Programme

Most areas of Russian–French economic cooperation require planning and a long-term view of investment, with the strategic approach taken by France’s Total to Russia as a prime example. Could France become a ‘window to Europe’ for Russian investment? How can economic bilateral cooperation be expanded to joint operations in global markets? What are the new horizons for business collaboration given the recent French election results? Are there any prospects for lifting mutual trade and financial restrictions and how is that going to affect producers in both countries?

Moderator:
Ekaterina Trofimova , Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA)

Ekaterina Trofimova

Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA)

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.

Anatoly Artamonov , Governor of Kaluga Region
Andrey Guryev , Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, PhosAgro
Igor Drozdov , Chairman of the Board, Skolkovo Foundation
Emmanuel Quidet , President, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Isabelle Kocher , Chief Executive Officer, ENGIE
Sergey Nedoroslev , Chairman of the Board, Kaskol Group
Patrick Pouyanne , Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Total
Bris Rocher , Group President, Groupe Rocher
Gennadiy Talashkin , President, Union of Railway Constructors
Gennadiy Timchenko , Founder, Main Shareholder, Volga Group
Jean-Pascal Tricoire , Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric
Frederic Oudea , President, European Banking Federation; Chief Executive Officer, Société Générale
Andrey Filatov , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tuloma Investment Company LLC
Alexander Shokhin , President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Anatoly Artamonov

Governor of Kaluga Region

Born in 1952 Krasnoye village, the Hvastovichi district of the Kaluga Region. In 1974 graduated from Moscow Agricultural Production Engineering Institute named after V.P. Goryachkin. On graduating the institute came to Hvastovici district of the Kaluga Region, where worked as a state farm “Hvastvichesky" repair shops’ chief. Since 1975 - Chief Engineer of the state farm "Shahtovsky" in Mosalsk district. In 1978 was appointed "Gruzdovsky" state farm Director. In 1985 - Chief of the Regional Agricultural Department, and a few months later was elected First Secretary of CPSU Mosalsk district committee. In 1991 was appointed Obninsk construction and industrial joint stock company CEO. Since November 1996 – Vice Governor of the Kaluga Region. November 12, 2000 was elected Governor of the Kaluga Region. March 14, 2004 was elected Governor of the Kaluga Region for the second time. July 22, 2005 according to the new order of forming executive powers of governmental authorities the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin introduced A.D. Artamonov’s candidature for considering of the Kaluga Region Legislative Assembly to appoint him the authority of the Kaluga Region Governor. July 26, 2005 the Kaluga Region Legislative Assembly deputies made up their minds to appoint A.D.Artamonov the authority of the Kaluga Region Governor for a five year term on a special session. July 26, 2010 the Governor came into office for another term on.

Andrey Guryev

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, PhosAgro

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).

Igor Drozdov

Chairman of the Board, Skolkovo Foundation

Born in Leningrad in 1977. In 1999 graduated from the faculty of law of the St.-Petersburg state university cum laude. Ph.D of jurisprudence. In 2004 - 2005 - counselor of the Minister of economic development and trade of the Russian Federation. Since 2005 - the head of Secretary of the Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, and in 2006 - 2010 - the head of the machinery - the manager of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. The senior lecturer of the civil law department of the faculty of law of the St.-Petersburg state university. The author of more than 30 scientific publications on civil law problems.

Emmanuel Quidet

President, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Emmanuel Quidet graduated from the European Business School in Paris in 1985 and began his career in the French office of EY. Before joining the EY CIS in 1994, he worked eight years in Paris and one year in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. For more than two years during his work in Paris, he managed the company's operations in Africa and the Middle East. Emmanuel is an audit partner at the French Business Center of EY CIS in Moscow. He is in charge of one of the most important Russian clients in the Moscow office. In 1997, he co-founded the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which he heads since 2007. He also co-founded ‘Le Courrier de Russie’, a French-language newspaper which is published fortnightly in Russia with a circulation of 25,000 copies. In addition, he is one of the founders of Samusocial Moskva (2004), which is headed by Dr. Xavier Emmanuelli and Professor Leonid Roshal. In 2012, he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor. In 2015, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov awarded him a Badge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "For Contribution to International Cooperation".

Isabelle Kocher

Chief Executive Officer, ENGIE

Nationality:French. Born December 9, 1966. Education: Isabelle Kocher is a graduate from Ecole Normale Supérieure, she holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Physics. Isabelle Kocher is a graduate from the Corps des Mines Engineering School. Professional career: 2016: Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE. 2014 : Chief Operating Officer of ENGIE. 2011: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of GDF SUEZ. 2007: Chief Operating Officer of Lyonnaise des Eaux (subsidiary of Suez Environnement) before becoming Managing Director of Lyonnaise des Eaux, as well as Executive Vice President in charge of the development of water activities in Europe within Suez Environnement. 2005: Senior Vice President in charge of Performance and Organization programs of SUEZ. 2002: Strategic and development department of SUEZ. 1999: Industrial Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of France. 1997: Manager of the postal and telecommunication budgets, followed by the defense budget at the French Budget Department. 1992 : Mergers and acquisitions Department of the Compagnie Financière de Rothschild before becoming Director of the industrial inspection department at the Ile-de-France regional department of industry, research and environment division. 1991-1997: Project Manager for the reorganisation of production workshops within the Société Européenne de Propulsion. Other memberships and offices held: Vice President of Electrabel (Belgique) Director of ENGIE, SUEZ Environnement Company, ENGIE Corporate Foundation(France) and International Power (United Kingdom). Director AXA Group

Sergey Nedoroslev

Chairman of the Board, Kaskol Group

Born 1963 in Barnaul, Altai Region. 1985: graduated from Altai State University in Radio Physics and Electronics. He then pursued post-graduate studies at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology, where he focused his research on semi-conductor production and semi-conductor based devices. 2007: Candidate of Economics, thesis on “Corporate governance in state-controlled joint stock companies”. Since 1987: has worked in various companies he set up. He established the Kaskol Group, which became one of the biggest industrial holding groups. 2012: one of the founders of STAN, a leading heavy machinery manufacturer in the country. Member of the Coordinating and General Councils of the All-Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia), member of the Administrative Office of the Board of the All-Russia Sector Association of Employers Union of Russian Engineering Union and board member of a number of companies, including RZD JSCo and others.

Patrick Pouyanne

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Total

Born on June 24, 1963. A graduate of École Polytechnique and an Engineer of the French Corps des Mines. From 1989 to 1996, Patrick Pouyanné held various positions in the French Industry Ministry and in ministerial offices, including Environment and Industry Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister from 1993 to 1995 and Chief of Staff to the Information Technology and Space Minister from 1995 to 1996. He joined Total in January 1997, as Chief Administrative Officer of Total E&P Angola and became Group Representative in Qatar and CEO of Total E&P Qatar in 1999. In August 2002, he was named Senior Vice President, Finance, Economics and Information Systems in Exploration & Production. In January 2006, he became Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production. Patrick Pouyanné has been a member of Total’s Management Committee since May 2006. In March 2011, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Chemicals and Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals. In January 2012, Patrick Pouyanné was appointed President, Refining & Chemicals and member of the Executive Committee. On October 22, 2014 Patrick Pouyanné was appointed Total Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Committee. Since December 2015 he is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group.

Gennadiy Talashkin

President, Union of Railway Constructors

Born March 25, 1966. Graduated Leningrad Institute of Railway Communication majoring in Bridges and Tunnels. From 1984 to 1986 served in the army. From 1987 to 2013 made a career in the railway system from a Leningrad – Moscow railway henchman to first deputy director of RZDStroi JSC. Since April 14, 2010 deputy chairman of transportation construction committee at the Russian Union of Construction. December 2014 elected President of the Railway Constructors Union. Since November 2015 deputy chairman of the expert council on design and implementation of high-speed railways in the Russian Federation, head of the construction work group. PhD in Economics, wrote his thesis on Methods of Crisis Management in Construction Sphere in Russia at St Petersburg State Economics University. Associate professor of Moscow State Railway University, dean of the Transportation Certification Department. Honorary Construction Professional. Holds industry and state awards.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric

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.

Frederic Oudea

President, European Banking Federation; Chief Executive Officer, Société Générale

Born in 1963. Frédéric Oudéa is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. From 1987 to 1995, Frédéric Oudéa held various positions in the French senior civil service (Audit department of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Budget Ministry, Private Office of the Minister of Budget and Communication). In 1995, he joined Societe Generale and in 1996 he was appointed Deputy Head then Head of the bank’s Corporate Banking arm in London. In 1998, he became Head of Global Supervisory and Development of the Equities division. In May 2002, he was named Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale Group. He became Chief Financial Officer of the Group in January 2003. In 2008 he was appointed CEO of the Group, before becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2009. Following the regulatory split between the roles of chairman and chief executive, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2015. In 2010 he was named Chairman of the Steering Committee on Regulatory Capital (“SCRC”) at the Institute of International Finance (“IIF”) and President of the European Banking Federation (“EBF”) since January 2015. In September 2015 he was named Chairman of the French Banking Federation (“FBF”).

Andrey Filatov

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tuloma Investment Company LLC

Andrey Filatov is a Russian entrepreneur, public figure and philanthropist. He is a member of the Economic Council of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce (CCIFR). He is Chairman of the Board of Tuloma Investment Company LLC that specialises in investing in assets in Russia. He is a co-owner of Global Ports Investments PLC, the Russia’s biggest container terminal operator, and Globaltrans Investment PLC, a leading freight rail transportation group. He is President of the Russian Chess Federation, Vice-President of the International Chess Federation. Mr. Filatov is founder of the Art Russe Foundation. One of the main objectives of the Fund is popularization of Russian art and Russia’s cultural heritage among international audiences, The Fund's collection comprises of works by different generations of great masters of Russian art, covering the years 1917-1991, and is currently one of the best private collections in the segment. He is the owner of Château La Grace Dieu Des Prieurs, situated in Saint-Emilion, France's leading winemaking region. He is taking an active part in social and philanthropic activities and financing several humanitarian programmes. Mr. Filatov was awarded the medal 300 Years of the Russian Fleet, Certificate of Merit from the President of the Russian Federation, UNESCO’s commemorative medal Five Continents, the Order of the Legion of Honor, and the medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland (2nd class).

Alexander Shokhin

President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Alexander N. Shokhin was born 25 December, 1951. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1974. Doctor of Economics, Professor. Twice, in 1991-1994 and in 1998, Mr. Shokhin held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1994 he also held positions of Minister of Labor, Minister of Economics, Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development. From 1994 to 2002 – Deputy of the State Duma, with the posts of First Vice Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the Duma party bloc 'Our Home is Russia', Head of the Duma Committee on Credit Institutions and Capital Markets. Since 1995 - President of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. From 2002 to 2006 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Group "Renaissance Capital". From 2005 to 2009 – member of the RF Public Chamber. Since 2005 – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Shokhin is a member of several deliberative bodies under the Russian President and Government. He is also an independent director on the Boards of several companies, including ALROSA, Russian Railways, TMK and others.

Valeriy Draganov , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Coalco Development
Ghislain Lescuyer , Chairman of the Management Board, Saft
Gerard Mestrallet , Chairman of the Board of Directors, ENGIE Group

Valeriy Draganov

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Coalco Development

Valery Gavrilovich Draganov born in 1951. 1971 - 1999, served in the office of the customs authorities in the Ukraine, Primorsky Territory, Belarus, Estonia. Since 1987 Vice-Chairman of the Customs Committee of the USSR, Chairman of the State Customs Committee (now the Federal Customs Service) of the Russian Federation (Yevgeny Primakov and Sergei Kiriyenko’s governments). Deputy of the State Duma of the third, fourth and fifth convocations, deputy chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes, First Deputy Chairman of Committees on Energy, Industry, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship. Since 2006 - Deputy CEO UC RUSAL. Board member of the RSPP. Member of the Bureau of the Russian Engineering Union. PhD in Economics. Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Author of educational books on Customs Law. Writer.

Ghislain Lescuyer

Chairman of the Management Board, Saft

Ghislain Lescuyer was appointed CEO of Saft in March 2015. Prior to that, he was member of the Saft Supervisory Board and President of the Board Strategic Committee. Aged 59, he holds an engineering degree from Télécom ParisTech and an MBA from INSEAD. He joined Saft from Alstom, where he was Senior Vice-President of Strategy & Development and Chief Information Officer for the Alstom Group and prior to that Executive Vice-President of the Grid Products Business of Alstom/Areva T&D. From 2003 to 2007, he was Senior Executive Vice-President of Thomson Multimedia and President of the Systems and Equipment Division based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to that, he held various general management positions including Managing Director of Europ@web and Chairman of Bull Services, and between 1989 and 1994 was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Gerard Mestrallet

Chairman of the Board of Directors, ENGIE Group

Born April 1, 1949. Education • Graduate of the École Polytechnique. • Graduate of the École Nationale d’Administration. Professional career • 2008-2016: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE. • 2001-2008: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ. • 1997-2001: Chairman of the Executive Board of SUEZ Lyonnaise des Eaux. • 1995-1997: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Suez. • 1991-1995: Executive Director and Chairman of the Management Committee of Société Générale de Belgique. • 1986-1991: Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of industrial affairs of SUEZ. • 1984-1986: Special Advisor at Compagnie financière de SUEZ. Other memberships and offices held • Chairman of the Board of Directors at SUEZ (France) and ENGIE Energy Management(Belgium) • Director of Société Générale • Member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG (Germany) • Chairman of Paris EUROPLACE (France) • Chairman of the FACE (Fondation Agir Contre l’Exclusion) Foundation and the ENGIE Corporate Foundation (France) • Honorary Chairman of the Chongqing Mayor’s International Economic Advisory Council • Member of the Shanghai and Beijing Mayors’ International Economic Advisory Councils • Director of Tongji University (Shanghai) • Doctor Honoris Causa at Cranfield University (UK)