The 12th annual VTB Capital Investment Forum
VTB Capital Forum "RUSSIA CALLING!" brought together participants and viewers from 103 countries
The 12th VTB Capital Investment Forum "RUSSIA CALLING!", which was for the first time held online, has finished. The Forum’s events were broadcast at leading Russian and international media platforms and were available to viewers across the globe.
The first day of the Forum, themed “Global Challenges, Local Remedies”, was dedicated to discussions of the current status of global and Russian economy in light of the pandemic and instruments for adaptation and transformation of businesses and markets under the crisis.
At the macroeconomic plenary session Russian President Vladimir Putin held a traditional conversation with foreign businessmen and investors. Over two hours the President answered questions of 18 representatives of foreign business community on challenges, faced by the world during the pandemic, on decisions, made by Russia to cushion the effects of the crisis on the economy and the social sphere, on the investment potential of the Russian market.
On the second day, “Post Pandemic Investment Horizons” session of VTB Capital Investments featured Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners LLP, Jim Rogers, international investor and author other leading speakers, who discussed capital market strategies and smart investing in the next year. The participants talked about ruble exchange rate, debated relevance of negative interest rates for Russia and once again underlined their commitment to portfolio diversification.
Participants of “The Pandemic and Technologies for a Safe Future” session, including Ancha Baranova, Professor, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University (Virginia, USA), Mikhail Oseevskiy, President and Management Board Chairman, Rostelecom, Tigran Khudaverdyan, Executive Director, Yandex Group, and experts reviewed efficient practices of digital technology implementation in infrastructure of Moscow and regions, and also discussed the situation in Russian healthcare, battling the virus at the frontlines.
The VTB Capital Investment Forum "RUSSIA CALLING!" has been held annually since 2009. Every year the event attracts an authoritative audience, including representatives of government agencies, heads of Russian and international companies and investors. The agenda of the forum covers the most pressing issues of the global economy, finance and business sectors. The forum's influence and credibility among the business community has been repeatedly recognized by a number of international awards, including the IPRA Golden World Awards, Extel Survey, Communicate Magazine’s Corporate and Financial Awards.
“One of the key advantages of our forum is its continuity, and this year we upheld our reputation despite the challenging pandemic situation. 2020 is a year of unprecedented challenges for each and every one of us, and now it is crucial to support the dialog of business, state, investors and markets. We are all in search of a rational response model to enable development of business community, society, economy. Over the two days at the forum we managed to define a toolset which will maximize efficiency of our efforts to combat the aftermath of the pandemic”.
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“As usual the Forum brings together Russian and foreign entrepreneurs, investors and experts of the highest level and range in order to have an open and professional discussion of the current issues on the business agenda to consider the main trends in the economy of Russia, primarily, and also of the economy of the entire world”
“We are happy to welcome you at the 11th Annual Investment Forum "RUSSIA CALLING!" The advantage of our forum is that it is very stable. We have a growing number of participants and we thank you for coming over. I hope that we are going to end up with interesting investment projects that will be mutually beneficial”
of the Management Board of VTB Bank,
Chairman of VTB holding companies Board of Directors
“The primary purpose of VTB Capital’s "RUSSIA CALLING!" Forum is to show the whole spectrum of investment possibilities in Russia, provide ground for the contacts between foreign investors and executive authorities. We believe that we have managed to draw the top-persons of the Russian government and leaders of Russian business, and we hope that we will be able to raise questions that are really interesting for the investors”
of the Management Board of VTB Bank,
Chairman of VTB holding companies Board of Directors
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- 11:30 – 12:45 MSK
- 04:30 New York
- 08:30 London
- 09:30 Frankfurt
- 16:30 Shanghai
First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
Governor of the Bank of Russia
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank
- 13:00 - 14:30 MSK
- 06:00 New York
- 10:00 London
- 11:00 Frankfurt
- 18:00 Shanghai
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
Video conference
President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank
Vladimir Vladimirovich
Yuri Alexeyevich
Since May 2011
JSC VTB Bank, First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board.
2008 – 2011
JSC VTB Bank, Senior Vice President; JSC VTB Capital, Global CEO.
2006 – 2008
Head of Investment Business, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Russia.
2002 – 2006
Director, Head of Global Markets in Russia & CIS, Deutsche Bank AG, London.
1996 – 2002
Analyst, Executive Director at Emerging Markets Department, Bank Lehman Brothers, London.
1994 – 1996
Dealer, Senior Dealer at Currency Trading Department, JSC Incombank.
1970
Born in Ulan Bator.
Andrey Leonidovich
Since 2002
VTB Bank: President and Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Supervisory Council.
1996
Vnesheconombank: appointed Chairman by presidential executive order; term in office extended in 1999 for another three years.
1995
National Reserve Bank: elected First Deputy Chairman.
1993 – 1995
Imperial Bank: Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department.
1979 – 1992
Diplomatic service at the USSR Consulate General in Australia (1979-1982) and Embassy to the UK (1985-1990).
1956
Born in Moscow.
Anton Germanovich
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
Born on April 12, 1963 in Moscow.
Higher education. Candidate in Economics.
Fluent in German.
In 1985 graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute, specializing in Finance and Credit.
August 1985 – March 1987 – economist, senior economist at the Finance Ministry of the RSFSR;
March 1987 – May 1989 – military service in the Soviet Army;
May 1989 – January 1992 – leading economist, 1st grade economist, leading economist, deputy director of a subdivision, consultant at the Finance Ministry of RSFSR;
February 1992 – deputy director of a division at the Economy and Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation;
February 1992 – October 1997 – Deputy Director of the Budget Management Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department – Director of Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation;
October 1997 – July 2003 – Director of the Macroeconomic Policy and Banking Department of the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation; since March 22, 2001: member of the Finance Ministry Board;
July 2003 – May 2004 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;
May 2004 – December 12, 2005 – Director of the Inter-budget Relations Department;
December 2005 – September, 2011 – Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;
September, 2011 – December, 2011 – Acting as Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;
December, 2011 – May, 2018 – Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;
May, 2018 – May, 2018 – Acting as Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;
May, 2018 – January, 2020 – First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
January, 2020 – present time – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
In 2001 rewarded with the Finance Minister’s honorary diploma;
In 2002 received a citation of the President of the Russian Federation;
In 2002 received a citation of the Finance Minister;
In 2013 rewarded with the order «For Merit to the Fatherland», 3rd grade.
Yuri Alexeyevich
Since May 2011
JSC VTB Bank, First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board.
2008 – 2011
JSC VTB Bank, Senior Vice President; JSC VTB Capital, Global CEO.
2006 – 2008
Head of Investment Business, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank Russia.
2002 – 2006
Director, Head of Global Markets in Russia & CIS, Deutsche Bank AG, London.
1996 – 2002
Analyst, Executive Director at Emerging Markets Department, Bank Lehman Brothers, London.
1994 – 1996
Dealer, Senior Dealer at Currency Trading Department, JSC Incombank.
1970
Born in Ulan Bator.
Elvira Sakhipzadovna
Governor of the Bank of Russia
Born on 29 October 1963 in Ufa.
Education
1986: graduated from the Department of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Career
1991–1992: Chief Specialist in the Directorate on Economic Reform of the Standing Committee of the USSR Scientific and Industrial Union Board, Moscow.
1992–1994: Chief Specialist, Consultant in the Economic Policy Directorate of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
1994–1994: Advisor at the Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
1994–1995: Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department — Head of the Division for State Regulation of Economy at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.
1995–1996: Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.
1996–1997: Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation; Member of the Ministry’s Board.
1997–1998: Deputy Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation.
1998–1999: Deputy Chairperson of Promtorgbank’s Management Board.
1999–1999: Executive Director of the Eurasian Ratings Service.
1999–2000: Vice President of the Centre for Strategic Research.
2000–2003: First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2003–2005: President of the Centre for Strategic Research.
2005–2007: Head of the Expert Council of the Organising Committee for Russia’s Presidency of the G8 in 2006; Research Team Head at the Centre for Strategic Research.
From 24 September 2007: Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.
From 12 May 2008: Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
May 2012—June 2013: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
From June 2013: Governor of the Bank of Russia.
Member of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors according to Article 15 of the Federal Law ‘On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)’.
Maxim Gennadievich
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Born on July 11, 1979, in Perm.
In 2000, he graduated from the Perm State University with a degree in mathematical economics. In 2002, he also acquired the specialty of linguist-translator.
From 2000 to 2007, he served in various capacities at the Perm Governor’s regional administration.
In 2007-2009, he worked for the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation as deputy head of the Department for Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and then as head of the Department for Control and Evaluation of the regional public authorities’ efficiency.
After serving a few months as head of the Perm Governor’s administration, he was appointed in 2009 Director of the Department for Public Administration, Regional Development and Local Governance of the Government of the Russian Federation.
In 2010, he joined the Government of the City of Moscow first as first deputy of the Mayor’s Staff and then as head of the Department for Economic Policy and Development.
In September 2017, he became Governor of the Perm Territory.
Since January 21st, 2020, he is Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Mr. Reshetnikov is married and has a son and two daughters.
Maxim Stanislavovich
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
1982 Born on July 21, in Moscow.
2002 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.
2004 Master’s Degree in Economics, Higher School of Economics.
2002–2006 Economist, 1st class; Leading Economist; Chief Economist; Sector Head at the Balance of Payments Department at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).
2006–2010 Senior Manager; Director; Managing Director at Rosbank.
2010–2012 Head of the Analytical Unit at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Russia and the CIS.
2012–2013 Chief Economist for Russia at VTB Capital.
2013–2015 Director of the Long-term Strategic Planning Department at the Russian Ministry of Finance.
2013 included in the management personnel pool under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.
2015–2016Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2016–2020 Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
2017 Since March 14 – Presidential Special Representative for Trade and Economic Cooperation with Japan.
2018 Chairman of the Board, at the Centre for Strategic Research.
2020 Since January 24 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
Aleksei Leonidovich
Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
Born on October 12, 1960 in Dobele, Latvian SSR, in the family of a military serviceman.
1983 — graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Leningrad State University.
1983–1985 — an intern researcher in the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1985–1988 — a post-graduate student of the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Ph D. in Economics. Since 1988 — Research Fellow in the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1990 — Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. After liquidation of the Committee for Economic Reform, he moved to the Management Committee of the Leningrad Free Enterprise Zone.
1991–1992 — Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development.
1992–1993 — Chairman of the Chief Financial Administration for the Mayor of St. Petersburg.
1993–1996 — Deputy and First Deputy Mayor, member of the Municipal Government, Chairman of the Committee for Economics and Finance of the City Council of St. Petersburg.
1996–1997 — Deputy Head of the Administration of the Russian President, Head of the Chief Control Department.
1997–1999 — First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
1999 (January – June) — First Deputy Chairman of the Board of RAO Unified Energy System (RAO UES) of Russia.
1999–2000 — First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2000–2004 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2004–2007 — Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2007 — Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
2012–2016 — Chairman of the Committee of Civil Initiatives — a community of professionals able to offer alternative solutions to the problems faced by the country.
2016 — head of the Center for Strategic Research, Vice-Chairman of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.
On May 22, 2018, on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the position of Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Since November 2018 — member of the Presidential Council for Implementation of State Policy on Protecting Family and Children.
Author of more than 30 scientific papers in the field of economics and finance:
— PhD thesis on: “Comparability in the Mechanism of Implementation of Economic Competition Relations”.
— Doctoral thesis on: “Theoretical and methodological approaches to implementation of balanced and efficient budget policy.
Reserve officer.
Participation in the work of educational and scientific establishments:
— Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University and a member of the Supervisory Board of St. Petersburg State University;
— Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Gaidar Institute;
— Member of the Board of Trustees, Yegor Gaidar Foundation;
— Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University;
— Member of the Board of Trustees of the European University in St. Petersburg;
— Member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Economic School.
Participation in international ratings:
— In 2004 Aleksei Kudrin was named the Finance Minister of the Year by the British magazine “The Banker”, winning in two categories: “World Finance Minister of the Year” and “European Finance Minister of the Year.”
— In 2006 the British magazine “Emerging markets” named Aleksei Kudrin as the best Minister of Finance among the European developing countries.
— In 2010 the British magazine “Euromoney” named Aleksei Kudrin as the best Finance Minister of the year. According to the editor, Padraic Fallon, Kudrin got the award because he “...having overcome major political pressure secured establishment of the Reserve Fund, which allowed Russia to come out of the global financial crisis in a much better shape than the experts had expected”.
Vladimir Mikhailovich
CEO, VTB Capital Investments,
Senior Vice President, VTB Bank
Since 2018, Vladimir Potapov has headed VTB Bank's integrated investment product platform - VTB Capital Investments, which includes several businesses: Russian and international investor asset management, brokerage services for retail clients, brokerage services for institutional investors, and FX services for individuals. VTB Capital Investments provides a full range of investment services for a wide range of investors: retail, high net worth, as well as Russian and international institutional investors.
Under Vladimir’s leadership, total AUM has tripled, and currently exceeds RUB 2.9 tn RUB (US$37.4 bn). The client base in all business areas has grown 3.7x and exceeds 1.1 m customers.
The record number of new products and services for clients have been launched in the shortest time possible under Vladimir’s management. It is now possible to open a brokerage account online and the processing time was reduced from 50 minutes to 3 minutes. The mobile application VTB My Investments was created for brokerage clients, which for 2 years in a row has been recognized as the best investment application by RAEC and Investfunds. VTB My Investments is the flagship product of VTB Capital Investments, and is constantly being improved using the most advanced technologies. Through the mobile application, you can remotely open a brokerage account and directly participate in primary and secondary placements on the Moscow Exchange. The number of active users is ca. 500k.
The VTB Capital Investments team implemented Open API technology for brokerage accounts and investment products. VTB Bank is the first and only bank in Russia that has implemented this technology.
VTB is the undisputed leader on the Russian market in terms of mutual fund inflows.
VTB Capital Investments has the widest range of ETFs on the Russian market: 9 mutual funds have already been launched. Overall VTB Capital Investments provides 57 investment funds.
In 2020, the first Russian fund focusing on environmental, social, and corporate governance factors (ESG) in the investment selection process was launched for retail investors.
The asset management company within VTB Capital Investments is the largest asset manager in the country.
VTB Broker was voted Brokerage Company of the Year according to NAUFOR Stock Market Elite 2019.
Vladimir Potapov was voted CEO of the Year in the NAUFOR "Stock Market Elite" Competition 2019.
Vladimir Potapov is included in the 1000 best managers in Russia list, taking first places among the country’s top financial companies according to Kommersant Publishing House and the Association of Managers “TOP-1000 Russian Managers.”
In 2019, Vladimir Potapov received “the Dreamer” award by RETAIL FINANCE AWARDS. It is awarded to the person who has made the greatest contribution to the development of the retail financial business in Russia or has strived to innovate in the field of retail finance.
Vladimir takes an active part in the development of the Russian financial market and the professional business community:
- Member of the world's largest association of business leaders - Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
- Member of the Exchange Council of the Moscow Exchange.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Investors.
- Member of the Board of Directors of NAUFOR.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the CFA Association (Russia).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Saint Petersburg Exchange.
Vladimir Potapov joined VTB Capital Investment Management team in 2010 as Global Head of the Portfolio Management Business. In 2013 Vladimir took over the business, becoming the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Alexey Borisovich
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia
Born on August 2, 1977 in Kolomna, Moscow Region.
Education
In 1997 graduated from the Faculty of Economy, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In 2005 graduated from the New Economic School.
Career
2005–2008— economist, Deutsche Securities
2008–2009— investment strategy managing director, United Capital Partners Advisory
2009–2011— deputy CEO, VTB Asset Management
2011–2018— deputy Head of Research, VTB Capital
2018–2020 — Director, Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Russia.
Since June 2020 — Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia.
Mark
Founding Partner, Mobius Capital Partners LLP
Prior to launching Mobius Capital Partners, Dr. Mobius was employed at Franklin Templeton Investments for more than 30 years, most recently as Executive Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. During his tenure, the group expanded AUM from USD 100m to over USD 40bn and launched a number of emerging market and frontier funds focusing on Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. His career and influence has earned him numerous industry awards. Dr. Mobius has also been a key figure in developing the international policy for emerging markets.
www.mobiuscapitalpartners.com
www.markmobius.com
Jim
International Investor and Author
Jim Rogers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, is an author, financial commentator, adventurer, and successful international investor. He has been frequently featured in Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Business Times, The Straits Times and many media outlets worldwide. He has also appeared as a regular commentator and columnist in various media and has been a professor at Columbia University.
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, and, in 1989 and 1990, as the moderator of WCBS's 'The Dreyfus Roundtable' and FNN's 'The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers'.
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 book, Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably In The World's Best Market, was published in 2004. Another of his books A Bull in China describes his experiences in China as well as the changes and opportunities there. His recent book A Gift to My Children is a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (as well as for all adults and children) to find success and happiness. His latest memoir Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets was published in February 2013. Recently in January 2018, his book A Gift to My Children, 2nd edition which was published in Chinese, was launched in China. And in October 2018, another of his book The Next Big Wave, published in Complex Chinese, was launched in Taiwan. Rogers had two number one bestsellers in Japan namely The Future of Japan and A Warning to Japan that were published in January and July 2019 respectively.
Miroslav
Director for Institutional Affairs and Chief Economist of Generali CEE Holding B.V.
Miroslav Singer ranks amongst the most significant Czech economists. He graduated in Mathematical Methods Applied to Economy at the University of Economics in Prague. In 1995 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Before his appointment to the Bank Board of the Czech National Bank in 2001 he held senior management positions in the group Expandia (finance and industry) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (advising in restructuring).
Between 2005 and 2010 he was Vice-Governor and between 2010 and 2016 he was Governor of the Czech National Bank. Since January 2017, he has been the Director of Institutional Relations and Chief Economist at Generali CEE Holding responsible for Austria, CEE & Russia Region, since January 2018 he is also member of the Executive Committee. He serves in the supervisory boards of insurance companies of Generali, i.e. as a chairman in Generali Česká pojišťovna (CZ) and Poisťovňa Generali (SK).
Also he is a vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of Moneta Money Bank. Among other prestigious appraisals he was awarded “Central Banker of the Year in Europe” for 2014 by The Banker – FT group.
Yerlan
Global Head of Emerging Markets, Amundi
Yerlan Syzdykov is the Global Head of Emerging Markets & Co-Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at Amundi, based in the London office. In this role, he is responsible for leading a highly skilled investment team working on debt and equity strategies that covers Asia, Latin America, Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is also Lead Portfolio Manager on a number of our Emerging Market Debt strategies.
Yerlan has worked on Emerging Markets (EM) throughout his career. He has been involved in managing EM Debt strategies since 2000 when he joined Amundi Asset Management and has played a key role in evolving our investment capability in this area.
He joined Amundi Asset Management (previously Pioneer Investments) in 2000 from Bancroft in Paris where he had been working as an Investment Analyst for Private Equity deals. Before this, he worked with various companies in London and Paris within EM equity research.
Yerlan started his career as an EM Equity Analyst with Renaissance Capital in Moscow upon completion of his MBA in 1997.
Christopher
Managing Director, EMEA and Global Political Research, TS Lombard
His 25 years’ experience covering the political economy of Russia and other FSU countries, including time working in Moscow-based investment banks where he was a top-ranked strategist and political analyst in broker surveys, started with a posting in Moscow as a UK diplomat in the early 1990s. In the decade from co-founding Trusted Sources until its merger with Lombard Street Research to form TS Lombard in 2016, he has also been producing broader political analysis on EMEA regional markets and geopolitics. Academic work in Italy during the 1980s underpins his lifelong interest in that country’s political economy. He is a regular commentator on FSU affairs in broadcast media and leading op-ed columns. He graduated from Oxford University, where he was also a Fellow of All Souls College.
Stefan
CFA, Global Economist, Head of Macro Research, Allianz Global Investors
Stefan Hofrichter is AllianzGI’s Global Economist and Head of Macro Research since 2011. Stefan and his team are responsible for advising clients, in-house professionals and sales colleagues on global economic trends and asset allocation. He is a member of the firm’s Global Policy Council, which is responsible for shaping the mid-term “Global House View” on financial markets, and of the Global Fundamental Multi-Asset Investment Committee. In 2016 he was appointed to European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Group of Economic Advisers. Stefan joined the firm in 1996 as an equity portfolio manager and assumed the role of economist and strategist in 1998.
Between 2004 and 2010 he also managed absolute return and alpha-porting multi-asset mandates, as well as traditional Global and European balanced portfolios. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Konstanz and in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Hachenburg. Stefan is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the European Association of Banking and Financial History.
Dmitry Nikolaevich
Head of Client coverage – Senior Vice President, VTB Bank
Mr. Snesar joined VTB Bank in 2011 as the Head of Metals & Mining Coverage. In the end of 2012 he became the Deputy Global Head of Fixed Income, Global Head of Fixed Income Sales. From December 2014 till May 2016 Dmitry held the position of First Deputy Chairman at Bank of Moscow.
Before his career with VTB Group Dmitry worked as Head of Investment Banking department at Deutsche Bank in Moscow and General Director and CFO at United Financial Group.
In 1995 Dmitry Snesar graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics with a degree in Economics. Dmitry speaks English and Spanish.
Dmitry has been a Member of the Board of Directors at VTB Leasing and Member of the Board of Directors of NPF VTB Pension fund. Dmitry was a Member of Supervisory Board at VTB Bank (France).
Maksut Igorevich
Born in 1979 in Moscow
2004: Graduated from Moscow State Social University, now Russian State Social University
1999-2004: Held managerial positions in the IT and communications sector, including at IBC Group where he headed the internet solutions division’s business development department and also worked as Director for Business Development.
2004: Advisor to the Minister and Director of the Department of State Programmes, Infrastructure Development and Use of Constrained Resources at the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation.
2008: Assistant to the Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation. Oversaw the organisation of the work of the Russian Presidential Council for Information Society Development.
February 2009: Listed among the top 100 members of the Management Personnel Pool under the Russian President’s Patronage.
2012: Advisor to the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
2014: Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region.
2016: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region.
September 2018: Vice President for Digital Platforms at Rostelecom.
February 2019: Combined this position with that of RT Labs Director General.
21 January 2020: Appointed Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order.
Mark Arkadievich
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Founder and CEO of the Mother and Child Group of Companies and Doctis
From the date of opening (1994) to 2012 M.A. Kurtser was the head of Moscow State Budgetary Healthcare Institution Family Planning and Reproduction Center of the Moscow Healthcare Department”.
From 2003 to 2013 he was the chief obstetrician-gynecologist of the Moscow Healthcare Department.
Since 2017 - Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Pediatric Faculty of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education named after N.I. Pirogov.
M.A. Kurtser introduced into practice a number of advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques, including unique operations such as open intrauterine operation on the fetus for Spina bifida defect.
He is the founder and CEO of the Federal Group of Companies "Mother and сhild", which includes 42 clinics, including 6 hospitals and 36 outpatient clinics.
Mikhail Eduardovich
President of Rostelecom, Chairman of the Management Board
Mikhail Eduardovitch Oseevskiy was born in Leningrad on November 30, 1960.
He graduated from the Kalinin Politechnical Institute (Leningradskij Politekhnicheskij Institut imeni Kalinina) in 1983 with a Degree in Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics.
He has wide experience in high-ranking posts in Russian state and business institutions.
From 1986 to 1993, he worked in the Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA in Russian).
From 1993 to 1999, he was Deputy Director and later Director of the Stock Exchange in St. Petersburg.
From 1999, he was a Vice Chairman, and from 2003 First Vice Chairman of the Board Council of the Industrial and Construction Bank in Saint Petersburg.
From 2003 to 2011 he worked as a Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Administration.
In 2011 he was appointed Deputy-Minister of Economic Development of Russia. From July 2012 to March 2017 he worked as a Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board.
In March 2017 he was appointed President of Rostelecom.
Currently M. Oseevskiy is a member of governing bodies of the following organizations: member of the supervisory board of Digital Economy Autonomous Not-for-profit Organization, T2 RTC Holding LLC, member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the board of directors of Votron LLC, and member of the board of trustees of Joint-stock company Non-state pension fund “Alliance”.
Mikhail Oseevskiy is Chairman of the Supervisory Council of Saint-Petersburg Higher School of Economics National Research Institute.
Tigran Oganesovich
Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V.
Tigran Khudaverdyan was appointed Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V. and joined the company’s Board of Directors in 2019. Prior to this, from 2015, he served as CEO of Yandex.Taxi, and following its merger with Uber, served as the CEO of the combined business. He joined Yandex in April 2006, and since then has led several successful Yandex projects, including Yandex.Browser and Yandex.Navigator. Tigran Khudaverdyan is a graduate of Moscow State University with a degree in Physics.
Tatyana Vladimirovna
Founder and CEO, Wildberries
Graduated from the Moscow State Regional Social and Humanitarian Institute, Department of Foreign Languages, specialized on teaching English and German language.
In 2004 Tatyana founded an online shop from scratch, which is used by over 6 million visitors daily in Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Ukraine. About 940,000 orders on average a day proceeds at Wildberries. The company has more than 26,000 pick-up points, where customers can take their orders.
Wildberries sells 60,000 Russian and international brands: clothing, children goods, beauty, household products, appliances and electronics etc. The company has about 63,000 sellers.
The overall sales of the company in 2019 exceeded $3.4 billion (+85%), and in the first half of 2020 - by $2.5 billion (+97%).
According to analysts of Forbes magazine, Wildberries is worth approximately $1.2 billion. Wildberries takes 1st place in the Forbes ranking “10 Main Sales Runet platforms” for 2019. For the fourth year Wildberries became the largest online store in Russia in terms of online sales, according to the analytical agency Data Insight.
In 2018, Tatyana won the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award and the RBC "Entrepreneur of the Year Award". In 2019, she was included in the Forbes list of «15 Businessmen Who Changed Perception of Russia».
Sergei Eduardovich
CEO, Chairman of the Management Board, PIK Group OJSC
EducationTolyatti Academy of Public Administration, specialization “Finance and credit”.
Work Experience
1995 – 1998: establishment of Rosbuilding
In 2005, Sergei Gordeev established Horus Capital
Since 2006, a founder and the President of the Cultural Heritage Support and Preservation Foundation “Russian Avant-Garde”
2005 – 2010: a member of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Since December of 2013, a majority shareholder of PIK Group
Since May of 2014, the President of PIK Group OJSC
Ancha
Professor, School of Systems Biology
Director for the Chronic Metabolic and Rare Diseases Systems Biology Initiative (ChroMe RaDSBIn), College of Science George Mason University
1998 PhD in Molecular Biology (virology department), Moscow State University
2004 Doctor of Sciences in Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, RAS
Expert in molecular pathophysiology and genetics of human diseases H-index = 39, cited more than 9000 times
Personal Youtube Channel “Professor Ancha Baranova» with a focus on health and longevity, 74,800 subscribers, more than 2 mln views
Author of the first Russian-language book “Coronavirus: Manual for survival”, May 2020 and many sci-pop papers in «Элементы», «Биомолекула», «Химия и Жизнь», «Наука из первых рук».
Invited expert on many Russian TV shows, including “Great Game”, “Doc Talk”, “Zdorovie with Elena Malysheva”, news talks on Vesti, Moscow-24, RTVI
Interviewed by “Voice of America”, BBC, news agencies RIA Novosti, RBK, MK, Lenta.ru and others
Speaker at private events of Med-C, Protek, InVitro