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Robert Langer, Partner During more than fifteen years of practice in the former Soviet Union and Russia, Mr. Langer advised Russian and foreign companies in structuring strategic and portfolio investments in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and assisted Russian companies in raising capital on foreign debt and equity markets. His clients include Russian and multinational companies, commercial banks, financial institutions, international development funds, major international investment banks and lending institutions, emerging market funds and securities houses. Mr. Langer is one of the lead attorneys on most financings involving Russian entities and on debt offerings by Russian entities and municipalities, and is generally responsible for the drafting or review of Akin Gump's legal opinions in connection with Russian transactions. Mr. Langer received his B.A. with high honors in Russian and East European studies from the University of Michigan in 1982 and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1989 in Soviet and comparative law from Tulane University Law School, where he was a member of Order of the Coif. He did his master’s work in Russian Language and Literature at Norwich University Russian School. In 1985-86 he was a visiting scholar of international law at the Institute of State and Law of the USSR Academy of Sciences under a joint grant from the USSR Government and the U.S. Information Agency. Mr. Langer writes extensively and is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities on legal developments in Russia and the CIS. |
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Vladimir Lechtman, Partner Mr. Lechtman represents corporate clients and financial institutions in a wide range of transactions involving Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, including securities offerings, acquisitions, joint ventures and technology transfers in such areas as energy, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, marketing and real estate. Mr. Lechtman was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and speaks Russian with native fluency. He earned his diploma from the University of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) in 1979 and his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987. He is a member of the District of Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania Bars and the American Bar Association. Prior to joining Akin Gump, Mr. Lechtman was of counsel in the Washington office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. From 1987 to 1994 he was an associate in the Washington and London offices of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. |
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Alex Knaster, CEO Mr. Knaster has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, having worked for Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Bankers Trust Company, and Simmons & Company International. Prior to joining Alfa Bank in mid-1998, Mr. Knaster worked for over three years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston (Moscow), responsible for the firm’s operations in Russia and the CIS. Prior to beginning his career in investment banking, Mr. Knaster spent three years with Schlumberger, Ltd. as an engineer working on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Knaster holds a PhD degree in Economics from the Russian Academy of Science, M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University. Mr. Knaster is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of International Society of Financial Analysts and National Association of Petroleum Industry Analysts. Mr. Knaster is a Director of Golden Telecom, Inc., a publicly held company, traded on NASDAQ. |
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Andrew Somers, President From 1989-1995, Mr. Somers was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and member of the Board of American Express TRS Company, with operations in over 70 countries and generating most of the revenue of the American Express group of companies. Mr. Somers was also special adviser to the Chairman of the Board of American Express Company on the Russian market. From 1973 to 1989, Mr. Somers held legal positions for American Express in New York and London. Subsequent to his corporate career Mr. Somers formed his own consulting firm. He made extended business trips throughout the Russian Federation and gained extensive knowledge of the Russian marketplace. He successfully negotiated with regional Russian authorities to secure federal intervention against local regulatory obstacles. His firm organized development ventures among international hotel companies, construction and architectural firms and local governments, providing clients with practical and legal advice on overcoming barriers to foreign investment. Mr. Somers also maintained his own law firm in New York, advising both the U.S. State Department and private clients on commercial and legal issues involving the U.S. and Russian interests. He received his law degree from Columbia University and a Master’s Degree in Russian History from Columbia University's Harriman Institute. |
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Alexey Panferov, Head of Investment Banking,
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Michael Calvey, Managing Partner |
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Alex Rodzianko, Managing Director, Global
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William F Browder, Founder and CEO For the past five years, William Browder has been running Hermitage Capital Management, the leading Russia asset management firm, which currently manages $550M. Mr. Browder started Hermitage Capital in 1996 in partnership with the late Edmond Safra. In 1996 and 1997, Hermitage Fund was ranked “Best Performing Fund in the World” by Micropal and “Best Russian Fund” by Lipper (1997-1998.) and “Best Emerging Market Fund” by Nelson (1997-2002). Mr. Browder’s position on corporate governance practices in Russia has made him a leading shareholder rights activist and outspoken fighter for better corporate governance. He serves as a member of the OECD/World Bank roundtable on Corporate Governance in Russia, and often reports on shareholder rights issues to international financial institutions. He was named a Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2001, a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute and is a regular speaker at Bloomberg, CNBC, Euromoney conferences and serves as a Russia expert to FT, Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Prior to starting Hermitage, Mr. Browder was a Vice President at Salomon Brothers where he managed the firm’s proprietary investments in Russia. Before that, he was a management consultant within the East European practice of the Boston Consulting Group in London. He received an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA in Economics with highest honors from the University of Chicago. |
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Sergey Bazhanov, President Mr. Bazhanov has been the CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Bank since April, 1999. From 1993 to 1996 Mr. Bazhanov worked for Incombank starting as a Manager and ultimately serving as First Vice-President. Subsequently, in 1996 he joined BaltUneximBank as the First Vice-President. In 1997 Mr. Bazhanov became the Chairman of the Management Board of the BaltUneximBank. The IBSP’s impressive growth since 1998 can be credited to the new management team led by Mr. Bazhanov. |
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Andrei Likhachev, General Director Andrei has a degree in mathematics from Leningrad
State University. He was born October 13, 1965, in Grozny and is married,
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Vladimir Rashevsky, CEO Mr. Rashevsky joined MDM Bank in May 2000, since when he has served as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Head of the Bank’s Investment Division. In this post he was responsible for all of the bank’s financial market activities including currency trading, equity and fixed income securities trading, precious metals trading, brokerage services, banknote operations and asset management. Prior to joining MDM Bank, Mr. Rashevsky held positions
between 1992 and 2000 with Avtobank, Moscow, where he served on
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Dimitri K. Simes, President |
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Maarten Pronk, Chief Executive Director Before joining Nikoil in mid 2001, Mr. Pronk worked in several South American countries for ING Bank reaching the general manager position before accepting the posting of opening general director of ING Bank in Moscow in January 1994. Mid 1996, Euromoney awarded ING Bank Moscow with the best foreign bank in Russia award. Just Prior to joining Nikoil, Mr. Pronk was chairman of the board of Directors of OOO Raboinvest, the operational subsidiary in Russia of Rabobank; the AAA rated co-operative bank from the Netherlands. Raboinvest managed after the crisis of August 1998 to become quite successful in introducing commodity based repo finance to the Russian market. Mr. Pronk holds a Doctorandus degree in economic geography from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. His thesis on the border industrialisation program in Mexico was published. Russian has, during his years in Russia, become one of his seven languages. |
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Leonid Rozhetskin, Deputy Chairman of the
Management Board Mr. Rozhetskin is the founder of LV Finance, a corporate
finance advisory and venture capital boutique based in Moscow, Russia.
Mr. Rozhetskin has been a leader in the development of the corporate
finance in Russia, advising on several of the largest M&A transactions,
capital raisings, and privatizations. Prior to co-founding Renaissance Capital in 1995,
Mr. Rozhetskin had founded Rozhetskin & Associates, a Moscow-based
law firm where he advised a number of Russian and international
clients on Russian corporate and securities law. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and holds a Bachelor Science Degree in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University. |
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Viatcheslav Sinyugin, Deputy COB |
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Alexander Boulygine, COO |
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Helena Hessel, Director, Sovereign Ratings
Group Ms. Hessel holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Columbia University and a B.A. from the City University. |
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Boris Nemtsov, Leader, The Right Wing Forces
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Sergey V. Generalov, Chairman |
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Vladimir L Bogdanov,
President In 1973 he graduated from the Tumen Industrial Institute and was awarded a diploma of a mining engineer. In 1990 Mr Bogdanov graduated from the Academy of National Economy then under the auspices of the USSR Council of Ministers. In 1984 at the age of 33 he was appointed Director General of Production Association “Surgutneftegas”. Since 1993 V.L.Bogdanov has been President of oil company “Surgutneftegas”. In 1995 he became a member of the Academy of Mining Sciences of Russia. He is Ph. D. of Economics. He is a deputy of the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Territory Duma. V.L.Bogdanov was awarded government orders and medals. |
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Iosif Bakaleinik, First Vice-President |
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Stephen O’Sullivan, Head of Research |
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Eugene K. Lawson, President At Eximbank, Mr. Lawson worked to expand trade links with Russia and other newly independent states in Central and Eastern Europe by structuring trade credits. He was the Bush Administration’s point man in negotiations to conclude a proposed $2 billion oil and gas framework agreement with Russia. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Lawson was Deputy Under Secretary or Labor for International Affairs. In 1988, he also served as U.S. Ambassador to the International Labor Organization in Geneva, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. From 1984 to 1988, he was Executive Director in the Washington office of Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., an international executive recruiting firm. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East Asia and the Pacific from 1982 to 1984. From 1981 to 1982, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East-West Trade, which concerned with former Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries.From 1977 to 1980, he was Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, Director of the Program for China Studies, and a Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University. He was Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Special Bilateral Affairs from 1975 to 1977. From 1973 to 1974 he was a Guest Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Earlier in his career, he served as a staff assistant and special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific. Mr. Lawson served as an officer in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific from 1961 to 1963. Mr. Lawson graduated cum laude from Princeton University and holds a PhD from Columbia University. He is the author of two books about China. U.S.-China Trade: Problems and Prospects, and The Sino-Vietnamese Conflict. He has also published numerous magazine and newspaper articles about international trade issues. |
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