Business programme

A reluctance to admit one’s mistakes, either to oneself, or to others, can greatly hinder personal development, and experience does not merely imply living through an event. Indeed, it is vital to also reflect upon experiences in order to develop. The past year provided more opportunities than any other in recent history to acquire new experience, be it personal, professional, or social. The conclusions drawn would be enough to fill multiple textbooks covering all areas of life. What impact has this difficult period had on people? What managerial challenges have been faced, and what practices have proven to be effective? Have people’s attitudes towards success and failure changed in any way? What are the main lessons that can be drawn from the events of 2020, and how can this experience be applied in the future?

Moderator
Andrey Sharonov, President, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Andrey Sharonov

President, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Andrei Sharonov joined Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO in September 2013 as Dean, having left the position of Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy in Moscow City Government.Born in 1964 in Ufa, Andrei Sharonov graduated as an engineer from Ufa State Aviation Technical University and as a lawyer from Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation; in 1994 obtained his PhD in Social Studies.From 1989 to 1991 a Member of the Soviet Parliament, Congress of People’s deputies of the USSR; till 1996 chaired the Russian Federal Committee (Ministry) on Youth Affairs.In 1996-2007 occupied the positions of Deputy Minister, State Secretary and First Deputy Minister at Economics Development Ministry of Russian Federation.In the period from 2007 till 2010, Managing Director and the Board of Directors’ Chairman for Troika Dialog (Private Investment Company).Board Member for OJSC NOVATEK, ALROSA Group, Bank of Moscow OJSC, OJSC Sovcomflot, MC NefteTransService LLC and JSC Eco-System Management Company.As of December 22, 2010, by appointment of Moscow City Mayor Decree, Andrei Sharonov served at Moscow City Government as Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy in charge of budgeting, industrial and city business development, regional rate regulations as well as competition and public retail and procurement policy, trade and services.Since 2012, Andrei Sharonov is heading Executive Committees of Moscow Urban Forum and Open Innovations Forum.Andrei Sharonov received 2009 “Aristos” Awards as “Independent Director” and “Director of the Year”; the Person of the Year in Business Reputation for 2012.Andrei Sharonov was awarded with the Order of Honour and granted the title of “Honoured Economist of Russian Federation”.

Panellists
Jan Dunning, Chairman of the Management Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Magnit
Mikhail Karisalov, Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, SIBUR
David Manzini, President for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia, PepsiCo
Jim Rogers, Independent Director, PhosAgro; Chairman, Beeland Interests Inc.
Kristina Tikhonova, President, Microsoft Rus
Peter Herweck, Chief Executive Officer, AVEVA Group plc
Vladimir Chirakhov, President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema
Alexander Shevelev, Chief Executive Officer, Severstal Management

Jan Dunning

Chairman of the Management Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Magnit

Jan Dunning was Operations Director of Metro Cash & Carry Russia and then General Manager of Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine. Jan’s previous experience also includes three years as General Manager of the Lukas Klamer wholesale business, a subsidiary of the Metro Group in the Netherlands, and over ten years with Aldi North. Over the last 25 years, he has worked in a broad range of retail functions including leadership roles in operations, development, sales, marketing, purchasing and finance.

In 2011-2018, Jan worked as a Chief Executive Officer of Lenta.

In January 2019 Jan Dunning was appointed the President of Magnit and joined Magnit Management Board. In May 2019 Mr. Dunning was elected a Member of Magnit Board of Directors. In June 2019 Jan Dunning assumed the role of the Chief Executive Officer of Magnit.

Mikhail Karisalov

Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, SIBUR

Year of birth: 1973.
1998: Graduated from the Russian Civil Service Academy under the President of the Russian Federation, where he majored in State and Municipal Management
2009: Graduated from the West-Siberian Institute for the Humanities, where he majored in State and Municipal Management
2010: Completed professional retraining course Chemical Technology of Natural Energy Sources and Carbon Materials at Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
2003–2005: Various positions at OAO AK SIBUR, including Advisor to the President, Director of Procurement, Head of Logistics and Capital Construction
2005–2006: Various positions at OAO SIBUR Holding, including Head of Logistics and Capital Construction and Head of Hydrocarbon Feedstock Department
2006–2008: General Director of OAO SiburTyumenGaz 2006–2011: Vice-President – Head of Hydrocarbon Feedstock Department at the Management Company OOO SIBUR
Since 2007: Member of the Management Board of PJSC SIBUR Holding 2009–2012: General Director of OOO Tobolsk-Polymer
2011–2012: Executive Director of the Management Company OOO SIBUR
Since 2016: Chief Operating Officer of OOO SIBUR.
Since 2018: Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of OOO SIBUR.

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.

Jim Rogers

Independent Director, PhosAgro; Chairman, Beeland Interests Inc.

Jim Rogers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, is an author, financial commentator, adventurer, and successful international investor.
After attending Yale and Oxford University, Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund, a global-investment partnership. During the next 10 years, the portfolio gained 4200%, while the S&P rose less than 50%. Rogers then decided to retire – at age 37. Continuing to manage his own portfolio, Rogers kept busy serving as a full professor of finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
In 1990-1992, Rogers fulfilled his lifelong dream: motorcycling 100,000 miles across six continents, a feat that landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. As a private investor, he constantly analyzed the countries through which he traveled for investment ideas. He chronicled his one-of-a-kind journey in Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers. Jim also embarked on a Millennium Adventure in 1999. He traveled for 3 years on his round-the-world, Guinness World Record journey. It was his 3rd Guinness Record. Passing through 116 countries, he covered more than 245,000 kilometers, which he recounted in his book Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. His latest memoir Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets was published in February 2013.

Kristina Tikhonova

President, Microsoft Rus

Vladimir Chirakhov

President, Chairman of the Management Board, Sistema

Alexander Shevelev

Chief Executive Officer, Severstal Management

Alexander has been CEO of SVEZA Group, a subsidiary of Severgroup, since 2016. Prior to that he held the position of CEO of Severstal-Metiz (a part of Severstal) from 2013 to 2016. He started his career at Severstal-metiz and Severstal’s Cherepovets Steel Mill as a metalworker in 1997. Alexander graduated from the Vologda Economic Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and from the National Technical University in St. Petersburg where he mastered economics and management. Alexander also holds an MBA from the Northumbria Business School, Newcastle, UK.