was Executive Vice-President of Magna-Europe, in 2010 he became President of Magna-Russia. Before joining Magna, he headed Body Manufacturing Directorate at OPEL Plant in Russelsheim. Since July 2011 Mr. Eibeck held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Russian Machines OJSC. In October 2012 he became Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

Before joining Sberbank CIB (known as Troika Dialog until October 2012) in 2002, Evgeny Gavrilenkov worked at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Between 1992 and 1996, he served at the Center for Economic Analysis, a government think-tank, first as Head of Department, then Deputy Director and Acting Director. Mr Gavrilenkov is a professor and Head of the Department of Applied Macroeconomics at the Higher School of Economics and Director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Research and Forecasting. In the mid-90s, Mr Gavrilenkov was a guest professor several times at Hitotsubashi University, Japan, and a visiting researcher at the Economic Research Institute (run by the government of Japan). He has also been a guest researcher at the Bank of Finland, a visiting professor at the Sorbonne Pantheon University in Paris, and a visiting researcher at the International Monetary Fund (1994, 2001). Mr Gavrilenkov received a degree in Mathematics from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1978 and a PhD in Economics in 1985.

Andrey Guryev was appointed CEO by PhosAgro’s Board of Directors starting 1 August 2013. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as Deputy CEO of OJSC PhosAgro from April 2011. He was also Deputy CEO for Sales and Logistics of PhosAgro AG from October 2011 to June 2013. From June 2013 to August 2013 Mr. Guryev was the COO of PhosAgro AG. Mr. Guryev has worked at PhosAgro since 2004, holding various positions in the finance department and specialising in fertilizer exports. Mr Guryev graduated from The University of Greenwich in London with a BA in economics, and holds a Master’s degree from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. He received a PhD in economics from the National Mineral Resources University (University of Mining).

Luca Caruso is a partner and director in Bain & Company's London office. He is the leader of Bain's European Industrial Goods & Services practice. He is also a founder of Bain's Oil & Gas practice.Luca has worked extensively in a wide range of industries throughout Europe and the United States, including oil and gas, engineering, automotive, aerospace and private equity. He specializes in strategy development, performance improvement and acquisitions. Luca joined Bain & Company in 1989 and was elected to the partnership in 1995. He is a co-founder of Bain Nordic and worked in Stockholm between 1994 and 2007, where he served as office head for nearly a decade. Between 2010 and 2015, he served as the head of the Moscow and Kiev offices, where he is currently the chairman.

Yaroslav Lissovolik joined the Eurasian Development Bank as its Chief Economist in 2015. In 2001-2004 he worked in the International Monetary Fund, where he was Advisor to the Executive Director for the Russian Federation in Washington. In 2004 Yaroslav Lissovolik joined Deutsche Bank as Chief Economist; in 2009 he became Head of Company Research in Russia and in 2011- a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank in Russia. Yaroslav Lissovolik earned a BA in Economics from Harvard University; an MA in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations; an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, holds a PhD in Economics and is a professor at the department of World Economy at the Diplomatic Academy. Yaroslav Lissovolik is a member of the Advisory Council of the Central Bank of Russia, a member of the Council on foreign and defense policy and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. In 2012 Yaroslav Lissovolik became a member of the Expert Council of the Russian government as well as the Working group on macroeconomic policy of the Presidential Economic Council. He has published books on Russia's entry to the WTO and on Russia's integration into the world economy, as well as numerous articles and papers on economic and policy issues.

Denis Manturov was born on February 23, 1969, in Murmansk. Education: 1994 – Lomonosov Moscow State University, major in Sociology. 1997 – Postgraduate studies at Moscow State University, PhD. 2002 – Doctoral programme at Moscow Aviation Institute. 2006 – Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation, major in Law. Professional experience: 1998 – Appointed Deputy General Director of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant. 2000 – Appointed Commercial Director of Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. 2001 – Appointed Deputy Chairman of State Investment Corporation (Gosincor). 2003 – Appointed General Director of OAO OPK Oboronprom. 2007 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation. 2008 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. 2012 – Appointed acting Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. 2012 – Appointed Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Awards: 2007 – Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Second Class)”. 2008 – Awarded the Order of Friendship. 2009 – Awarded the Order of Honour. 2010 – Awarded an Honorary Certificate of the Government of the Russian Federation. 2013 – Awarded the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Fourth Class)”. Additional information: Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation (First Class). Mr. Manturov was included in the “Golden 100” Personnel Management Reserve under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation. He speaks multiple foreign languages. He is married with a daughter and a son.

Alexander Misharin was born in 1959. He graduated from the Urals State University of Railway Transport as a Railway Transport Electrification in 1981. He obtained his second university degree, in economics, from the same university in 1997. Misharin has a CSc degree in economics and a DSc in engineering.He started out as an electrician and rose through the company to become chief engineer of Sverdlovsk Railway. He served as Deputy, First Deputy Minister of the Railways, Chief of Sverdlovsk Railway, Director of the Department for Integrated Development of the Infrastructure of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, and Director of the Department for Industry and Infrastructure of the Central Office of the Government of the Russian Federation.He was Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region from 2009 to 2012.Alexander Misharin became First Vice-President of Russian Railways JSCo in December 2012.

Born September 13, 1969 in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region. 2005–2007: Head of the Presidential Experts’ Directorate 2007–2009: Deputy Minister of Agriculture 2009–2011: Member of the Trade Panel (Minister) of the Eurasian Economic Commission February 26 – July, 2016: Assistant to the Prime Minister July 5, 2016: appointed Deputy Head of the Government’s Executive Office and Director of the Projects Department of the Government of the Russian Federation.