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Pak Erik leads McKinsey operations in the EEMA region. He focuses on strategy development and implementation for a variety of local companies, multinationals and governments. Advises government authorities on structural transformations in Telecommunications, High Tech, the banking sector and oil & gas industry. He also advises private companies on growth strategies, transformations from local to global and operational efficiency. He takes part in business forums as an expert in global strategies, Telecommunications and High Tech. Before stepping into the position of Managing Partner in EEMA, Pal Erik led McKinsey’s Eastern European offices for three years. He holds a Master of Science degree in industrial economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

CEO of Rusagro Group of Companies since 2009.Born on 8 May 1975 in Moscow. Graduated from New York University. Degrees in economics and finance, international business, philosophy. Previous job experience: Citibank, Renaissance Capital, McKinsey, Severstal, Interpipe. 2006-2009 Head in Metalloinvest.In April 2011 Ros Agro PLC, the Holding company of Rusagro Group, became public. GDRs of Ros Agro PLC are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Rusagro has become the largest independent food company in the Russian Federation in sales, profit and market capitalization. From November 2014 GDRs of ROS AGRO PLC (ISIN - US7496552057) have been admitted to trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange in section "first level" quotation list. In 2014 Rusagro’s revenue reached 59 bln roubles. Rusagro produces sugar, pork, vegetable oil, sauces, margarines, grains and oilseeds. The Company employs about 10 th people. The Company’s businesses are located in Belgorod, Tambov, Voronezh, Samara, Sverlovsk regions and Primorsky Krai.Rusagro plans to build pig complexes, sugar and aquaculture production in Primorsk area. Rusagro exports to China sunflower and soya oils and meals, plans to export grains, soya and margarines.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe led the Nestlé Group from 1997 to 2008, first as CEO, till 2005, and then as Chairman and CEO. In April 2008, he handed over the office of CEO and is now Chairman of Nestlé S.A. Born in 1944 in Austria, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe graduated from the University of World Trade in Vienna with a degree in Economics. After joining the Nestlé Group in 1968, he spent a significant part of his career in Latin America, moving from sales manager and marketing director in Chile, to CEO of Nestlé Ecuador and later to Chairman/CEO of Nestlé Venezuela. In 1987 he was transferred to Nestlé's international headquarters in Vevey as Senior Vice-President in charge of the Culinary Products Division, with a worldwide responsibility for that sector. Appointed Executive Vice-President in 1992, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe assumed worldwide leadership of strategic business groups while simultaneously being in charge of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs. In this role, he devised and implemented Nestlé's brand strategy, consisting of a clear hierarchy of strategic brands on the global, regional and local level. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe serves as Vice-Chairman of both L'Oréal and Credit Suisse Group. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Roche Holding S.A. and Delta Topco Limited (Formula 1) as well as a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). Furthermore, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe has received several awards, including "La Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca", the Schumpeter Prize for outstanding contribution in Economics and the Austrian Cross of Honour for service to the Republic of Austria.

Andrey Guryev was appointed CEO by PhosAgro’s Board of Directors starting 1 August 2013. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as Deputy CEO of OJSC PhosAgro from April 2011. He was also Deputy CEO for Sales and Logistics of PhosAgro AG from October 2011 to June 2013. From June 2013 to August 2013 Mr. Guryev was the COO of PhosAgro AG. Mr. Guryev has worked at PhosAgro since 2004, holding various positions in the finance department and specialising in fertilizer exports. Mr Guryev graduated from The University of Greenwich in London with a BA in economics, and holds a Master’s degree from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. He received a PhD in economics from the National Mineral Resources University (University of Mining).

Sergey Mikhailov has been Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Cherkizovo Group since 2006. Mr. Mikhailov led Cherkizovo Group during its successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2006, making the Group the first Russian agricultural company listed on the LSE. Since 2006, Cherkizovo has been expanding rapidly and developing its business in Russia and it is now the country’s largest vertically integrated agricultural company and meat producer. In 2001, Mr. Mikhailov was Marketing Director of Cherkizovo Meat Processing Plant. He was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the plant in 2002 and, a year later, he became its Chief Executive Officer.In 1998, he founded the telecommunications company, aTelo, Inc., in the United States and was its CEO until 2001. In 1998, he trained as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs before moving to Morgan Stanley in 1999. He graduated from Georgetown University (Washington DC) in 2000 with a degree in Finance and Economics.

Silviu Popovich heads PepsiCo business in Russia, Ukraine and CIS since 2015. Previously he had been responsible for PepsiCo Russia for two years. Prior to that he had been the GM of Wimm-Bill-Dann’s Foods Division since November 2008. Since 2007 he managed the turnaround of Wimm-Bill-Dann’s Beverages Division. He has extensive experience in a number of areas, including sales, marketing, operations and general management with global companies: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Coca-Cola HBC in Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.Silviu holds a Bachelor in Physics from “AI Cuza” State University, and an MBA from the London Business School. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Born: December 23, 1960 in the village of Vyselki, Krasnodar Krai.Graduated from the Krasnodar Polytechnical Institute as a mechanical engineer.His career began in 1983 as a heating engineer for the Vyselki Inter-Farm Combined Feed Plant. 1990: elected Director of the combined feed plant.1993: on his initiative, the plant was reorganised as JSC Agrokomplex, of which Tkachev was elected General Director.1994: elected Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai and in 1995 and 1999 as Deputy of the State Duma of the second and third convocations.December 3, 2000: won a convincing victory in the elections for head of administration (Governor) of the Krasnodar Krai.April 23, 2007, as proposed by President Putin, at the session of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Krai, Tkachev was appointed head of administration of the Krasnodar Krai for a fifth term.March 21, 2012, as proposed by President Medvedev, authorised as head of administration of the Krasnodar Krai.22 April 2015, by Order of Russian President Putin, Tkachev was appointed Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.2000: defended his Candidate of Sciences (Econ.) thesis and, in 2004, his DSc dissertation, also in economics.Awarded the Order “For Services to the Homeland”, 4th degree, “For Services to the Homeland”, 3rd degree, and “For Services to the Homeland”, 2nd degree.

• June 2015 – present, President & CEO, Carlsberg Group, Copenhagen, Denmark.• January 2009 – June 2015, CEO, FrieslandCampina, Amersfoort, Netherlands.• May 2008 – January 2009, CEO, Friesland Foods, Netherlands.• January 2006 - May 2008, Senior Vice President Marketing Operations Foods Europe & Member of the Executive Board Unilever Europe.• 2002-2006 CEO Lever Fabergé Italy, Member of the Executive Board of Home and Personal Care Europe.• 1998-2002 CEO Poland, Member of the Executive Board of Unilever Central and Eastern Europe.• 1997-1998 Vice-President Foods for Asia Pacific based in Singapore.• 1993-1997 Business Unit Director Foods in Hungary.• 1984-1993 various positions at Unilever (marketing, product manager).Organisations:• The Dutch Dairy Association (NZO), Chairman.• The Dairy Foundation (Zuivelstichting), Chairman.• The Dutch Dairy Association (Productschap Zuivel), Member of the Executive Board.• The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), Member of the Executive Committee.• KLM, Member of the Supervisory Board, Starting 2014.• The Confederation of Danish Industries.• EU-Russia Industrialists’ Round Table, co-chairman.• Foreign Investment Advisory Committee (FIAC), Russia.• The Brewers of Europe, Board Member.Education:• Harvard, General Management Program.• Nima A & B, Marketing.• University of Leiden, Master of Arts (MA), Social Sciences.

Marat Shaydaev was appointed temporary sole executive (CEO) of JSC UGC in April 2016. Marat came to the Summa Group in 2004. His responsibilities included business optimisation and development of promising lines of business activity. From 2005 to 2009, he was the Head of CJSC Trans-Flot, the management company of Port Primorsk. Later he worked for the parent company of the Summa Group, ensuring smooth asset management. In 2012–2013, he took up the post of Senior Deputy General Director of Novorossiysk Trade Seaport Plc.In 2011, Mr. Shaydaev became a Board member of PJSC Novorossiysk Trade Seaport and from 2013 – a Board member of PJSC FESCO. Since 2014 he has been a Board member of JSC United Grain Company.Mr. Shaydaev graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, specialising in Public and Municipal Administration.