Programme

The private sector has always been a source of new ideas and the driving force behind economic growth. As technologies develop, they reach wider audiences, which in turn stimulates further development. Users of all ages are increasingly getting used to the fact that digital ecosystems are changing their way of life and presenting day-to-day services in just one click. Major industrial companies have embraced artificial intelligence as they strive to boost production efficiency and roll out smart solutions. Meeting expectations is no longer sufficient. Competition between digital ecosystems has led to a situation where anticipating customer needs and offering solutions to tomorrow’s problems today is of utmost importance. While building upon the essential services we use every day, companies also invest in technologies of global significance, all the while transforming the current consumption model. As B2B companies adopt B2C technologies and vice versa, they simultaneously make B2B technologies available to a wider B2C audience. How can the digital leaders of today remain relevant with the rapid technological change? How do companies attract the best talent and set market trends? How to spot a new trend and implement it? How to support a corporate culture relevant to our times and develop personnel? Which skills should be cultivated in employees? What are the main challenges digital ecosystems and industrial players face? How should businesses work effectively with start-ups?

Moderator
Alexander Sukharevsky, Managing Partner, McKinsey Digital, EEMA

Alexander Sukharevsky

Managing Partner, McKinsey Digital, EEMA

Leads McKinsey Digital and our commercial work in Africa, the CIS, the Middle East, and Turkey, shaping commercial and digital transformations empowered by artificial intelligence and digital business building.

Panellists
Arkady Volozh, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Yandex Group of Companies
Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Oleg Tinkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tinkoff Bank

Arkady Volozh

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Yandex Group of Companies

Arkady Volozh is the principal founder of Yandex and has been Chief Executive Officer and a director since 2000. A serial entrepreneur with a background in computer science, Mr. Volozh co-founded several successful IT enterprises, including InfiNet Wireless, a Russian provider of wireless networking technology, and CompTek International, one of the largest distributors of network and telecom equipment in Russia. In 2000, Arkady left his position as CEO at CompTek International to become the CEO of Yandex. Mr. Volozh started working on search in 1989, which led to him establishing Arkadia Company in 1990, a company developing search software. His early achievements include the development of electronic search for use in patents, Russian classical literature and the Bible. Mr. Volozh holds a degree in applied mathematics from the Gubkin Institute of Oil and Gas.

Alexey Mordashov

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal

Born in 1965, Alexey Mordashov has been working for Severstal since 1988. He started his career as a senior economist, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1992. In December 1996, he was appointed as Severstal’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2002 and 2006 he served as CEO of Severstal Group and was Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Since the introduction of the new structure of corporate governance in December 2006 Mr. Mordashov has been CEO of Severstal. From December 2014 till June 2015 Alexey served as CEO of AO "Severstal Management" - managing organization of PAO Severstal. In May he was elected as Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors.
Vice-Chairman of World Steel Association. Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ Committee on Integration, Trade and Customs Policy and WTO. Serves on the Entrepreneurial Council of the Government of Russian Federation. Co-chairman of the “Trade as a Global Driver” Taskforce of the “Business 20” of “Group of Twenty”. Co-chairman of the Northern Dimension Business Council. Vice-President of Russian-German chamber of commerce, member of the Russian-German workgroup responsible for strategic economic and finance issues. Member of the EU-Russia Business Cooperation Council. Alexey earned his undergraduate degree from the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. He also holds an MBA degree from Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University (UK).

Oleg Tinkov

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tinkoff Bank

Oleg Tinkov, one of Russia’s best-known entrepreneurs, founded Tinkoff Bank in 2006. In less than 12 years, Tinkoff became the world’s largest independent digital bank, specializing in providing its own and partners’ services online and via its mobile application. The bank has grown into a leader in the Russian credit card market and is rapidly expanding a wide spectrum of other products and services, including financial, telecommunications and investment offerings. In 2016, The Banker named Tinkoff Russia’s Bank of the Year and most profitable bank in the CEE.
Previously, Oleg Tinkov built a number of successful businesses. As early as in 1997 he founded frozen food producer “Daria”. In 2003, two years after successfully selling the company, he launched “Tinkoff Beer” and “Tinkoff Restaurants” chain. In 2005, he sold the brewery to the Belgian company InBev.
Mr Tinkov has studied at the Leningrad Mining Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia and the University of California, Berkeley, USA (Diploma Marketing Program).