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Alexander is the leader of EY Russia. He is actively involved in the work of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia. At the 2007 World Economic Forum, Alexander was entered in the list of Young Global Leaders, and in 2009 he was included in the top 100 young leaders in the Russian Presidential Reserve. He is vice president of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Russia. Alexander is a member of the Expert Council of the Open Innovations Forum, the Executive Committee of the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, the Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Public Council of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. He leads the National Business Initiative’s road map Improving the quality of the regulatory environment for business. Alexander supervises the Entrepreneur of the Year program in Russia. Alexander has over twenty years of experience in strategic development, client service and government and corporate affairs. He is a graduate of Moscow State Linguistic University (1991) and has an EMBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2003).

Born 1958 – Swiss citizen. Education: 1982 Business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zürich, Switzerland. Royal Dutch Shell: 2009 – 2013 Chief Executive Officer – Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands. 2004 – 2009 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director – Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands. Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority: 2006 – 2010 Member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority. UBS AG: 2005 – 2010 Member of the Board of Directors of UBS AG Aegon N.V. 2004 – 2006 Member of the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V. ABB Ltd: 2002 – 2004 CFO and Executive Committee Member – ABB Ltd, Switzerland. Royal Dutch Shell: 2001 – 2002 Royal Dutch Shell CFO of the Global Oil Products Business, member of the Oil Products Executive Committee – Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands. 1999 – 2001 CFO of Shell Europe Oil Products – Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands. 1997 – 1999 Group Chief Internal Auditor – Royal Dutch Shell, the Netherlands. 1982 – 1997 Various finance and business roles – Royal Dutch Shell, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile. Other board memberships: Member of the Board of Directors of Roche Holding Ltd, Switzerland; Member of the Board of Directors of IBM Corporation, U.S.; Member of the Board of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Singapore; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Catalyst, U.S. Other memberships: Member of the Business Council, U.S.; Chairman of the Board of St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies. Honors: Awarded title of Dato Seri Laila Jasa in 2011 by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei in recognition of services to state of Brunei.

Не was appointed the Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East in September, 2013. Current responsibilities of the Ministry include coordination work on realization of state and targeted federal programmes, federal property management, supervising control over exercise of powers of the Russian Federation by local governmental authorities of federal subjects in the Russian Far East. Alexander Galushka graduated from the Institute of Economy of the Moscow State Social University with a degree in “Economy and labor sociology” and Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. He directed the "Center of Management of Assessment and Consulting" company. From 2010 to 2012 he was the President of the All Russia Public Organization "Business Russia" and was a member of the Governmental commission on questions of social and economic development of the Russian Far East, the Republic of Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai and the Irkutsk region. In 2013 he was elected co-chairman of the Central Staff of social movement "People`s front" for Russia" in 2013. At present time he is a member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

Paul Rollinson was appointed Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2012. He joined Kinross as Executive Vice-President, New Investments, in September 2008. In September 2009, he was appointed Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development. Paul joined Kinross after a long career in investment banking, most recently as the Deputy Head of Investment Banking at Scotia Capital. During his time with Scotia, he was responsible for the mining, power/utilities, forestry and industrial sectors. He also served as Managing Director/Head of Americas for the mining group within Deutsche Bank AG, and before that, was a senior member of the mining team at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Paul has an Honours BSc in Geology from Laurentian University and an M. Eng. in Mining from McGill University.

Alexey Chekunkov has been the head of the Far East Development Fund since October, 2014.In 2013-2014 Alexey managed his own investment company PAMIR Capital before appointment to the position of the Far East Development Fund Chief Executive Officer. In 2011-2013 he worked as a Director, Member of the Management Board and Investment Committee in the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Mr. Chekunkov was responsible for investments in healthcare, energy saving, raw materials sector as well as for establishing of the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund with 2 billion dollars capital. In 2009-2011 Alexey managed his own investment company New Nations Capital (venture capital investments, investment banking). In 2006-2009 he worked in the position of Managing Director in the investment company United Gold Company (UGC), being a part of Alfa-Group consortium.In 2003-2006 he was Vice-President in Delta Private Equity, one of the leading private equity companies in Russia, managing over 500 million dollars capital. He participated in a number of landmark deals including sale of Delta Bank, of TV channels STS and TV-3, of the National Cable Networks holding, of the company Compulink. In 2002-2003 Mr. Chekunkov took part in consolidation of gold-mining assets in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) as the Projects Director in the Investment Group Alrosa.

Born in Leningrad on August 13, 1973.Alexey holds Master and PhD degrees in Law from Saint-Petersburg State University (graduated in 1996). 1995 – 2006: Saint-Petersburg City Government Property Management Committee. 2006 – 2008: First Vice-Chairman for Saint-Petersburg City Government Property Management Committee. 2008 – 2009: Partner for a global law company “DLA Piper Rus Limited”.2009 – 2012: Head of Saint-Petersburg Government Committee for Investments and Strategic Projects where he was responsible for the city investment policy.In May 2012 Alexey joined Gazprombank (Joint-Stock Company) as Executive Vice-President responsible for legal and financial support for the Bank infrastructure private-public partnership (PPP) projects. In March 2013 Alexey headed the Bank PPP Division. Alexey has a proven track-record of completed infrastructure PPP projects in Russia. Similarly, Alexey was actively involved in a number of other major investment projects in St. Petersburg area, including construction of workshops and production facilities for global leading automobile holdings as well as projects relating to creation and upgrade of public areas and other construction development projects. In todays’ role, Alexey leads a team of the Banks’ PPP professionals. He personally coordinates the Bank’s effort relating to PPP projects origination and execution. The Bank’s PPP projects (both completed and in-progress) include construction of social infrastructure facilities, construction of tall-based and free of charge roads in a number of regions as well as so-called “12-tonnes” project.Alexey Chichkanov actively participates in the work of the Coordination Council for Investments of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the Coordinating Council for Public-Private Partnership of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation on public-private partnership. He is a member of the working groups at the Expert Department of the President Administration, Ministry of Economic Development and the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Alexey Chichkanov is awarded with the Order of Services to the Motherland II Medal.

Alexei Yakovitsky, one of the pioneers of VTB Capital, has been working at the company since its early days in 2008. He is responsible for the strategic and operational development of VTB Capital holding companies. Alexei moved to VTB Capital from Deutsche Bank, where he worked as Head of Research for Russia and the CIS. Prior to that, he was co-Head and then Head of Research at leading Russian investment bank United Financial Group (UFG), which was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 2006. Alexei had joined UFG in 2000 as a telecommunications analyst, after a stint as the Moscow Telecommunications and IT correspondent with Bridge News. Institutional Investor rated Alexei one of the top three Russian telecom analysts four years in a row (2004-08), while in 2007 the organisers of the Financial Olympus named Alexei the best analyst on the Russian market. The telecoms team headed by Alexei took first place in EMEA emerging markets in Extel’s 2005, 2006 and 2007 surveys. Alexei holds an MA in Political Science from the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy in the U.S. and a PhD in History from Moscow State University.

Pavel Grachev was appointed head of Polyus in 2013. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2013, Mr. Grachev served as Chief Executive Office of the leading potash producer Uralkali and then of the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund. From 2006 to 2011, he worked as chief counsel and then managing director of the investment company Nafta Moskva. From 1997 to 2006, he was the head of the Moscow office of the law firm Pavia e Ansaldo (Italy). In addition, Mr. Grachev has also served on the boards of Polyus Gold, the Federal Grid Company, Uralkali, PIK Group (as Chairman) and Polymetal. Mr. Grachev graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University and the University of Trieste (Italy) with degrees in law.

Born in 1964. Sergei Nikolaevich Tolstoguzov is a qualified power engineer. He graduated from the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgical University after G.I. Nosov specializing in "Power supply to production facilities, cities and agricultural sector". Sergei Nikolaevich Tolstoguzov was elected Director General of RAO ES of the EAST PJSC at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on November 30, 2011. In February 2011 he was appointed the First Deputy Director General of Tehnopromexport. Before that, from 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the Management Board of INTER RAO UES, where he was in charge of asset integration and management. He had also held executive positions in RAO UES of Russia, Rosenergoatom and Bashkirenergo.