Business programme

Russia’s economy is facing the most serious challenges in its history. The unprecedented sanctions and economic pressure, the disruption to economic ties and supply chains, the collapse of institutions and the growing threat of a global crisis have created a new reality. How can the financial stability and sustainable development of the country’s regions be secured in this new environment? How can a balance be found between support for business, the need to increase spending and bolstering social support for people? How can budgetary and fiscal policy and inter-budgetary relations be transformed, and the efficiency of budgetary spending improved?

Moderator
Andrey Makarov, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Budget and Taxes

Andrey Makarov

Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Budget and Taxes

Born 22 July 1954 in Moscow.
Graduated Moscow University Law School, holds a PhD in Law.
1982-1993 attorney-at-law, defense counsel in many high-profile cases, one of the founders of an independent Bar Association of the USSR (1988).
1993 –head of the Security Council Department for support of the Interagency Commission for Fight against Corruption in the Higher Ranks of Power.
Representative of the President of Russia in the Constitutional Assembly for drafting and adopting the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
December 1993 – elected to the State Duma; Member of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Duma.
Active participant in the drafting an adoption of practically all legislative acts concerning taxation and the budget, as well as the Law on the Auditing Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Author of the Law on the Practice of Law and the Bar Association of the Russian Federation and a large number of other major legislative acts.
Head of the working group for drafting the Law on Voluntary Declaration by Physical Persons of their Assets and Bank Accounts
Andrey Makarov is a firm and consistent advocate of enhancing the role of the Russian Parliament as a branch of state power; he was instrumental in the drafting and enacting a recently adopted amendment to the Law on Parliamentary Control whereby the Parliament is given powers to exercise control of the budget regulations, including the control of the efficiency of budget spending.

Panellists
Vladimir Efimov,
Maksim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
Alexey Texler, Governor of Chelyabinsk Region
Tadzio Schilling, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

Vladimir Efimov

Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Government of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations

Maksim Reshetnikov

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on July 11, 1979, in Perm.
2000 — graduated from Perm State University by the major Mathematical Economist.
2002 — acquired the speciality of Translating Language Expert.
2000 - 2005 — Head of the Budget Revenue and Expenses Planning Department, Head of the Regional Finance and Investment Department, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Economy of the Perm Region Administration.
2005 - 2007 — First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Department of the Perm Region, First Deputy Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.
2007 - 2009 — Deputy Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department, Director of the Department for Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of State Governments of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation.
2009 — Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.
2009 - 2010 — Director of the Department for State Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-Government of the Government of the Russian Federation.
2010 - 2011 — First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Mayor and Government.
2012 - 2017 — Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow city.
09.2017 - 01.2020 — Governor of the Perm Territory.
Since January 21, 2020 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Awarded the Letter of Acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation and Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.
PhD in Economics.

Anton Siluanov

Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Born April 12, 1963 in Moscow.

1985: Graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute with a degree in finance and credit.
August 1985 – March 1987: Economist, senior economist at the Finance Ministry of the RSFSR.
March 1987 – May 1989: Served in the Soviet Army.
May 1989 – January 1992: Chief economist, first rank economist, chief economist, sub-department deputy head and adviser at the Finance Ministry of the RSFSR.
February 1992: Department deputy head at the Economy and Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation.
February 1992 – October 1997: Department deputy head at the Budget Board, division head and deputy head of the Budget Department, and deputy head of the Budget Department at the Finance Ministry.
October 1997 – July 2003: Head of the Department for Macroeconomic Policy and Banking. Since March 22, 2001 has been member of the board of the Finance Ministry.
July 2003 – May 2004: Deputy finance minister.
May 2004 – December 2005: Director of the Department for Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations at the Finance Ministry.
May 2005 – September 2011: Deputy finance minister.
Sept. 27, 2011: Appointed acting finance minister.
December 16, 2011: Minister of Finance.
May 21, 2012: Reappointed Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order.

Alexey Texler

Governor of Chelyabinsk Region

Born on January 19, 1973 in the city of Chelyabinsk.
Education / specialty
Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy
Brief biographical note
In 1995 he graduated with honors from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy, an engineer-economist.
From 1990 to 2007 He held various positions in the JSC "Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine them. A.P. Zavenyagin "and OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, from specialist to CEO of Norilsk Support Complex, LLC, a subsidiary of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.
In 2008 - 2009 He was the head of the administration of Norilsk.
From 2011, he was Managing Director - Head of the Krasnoyarsk business unit Polyus CJSC.
In 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. Since November 2014, he served as First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Valid State Counselor of the Russian Federation 2 classes.
March 19, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, by his Decree, appointed A.L. Texler Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk region.
Awards:
Honorary title "Honorary Power Engineer" - 2017
Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree - 2016
Commemorative Medal "XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi" - 2014
Diploma of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation - 2014
Awards of other departments.
Family status
Married, has a son

Tadzio Schilling

Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

On May 1, 2020, Tadzio Schilling took office as the CEO of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).


Mr. Schilling was elected by representatives of the AEB’s member companies at the Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2020. He replaces Dr. Frank Schauff, who had headed the AEB since 2007 and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2016.

Tadzio Schilling holds an MA in International Relations and an advanced MA in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, as well as an Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

In his professional career, he has worked in various finance, HR, and sales functions for companies such as Zurich Cantonal Bank, Dell Inc., Wesser & Partner, and FirstClimate. He has also worked as a researcher and lecturer in Russian Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Before joining the AEB, he served as Deputy Head of Economic Affairs, Finance, and Science at the Swiss Embassy, then as Inbound Business Development Leader and Head of the German Business Center at EY.

He has also served as Chairman of the AEB SME Committee and a Board Member of the Joint Chambers of Commerce Switzerland-CIS.

Tadzio speaks German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and some Chinese.