Business programme

In today’s world, borders are gradually being blurred when it comes to education, development, work, and leadership approaches. As it recovers from the pandemic, Russia is seeking to reverse the decades-old trend of skilled personnel moving abroad, and create incentives to attract people from other countries.

Moderator
Alexey Komissarov, Vice Rector, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA); Director General, Russia – the Country of Opportunities

Alexey Komissarov

Vice Rector, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA); Director General, Russia – the Country of Opportunities

Education:
1994: Moscow Automobile and Road Institute
Qualification: Automobile maintenance and repair engineer
Professional development and retraining:
2003: MBA from Kingston University (Great Britain) at the Academy of National Economy
2009-2010: Chartered Director program at the Institute of Directors (IOD) in London
Honorary Doctor of Kingston University

Career:
1993-2011: Managed his own business he started from scratch – the Auto Repair Systems company
2008: Was put on the project Personnel Reserve - the Country's Professional Team and included in the project’s administrative personnel reserve in Moscow
2009-present: Lecturer for a course on entrepreneurship in a joint MBA program between Kingston University and the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation
2010 – 2011: Founded and managed the InCube business incubator at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
2011-2015: Head of the Department for Support and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Moscow at the Moscow Government, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship, Advisor to the Mayor of Moscow
2015 – 2017: Director of the Industrial Development Fund
2017 – present: Vice Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration
June 2018-present: Director General of the Russia – Land of Opportunity autonomous nonprofit organization

2010: Winner of the Russian stage of the international Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition in the Industrial Production category

Panellists
Sergey Kirienko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Konov, Chairman of the Management Board, SIBUR Holding
Alexey Likhachev, Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank
Evgeny Primakov, Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)
Mikhail Shvydkoy, The Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation

Sergey Kirienko

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation

Sergey Kirienko was born July 26, 1962, in Sukhumi. On finishing school, he entered the shipbuilding department of Gorky Institute of Water Transport Engineers from which he graduated in 1984. 1991-1993, studied at the governmental Academy of National Economy, specialising in Finance and Banking. April 1998, became Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and held this office till August 1998 when Boris Yeltsin dismissed the Government. May 2000, President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergey Kirienko as Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in Volga Federal District. November 2005, Russian Government appointed him as Head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency. December 2007, following President Putin’s order, he took the position of Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”. October 2016, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation. Sergey Kirienko has been awarded the Order of Honour.

Dmitry Konov

Chairman of the Management Board, SIBUR Holding

Year of birth: 1970
1994: Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) with a degree in International Economic Relations.
2001: Received an IMD MBA degree.
2004–2009: Various positions at OAO AK SIBUR, including Advisor to the President, Vice President for Corporate Policy and Strategy, Senior Vice President for Corporate Policy and Strategy, President, member of the Board of Directors.
2005–2012: Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO SIBUR Russian Tyres.
2006–2011: President of the Management Company OOO SIBUR.
2007–2010: Member of the Board of Directors of OAO Polief.
2007–2010: Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Sibur-Trans.
Since 2007: Chairman of the Group’s Management Board.
Since 2007: Chairman of the Board of Directors of OOO RusVinyl.
Since 2008: Chairman of the Board of Directors of OOO SNHK.
2008–2011:Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Sibur-Fertilizers.
Since 2009: Chairman of the Management Board of the Management Company OOO SIBUR.
2010–2013: Member of the Board of Directors of OOO Tobolsk-Polymer.
Since 2014: Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Stroytransgaz .
Since 2014: Member of the Board of Directors of OOO STGM, ZAO STGM.
2011 - 2016: General Director of the Management Company OOO SIBUR.
Since 2016: Chairman of the Management Board of OOO SIBUR.
Mr. Konov served in the Treasury Department of OAO NK YUKOS, held various positions at AKB Trust and Investment Bank, including Vice President – Head of the Investment Banking Department and Managing Director of Corporate Finance Department, was a member of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom neftekhim Salavat and OAO Gazprombank.

Alexey Likhachev

Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM

Alexey Likhachev is Director General of ROSATOM. He assumed office in October 2016. Mr. Likhachev has since been responsible for overseeing the entire spectrum of the state corporation’s activities.
Before joining ROSATOM, Mr. Likhachev worked in the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, where he held a wide variety of leadership positions. He joined the ministry in 2007. He worked as an advisor to the Minister of Economic Development until 2008, in 2010 he was appointed Deputy Minister, and in February 2015 he was promoted to the position of First Deputy Minister of Economic Development.
Throughout his career, Mr. Likhachev held senior positions in other governmental bodies and public organizations as well. He was a member of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliamentary body), serving as Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (2000-2007). Previously, he worked as managing director of Social Industrial Insurance Company ‘Aval’ in Nizhniy Novgorod (1992-2000).
Mr. Likhachev graduated from Gorky State University and started his career as an engineer in the Gorky Research Institute of Instrumentation (1985-1987). In 1998 he graduated from the Economic Faculty of Nizhniy Novgorod State University with a Ph.D. in economics.

Nikolai Podguzov

Chairman of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank

Mr Podguzov holds a degree in applied mathematics and physics from St. Petersburg State Technical University (1997), and in world economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr Podguzov held various positions at the Ministry of Finance of Russia.
From 2003 to 2006 – Vice President of Trust Investment Bank.
From 2006 to 2010 – Vice President and Department Director at Renaissance Capital – Financial Consultant.
From 2004 to 2005 – Department Head at VTB Capital.
From 2012 to 2013 – Deputy Director of the Russian Government’s Economy and Finance Department.
From 2013 to 2017 – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
From July 2017 to June 2020 – General Director of Federal state unitary enterprise Russian Post; General Director and Chairman of the Management Board of Joint-stock company Russian Post; First Deputy General Director and Director for Strategic Development at Joint-stock company Russian Post.
On 29 June 2020, Mr Podguzov was appointed as Chairman of the Management Board of the EDB.

Evgeny Primakov

Head, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo)

CEO and founder of Russian Humanitarian Mission; author and presenter of Global Review program (Russia 24); member of the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation; Council of Foreign and Defense Policy - member of the general committee; Press-secretary of JSC "RTI-Sistema".
Born Apr. 29, 1976
MA in History, Russian State University for Humanities.
Communication Officer and Urban Policy Advisor (UNHCR) (2011-2014)
Chief of Middle East Bureau of NTV Channel (2007-2009) and Channel One Russia (2009-2011)
Expert in international relations and Russian foreign policy.

Mikhail Shvydkoy

The Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation

Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for international cultural cooperation (since 2008).
Ph.D. in the History of Theatre, National Institute of Art Research, Moscow (1991). Professor at Faculty of Foreign Theatre, Russian Academy of Theatre Art; Professor, Member of Academic Council, Moscow State Lomonosov-University.
Founder and Artistic director of Moscow Theatre of musical (since 2011). Moderator of several TV programs. Columnist of the “Rossiyskaya gazeta”. Author of 3 books, 10 films and more than 1000 publications on culture.
Head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (2004-2008), Minister of culture (2000-2004), Chairman of the All-Russia State TV and Broadcasting Company (1998-2000), Deputy Minister of culture (1993-1997).

Front row participants
David Manzini, President for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia, PepsiCo
Vitaliy Milke, Professor, Bauman Moscow Technical University; PhD in Computer science and Machine Learning, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
Regina von Flemming, Independent Director, Sovcombank, MTS; Advisor to Director General, Accenture

David Manzini

President for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia, PepsiCo

David Manzini has 25 years of FMCG experience in management, marketing and sales. Before joining PepsiCo, he worked for seven years as General Manager at Mars in the UK, China and the CIS, and for three years before that at Danone in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Previously, from 2004-2011, he worked in managerial positions in marketing at Unilever. Manzini started his career at Mars as Area Sales Manager in 1995, and gradually progressed to more responsible positions, reaching the position of Director of Customer Relations.

Vitaliy Milke

Professor, Bauman Moscow Technical University; PhD in Computer science and Machine Learning, Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge

Vitaliy Milke was born in Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai.
In 1997, he graduated Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Rocket and Space Technology Department with distinction, and he also holds a PhD.
Since 1997 he has been working with banks, financial and brokerage companies. Mr. Milke has 19 years experience in management.
2000–2003 — Deputy Director of Market Operations Department, Rossiysky Kredit Bank.
2003–2004 — CFO of Interfin Trade Financial Company, CEO, Interfin Capital Asset Management Company.
2005–2008 — CFO of Otkritie Brokerage House and Financial Corporation.
2008–2009 — Chairman of the board, Otkritie Bank.
Since 2010 — Chairman of the board, Presidential Economics and Finance Advisor, Business Alliance Leasing Company.
2016 — received Master degree in Computer Science with distinction, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Since 2017 — PhD Student at Department of Computing and Technology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
2018 — winner, Leaders of Russia, the 1st National executive competition.

Regina von Flemming

Independent Director, Sovcombank, MTS; Advisor to Director General, Accenture