Business programme

A stable materials sector is the foundation of sustainable global economic growth. It is expected that the mining sector will retain its role as the backbone of the global economy and consumption will continue to grow over the next 20 to 25 years. The green economy has emerged as a new driver of materials sector development. Green economy trends such as decarbonization, the development of renewable energy and energy storage technologies, clean transport, and hydrogen fuel have led to growing demand for primary metals and materials, significantly altering traditional materials consumption patterns and generating demand for new metals and materials. The Russian economy has an obvious competitive advantage in the form of its wide and diverse mineral-resource base. The mining sector is the foundation of the Russian economy and makes up 12% of the GDP, without taking into account its effect on the secondary sector. Russia and the rest of the world are now facing the issue of dwindling reserves in their largest and most economically viable deposits. In leading countries, the problem of dwindling commodity reserves is solved in party by attracting private funding to geologic exploration by way of junior geological exploration companies. They take on up to 40% of the cost and attract billions of dollars to the industry. Russia has enormous geological exploration potential and is in a stage of transition. The Strategy for the Development of the Mineral Resources Base of the Russian Federation until 2035 foresees the gradual reduction of government spending and increase of private investment in geological exploration. What does Russia need to realize this potential and remain competitive in a changing world? What steps must be taken so that businesses can smoothly replace the government in the early stages of geological exploration? How can restrictions be lifted to attract private capital to geological exploration?

Moderator
Sergey Gorkov, General Director, Chairman of the Management Board, Rosgeo

Sergey Gorkov

General Director, Chairman of the Management Board, Rosgeo

Date and place of birth: December 1, 1968, town of Gai, Orenburg region
1986-1987: study in Moscow Mining Institute 1994: graduation from the Federal Counter-Intelligence Service Academy, specialty: Jurisprudence 2002: graduation from the Russian Economic Academy named after G.V. Plekhanov, specialty: Economics
1994-1997: senior positions in MENATEP Bank
FROM 1997 to 2005 – senior positions in JSC Oil Company Yukos, LLC Yukos, CJSC Yukos Refining and Marketing, including position of Vice-President of LLC Yukos-Moscow
1999: senior positions in Schlumberger
2007-2008: Member of the Board of Directors of FESCO Transportation Group
2008-2016: Head of Department, Deputy Chairman of the Board of PJSC Sberbank
2016-2018: Chairman of Vnesheconombank
2018-2019: Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Since April 2019: General Director - Chairman of the Board of JSC RosGeo
Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the II degree, Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation

Panellists
Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor, Astana International Financial Center
Aleksandr Kirevnin, Director of Department of Financial and Banking Activity and Investment Development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Oleg Novachuk, Chairman of the Board of Directors, GDK Baimskaya
Sergey Nosov, Governor of Magadan Region
Sergey Ryzhov, Chairman, Seligdar
Alexey Chekunkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Kairat Kelimbetov

Governor, Astana International Financial Center

Kairat Kelimbetov was born in Almaty in 1969. He graduated from Moscow State University and High Academy of Governance under the President of Kazakhstan.
Kairat Kelimbetov was appointed Manager of the ‘Astana’ International Financial Centre by the order of President of the Kazakhstan on 24 December 2015.
Between 2013 and 2015, Kairat Kelimbetov was Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and from 2012 to 2013, he took the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan overseeing macroeconomics, budget policy, state asset and financial sector management, tax and customs policy; he was also Chair of the Eurasian Economic Committee Council on behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 2011, Kairat Kelimbetov held the position of Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan; from 2008 to 2011, he headed the National Welfare Fund ‘Samruk-Kazyna’ which pooled all the state assets of the country.
Earlier, he took positions such as Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan, Chief Executive of the ‘Kazyna’ Sustainable Development Fund, and Minister of Economy and Budget Planning. He was also a member of Supreme Economic Council under the President of Kazakhstan, worked as Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning, and as First Vice Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan.

Oleg Novachuk

Chairman of the Board of Directors, GDK Baimskaya

Appointed to the Board in 2005.
Skills and experience
Oleg joined the Group in 2001 and was appointed Chair on 1 January 2018, with responsibility for strategy, government relations and business development. Oleg was Finance Director from 2005 to 2007, overseeing the Group’s Listing on the London Stock Exchange, before serving as Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2017, during which time he led the delivery of the major growth projects, Bozshakol and Aktogay, and the Restructuring that created KAZ Minerals. Prior to joining the Group, Oleg was chairman of Kazprombank JSC.

Sergey Nosov

Governor of Magadan Region

Alexey Chekunkov

Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic

Alexey Chekunkov has been the head of the Far East Development Fund since October, 2014.In 2013-2014 Alexey managed his own investment company PAMIR Capital before appointment to the position of the Far East Development Fund Chief Executive Officer. In 2011-2013 he worked as a Director, Member of the Management Board and Investment Committee in the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Mr. Chekunkov was responsible for investments in healthcare, energy saving, raw materials sector as well as for establishing of the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund with 2 billion dollars capital. In 2009-2011 Alexey managed his own investment company New Nations Capital (venture capital investments, investment banking). In 2006-2009 he worked in the position of Managing Director in the investment company United Gold Company (UGC), being a part of Alfa-Group consortium.In 2003-2006 he was Vice-President in Delta Private Equity, one of the leading private equity companies in Russia, managing over 500 million dollars capital. He participated in a number of landmark deals including sale of Delta Bank, of TV channels STS and TV-3, of the National Cable Networks holding, of the company Compulink. In 2002-2003 Mr. Chekunkov took part in consolidation of gold-mining assets in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as the Projects Director in the Investment Group Alrosa. On November 10, 2020, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic.

Front row participants
Georgiy Belozerov, Deputy General Director, Network Director, Agency for Strategic Inintiatives
Alexander Borodich, Founder, Universa Blockchain Platform
Mikhail Damrin, Chief Executive Officer, Kopy Goldfields AB
Sergey Zhuravlev, Vice President of Government Relations, Polyus
Roman Kopin, Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Area

Georgiy Belozerov

Deputy General Director, Network Director, Agency for Strategic Inintiatives

Alexander Borodich

Founder, Universa Blockchain Platform

Alexander Borodich is a founder of Universa Blockchain for businesses and VentureClub, Russia’s number one crowd investment platform and investor club, a business angel, with a track record of over 70 investment projects. Key areas of investment: internet of things, cloud computing, smart cities and SaaS at the seed and idea stages.
He is a managing partner of Future Action, a digital marketing agency, and founder of FutureLabs, a laboratory of the future engaged in the development of technology complex systems. For four years, Alexander Borodich was in charge of online marketing at Acronis, a US-based major global IT company specializing in data protection solutions. He started numerous successful digital companies and developed Affiliate marketing, Google AdWords, SEO, and SMO.
As the head of marketing at Mail.Ru Group, he oversaw marketing projects, negotiations with key partners, company’s product line promotion, SEO/SEM strategy, and event management. Since 2010, an entrepreneur. He is the Head of the Economic Council of Liberland.
Alexander has often been a speaker at industry conferences. He is a mentor and lecturer at the marketing department of the Higher School of Economics. He was the head of the Moscow State University School of Economics and Mathematics from 2010 till 2013, where he has been teaching New Economics for over 13 years.
Alexander Borodich received MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) in 2007, graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, and got a degree in marketing at the Higher School of Economics National Research University.

Sergey Zhuravlev

Vice President of Government Relations, Polyus

Mr. Zhuravlev joined Polyus in 2014. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2014, he held the position of Director Government Relations at Sibur, Russia’s largest petrochemicals producer. From 2004 to 2008, he worked at the Federal Agency for State Property Management of the Russian Federation. Mr. Zhuravlev graduated with honours from the Cherepovets Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and the Academy of National Economy in Moscow with a degree in management. He also holds an MBA in finance from California State University, Hayward.

Roman Kopin

Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Area

Roman Kopin was born on March 5, 1974.
In 1996 he had finished Volgo-Vyatskaya Academy of government service having graduated of department of the State and municipal administration.
Since 2001 till now Roman Kopin lives and works in Chukotka.
In 2001 he was Governor’s adviser on economical issues.
In December 2001 he was the head of municipal administration of Chaunskiy district, and in 2003 he was the head of Bilibino municipal district.
In April 2008 he was appointed as the Vice-Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Region and at the same time he was the chief of Department of industrial and farming policy.
13 of July 2008 during the close vote of deputies of regional Duma Roman Kopin was appointed as the Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Region.
On September 8, 2013 he was elected the Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Area. On September 24 Roman Kopin took the oath and officially entered a position.
He was awarded by "Medal of honor" the decree of the President of Russian Federation
He is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.