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Joined McKinsey in 2004. Focuses on strategy development and operational implementation for electric power as well as heating companies, with projects in generation, grids and retailing. Consults energy companies and regulators on structural transformations in the Russian utility sector. Leads McKinsey Electric Power Practice in Russia and CIS, and McKinsey’s work in nuclear power globally. Before returning to his native Russia, Stephan Solzhenitsyn led environmental permitting for electric power projects in the United States. Holds a Master of City Planning (MCP) degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, and is an expert in urban planning.

Since January 2014 Alexander is the Head of Strategic Industries & Industry Value Engineering / General Manager Retail Middle & Eastern Europe (MEE) of SAP SE. He was educated in Switzerland, where got Ph.D. in Business Administration from University of St. Gallen in 1997 and MBA from University of St. Gallen 1994. He speaks many languages - German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (basic conversational), French (basic conversational). Alexander was born on the 18th of March in 1969 in Santa Cruz / Bolivia. He is married to Stefanie Arnold and has 2 children. Among his interests are - family, running (Half Marathon, Marathon, Cross Country / Obstacle Races) and audio books.

Emmanuel Babeau joined Schneider Electric on July 2009. He is Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Finance & Legal Affairs since 2013. He began his career at Arthur Andersen in late 1990. In 1993, he joined Pernod Ricard as an Internal Auditor. He was appointed Head of Internal Audit, Corporate Treasury and Consolidation in 1996. He subsequently held several executive positions at Pernod Ricard, notably outside France, among which he served as Finance and Administrative Director Spain subsidiary in 1997. In 2001, Emmanuel rejoined Pernod Ricard head-offices in Paris to hold position of Vice President, Development, in charge of the integration of Seagram. Progressing fast, he was appointed CFO in 2003 and Group Deputy Managing Director of Finance in 2006, supervising Finance, Information Systems and Industry Administrations. He joined Schneider Electric in 2009 as Executive Vice President Finance and Member of the Management Board of Schneider Electric Emmanuel graduated from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP, 1989) and holds a degree in finance and accounting (DESCF).

Stephen Brobst is the Chief Technology Officer for Teradata Corporation. His expertise is in the identification and development of opportunities for the strategic use of technology in competitive business environments. Over the past thirty years Stephen has been involved in numerous engagements and has worked with such leaders as eBay, Staples, General Motors, Wells Fargo Bank, Wal-Mart, AT&T Communications, VISA, Vodafone, Nationwide Insurance, American Airlines, and many more. In 2009 he was also appointed to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) of USA in the working group on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD). In the last ExecRank ranking he was named the #4 CTO in the United States (behind the CTOs from Amazon.com, Tesla Motors, and Intel) out of a pool of 10,000+ CTOs. Stephen performed his graduate work in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his Masters and PhD research focused on high-performance parallel processing. He also completed an MBA with joint course and thesis work at the Harvard Business School and the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Kirill Varlamov is a head of Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), created by the current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. IIDF was established in March 2013. IIDF main goals are financial and consulting support of internet projects at all stages of development, searching and selecting startups and growing them to a highly valuable business. Kirill is also a CEO at Naumen, company cofounded with Аleksandr Davydov in 2001. Naumen is one of the leading companies in software development in Russia. Born in 1974 in a city of Sverdlovsk, Kirill graduated Ural State Technical University in 1996, attended classes at Bradley University, Peoria, IL. In 2012 Kirill graduated Moscow management school Skolkovo as Executive MBA. In November 2012 Kirill became a winner at national finals of Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur Of The Year” in IT section. That contest is being held for 27 years in 140 cities of 50 countries around the world.

Veniamin Golubitsky is President of KORTROS (former RENOVA StroyGroup) – a development company that implements large-scale projects in the sphere of residential and commercial real estate. Prior to joining RENOVA StroyGroup, Mr Golubitsky worked for nine years in the authorities of the Sverdlovsk Region of Russia, where his responsibilities at different times included social issues and state property management. From October 2003 till May 2005 Mr Golubitsky was Head of Administration of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region. Other positions held in the regional authorities include: First Deputy to the Chairman of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region, Minister of the State Property Management of the Sverdlovsk Region, Member of the Duma of the Sverdlovsk Region. In addition to his work as an official, Veniamin Golubitsky made a convincing academic career: having started as a PhD student at the Department of Administrative Law, Moscow State Lomonosov University, he later became Head of the Law Department at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Mr Golubitsky graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Moscow State Lomonosov University and is a Candidate of Legal Sciences.

Mr. Diender joined Huawei early 2012 after finalizing his MBA, to help establish the UC&C Solution sales practice for the Benelux region. Since 2015, Mr. Diender holds the position of Vice President of Government and Public Utilities Sector in Huawei Enterprise Business Group. His area of responsibility is safe and smart city, including alarm reporting and public safety technologies as well as efficient video compression and monitoring. Mr. Diender introduced one of the first IP platforms as a service in the Dutch market and has been globally involved in projects ever since, scaling from SME up to medium and large enterprises across different industries in Europe.

Born in 1974 in Kuybyshev. In 1997 graduated from Samara State Aerospace University, majoring in Systems Engineering, in 2000 from Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, majoring in Finance and Credit. In 2004 joined MTS’ Office in the South-West and Volga Region as the Head of Marketing Department. In 2005 transferred to MTS Corporate Center as the Head of Retail Marketing Department. In 2006, appointed Director of Commercial Department in MTS Rossiya, and in 2010 – Director of MTS’ Office in the Urals. In August 2012 got the position of First Deputy CEO for Business Development in MGTS. In 2012, appointed CEO of MGTS. In 2016, Kommersant Publishing House named Andrey Ershov one of the top five directors in the communications industry (Kommersant’s Top 250 Senior Managers). About MGTS Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) is one of Europe’s largest companies of local line communications. MGTS’ main shareholder is MTS (MTS’ share is 99.1%, including indirect ownership). MGTS control over 30% of Internet access market and over a quarter of digital TV in Moscow. MGTS’ GPON optical network exceeds 40 000 km and covers over 95% of households in Moscow. MGTS uses GPON to provide Internet access, digital TV, burglar alarm systems and video surveillance. MGTS actively utilizes smart services and enhances them for Moscow’s mass market. Powered by MTS, MGTS started a new function of a mobile operator in September 2014. Currently over 200 000 customers use MGTS mobile network.

Mr. Inyutsyn was born on 16 July, 1980 in Kaliningrad (now Korolev), Moscow Region. Education/specialisation National Research University Higher School of Economics, specialising in Credit and Finance Supplementary education FSBEI HPE Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration, specialising in Parliamentarianism (parliamentary activities). FSBEI HPE Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration, federal programme “Training and Retraining of the Executive Candidate Pool (2010–2015)”, highest reserve level, specialising in Project Management in Public Administration”. PhD in Law Brief profile After graduating from the HSE, Mr. Inyutsyn did his military service at Internal Affairs Agencies of the Russian Federation, Central Staff of the Russian Ministry of the Interior. 2008 to 2012: Department Supervisor at the Russian Government Staff. 2012 to July 2012: Head of the Russian President’s Library and Records Office. Since July 2012: Deputy Energy Minister, Russian Federation. Marital status Married, has a son State Prizes • Medal of the Order “For Service to the Fatherland” of the Second Degree; • Holds a Letter of Appreciation from the Russian President.

Carlos Menendez is president, Enterprise Growth & Partnerships, International Markets for MasterCard. In this role, Mr. Menendez is responsible for expanding and developing the company’s operations in over 210 countries and territories around the world. He also has responsibility for driving enterprise-wide partnership strategy and innovation. Mr. Menendez joined MasterCard in 2010 and was, most recently, group executive, Global Credit and Debit. In this role, Mr. Menendez was responsible for managing the company’s consumer and network products, with a focus on developing competitive differentiation. Prior to joining MasterCard, Mr. Menendez held a number of positions at Citigroup, where he worked for more than 14 years. Most recently, he was chief operating officer for Western Europe, responsible for a full range of consumer banking products. Mr. Menendez holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard University, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School.

Born: 2nd April 1941 in Mainz, Germany. Marital status: married, 2 children. Milestones: 1962-68 Law studies in Munich. 1969 Heinz Hermann Thiele joins Knorr-Bremse as a consultant for legal, patent and licence affairs. 1972 Head of legal and patent affairs. 1975 Director sales, Truck division. 1979 Managing Director sales Knorr-Bremse. 09/1985 CEO of Knorr-Bremse AG (corporate structure of the Knorr-Bremse Group). 12/1985 Heinz Hermann Thiele acquires a majority share in the company. In the following years Thiele developed a global strategy with a technical focus on complete break systems. Later he added competence in automatic doors for railways and HVAC systems (climate control). The execution of the strategy was very successful. 2007 Heinz Hermann Thiele left the position as CEO and became Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Marina Tyshchenko, Vice-President and Executive Director, Philips Lighting in Russia, CIS and Central Asia. Marina graduated from MGIMO in Economic Disciplines in 1982 and began her career at the Ministry of International Trade of the USSR. Prior to 1991, she worked at the State Committee on International Cooperation and earned a PhD in Economics, having defended her thesis on “Comparative Analysis of the Innovation Strategy of American and Japanese Manufacturing Firms”. In 1992, Ms. Tyshchenko came to IBM and worked as sales representative on the territory of the USSR. From 1996 to 2008, Marina held various positions at HP Russia: for instance, in 2003 she was appointed Managing Director of the Department of Personal Systems. In 2008, she moved on to tackling the company’s strategic projects in the EMEA structure, but later changed to Sun Microsystems to become their Sales Director for Russia. In 2008, Marina also founded her own publishing house, Aquamarine Book, and printed a number of bestsellers in the area of business, high technologies and psychology. From 2010 to 2011, Marina was Director of the Business Development Department, at the representative office of Oracle BV in Russia and CIS. From 2011 to 2013, she was CEO at Oracle Computer Systems. In June 2013, Ms. Tyshchenko was appointed Vice-President and Division Head at Philips Lighting for Russia and CIS.