| Zoya
Larinka, General Director, Zoya Larkina is General Director of AK&M Information Agency. Ms. Larkina joined the Analysis, Consulting and Marketing (AK&M) company in 1993. Headed AK&M information and analysis department until 1995. Between May 1995 and November 1997, Ms. Larkina held the office of the Vice-President of the company. She is a graduate of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in economic cybernetics. Ms. Larkina was born in Moscow on 3 September 1961. |
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| Oleg
Tumanov Tumanov deputises for CEO Alex Knaster and his responsibilities include Assets and Liabilities Management, Treasury, Risk Management, Business Processes and IT. He is Chairman of the Bank’s Processes and Technologies Committee and Chairman of the Assets and Liabilities Committee. Tumanov joined Alfa Bank in June 2001. Prior to that, he was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Nikoil Group, Moscow (2000?2001) and Head of Banque Unexim (Suisse), Geneva (1998?2000). From 1994 to 1997 he worked in the US, first as Managing Director at Hermes Capital Management, and later as Head of the International Corporate Finance Department at Ladenburg Thalmann International, New York, a subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann, one of the oldest US investment banks. From 1990 to 1994 Tumanov was Deputy Chairman of the Board at Mosbusinessbank. Prior to that he worked at Zarubezhstroybank and Vneshekonombank in Moscow. Tumanov graduated from the Moscow Finance Institute in 1986. In 1990 he was awarded a PhD in economics. He also completed the advanced management programme at Wharton School and the financial management programme at Harvard Business School. |
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| Andrei
Kozlov, First Deputy Chairman Biography to follow shortly |
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| Adel
Kambar, Director Prior to joining DrKW Adel was at UBS Warburg for 5 years in Debt Capital Markets. During this time Adel worked on many major Corporate and Sovereign transactions including the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Lebanon and Cyprus. |
| Kurt
Geiger Mr. Geiger has a distinguished career of 25 years in international banking, working with KfW, Chase and Midland Montagu (HSBC), in Frankfurt, New York, London and Hong Kong. His work encompassed Business Development, Risk Management, Equity Investments and General Management. He left Chase in 1989 after 15 years of service as Managing Director of Chase Investment Bank Hong Kong (Corporate Finance, Project Finance and Advisory Services). From 1989 to 1993 he worked for Midland Montagu (HSBC) in London where his last position was Managing Director, Head of International Midland PLC and was a member of the Management Committee. He has been with the EBRD since May 1993. Mr. Geiger is Austrian and has excellent knowledge and understanding of the mentality and business custom of Eastern Europe and its financial sector based on professional experience and cultural background. He has extensive experience and track record in complex restructurings and privatisations and is a leading “deal-doer” in EBRD’s Banking Department. He holds a Doctorate in Law from Innsbruck University and a Postgraduate Degree in International Finance from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Directorships - Present Other: |
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| Andrei
V. Kruglov Andrei V. Kruglov was born on January 24, 1969 in St-Petersburg. Married, has a son. In 1994 graduated from Leningrad technology Institute, has a degree in engineering. In 1995 had a course of “Credit and Finance” and “Banking” in St-Petersburg Institute of advanced post graduate studies under St-Petersburg economy and finance University. In 1997 got PhD in economics. In 2000 became an associate professor in banking. In 1995-2001 worked as Senior Expert of the Department of international finance institutes, investments and credit of the Division for foreign economy relationship; Head of Department of technical cooperation with foreign countries and international organizations; Head of foreign trade and investments Department of foreign economy cooperation Division of the Committee for foreign relationship of St-Petersburg city hall; Head of Department in the Committee for foreign relationship of the St-Petersburg Administration. 2001-2002 – Deputy General Director of “Invest-In” company in Velikii Novgorod. Since April 2002 is the Head of Corporate Finance Division of OAO Gazprom. |
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| Alexey
Panferov Alexei Panferov was born in 1970. In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Automatics (MIREA). Two years later he also graduated from the Moscow Institute of International Business by the Russian Ministry of International Trade majoring in "Economy and Management of International Trade Communications”. In 2001 Alexei got a diploma of the International Banking School IBSS, San-Diego, California, majoring in management and financial markets. From 1995 till joining MDM Bank Alexei Panferov worked in Bank Zenit where he started his career as a dealer of the Fixed-income Trading department. In March 2002 Alexei joined MDM Bank as Head of Investment Banking and Member of the Board. |
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| Alexander
V. Zakharov Alexandr V. Zakharov was born in Moscow in 1955. After graduating from Moscow G.Plekhanov Institute of National Economy he later got an academic degree at the USSR Foreign Trade Academy. In 1976-1991 A. Zakharov worked at the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Since January 1992 he has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX). Being at the head of the MICEX, A.Zakharov also holds the position of Chairman of the Council of the International Association of CIA Exchanges (IAE CIS). He is also Co-Chairman of the Council of the National Foreign Exchange Association (NFEA); a member of the board of directors of the National Stock Market Participants' Association (NSMPA); a member of the presidium of the board of the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE). A.Zakharov has been awarded the honorary Diploma of the RF Government "For outstanding personal contribution in the development of the currency and stock markets in Russia". By the order of the President of the Russian Federation A.Zakharov has been assigned the title of "Economist Emeritus of the Russian Federation". |
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| Sergey
B. Pakhomov, Chairman, January 2000: 1999 – 2000: 1997 – 1999: 1995 – 1997: 1993 – 1995: 1992 – 1993: 1976 – 1979: 1975: |
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| Pavel
Gourine
Pavel Gourine joined Raiffeisenbank in 1998 to set up, build and develop Investment Banking business of the Bank. The unique set of Investment Banking services Raiffeisenbank now offers comprises:
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| Michel
Perhirin Michel Perhirin graduated from Nantes University, France with Degree in Economics. He came to Russia in 1993 to open Societe Generale Vostok - a subsidiary of Societe Generale Group (France). He was with Societe Generale from 1969 to 1996 with postings in Nantes, Paris, London, Melbourne, Tokyo, Madrid and Moscow. Mr Perhirin joined Raiffeisen Banking Group in 1996 to open the subsidiary in Russia. Raiffeisenbank Austria has been operating in Russia since 1996 (Leasing affiliate - founded in 1999) and now disposes of 6 business locations in Moscow and a regional branch in St. Petersburg. A series of awards the Bank has been granted throughout
its presence in Russia illustrates the escalating success Raiffeisenbank
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| Pavel
Kaplunov Biography to follow shortly. |
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| Andrey
Yashchenko Biography to follow shortly. |
| Bella
Zlatkis Ms. Zlatkis is the Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. Joined the Ministry of Finance of the Soviet Union as an economist with the Industrial funding department in 1970 and directed the Department of finance, prices, and currency from 1988. Since 1990 her responsibilities included the management of the Ministry’s department of currency, securities and finances. In 1993 Ms. Zlatkis was appointed Director of the securities and financial market department, and Director of the Internal government debt department between 1998 and 2000. She is the Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation from August 2000. Ms. Zlatkis is Honored Economist of the Russian Federation. She is a graduate of the Moscow Finance Institute in finance and economics. Ms. Zlatkis was born in Moscow on 5 July 1948. |
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| Sergei
Kolotoukhin Kolotoukhin is the Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. Prior to joining the Government of the Russian Federation in February 2000, he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1997-2000) and Chief Economist (1983-1992) of Vneshtorgbank. In 1992 – 1997, Kolotoukhin was the Deputy Director of the Commercial Bank for Northern Europe (Eurobank, the Paris branch of the Central Bank of Russia). He is a graduate of the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in international economic relations. Kolotoukhin was born in Moscow on 6 October 1958. |
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| Andrey
Kazmin Born on June 25, 1958 in Moscow, Russia. Education Professional Career In November 2001 awarded with the Order of Honour
by President Vladimir V. Putin for merit in economics and finance. |
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| Alexei
Nikolaevich Buyanov Born on August 15, 1969, in Moscow. In 1992 Mr. Buyanov graduated from the Moscow physics and engineering institute (MPHEI) specializing in applied mathematics and physics. From 1992 to 1994 he was an intern researcher at the Institute of mechanics problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Mr. Buyanov has been with SISTEMA JSFC since 1994. In 1994 and 1995 he held various positions at the SISTEMA’s property complex. In 1995 he was appointed chief of the administration at ZAO SISTEMA-INVEST later becoming vice president of SISTEMA-INVEST. In 1997 he was appointed first vice president of SISTEMA-INVEST. From 1998 to 2002 he served as the vice president of Mobile TeleSystems JSC. In July 2002 Mr. Buyanov was appointed vice president of SISTEMA JSFC, chief of the financial restructuring department. From September 2002 he has been the first vice president of SISTEMA JSFC, chief of the finance and investment complex. |
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| Scott
Bugie Scott Bugie joined Standard & Poor's in New York in 1987 and currently is a Managing Director in Financial Services Ratings. Based in France since 1990, Scott is the Regional Practice Leader for Financial Institutions Ratings in Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA), a position he has held since 1998. Scott is also the European Criteria Officer for Financial Institutions Ratings. Before this, he managed Financial Institutions Ratings for southern Europe. Prior to joining Standard & Poor's, Scott worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for six years as a senior financial analyst in the Department of Supervision, Regulation, and Credit. Scott holds Master of Business Administration degree in International Finance from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Soviet Studies and Russian Language from Ohio State University. He also studied Russian language and history at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, |
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| Alexei
Novikov Alexei Novikov is the General Director of Standard & Poor’s EA-Ratings, the first and leading domestic credit rating firm in the Russian Federation, and Standard & Poor’s Analytical director for Russia and CIS countries. Dr. Novikov has overseen the expansion of Standard & Poor’s EA Ratings’ services to include credit assessments of sub-sovereign governments, corporations, infrastructure companies and financial institutions. His responsibilities also included marketing and analytical integration with Standard & Poor’s under an affiliation agreement entered into by the two companies three years ago. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Novikov was a council member at the Institute for Urban Economics and the director of IUE’s Municipal Finance and Inter-budgetary Relations Department. From 1993 to 1996, he was employed as a consultant to the Analytical Center of the President of the Russian Federation. A specialist in municipal finance, fiscal federalism and national and urban policy, Dr. Novikov has 19 years of research experience in regional and urban economics of the United States and Russia. He has participated in a wide variety of international academic and consulting projects in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and other countries. Dr. Novikov holds a doctoral degree in fiscal federalism from the Russian Academy of Sciences. |
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| Alan
Bigman In 1989 Mr. Bigman graduated from Yale University (USA). From 1989 to 1990, he studied economics at Moscow University. In 1996 Mr. Bigman graduated from the Harvard School of Business, MBA program. From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Bigman was manager of the Land Reform Project of the International Finance Corporation. In 1997 Mr. Bigman was seconded to advise to the chairman of the executive board of "RAO UES (United Energy System) of Russia". From 1996 to April 1998 he served as vice-president of Access Industries, Inc. |
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| Nikolai
Fetisov MS, Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Engineering
and Physics, 1992; Since August 2001 Nikolai Fetisov has been the Executive Vice President and the Member of the Board of Trust and Investment Bank. |
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| Evgenya
Gorbunova Mrs. Gorbunova was born in 1972 in Moscow. In
1994 she graduated from Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics
(MESI) majoring in mathematics. Since 1994 worked in Metallinvestbank
as a credit inspector where in January 1998 became the head of Project
Finance Department. Since January 1999 she leaded the Directorate
of Economy within the United Metallurgical Company. |
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| Peter
Stiler Van Eck Global. 1998 - Present: Appointed by Russia’s Agency for Restructuring Credit Organizations (ARCO) to represent bondholders on the official creditor committee in the restructuring of Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank (first major restructuring completed by ARCO). Actively involved in the external debt restructuring process of three large regions in Russia; Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan. Lazard Freres Asset Management. 1996 - 1998 Emerging
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| Christof
Ruehl After joining the World Bank as a Senior Economist in 1998, Mr. Christof Rühl became Chief Economist of the World Bank's Russia office in February 2001. In 1996, Mr. Rühl joined as a Principal Economist the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Previosuly he has worked in academia: In 1991, he became Assistant Professor at the Economics Department of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and earlier held positions as Research Associate at the universities of Bremen (1986-88) and Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany (1988-91). Mr. Rühl, a German national, graduated in economics from the University of Bremen. Over the years, he has also accepted visiting positions at various universities and research institutions, among them the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago (1997), the University of Western Ontario, Canada (1995), the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (1994), and the Central European University in Prague and Budapest (1994-96). He has published a number of books and numerous articles. His areas of specialization are macroeconomics, monetary economics, and the economics of the transition from central planning. |
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