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Jorge Montepeque has a Master's Degree in Economics from Hunter College New York City. He specialized in energy studies. Mr. Montepeque initially worked for the energy-consulting firm Petroleum Industry Research Associates. He then joined Petroleos de Venezuela and worked at the New York office as a petroleum economist. Mr. Montepeque then joined Platts where he has headed various departments including petrochemicals, crude oil and headed Platts Asia's editorial operations. He moved to London in 2001 and has been responsible for Platts' global pricing methodologies. He tackled issues in the Brent market and formulated the BFOE mechanism adopted in the North Sea market, including most recently escalators for the delivery of Oseberg and Ekofisk. He has been working in issues related to the oil industry and the pricing of commodities for over 25 years.

Peter Parry has over thirty years of extensive experience in the energy industry. He joined Bain & Company in 2008, where he is a Partner and the Global Head of the Oil and Gas Practice. Assignments prior to Bain include: Managing Director, Arthur D Little UK, consulting and R&D business; Manager, Energy Corporate Finance team, UK Merchant Bank; Technical Specialist, Scott Pickford and Associates; Head, Global Upstream Energy Practice, Booz Allen Hamilton. Peter Parry’s expertise spans strategy development, technology management, operations and commercial negotiation, working with the energy industry’s leading players in the oil majors and national oil companies, developing and implementing growth strategies. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. He holds a BA in Economics and Geography from Lancaster University.

Igor Akhmerov was born on August 3, 1965 in Russia. Education: Graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Institute of Management in 1989 with a degree in management in the machine engineering industry. 1990–1993: Financial services consultant at the Moscow and Boston offices of the international advisory firm Bain & Company. 1993–1995: Studied at the Wharton Business School and the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania; obtained an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship and an MA in international business in 1995. Elected to the Lauder Institute Board for a two-year term. 1995: Continued career at the Boston office of Bain & Company, specializing in energy and private equity. 2001–2004: Vice President, First Deputy CFO of OAO TNK. After the acquisition of 50% of its shares by BP, Mr. Akhmerov was in charge of strategic development and investment in his capacity as Vice President for Investment Management at the newly formed TNK-BP. 2004–2007: CFO at the Renova Group. March 2007: Mr. Akhmerov was put in charge of renewable energy projects in Russia and abroad. Igor Akhmerov has been General Director of OOO Khevel since November 1, 2012.

In 1999, Nikolay graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC), and in 2004 he graduated from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and London School of Economics (LSE). He began his working career as a business-analyst in the German company Venturepark Incubator AG in 2000. There he studied business plans of startups and analyzed markets. In 2001 Nikolay was appointed as a consultant of the Berlin branch of McKinsey&Company, where he was responsible for intellectual property sourcing. He also provided advice to the leading German diversified holding in the merger and takeover projects and took part in the development of the sales boost programme for the German’s largest retail bank. At the same time he conducted the research on demand of the International Institute of Strategic Studies. To be more precise, Mr. Grachev analyzed strategic consequences of the Russian energy projects in North-East Asia. Before entering the Skolkovo Foundation Nikolay worked in the consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Russia). Since 2005 he had been its partner and Head of the sector-specialized centre "Energy and oil and gas industry" in Russia and CIS.

Earlier Jean-Marc worked in the role of Vice President on assets at BP’s beneficial operations business unit in the USA where he was responsible for the major assets portfolio, major capital expenses, assets portfolio management (real estate, technical services, object closure and construction). After that he was a member of the Board of Directors on operational activity of strategic alliance with Bovis Lend Lease. He has occupied different top positions in Eastern Europe, Belgium and France and was responsible for strategic planning, real estate, construction, technical services and conclusion of deals on retail assets purchase. Jean-Marc participated in strategic development and construction of a BP retail network of service stations in Moscow in the 1990s. In June 2006 Jean-Marc was appointed Director of the MIT/BP Projects & Engineering Academy, and till 2012 he has controlled its research programme.

In 1995 he graduated with honours from Norilsk State Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in the Metals Industry as a planning engineer. From 1990 through 2007 he held various positions in JSC Zavenyagin Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant and OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, where he started working as a specialist and eventually became the General Director of LLC Norilsk Support Complex, a subsidiary of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel. From 2008 through 2009 he served as the Head of Administration of Norilsk. From 2009 through 2011 he was the General Director of JSC Mining and Metallurgical Complex Kazakhaltyn. From 2011 through 2013 Mr. Teksler worked as the Managing Director and Head of CJSC Polyus Gold Mining Company; From 2013 through 2014 he held the position of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation; Since November 2014 he has held the post of First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.