Despite the stable growth in forestry production, the sector’s contribution to Russian GDP remains below 1%. The Russian forestry development strategy for the period to 2030 is being finalized, and it is expected to result in more efficient manufacturers and enhanced value-added processing products. The priority objectives are access to raw materials, development of human capital, technological and scientific advancements, and improving the industry’s management system. How can new technologies contribute to reshaping the industry? How can we resolve the industry’s infrastructure problems? Will growing demand for timber housing spur a new growth opportunity?
He was born in January 1, 1970.
Graduated with honours from the Philological Department of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute.
In news making since 1991. Reporter, anchor, political contributor of Radio “Russia”.
1996–2000 – reporter, Chief Editor of the Vesti programme.
2001–2005 – Head of journalists in Information and Press Department of Channel 1 (Vremya programme).
In 2006 he worked on the TV channel Russia Today.
Fluent English.
One of key experts who developed broadcasting concept of Business FM.
In 2013 and 2015 he won National Media business award Media Manager of Russia.
State owned company RUMEDIA is a holding company that includes:
• Radio station Business FM (broadcasting in: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kazan)
• Business portal BFM.ru
• Radio station Chocolate 98FM (Moscow)
• Portal Gorod48.ru (the most visited Internet resource of Lipetsk)
Two own advertising agencies Advertising Agency ‘United Media’ and Pride Media (Lipetsk) handle all RUMEDIA advertisement sales.
Panellists Ivan Valentik ,
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation; Head of the Federal Agency for Forestry Sergey Gorkov ,
Chairman, Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) Alexander Idrisov ,
President, Founder, Strategy Partners Group
Zhou Litsyun ,
General Manager, China Chengtong International Investment Ltd. Denis Manturov ,
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Mordashov ,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal Zakhar Smushkin ,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group Markku Tynkkynen ,
Vice Chairman of the Board and Partner, Vision Hunters Ali Uzdenov ,
Senior Vice President, JSFC Sistema Alexander Khloponin ,
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viacheslav Tsybulnikov ,
Vice President, Sberbank
Ivan Valentik
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation; Head of the Federal Agency for Forestry
Born July 22, 1976 in Petrozavodsk. Graduated from the Petrozavodsk State University, majoring in "Jurisprudence" in 1998. Worked in the forestry sector of the Republic of Karelia. Since 2009, a member of the state civil service, has a class rank of "State Advisor of the Russian Federation of the second class." From 2009 to 2011 worked in the Department of Forestry of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. From November 2011 to February 2014 held at the Federal Forestry Agency an appointment of Head of Department for state forest control and fire control in forests, control over the implementation of transferred powers in the field of forest relations by the subjects of the Russian Federation. In February 2014 was appointed Director of Department of state policy and regulation in the field of forest resources of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. October 27, 2014 appointed Head of the Federal Forestry Agency. Married. Two children.
Sergey Gorkov
Chairman, Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)
Born December 1, 1968, in the Orenburg Oblast.In 1994, graduated from the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia with a specialization in Law. In 2002, graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics with a specialization in Finance & Credit.1994-1997 — Deputy Head and Head of the HR Department at Menatep Bank.1997-2005 — held senior positions at the HR departments of Yukos and Yukos Moscow oil companies.2008-2010 — Director of the HR Policy Department of Sberbank of Russia2010-2016 — member of the Executive Board and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank.From February, 2016 — State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)”, Chairman.Has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd class and the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Alexander Idrisov
President, Founder, Strategy Partners Group
The founder and President of Strategy Partners Group – the leading Russian strategy advisory firm, founded in1994. He was a pioneer of innovation and venture capital activity in Russia.
Project experience:
• Strategy and competitiveness:
o Managed the strategy development for dozens of leading Russian corporations
o Led the strategy advisory team for several regions in Russia and CIS
o Led a group of international experts on the strategy development for Kazakhstan
• Operations management:
o Developed and successfully launched dozens of the sales stimulation and cost reduction programs
o Developed and successfully implemented several Business restructuring program
• Startups and Innovation:
o Successfully launched and funded a number of startups
o Developed the portfolio growth strategy for venture capital fund
• Corporate Finance:
o Led development of investment proposals for a number of corporations and support them during the capital raising process
o Developed a number of pre-IPO strategies
o One of the leading expert on financial modeling in Russia. Designed the Project expert - one of the most popular software product.
Led the development of number the state programs for different industries (Forestry, Retail, Chemical industry, Aerospace, Energy, Railway, Electronics, etc.)
Member of "Open Government" of Russia (Independent Advisory Board)
Zhou Litsyun
General Manager, China Chengtong International Investment Ltd.
Denis Manturov
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Denis Manturov was born on February 23, 1969, in Murmansk.
Education:
1994 – Lomonosov Moscow State University, major in Sociology.
1997 – Postgraduate studies at Moscow State University, PhD.
2002 – Doctoral programme at Moscow Aviation Institute.
2006 – Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation, major in Law.
Professional experience:
1998 – Appointed Deputy General Director of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant.
2000 – Appointed Commercial Director of Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
2001 – Appointed Deputy Chairman of State Investment Corporation (Gosincor).
2003 – Appointed General Director of OAO OPK Oboronprom.
2007 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation.
2008 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed acting Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Awards:
2007 – Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Second Class)”.
2008 – Awarded the Order of Friendship.
2009 – Awarded the Order of Honour.
2010 – Awarded an Honorary Certificate of the Government of the Russian Federation.
2013 – Awarded the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Fourth Class)”.
Additional information:
Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation (First Class).
Mr. Manturov was included in the “Golden 100” Personnel Management Reserve under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.
He speaks multiple foreign languages.
He is married with a daughter and a son.
Alexey Mordashov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Born in 1965, Alexey Mordashov has been working for Severstal since 1988. He started his career as a senior economist, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1992. In December 1996, he was appointed as Severstal’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2002 and 2006 he served as CEO of Severstal Group and was Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors. Since the introduction of the new structure of corporate governance in December 2006 Mr. Mordashov has been CEO of Severstal. From December 2014 till June 2015 Alexey served as CEO of AO "Severstal Management" - managing organization of PAO Severstal. In May he was elected as Chairman of Severstal’s Board of Directors.
Vice-Chairman of World Steel Association. Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ Committee on Integration, Trade and Customs Policy and WTO. Serves on the Entrepreneurial Council of the Government of Russian Federation. Co-chairman of the “Trade as a Global Driver” Taskforce of the “Business 20” of “Group of Twenty”. Co-chairman of the Northern Dimension Business Council. Vice-President of Russian-German chamber of commerce, member of the Russian-German workgroup responsible for strategic economic and finance issues. Member of the EU-Russia Business Cooperation Council. Alexey earned his undergraduate degree from the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. He also holds an MBA degree from Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University (UK).
Zakhar Smushkin
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group
Born in 1962 in Leningrad. Graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute of Pulp and Paper Industry. After graduation he worked at VNIIgidroliz, a scientific research institute.
In 1992, together with a group of aspiring businessmen founded a forestry company Ilim Pulp Enterprise where he served as CEO until 2001. From 2001 to 2007 Mr. Smushkin served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Ilim Pulp Enterprise and was involved in building Russia's largest vertically-integrated forest industry corporation.
Since July 2007 Zakhar Smushkin is Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group.
Markku Tynkkynen
Vice Chairman of the Board and Partner, Vision Hunters
Mr. Tynkkynen has 30 years experience within the global pulp and paper industry and has acted as e.g. Member of the Executive Team and Strategy Team of UPM. He was responsible for global sourcing, wood sourcing and plantations, energy, environmental issues and corporate social responsibility. Earlier he acted also as a President of the Magazine Paper Division and held various leadership positions concerning sales and operations at UPM and as a member of Label Strategy team of UPM. He holds a M.Sc.(Paper Technology) degree from Helsinki University of Technology, and has accomplished several studies at INSEAD, France and Harvard Business School in Boston.
Ali Uzdenov
Senior Vice President, JSFC Sistema
Ali was born in 1962.
In 1985 he graduated from the Rostov Institute of Railroad Engineers.
In 1990 he continued his education at the International Survival School (Italy).
In 1994-1997 he was Head of the Rostov Commodity Exchange.
1997-1998 - Director of Ayaks LLC.
1998-2001 - Director of the Rostov office of OJSC ANK Bashneft.
2001-2007 - Chairman of the OJSC Kormmash Board of Directors.
2007-2009 - General Director of Rostovregiongas LLC.
2009-2012 - First Vice President for Refining and Sales of OJSC ANK Bashneft.
2012-2013 - Vice President of Sistema JSFC.
Alexander Khloponin
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Born March 6, 1965 in Colombo, Ceylon.
Graduated from the Department of International Economics of Moscow Financial Institute.
After serving in the Soviet Army and graduating, worked for Vnesheconombank of the USSR.
1992–1996: Deputy CEO, CEO, President of Mezhdunarodnaya Finansovaya Kompaniya commercial bank.
1996–2001: Executive Director and CEO of Norilsk Nickel MMC.
2001–2002: Governor of Taymyr Autonomous District.
2002–2010: Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Region.
2010-2014: Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District.
Since 2010: Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
Married with a daughter.
Awarded Order of Merit to the Motherland, 4th Degree and Order of Honor.
Viacheslav Tsybulnikov
Vice President, Sberbank
Sergey Bratukhin ,
Sergey Bratukhin, Chairman of the Board, RFP Group Igor Vasiliev ,
Acting Governor of Kirov Region
Kamil Zakirov ,
President, Chairman of the Board, Segezha Group Ali Kiliс ,
General Director, KASTAMONU Igor Orlov ,
Governor of Arkhangelsk Region Klaus Herbert Peller ,
Managing Director, Mondi Syktyvkar
Petteri Pihlajamaki ,
Director, Poyry Management Consulting Oy Mark Sutton ,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, International Paper Yermolai Solzhenitsyn ,
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Alexander Shestakov ,
President, Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia
Sergey Bratukhin
Sergey Bratukhin, Chairman of the Board, RFP Group
Birth date: October 25, 1971. Education: D.I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical and Technological University – Chemical Cybernetics; Financial Academy of the Government of Russian Federation – Banking and Insurance Business; Warwick Business School – Business Administration. Experience: 2002-2006 – Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company. 2007-2010 – Managing Director, Renaissance Partners. 2011-present – President, Invest AG. Corporate governance: 2008-present – Chairman of the Board of Directors, RFP Group. 2013-present – Member of the Board of Directors, Norilsk Nickel
Igor Vasiliev
Acting Governor of Kirov Region
Igor Vasiliev was born on May 31, 1961 in Leningrad.
In 1983, he graduated from Leningrad State University and, in 2003, from Moscow State University.
After serving in the armed forced from 1983 to 1992, from 1992 to 2003 he worked in commercial structures.
In 2003 and 2004, Igor headed up the investment department of the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia party.
From 2004 to 2010, he represented the Republic of Komi in the Council of the Federation. He was a member of the Council of the Federation Committees on the financial markets and money circulation and on affairs of the north and small peoples and was Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Federation Commission for collaboration with the Russian Federation Accounts Chamber.
From 2010 through 2013, he was an auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Married, with a daughter.
Kamil Zakirov
President, Chairman of the Board, Segezha Group
Ali Kiliс
General Director, KASTAMONU
Igor Orlov
Governor of Arkhangelsk Region
Igor Orlov was born on 17 August 1964 in Debaltsevo, Donetsk Region. In 1987, he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation, specialising in Electric Equipment for Aircrafts, and gained a qualification as an Electrical Engineer. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics.After graduating, he was appointed as an Electrician to repair the electrical equipment at the Mechanical Engineering Enterprise Zvezdochka in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region. After working from 1988 to 1994 for scientific-research design and technology bureau Onega in Severodvinsk of the Arkhangelsk Region, Igor came back to Zvezdochka as Deputy General Manager. In 2008, he left Severodvinsk but continued his career in the same capacity at the Yantar Pribaltiysky Shipbuilding Works in Kaliningrad. Soon after that, he was appointed Managing Director of this enterprise. For just half a year, he worked as Senior Deputy Executive and Production Director of the car assembly company LLC Avtotor-Holding in Kaliningrad. In January 2012, Mr. Orlov became Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region. During his long career in industry, Igor Orlov was decorated with state and departmental awards: the Medal of the Order “For Merits to the Fatherland” of the second degree (2011), the Medal of Peter the Great (2004), the Medal “For Labour Valour” (2004) and the Lapel Pin “Shock Worker of the 12th Five-Year Plan” (1991).
Klaus Herbert Peller
Managing Director, Mondi Syktyvkar
Klaus Peller, the acting CEO of Mondi Syktyvkar, was born on 14 August 1967 in Salzburg (Austria). Graduated from Karl Franzens University of Graz (Austria), and obtained MBA degree of INSEAD program in Fontainbleau (France).
Has been on managerial positions at Mondi Group since 2000. In July 2011 was appointed Mondi Syktyvkar forestry director and joined the company’s management board. Was Mondi Syktyvkar CEO from March 2012 to July 2013. From July 2013 to July 2014 ran one of Mondi Group’s Austrian mills. In July 2014 was again assigned to the position of CEO at Mondi Syktyvkar.
Petteri Pihlajamaki
Director, Poyry Management Consulting Oy
Mark Sutton
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, International Paper
Mark Sutton became chairman of the International Paper Board of Directors on January 1, 2015 and CEO of International Paper on November 1, 2014. Immediately prior to becoming CEO, he served as president and chief operating officer with responsibility for leading and running the company’s global businesses. He has been a member of the International Paper board of directors since June 1, 2014.
Sutton has been with the company his entire career. He joined International Paper in 1984 as an engineer at the Pineville, La., mill. In 1994, he was named mill manager at the Thilmany, Wisc., mill, which at the time was part of International Paper’s industrial papers business. In 2000, Sutton relocated to Europe to serve as director of European corrugated packaging operations and was promoted to vice president and general manager responsible for all corrugated packaging operations across seven countries in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region in 2002. In 2005, he was named vice president of corporate strategic planning and relocated to Memphis. He was named senior vice president, global supply chain, in 2007 and in 2009 became senior vice president, printing and communications papers – the Americas. Sutton was appointed to senior vice president, industrial packaging, in November 2011.
Sutton is a member of The Business Council and the Business Roundtable. He serves on the American Forest & Paper Association Board of Directors and the International Advisory Board of the Moscow School of Management – Skolkovo. He was appointed Chairman of the U.S. Russian Business Council and was also appointed to the U.S. Section of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. Sutton also serves on the Board of Directors of Memphis Tomorrow and Board of Governors for New Memphis Institute.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University.
Yermolai Solzhenitsyn
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Supports companies in the metals and mining, oil and gas, aircraft, and travel sectors, helping clients to improve strategy, operations and sales, as well as leading organization and governance transformations.
Since joining McKinsey in 1998, Yermolai has developed wide experience in strategy development, operations and sales improvements, and organizational and governance system transformation for companies in the metallurgy, oil and gas, aircraft, and transportation sectors. He takes an active part in projects related to municipal and regional infrastructure development , as well as healthcare system improvement efforts aimed at improving the quality of services provided by healthcare institutions.
Yermolai is a leader of McKinsey EMEA Metals & Mining Practice and a co-leader of McKinsey’s EMEA Oil & Gas Practice. He is a member of our global Travel, Infrastructure, and Logistics Practice and takes an active part in international projects to develop new approaches to operations improvements for companies in the raw materials sector.Yermolai is a also a co-leader of McKinsey’s Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products practices in Europe.
Before joining McKinsey, Yermolai spent several years working in China and Taiwan and, later, as a consultant at the World Bank in Washington DC.
Alexander Shestakov
President, Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia
Education2004 – Northwest Academy of Public Service, qualification – manager in the specialty “Public and Municipal Administration”1995 – Training Course at the Furniture Industry Centre, USA (Highpoint);1990 – Higher School for Business Managers at the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics named after Voznesenski, specialty – economist;1988 – The Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute named after professor Bonch-Bruevich,qualification – telecommunications engineer in the specialty: multichannel electric communications;Job Record02.1992 – up to present – deputy director, since 09.1993 – general director of the closed joint stock company “The First Furniture Factory”.03.1990 - 02.1992 – plant engineer, chief engineer of the Rented Enterprise dealing in repair and production of furniture “Uyt”;02.1985 - 03.1990 – ventilation engineer, chief power engineer, and plant engineer of the Leningrad Furniture Repair and Production Association “Uyt” of the Leningrad Executive Committee Public Service Administration.10.1981 - 10.1983 – military service in the Armed Forces of Russia.Hold positionsGeneral director of the closed joint stock company “The First Furniture Factory”Vice-president of the Association for the Russian Furniture and Woodworking IndustryPresident of the Nonprofit Partnership The Union of Enterprises and Specialists of Furniture and Woodworking Industry of North-West of the Russian Federation
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Russia needs more project management expertise: not many projects end on time and very few projects are completed with cost savings, so we decided to set up a centre of competence in St Petersburg together with foreign partners to build the pulp and paper mill.
Sergey Gorkov
Chairman, Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)
Priority investment projects are being phased out. We will consider special investment contracts as a tool for future periods.
Denis Manturov
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
The approach where an investor builds an enterprise and the government builds infrastructure can seriously accelerate the inflow of investments into the forestry sector.
Alexey Mordashov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Historically, the forest lease quota has been transferred to the regions, which is inefficient. It’s time to bring lease allocation for big projects back to the federal level. Only then can we solve this issue quickly and effectively.
Zakhar Smushkin
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ilim Group
Big business and small players need to have equal conditions, otherwise the smaller companies simply chop down as much forest as they can and sell it for export.
Ali Uzdenov
Senior Vice President, JSFC Sistema
The government should be the impetus for the development of the forest industry.
Alexander Khloponin
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
We have serious ambitions. We want to occupy a large share of the financing market for this industry.
Viacheslav Tsybulnikov
Vice President, Sberbank
Forest resources are depleted around the main timber processing centres, so the introduction of intensive forest management is not only a necessity recognized by business, but also a state policy priority in forest relations.
Ivan Valentik
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation; Head of the Federal Agency for Forestry
