Programme

Over the past decade, the number of companies integrating the principles of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility into their long-term strategies has been rising steadily. Examples of successful practices of interaction with partners, customers, and consumers will be presented and discussed by members of the Russian Foreign Investment Advisory Council and the Russian Managers Association.

Moderator
Vadim Kovalev, First Deputy Executive Director, Russian Managers Association

Vadim Kovalev

First Deputy Executive Director, Russian Managers Association

Born on May 9, 1984 in Moscow. Vadim Kovalyov graduated from the Law School of the Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, majoring in law, and the School of History, Political Science and Law, majoring in Public Relations. Mr. Kovalyov’s professional background involves executive agencies and non-profit organizations. He is a lecturer at the Russian University of Economics and Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Vadim Kovalyov is a member of Moscow City Public Chamber, the Chairman of the Commission on Employment Assistance for Graduates (Youth Council, Ministry of Science and Education) and a member of the Federal Expert Council on Volunteering. Mr. Kovalyov initiative helped creating the National Council for Corporate Volunteering. He organized volunteer assistance to the aggrieved people of Krasnodar Region, the Far East, Syria and the refugees from the South-Eastern part of Ukraine.

Speakers
Sofia Azizian, EY partner, Head of the HR Strategy in the CIS
Irina Bakhtina, Vice President for Sustainable Business Development and Corporate Relations in North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Africa, Unilever
Yury Blagov, Associate Professor, Department of Strategic and International Management, St. Petersburg University Graduate School of Management (GSOM)
Irina Zhukova, Director for Sustainable Development and Corporate Programs, Philip Morris International Inc
Julia Mazanova, Social Policy and Corporate Communications Director Management Company, METALLOINVEST LLC
Nadezhda Paderina, Private Label Procurement Director, Auchan Russia

Irina Bakhtina

Vice President for Sustainable Business Development and Corporate Relations in North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Africa, Unilever

Graduate of the Far East State University, an accomplished corporate affairs professional with more than 20 years experience in both domestic and multinational companies, as well as local government agencies and mass media, including 12 years as senior manager in international companies (Philip Morris International, Unilever).
In 2010 Ms. Bakhtina became a coordinator of an expert group on Administrative Barriers Elimination and Technical Regulation at the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC), acting under the auspices of the Russian Prime Minister. In 2016 she became Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee at the Managers Association (AMR). Member of a number of industrial associations (Russian Association of Advertisers, Russian Dairy Union, Oil and Fat Producers Association, Union of Ice-Cream Producers), member of supervisory boards of Food Fund Rus Charitable Foundation (since 2013) and Naidi Semyu Charitable Fund (since 2017).
Head of Sustainable Development Academy at Unilvever, global capability building and training for Unilever Sustainable Business & Communications function (since 2015).
Jury member at Effie Russia, a programme promoting global sustainable growth goals (since 2018) and at Managing Change. Visionaries (2018). Author of Top Comm, the first all-Russian rating of communications directors and departments.
In 2017, Irina was ranked as a #1 corporate communications executive in Russia and also #1 corporate social responsibility executive in Russia, winner of EY’s Business Women in International Business (2016), recipient of the Media Manager Award in 2014 and 2009.

Irina Zhukova

Director for Sustainable Development and Corporate Programs, Philip Morris International Inc

Education: Russian State University for the Humanities, specialization- historian-archivist
Experience: Irina started her career at Philip Morris Sales and Marketing in 1995, she occupied various positions in the Department of Corporate Affairs. In the period of 2008 – 2012, she was the Head of the Communications and PR Department at Tetra Pak. In February 2012 Irina returned to Philip Morris Sales and Marketing as Director for Communications and Public Relations. Since May 2017 Irina is heading the branch of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.
Irina is a member of Board of Directors in the Russian Association of Communication Directors and Corporate Publishing; she is also a member of Trustee Council of the National Award Media Manger of Russia. Irina is also heading the working group on CSR in non-commercial partnership the Association of Branded Goods Manufacturers in Russia (RUSBRAND)
Irina Zhukova has many times been rated in the top list of the Directors on corporate and public relations in the Service and Manufacturing of the Consumer Goods sector (project Top 1000 Russian Managers by business journal Kommersant and the Russian Managers Association