Business programme

Russia has approved national development goals that aim to steadily increase the country’s population, boost people’s incomes, and grow the economy. In the current conditions, it is particularly crucial to consolidate the efforts of the government and business in this regard. Identifying, developing, and scaling the best practices of public-private partnership while taking world experience into account is extremely important. Companies in Russia are paying more and more attention to compliance with ESG principles. The green agenda and quality of corporate governance have already been broadly included in the corporate standards of Russian companies at various levels, although the components of social responsibility have not yet been developed particularly well. How can businesses be motivated to participate in achieving national goals? What changes need to be made to the government’s investment policy for this purpose? What kind of contents should the sovereign ESG model of sustainable development have for the state and corporations?

Moderator
Anatoliy Kuzichev, Anchor, Channel One

Anatoliy Kuzichev

Anchor, Channel One

Panellists
Igor Artamonov, Governor of the Lipetsk Region
Daniil Egorov, Head, Federal Tax Service of Russia
Andrey Kanunnikov, Chairman of the Strategic Committee, "Kursk Electric Equipment Plant "(JSC "KEAZ")
Mikhail Kuznetsov, Head of the Executive Committee, All-Russia People's Front
Mikhail Orlov, Chairman, Russian-Egyptian Business Council
Stanislav Prokofiev, Rector, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Delo Group of Companies
Igor Shchegolev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District

Igor Artamonov

Governor of the Lipetsk Region

Born in 1967.
In 1990 he graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
In 1999 received the second higher education in the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
In 2007 passed training programme “MBA – Finance” in the HSE University.
Since 1992 worked in Sberbank.
From 2013 served as Vice President of Sberbank of Russia – the Chairman of Mid-Russian bank.
In 2018 he was appointed Head of the Administration of Lipetsk region.

Daniil Egorov

Head, Federal Tax Service of Russia

Daniil Egorov was born on September 7, 1975 in Moscow

Education:
1998: Peoples' Friendship University
Degree: Jurisprudence

Career:
2000-2001: member of the commission of the Inter-regional Board of Defense Lawyers for Businesses and Individuals
2001: Legal Adviser, Head of Legal Department at Eneko.
2001-2003: first-category specialist and consultant, Management Support Department, Moscow Department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties
2003-2005: head of the department of information support, electronic data entry and desk audit; later head of the office inspections department at the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Russia No. 44 in Moscow
2005-2009: head of the department of desk audit, head of the department of field audits No. 2 of Interdistrict Inspectorate No. 50 of the Federal Taxation Service of Russia in Moscow
2009-2010: deputy head of the control department of the administration of the Federal Taxation Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow
2010-2011: deputy head of the department for disputes with individuals, head of the department for disputes with major taxpayers, deputy head of the department, and head of the pre-trial audit department at the Federal Taxation Service
2011-January 2020: Deputy Head of the Federal Taxation Service

Daniil Egorov was appointed Head of the Federal Taxation Service by Directive No. 21-r of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 17, 2020.

Andrey Kanunnikov

Chairman of the Strategic Committee, "Kursk Electric Equipment Plant "(JSC "KEAZ")

Born 03/29/1977.
Has headed KEAZ since 2001. Under his leadership:

- KEAZ has become the largest Russian developer and manufacturer of electrical products, including import-substituting ones;

- KEAZ has been included in the list of systemic companies of the industry;

- management and production principles of world leaders has been successfully introduced, production modernized;

- The Industrial estate "SOYUZ" has been created;

- Research and Production Electrotechnical Cluster of the Kursk Region has been formed.


Currently, KEAZ Group of Companies is developing several high-tech projects, including:

- the development and production of circuit breakers with microprocessor releases;

- the development and production of BMC-plastic;

- the development and production of stations for charging electric vehicles;

- production of stations for charging electric scooters.

By the decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Andrey Kanunnikov was awarded the title of Honored Mechanical Engineer of Russian Federation.

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Head of the Executive Committee, All-Russia People's Front

Mikhail Orlov

Chairman, Russian-Egyptian Business Council

At a crossroad of very different cultures, half Russian, half Egyptian, Mikhail Orlov was born and grew up in Switzerland. He speaks five languages and holds a Master degree in Economics from the St-Gall School of Economics, Law, Business & Public Administrationin Switzerland.
After few years spent in the office of the General Director of the UN World Health Organization dealing with the consequences of the breakdown of the former USSR on healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry, he worked first as corporate banker with Credit Suisse setting up a large correspondent banking network throughout Russia before becoming the head of the Moscow office of INVESCO as managing director. In charge of finding private equity investment opportunities, he mainly supervised the management of portfolio companies usually with a strong turn around scenario supporting the creation of value to investors. He then became Managing Director – International with The Carlyle Group in charge of private equity investments in the former USSR.
In 2005, he created Black Earth Farming Ltd, one of Russia’s largest agricultural companies. It acquired approximately 330’000 hectares of prime agricultural land, the majority of which had been fallow for several years as a result of the breakdown of the USSR and of the lack of adequate agricultural legislation and policies in the country, and put it back into production with modern agricultural principles. This project had a serious social impact from a point of view of employment and upgrade in professional qualifications.
After a successful IPO on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, he left the company and dealt with different agricultural projects in Russia, Zambia, Ethiopia and other parts of the world. He developed a strong franchise in the seed segment and became a recognized expert on the entire food value chain advising different governments and corporates/investors. He served 3 years on the Board of PETKUS Ltd, the world’s leading company in equipment and integrated solutions for the seed industry.
He currently chairs the Russian-Egyptian Business Council (since 2014). He is also a Mentor at the SKOLKOVO Innovation Center and a Member of the Advisory Board of the “AgroFinMost” project with the HSE – Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development.
He got awarded the Stolypin Award in 2008 from the Minister of Agriculture of Russia for the most efficient investment into Russian agriculture and received in May 2013 the Anders Wall Award from the renowned Swedish Anders Wall Foundation for the rural project “Danilovka”.

Stanislav Prokofiev

Rector, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Sergey Shishkarev

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Delo Group of Companies

Born on the 2nd of February 1968 in Novorossiysk.
Proficient in 4 foreign languages: English, Portuguese, Hungarian and Italian.
Professional Experience
In 1993 Sergey Shishkarev founded one of the largest transportation holding companies “Delo Group” and was in charge of it until 1999.
Mr. Shishkarev was elected twice to the Board of Directors of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP).
In 1999 – 2012 Mr. Shishkarev was elected in three convocations of the State Duma of Russia, where he held various executive positions in the Committee on International Affairs, the Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications and was Head of the Committee on Transport till 2012. He is an author of over 50 bills in sphere of transport.
In 2008-2011 he held the position of a Chief Delegate of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
In 2013-2018 Mr. Shishkarev held office of a member, First Deputy Chairman of the Marine Board under the Government of the Russian Federation and Head of the Presidium.
Since 2014 Mr. Shishkarev is President of Delo Group.
In 2015 - 2018 Mr. Shishkarev was a member of the State Commission on Arctic Development and Head of its Business Council.
Since April 2015 Sergey Shishkarev is President of the Handball Federation of Russia (HFR).
In 2017-2018 Mr. Shishkarev was a member of the Board of Directors of GLONASS as an Independent Director.
In May 2018 Mr. Shishkarev was elected a member of the Global Port Investments Board of Directors.
Mr. Shishkarev actively supports social projects such as development of sports, children’s sport, and yachting. The Companies of Delo Group lead targeted charity programs and initiatives.
Education
In 1985 entered Minsk State Institute of Foreign Languages, since the second year Mr. Shishkarev was called in military service where he served in the Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet.
In 1992 graduated from the Military Red Banner Institute of the Ministry of Defense, Department of Western Languages, Portuguese and Hungarian.
In 2001 Mr. Shishkarev defended Ph.D. thesis in Legal Science on the subject “France Police system”.
In 2003 he graduated the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RAPA) cum laude, with degree in State and Municipal Management specializing in Finance, Taxation and Credit.
In 2010 he defended doctoral thesis “Legal Order in Prevention of Corruption Realm: Theoretical and Legal Research”, Doctor of Law.
Awards
Sergey Shishkarev is the honoree of the Medal of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland Second Class, “300 years of Russian Fleet” Medal, Badge of Honor of Russian State Duma for “Merit in Parliamentarism Development” and other official rewards. He is awarded for restoration of Orthodox Churches with The Order of Russian Orthodox Church of Blessed Knyaz Daniil Moskovskiy, Order of Russian Orthodox Church of Reverend Sergiy Radonezhskiy.
Honoree of the Order of Friendship by the Presidential Decree of 18 May 2017 “for successful preparation of athletes who achieved high sporting results (gold) at XXXI Olympic Games-2016 in Rio-de-Janeiro (Brazil)”.
On 17th of July 2018 Sergey Shishkarev was awarded the honorary title of the Honorary Citizen of Novorossiysk by the City Duma Decree No 317.

Igor Shchegolev

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District

Born 10 November in Vinnitsa
1988: graduated from the Translation Faculty of the Moris Torez Moscow State Institution of Foreign Languages and the German Faculty at Leipzig University.
1988–1993: editor for the Chief Editorial Department for Foreign Information, TASS.
1993–1997: ITAR-TASS correspondent in Paris. On his return, headed the ITAR-TASS Editorial department for the countries of Europe, then became Deputy Head of the News Service.
1998: Deputy Head of Government Information Directorate of the Administrative Office of the Government of the Russian Federation. The same year, became first Press Secretary of the Prime Minister and then Head of the Government Information Directorate.
1999: from May, Advisor to the Prime Minister.
2000: in January, headed the Press Service Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
2002: in January, appointed Head of Protocol of the President of the Russian Federation.
2008: from 12 May – Minister of Communications and Telecommunications of the Russian Federation.
2012: from 21 May – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
Speaks English, German and French.