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Ruben Vardanyan, a well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist, is Advisor to the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sberbank of Russia. Prior to the merger with Sberbank in January 2012, he served as CEO, Chairman of the board at Troika Dialog, one of the oldest and largest investment banks in Russia and the CIS. Mr. Vardanyan is a Board member at AvtoVAZ, KAMAZ, SIBUR, Joule Unlimited, Inc (U.S.), Rosgosstrakh, and AmeriaBank (Armenia). He is a member of the Economic Advisory Board at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Mr. Vardanyan is a member of the Investment Committee of Avica Property Investors International. He was Chairman of the board at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft from 2005-2009 and Chairman of the board at Rosgosstrakh from 2004-2005 and from August 2011 through October 2013. Mr. Vardanyan is a member of the Presidential Council for National Priority Projects, a Founding Partner of the SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management and Vice-Chairman of its International Advisory Board. He also chairs the school’s Institute for Emerging Market Studies and oversees its Wealth Management and Philanthropy Center. Mr. Vardanyan is a member of the International Advisory Boards of the International Christian University (Japan) and Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC, Brazil). He is also a member of the Supreme Religious Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Mr. Vardanyan graduated from the Moscow State University. His post-graduate resume includes training at different international institutes and schools including INSEAD, the Harvard Business School, Yale University and Stanford.

Oleg Sienko born February 11, 1966 in the Rostov region. Higher Education, graduated from the Inter-Regional Institute of Management degree in economics. Russian State Oil and Gas, IM Gubkin's degree in economics and management at the enterprise. From school years in the business of cycling, world-class athlete. The outcome of achieving remarkable results in cycling was the election of Oleg Sienko in 2008 by President Cycling Federation of Russia. He started his career in 1988 in Irkutsk instructor association "Youth Initiative Irkutsk" Irkutsk city committee of the Komsomol. In the period from 1988 to April 2009 he held executive positions in major oil and gas companies, including the head of the main export arm of Gazprom, Gazprom Export. In April 2009 he was appointed Director General of JSC Scientific Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Merits to the Fatherland (II degree).

Born on August 20, 1952, in Irkutsk Oblast. In 1975, Chemezov graduated with honors from the Irkutsk Institute of National Economics. He also completed the Higher Courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. 1980-1988: Experimental-industrial association Luch. 1988-1996: Deputy CEO of the Foreign Trade Association Sovintersport. 1996-1999: Head of the Foreign Economic Relations Department for the Russian Presidential Administration. 1999-2001: CEO of Promexport. 2001-2007: First Deputy CEO of Rosoboronexport. 2004-2007: CEO of Rosoboronexport. 2007-present: CEO of the State corporation Rostec. Sergey Chemezov is Сhairman of the board of directors of a number of large Russian companies: VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, KAMAZ, Rosobornexport, Uralkalii, Almaz-Antey. He serves on the board of directors of: AvtoVAZ, where he is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, United Aircraft Corporation, AKB International Financial Club, Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, Alliance Rostec Auto B.V. He is a member of the supervisory board of United Rocket and Space Corporation, Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organization - Russian Engineering Union, as well as President of the All-Russian Industrial Association of Employers - Russian Engineering Union. Married, with three sons and a daughter.

Born January 4, 1967, in Bilibino, Magadan Region. 1993: graduated from the Law Faculty of Moscow State University with a degree in jurisprudence. 1984–1985: laboratory assistant at the EKOS Scientific Research Institute. 1985–1987: served in the Soviet Army. 1993: attaché of the Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 1993–1995: senior legal adviser at ALM Consulting. 1995: Director, ALM Law Office. 1997: Head of Department of the State Register of Federal Property, State Committee of the Russian Federation for State Property Management. 1998: Deputy Minister for State Property of the Russian Federation. 1998–2000: Chairman, Russian Federal Property Fund. 2000–2003: Chief of the Government Staff in the rank of Minister. 2003: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2003–2004:Deputy Head of Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. 2004: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. 2005: Russian Sherpa in the G8. 2008: First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Married with two sons and two daughters.