Programme

Social development largely depends on people’s satisfaction with the public (municipal) services provided to them. Society’s demand for meeting social needs changes as the economy develops: the structure of needs and dynamics of demand transform, competition intensifies, and qualitative characteristics change. The state does not always have time to respond to such changes and the non-governmental sector is responsible for satisfying social demand during these periods. Interaction between the state and the non-state sector also poses the risk of over-regulation. What should be changed in order to create fair conditions for interaction between the state and the private sector? Will the involvement of non-governmental organizations in providing social services help increase their accessibility and quality? Who is responsible for the quality of the services provided? How can the transition from process funding to social project outcome funding be ensured? Is it possible in Russia for an individual to exercise the right to choose a state (municipal) service provider independently?

Moderator
Grigory Berezkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, ESN Group

Grigory Berezkin

Chairman of the Board of Directors, ESN Group

Born on August 9, 1966 in Moscow. Graduated from the Chemistry Faculty of the Moscow State University in 1988, Ph.D in Chemistry, entrepreneur since 1991. Business interests of Grigory Berezkin range from oil and energy sector to media and venture investments.
Major assets owned by Grigory Berezkin are RBC Holding (Russian leading media holding) METRO newspaper (a franchisee of METRO International), energy trading company RES (JV with Italian energy holding ENEL), oil-loading terminals Uyar and Skovorodino, Jolla and Open Mobile Platform (companies developing independent mobile operating system Sailfish).
Grigory Berezkin has vast experience as member of the boards of directors in major Russian companies: RAO UES of Russia, Electric energy monopoly; the First Freight Company, railway freight carrier; SG-Trans liquefied hydrocarbons transportation company; the Russian Railways. In 2015 Grigory Berezkin was named Russia’s best Independent Director by Russian Association of Independent Directors.
Grigory Berezkin is also an active public figure. Since 2008 Grigory Berezkin has been a member of the Bureau of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and chairs the Commission on Electrical Energy and the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Grigory Berezkin is a member of the Board of Trustees of Moscow State University. He has supported the University for many years, especially the Chemistry Faculty, both in the organization of international educational projects and in scientific research work in various areas, including molecular biology and bioorganic chemistry.
Married with four children.

Panellists
Natalya Komarova, Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra
Ewa Konczal, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Manager, The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Alexey Lavrov, Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation
Anatoly Pechatnikov, Deputy President – Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank
Natalia Pochinok, Rector, Russian State Social University
Vladimir Solodov, Chairman of the Government of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Ilya Torosov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Andras Horvai, Country Director, Resident Representative for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group
Lev Jakobson, Vice President, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Svetlana Yachevskaya, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board – Member of the Management Board, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"

Natalya Komarova

Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra

Natalia Komarova was born on the 21st of October 1955 in Pskov Region, she is married and has two children. In 1978 she graduated from Kommunarsk Institute of Mining and Smelting, the faculty of Engineering and Economics, majoring in “Economics and organization of construction” with awarding of qualification Engineer-economist. She began to work at the Kommunarsk Metallurgical Factory as a labor engineer of the laboratory of industrial engineering in 1978. Then she worked as an economist of the planned-economic CCB department. In 1980 Natalia moved to Novy Urengoi of Tyumen Region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. There she began to work in the municipal executive committee as a senior inspector. In 1988 Natalia became the chairwoman of the city planning commission. Then she worked as the deputy chairwoman of the municipal executive committee, the deputy of the City Council. In 1992 she became the first deputy of the Head of Administration in Novy Urengoi. In 1994 Natalia was designated as the Head of the city Administration. That year she was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and as a deputy of the NoviyUrengoy Municipal Committee. On the 16thof March 1997 Natalia Komarova continued working as the Head of the municipal formation of NoviyUrengoy up to October 2000 according to the elections results. From October 2000 to December 2001 Natalia worked as a deputy of the Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, leading the Economic Committee of the Okrug. At the same time Natalia lectures at the University: she is an associate professor of the Social Management of the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute (branch) of the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (since 1999). In December 2001 Natalia was elected as a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation inYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug. From 2004 to 2007 she is the Head of the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. In December 2007 Natalia was elected as the deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug for the third time. In the State Duma of the fifth assembling she continued to be the Head the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee. On the 8thof February 2010 the President of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev submitted a proposal to the deputies of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Duma a candidature of Natalia Komarova as the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra. At the unscheduled meeting on the 15thof February the deputies in a unanimous vote voice supported her candidature.On the 1stof March Natalia entered the office of the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra.

Ewa Konczal

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Manager, The European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)

Ewa is a CEE Manager at European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) since 2014. Co-founder of the CEE Social Investment Taskforce and launched a CEE Fund Support Program to enable development of small venture philanthropy/social investment funds (up to 1 mln EUR) in CEE, addressing the missing-middle in the financing of the social investment space. Chair of the Board for the first Polish Venture Philanthropy Fund Valores, set up as a joint initiative of the PE/VC community in Poland. Prior to EVPA, for 14 years, Ewa was Poland and CEE Representative for Ashoka Innovators for the Public. Her professional experience embraces also her work in India with Global March Against Child Labor, where she worked with Nobel Peace Award Laureate Kailash Sathyarti. And in Egypt with AIESEC and Egyptian-Polish Businessman Association that she co-founded.
For nearly 10 years, together with her partner, Ewa has been also running the Magic Mountain Foundation, a social business, located in south Poland, using natural horsemanship and mountain sports (rock climbing, mountaineering) in therapy and rehabilitation of youth and adults with different social and emotional challenges, also intellectually disabled.
Among other recognitions she values most the AIESEC Alumni Entrepreneurship & Leadership Award, that she has been presented by her colleagues from student organization. Ewa has a master degree in marketing and management from University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland.

Alexey Lavrov

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation

Anatoly Pechatnikov

Deputy President – Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank

29 January 2018 – present – Chairman of the Board of Directors, JSC NPF VTB Pension Fund.
26 January 2018 – present – Member of Management Board, JSC NPF VTB Pension Fund.
29 December 2018 – present – Chairman of the Supervisory Council, Debt Centre LLC.
21 December 2017 – present – Member of the Board of Directors, VTB Insurance, Ltd.
21 December 2017 – present – Chairman of the Board of Directors, VTB Insurance, Ltd.
27 December 2017 – present – Member of the Supervisory Council, Debt Centre LLC.
14 July 2017 – present – Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board (approved by the Russian Central Bank on 14 July 2017), VTB Bank. Responsibilities: managing the bank’s current operations and structural subdivisions of the Retail Banking arm of VTB Group.
14 July 2017 – 29 December 2017 – Senior Vice President (concurrently), VTB 24. Responsibilities include general and administrative management, coordination and oversight of departments focused on services to high net worth individuals, mortgages, investments, retail banking, car loans, CRM, remote channels, customer returns management, problem assets, efficiency, and general banking projects. Other responsibilities include the organization and oversight of business processes, decision making on the development of business processes, and sale of banking products.
1 December 2016 – 15 March 2018 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, VTB Forex.
28 November 2016 – present – Member of the Supervisory Board, VTB Forex.
30 June 2016 – present – Member of the Supervisory Board, Post Bank.
30 October 2015 – present – Member of the Supervisory Board’s Strategic Planning Committee, Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending.
25 June 2012 – 25 January 2016 – Member of the Supervisory Board, Post Bank.
1 June 2012 – 13 July 2017 – Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board, VTB 24. Responsibilities: general and administrative management, coordination and oversight of subdivisions focused on mortgages, services to high net worth individuals, investments, problem assets, efficiency, and general banking products; organization and supervision of business processes, decision making on the development of business processes, and sale of banking products.
22 March 2011 – 27 October 2016 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Debt Centre LLC.
Information on professional education:
1992 – Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. Degree: Physics engineering; Specialization: The automation and electronics of physical installations.

Natalia Pochinok

Rector, Russian State Social University

Rector of the Russian State Social University.
Born 04.07.1976
Education
1997 – Graduates REA majoring in Finance and Credit
2002 – Graduates RGSU in Law
2005 – gets PhD in Economics
2014 – becomes a docent, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Career
1999 tax planning department chief specialist at Doveritelny I Investitsionny Bank
1999–2004 taxation manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers
2004–2005 vice-president, Gazprom Bank
2005–2006 Raiffaisen Bank Austria board advisor
2006–2010 diretor of the Kuban branch, Raiffaisen Bank
2010 – advisor to the CEO on regional development, Raiffaisen Bank
2010–2013 – Branches director at the central office of Sberbank of Russia
2013 – First Vice-President of Sberbank NPF
Civil Activity
Member of the Presidential Economic Council
Chairwoman of the State Duma Committee on managing retirement investment
Member of the Civil Chamber of the city of Moscow
Member of the board of RUIP
Member of the board of strategic development of Pochta Rossii
Chairwoman of the industry commission on business education at the Manager’s Association
Head of Expert Committee on professional education at Delovaya Rossiya
Member of the coordination council of UMO of Universities of Russia
First chairwoman of Sociology and Social Work committee

Vladimir Solodov

Chairman of the Government of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Born: June 26, 1982 in Moscow. 2004: he graduated from the School of Public Administration at Moscow State University. 2002: studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (France). 2004 to 2007: took a post-graduate course at Moscow State University to become a Candidate of Political Sciences. Since 2005: has lectured and conducted research at the School of Public Administration at Moscow State University, headed the Centre for new public administration technologies, participated in development and launch of a number of programmes for training civil servants, including the Programme for Training of Basic and Perspective Levels of the Federal Reserve of Managerial Resources, under which over 300 civil servants have received training. He has authored over 30 articles on public administration. Since 2013: Head of the department of projects and practices in the area “Young Professionals” of the autonomous nonprofit organisation Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects. He was responsible for organising selection of and support for projects in the area of developing professional staff, with 45 projects implemented under his leadership. He has taken an active part in launching the programme “Global Education”, as well as in organising a number of foresight sessions.

Ilya Torosov

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Andras Horvai

Country Director, Resident Representative for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group

Andras Horvai is the Country Director and Resident Representative for the Russian Federation.
Until September 2015, he served as Manager of Operations and Portfolio, managing the World Bank Group's Office in Vienna and the portfolio of World Bank-financed projects in the countries of Southeast Europe.
Since joining the World Bank in 1993, Mr. Horvai has worked extensively on Europe and Central Asia, including the countries of Southeast Europe, Turkey and Poland, as well as South Asia. He also served as the World Bank's Country Manager for Croatia.
Prior to his World Bank career, Mr. Horvai held senior positions in the National Bank of Hungary, including that of General Manager, and also served as Alternate Executive Director of EBRD. Mr. Horvai is a graduate of the University of Economics, Budapest.

Lev Jakobson

Vice President, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Lev Jakobson is Doctor of Economics, Vice President, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Professor at the Department of Applied Economics, Academic Supervisor of the Centre for Studies of Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. In 1972, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University, and in 1975 defended his thesis for the degree of the Candidate of Sciences, and in 1988 took his doctoral degree. From 1975 to 1997 – Senior Lecturer, associate professor, professor at the Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Since 1997 – Vice Rector, First Vice Rector, Vice President of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Lev Jakobson is currently a Member of the Anti-Corruption Council under the President of the Russian Federation, Member of the Government Expert Council, Vice Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council for Public Television. He has authored over 300 works on economic theory, public administration, civil society development, social policy and finance, including monographs, textbooks, and articles in Russian and foreign journals. By the Presidential Decree Lev Jakobson has been awarded with the Order of Honour (2009) and Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” 4th class (2012), Honoured Worker of Higher School of the Russian Federation. Lev Jakobson has been honoured with three Presidential Commendations and a Russian Government Commendation. He has been ordered with the French Ordre des Palmes académiques.

Svetlana Yachevskaya

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board – Member of the Management Board, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"

She was born on April 10, 1977 in Moscow.
In 2001 she graduated with honors from the International Independent Ecological-Political University with a degree in Jurisprudence.
In 2004 she graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in Financial Management.
Candidate of Juridical Sciences. From 2009 to 2012 she was the Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Support of Management Activities of the Moscow Institute of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
From 1999 to 2003 she was a member of the Bar Association "Moscow Law Center", she carried out advocacy.
From 2003 to 2004 she was the Head of Legal Support Section of the Defence and Law Enforcement Ministries and Agencies Military Property Department in the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation.
From 2004 to 2008 in the Federal Agency for Federal Property Management she held the following positions: Deputy Head of Defence and Law Enforcement and Judicial Agencies Property Division, Head of Judicial Agencies Section.
From 2008 to 2017 she headed the Legal Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Since May 2017 she has been in a post as Vnesheconombank’s Deputy Chairman – Member of the Management Board.
Honors:
Certificate of Acknowledgement by the Russian Government in recognition of achievements in economic and finance activities and long-standing dedicated work (2010);
Certificate of Acknowledgement by the Russian President for activities related to fulfilling the tasks and goals set by the Russian President and aimed at enhancing the efficiency of public and municipal services (2011);
Certificate of Acknowledgement by the Russian Minister of Finance in recognition of achievements in finance and economy and long-standing impeccable work (2011);
Second-class medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland for work achievements and long-standing dedicated work (2011).
Civil service class rank:
Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 2nd Class.

Front row participant
Evgeniya Telitsina, Founder, Executive Director, Towards Change Foundation

Evgeniya Telitsina

Founder, Executive Director, Towards Change Foundation

Graduated from the Institute of Asian and African countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Historical faculty, Department of African studies. During 2008 – 2009 she was woking in the Red Cross hospital in Addiss-Ababa, Ethiopia.

Since 2019 Evgeniya has been working in non-profit sector in Russia, starting her career from the position of the manager assistant in the small charity foundation in Moscow. Now she is the COO of the Foundation «Navstrechu peremenam» that supports social initiatives for children in Russia. She is involved in different social entrepreneurial projects for children and youth in Russia and also abroad. In 2012 – 2013 she was enrolled in the program «Management of social entrepreneurial projects» of the Highest school of Management in the Federal University of Saint-Petersburg.

In 2016 Evgeniya got the Master degree in the Management of social projects in Moscow Federal University of Psychology and Pedagogy. In 2017 she won the competition for the non-profit managers and studied in Oxford in the program «Social Finances» of Said Business School.

During her work in the Foundation «Navstrechu peremenam» she has organized 8 competitions for social entrepreneurs, including one in Rwanda (Africa). She inspired hundreds of people to develop their social projects and also organized the program of professional support for 35 social entrepreneurs.

She has been attending and speaking at different events, aiming to develop and popularize charity in Russia, to promote corporate volunteering and social entrepreneurship. She is also providing her expertise for different competitions for social entrepreneurs.

Hobby: reading, traveling across Russia, studying of Eastern philosophy