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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.

Pieter Boone started his career in 1992 as store manager with the wholesaler Makro, a subsidiary of the Dutch company SHV and a former partner company of METRO Cash & Carry. Mr.Boone held various senior positions at Makro in Asia and South America, before he joined Metro Cash & Carry Russia as Operations Director in January 2011. Since April 1st 2012 Pieter Boone was appointed as Managing Director Metro Cash & Carry Russia.

Andrei Dubovskov has vast experience in telecommunications: having begun his career in 1993, he filled executive positions in Millicom International Cellular, LLC Regional Cellular Communication, CJSC 800 and a number of other companies in Moscow, Almaty, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities. From 2002 to 2004, he was CEO of the Tele2 Group in Nizhny Novgorod. In 2004, he came to MTS, taking up the post of Nizhny Novgorod Branch Director. In 2006-2007, he was Director of the macroregion MTS Ural and, in 2007, started working for CJSC UMS (MTS Ukraine) as Senior Deputy CEO. Since 2008, he has been at the helm of MTS Ukraine. Mr. Dubovskov is a Board Member of MTS, AFK Sistema and member of the Supervisory Board of MTS Ukraine. He is Chairman of the Management Board of MGTS and JSC Russian Telephone Company, Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS-Belarus). He is also a member of the Committee on Corporate Management under the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema and the Committee on Strategy under the Board of Directors of MTS. Andrei was born in 1966 and graduated in 1993 from the All-Russia S.A. Gerasimov State Institute of Cinematography as a Film Director.

Klaus Mangold was born on June 6, 1943. After graduating from high school he studied law and economics at the universities of Munich, Geneva, London, Heidelberg and Mainz. He held various positions in German industry prior to being a Management Board member and Chairman of the Management Board of Rhodia AG, a subsidiary of the French group Rhône Poulenc, from 1983 to 1990. He was Chairman of the Board of Management of Quelle AG from 1991 to 1994 and joined DaimlerChrysler AG as a Member of the Board of Management in 1995. As a member of the DaimlerChrysler AG Board of Management from 1995 to 2003, Klaus Mangold was responsible for DaimlerChrysler AG's Services division and its Central and Eastern European markets. At the same time, he was CEO of DaimlerChrysler Services AG. Klaus Mangold is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TUI AG, Germany, and member of a number of Supervisory and Advisory Boards, including those of Alstom S.A., France, Ernst & Young, United States, and Continental AG, Germany. He also is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild GmbH, Frankfurt and Chairman of the “Mangold Consulting GmbH”, which was founded in 2003. From 2000 until 2010 he was Chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations of German Industry. He is Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) and Professor of the European Business School, Schloss Reichartshausen.

Born on 16 September 1965 in Belgorod. Education: • Graduated with distinction in 1987 from the Moscow Aviation Institute, awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution with a degree in organisation of mechanised processing of economic data. • Graduated in 1991 from the Business School of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Experience: • 1992–2001: Deputy Department Head, Department Head of AKB Eurofinance. • 2001–2007: Deputy Division Head, Division Head, Director of the Investment Transactions and Services Division of the Investment Block of ОАО Vneshtorgbank. • 2007–2011: Head of the Corporate Finance Department at the Directorate of Investment Banking, Director of the Industry Department of the State Corporation «The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)». • Since July 2011: Vice-Chairman of the State Corporation «The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)». • Since October 2013: Senior Vice-Chairman – Member of the Management Board of the State Corporation «The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)». Awards: Awarded the medal of the order “For Services to Motherland” of the 2nd degree in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of the financial and banking system and many years of conscientious work.

Yuri Soloviev has been at the head of VTB Capital since the company’s foundation in 2008. In May 2011 Yuri Soloviev has been appointed First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VTB Capital holding companies. Previously held positions: 2008 –2011: President of VTB Capital, Head of the Investment Business of VTB Group. 2009: joined the Young Global Leaders community (World Economic Forum in Davos). 2008: Mr. Soloviev was rated among 10 Top Investment Bankers of Europe and FN 100 Rising Stars 2002 – 2008: he joined Deutsche Bank Group, where he was First Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank Russia and managed the Group’s investment business in Russia and the CIS. 1996 – 2002: he headed Fixed Income Trading on Local Markets at Lehman Brothers in London. Mr. Soloviev was born on April 13, 1970. In 1994 he graduated from the Plekhanov Economics Academy, enrolling in London Business School to receive his Executive MBA. Yuri Soloviev is a member of Federal Pool of High Potential Managers.

Graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade and completed a business executives’ course at Harvard Business School. 1994-1998 Chairman of the Management Board at NOMOS-Bank. 1998-2000 Adviser and Deputy General Director at Rosvooruzheniye. 2000-2005 President and Chairman of the Management Board at NOMOS-Bank. 2005 appointed Assistant to the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. Mr. Finogenov was appointed Chairman of the Management Board at EDB on 16 June 2006.