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Vladimir Solovyov (born October 10, 1963) – journalist, radio and television presenter. Graduated MISIS and did postgraduate studies at Institute of World Economics and Public Relations, holds PhD in Economics. In the early 1990s lived and worked in the US. Between 1997 and 2010 hosted Solovyinie Treli on Serebryaniy Dozhd radio. Works on TV since 1999 where hosted a variety of shows such as Process (ORT), Strasti po Solovyevu (TNT), Zavtrak s Solovyevim and Solovyinaya Noch (TV-6), Smotrite Kto Prishel and Poedinok (TVC), Apelsinovy Sok and K Bar’eru (NTV). Since September, 2010 hosts Poedinok and Voskresny Vecher on Russia-1 TV channel and polniy Kontakt on Vesti FM radio. Solovyev wrote a number of books, such as Emprie of Corruption, Enemies of Russia, Manipulations. Attack and Defend, We’re Russians. God is with Us, Putin. Medvedyev. What’s Next? Solovyev vs. Solovyev, Putin. Guidebook for the Empathetic, Russian Roulette, and others. Delivers one-man shows at MKHAT in Moscow twice a year as well as public performances in St Petersburg and all over Russia and lectures and trainings for top-management of Russian companies. Married, has 8 children.

Giovanni Bazoli was born in Brescia in 1932. After completing his law degree, he worked as a lawyer at his family’s practice in Brescia and began lecturing in Public and Administrative Law at Milan’s Università Cattolica, teaching there until 2001. In 1982 Banco Ambrosiano, Italy’s largest private bank was placed into liquidation due to the Roberto Calvi affair. The four private and three public banks which embarked on the bank’s bailout entrusted its leadership to Bazoli, who was made Chairman of the Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano In late 1989 Bazoli oversaw the merge of Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano and its subsidiary Banca Cattolica del Veneto into Banco Ambrosiano Veneto. In 1997 Banco Ambroveneto purchased Cariplo, the largest savings bank in the world and changed its denomination into Banca Intesa. Banca Intesa purchased Banca Commerciale Italiana in 1999, thus becoming the largest banking group in Italy and one of the top twelve banks in the Euro zone. 2006 saw the last merger with Italy’s third biggest bank, San Paolo IMI. Giovanni Bazoli held the office of Chairman of Intesa Sanpaolo’s Supervisory Board until the end of April 2016, when he was appointed President Emeritus. Bazoli is also involved in major cultural projects. He is currently Chairman of the Fondazione Cini. He was nominated Cavaliere del Lavoro and appointed to the order of Cavaliere di Gran Croce by the President of the Italian Republic and Officer of the Legion d’Honneur by the President of France.

After studying Philosophy, he began his career in 1982 with a two year experience abroad in the Sales Department at Barilla France, a subsidiary of the Barilla Group. Following his European training, he worked at several food companies in the United States. Once he returned to Parma, headquarter of the Barilla Group, he became an executive at the company in July 1986 and was mainly responsible for the Group’s international expansion. In the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Barilla G. & R. F.lli S.p.A., and was then named Vice Chairman in May 1988. Following his father’s death, in October 1993 he became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Barilla G. e R. F.lli S.p.A. and Group Chairman as of March 2003. In 2009, he became Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN), currently the BCFN Foundation. He was born in Milan, Italy, on July 30, 1958.

She was born in 1952 and graduated in Law at the University of Milan. She has started her career in 1977 at the legal and general affairs dept. of ITALTEL, becoming the Chief in 1994. In 1999 she was appointed General Manager of ITALTEL to re-organize and reposition the company, becoming the Chief Executive Officer in 2002. From 2003 to 2006 she was appointed as CEO of Siemens Informatica, the Italian controlling entity of Siemens Business Services, becoming member of the executive council of the aforesaid group leader at worldwide level. From 2006 until 2008, she became partner of Value Partners and CEO of the Group Value Team (today NTT Data), which provides IT consultancy and services in Italy and abroad. She has held at Olivetti the office of CEO from 2008 up to 2013, that of Chairwomen from 2011 up to June 2014, while from June to October 2014 she was director of Olivetti. She is also currently director of Fiat Industrial (today CNHI, from April 2012) and director of Anima Holding (from March 2014), as well as member of the steering committee and the general council of ASSONIME (from September 2014). Chairman of the board of directors of ENEL from May 2014.

Born March 26, 1972 in Moscow. Education 1994: Graduated from the Economics Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Economic Cybernetics. 1994: Graduated from the New Economic School with a Masters in Economics. 1997: Graduated from Duke University in North Carolina with a Masters in Economics. Experience 1994: Consultant, senior expert, chief executive and scientific director of the Economic Expert Group of the Russian Ministry of Finance. 2000: Expert at the Centre for Strategic Research. August 2000: Adviser to the Minister for Economic Development and Trade. 2001: Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade. 2004-2008: Head of the Presidential Experts' Directorate. 2008-May 2012: Aide to the President of the Russian Federation. May 21, 2012: Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation by Presidential Executive Order.

Born in Milan in 1955, he has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He is a member of the General Board of Confindustria and Director of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. He joined Eni in 1981 as Oil & Gas field petroleum engineer and then became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria and Congo. In 1990 he was appointed Head of Reservoir and operating activities for Italy. In 1994, he was appointed Managing Director of Eni’s subsidiary in Congo and in 1998 he became Vice President & Managing Director of Naoc, a subsidiary of Eni in Nigeria. From 2000 to 2001 he held the position of Executive Vice President for Africa, Middle East and China. From 2002 to 2005 he was Executive Vice President for Italy, Africa, Middle East, covering also the role of member of the board of several Eni subsidiaries in the area. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Exploration & Production Division in Eni. From 2006 to 2014 he was President of Assomineraria and from 2008 to 2014 he was Chief Operating Officer in the Exploration & Production Division of Eni. From 2010 to 2014 he held the position of Chairman of Eni UK. In 2012, Claudio Descalzi was the first European in the field of Oil&Gas to receive the prestigious “Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal 2012” award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He is a Visiting Fellow at The University of Oxford. In December 2015 he was made a member of the “Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations”. He graduated in physics in 1979 from the University of Milan.

Carlo Calenda is Minister of Economic Development since May 2016 Born in 1973 in Rome, married, father of 4 children. He graduated in Law at the University of Rome. Ministerial career: in May 2013 he was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of international trade and trade promotion policies. He was confirmed as Deputy Minister in February 2014. His responsibilities included: EU trade policy, multilateral affairs, OECD & G20 trade-related matters, bilateral trade relations, trade promotion and inward investment, export finance and credit, support to investment projects abroad. Diplomatic career: from March to May 2016 he served as Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union. Professional career: from 2008 until 2013 he served as Chief Executive Officer at Interporto Campano. From 2004 to 2008 he worked in Confindustria, the Italian Industrial Association, as responsible for international affairs, and then Director of the strategic business area. Before joining Confindustria, he was responsible for product marketing and programming for SkyItalia and he also served as responsible for relationship with financial institutions and for customer relationship management at Ferrari.

Over the past 20 years, Mr Melnichenko co-founded a number of successful Russian companies including MDM-Bank, EuroChem, SUEK, SGC (Siberian Generating Company) and TMK. He is the main beneficiary of EuroChem, SUEK and SGC. Mr Melnichenko chairs the Boards of Directors of SUEK PLC and SGK. He sits on the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr Melnichenko studied physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics majoring in finance and credit.

Mauro Moretti was appointed Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Leonardo – Finmeccanica S.p.a. on 15 May 2014. Mr. Moretti currently holds many positions: President of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) since March 2015; Co-Chairman of the Italy-Japan Business Group since September 2015; Honorary Chairman of AIAD (the Italian Industries Federation for Aerospace, Defence and Security) since July 2014, and President of the FS Foundation since 2013. Mr. Moretti is also member of the General Council of Confindustria, member of the Confindustria European Technical Group (since October 2006 and May 2012 respectively), member of the General Council of Unindustria (Association of Manufacturers and Enterprises) of Rome and Lazio (since May 2015), and Chairman of the Fondazione Ricerca & Imprenditorialità (since February 2015). Mr. Moretti began his career in 1978 having been selected for a managerial position at the Italian State Railways Corporation. There he covered numerous roles in a variety of different sectors and in 2006 he was appointed CEO of the Corporation. His prestigious awards include: the Italian Order of Merit for Labour (2010) and an Honorary Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino (2005). Mr. Moretti was born in Rimini, Italy, in 1953 and earned an honors degree in Electrotechnical Engineering from the University of Bologna in 1977.

Luigi Scordamaglia is CEO of INALCA S.p.A. (Cremonini Group), a leader company in Europe in the meat sector and foodservice distribution with ab 2 billion euro of total turnover, operating with production plants and distributive-logistic platforms in 10 extra EU countries (Russia and Africa included). He is also: President of FEDERALIMENTARE, the Federation representing, through its 15 branch associations, every sector of the Italian Food and Drink Industry; Member of the Board of Directors of the ITALIAN TRADE PROMOTION AGENCY; Coordinator of the International Observatory on Alimentary Italian Sounding Vice president of IMS (International Meat Secretariat). He graduated in Veterinary Science at the University of Perugia where he completed his Ph.D. on “Development, hygiene, wholesomeness and quality of animal products”. He acquired a further specialisation in “The inspection of foods of animal origin”, University of Turin. Post-graduate course in Corporate Finance and Management Control at the Faculty of Economy – University of Modena On June 2, 2015 he has been awarded with the Knighthood of the Order of Merit of Italian Republic.

Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. since 1992 Executive Vice Chairman since 20 October 2015 Born in 1948. Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Bocconi University of Milan, 1971. Developed sea transport business for family company beginning in the early seventies. Entered Pirelli in 1986. Took over operational leadership of the Group in 1992. Chairman of “Il Sole 24 Ore” from December 1996 to September 2001 and Board Member of “Teatro alla Scala” from October 2001 to September 2005. Chairman of Telecom Italia S.p.A. from September 2001 to September 2006. Up to May 2013 he was Chairman of Prelios S.p.A.. Currently Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and Chairman of Marco Tronchetti Provera & C. S.p.A., a holding which he controls and through which indirectly controls Camfin S.p.A. which in turn indirectly holds 22.4% of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.. Honorary Co-Chairman for the Italian branch of the Council for the United States and Italy, of which he was Italian Co-Chairman for 15 years, and Member of the Italian Group of the Trilateral Commission. His is also Co-Chairman of the Italy-China Business Forum. Member of the Steering Committee of Assonime and of Assolombarda, of the Steering Committee and of the Executive Committee of Confindustria. Board Member of Bocconi University of Milan.

Born in 1945 in Bronte (Italy). In 1964 graduated from a classic lyceum. In 1969, first graduated from faculty of Philology, and later in Economics and Commerce at University of Catania. From 1970 to 1989 he gave lectures at the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at Verona University. In 1995 he was accredited by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as a Head of Moscow office of Banco Ambrosiano Veneto, which preceded Banca Intesa S.p.A. (today – the Intesa Sanpaolo Group). Since 2003 he is a President of the Banca Intesa Russia. From 2004 until 2008 was elected as a President of the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs “GIM-Unimpresa”, which includes about 150 Italian companies operating in Russia. He was awarded the Order of Friendship (Russian Federation, 2008), Star of Merit for Labour (Italian Republic, 2006) and by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Badge of Horner “for his valuable contribution to international collaboration” (2015). In 2007, he founded the association in Verona "Conoscere Eurasia" public, non-profit organization with the aim of developing and deepening cultural, social and economic relations between Italy and the Eurasian countries. In 2008 he received the honorary title of Doctor of Science conferred by the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics In May 2008 was appointed as an Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Verona. In 2012 was appointed as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the first Russian-Italian private equity fund MIR Capital, established by Intesa Sanpaolo and Gazprombank. Speaks Russian, English and French. Married, has a son.

EDUCATION: Mr Shugaev graduated from MGIMO MFA of the USSR in 1987 with a specialization in International Press. He also has a PhD in Economics. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: Mr Shugaev worked in various state and commercial companies after graduation. 1994–1996 – Vice-President in CJSC Common Aircraft Industries. 1996–1997 – CEO of CJSC ‘Rusdaga’. 1997–2001 – CEO of ‘Yuridicheskiy Profil Agency’. 2001–2008 – counsellor of the CEO, counsellor of the deputy CEO, assistant to first deputy CEO, secretary general CEO all in ‘Promexport’. 2008–2009 – secretary general CEO of Rostec. 2009 – Present – deputy CEO, International Affairs of Rostec. POSITIONS: Chairman of the Board of the Directors in: TVK ‘Russia’; ‘Marketing Investments and Projects’; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of‘National Avia-construction Centre’. Member of the Board of Directors: ‘Rosneft’ Oil Company; ‘Inter RAOUES’; ‘RT-Expo’; NPO ‘Saturn’. HONOURS AND AWARDS: Mr Shugaev was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland (II Grade Order) and with ‘300 years of the Russian Marine Fleet’ Anniversary Medal. PERSONAL LIFE: Mr Shugaev is married and has a daughter.