Alexei
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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| Alexander
Semenyaka,
General Director Alexander Semenyaka is General Director of Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending since 2002. After graduating from The Moscow State University, he started his career at Research Institute of economic and technical cooperation with foreign countries as an economist. Prior to joining the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending, Mr. Semenyaka worked in the economic analysis sector of the Ministry of External Economic Relations, All-Russia Market Research Institute (VNIKI). Between 1994 and 1996 he was President of Federal Stock Corporation., In 1996 he became General Director of IC Horizon. From 1996 till 2002 he was a member of the Board, Head of Securities and Long-term Finance Department, Head of Corporate Finance Department at Gazprom. Alexander Semenyaka was born in 1965 in Moscow. |
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| Simon
Vine,
Deputy Head of Investment Bank, Managing Director Simon Vine is Head of the Fixed Income and Currency
Markets Division of Alfa Bank. His responsibilities include structured
finance, fixed income sales and trading, international and local
markets, and foreign exchange (FX). His division provides a world-beating
financial advisory service, and currently accounts for over 40 per
cent of the Russian inter-bank market volume in FX trading. |
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| Andrew
Somers, President Andrew B. Somers became President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia in December 2000, bringing with him 25 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience in Russian and American business, legal and political environments. 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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| Andrei
Kozlov,
First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia. He joined the Russia’s central bank, Gosbank of the USSR, as senior economist in 1989. In 1991, Gosbank of the USSR was renamed into the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and Kozlov’s responsibilities at the bank included the securities operations methodology and cash flow regulation. In 1996, he took the position of Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank. Appointed First Deputy Chairman in 1997. Prior to re-joining the Central Bank in April 2002, Kozlov had a three-year experience of acting as Chairman of the Board at Russian Standard Bank (in 1999-2000), a private advisor on banking business re-engineering (in 2000), General director of Mir Aeroflota travel company, and as Managing Director at Financial Services Volunteer Corps (2001-2002). He is a graduate of Moscow Institute of Finance in international economic relations. Kozlov was born in Moscow on 6 January of 1965. |
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Nandan Mer,
Head of Retail Banking Nandan joined Citibank in 1988 in Delhi, India to help setup the Consumer Bank. In his 12 years with Citibank India, he has held various positions in Operations, Credit, Customer Service, Sales and Marketing. In 1998 he setup and managed an Internet based banking business in India. Nandan moved to Moscow in April 2002 to build the consumer business for Citibank. Prior to his move to Moscow, Nandan was based in Tel Aviv as CEO for Citibank in Israel and was responsible for setting up Citibank’s business in Israel in 2000. Nandan holds a degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Massachusetts. He and his wife, Deepa, have a son and a daughter. |
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| Sergey
Pakhomov, Sergey Pakhomov is Chairman of State Debt Committee of the City of Moscow from January 2000. In 1975, he graduated from Voronezh State University. After completing his post-graduate studies between 1976 and 1979 he dealt with scientific research on Western economic history, financial and banking system and later worked as a consultant on international banking and finance. Between 1993 and 1997, Mr. Pakhomov supervised project finance and investment activity, and later headed the Treasury at two top Russian banks – Russian National Commercial Bank and Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In 1997, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman and starting from 1999 – Acting Chairman of the Committee of Municipal Debt, Securities and Capital Market Development of the Government of the City of Moscow (former name of State Debt Committee of the City of Moscow). Sergey Pakhomov was born in 1952 in the city of Orel. |
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| Kurt
Geiger, Director 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. |
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| Bella
Zlatkis,
Deputy Minister of Finance 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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| Galina
Klimenko, Investment Officer Galina Klimenko belongs to the business development group - financial markets at IFC. Prior to her current position., Ms. Klimenko's record includes working for Credit Agricole Indosuez and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago and International Monetary Fund in Moscow. Ms. Klimenko holds a BA in Economics from MGIMO and an MBA from DePaul University. |
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| Nikita
Riauzov, Deputy Head of Investment Nikita Riauzov joined MDM in August 2003, and is Deputy Head of the Investment Division. He previously work for Bank Zenit from 1998 – 2003, where he held several positions, including as Head of Sales and, from 2002, Head of the Investment Department and Member of the Board of Directors. He holds a degree in Finance and Credit from the Russian Government’s Academy of Finance. |
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| Adel
Kambar, Director of Debt Markets -
Russia and Eastern Europe Merrill Lynch Adel Kambar is director of debt markets at Merrill Lynch, responsible for Russia & CIS debt capital markets. Adel has been involved in the region since 1996 and has been involved in major Russian and CIS benchmark transactions, including the Russian Federation and Ukraine sovereign issues. Adel has also worked on key corporate transactions, including debut deals for Rosneft, Mobile Telesystems and KyivStar. |
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| Alexei
Rybnikov, First Deputy CEO MICEX Alexei Rybnikov is the First Deputy General Director of MICEX since 25 April of 2003. Mr. Rybnikov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1987 and after his post-graduate studies at the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1989-1991) he headed the Securities, Stock Market & Investment Operations departments at Evrofinance Bank (1991-1997). Between 1997-2002, Rybnikov was VP and Head of Investment & Banking for Russia at JP Morgan Bank International (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank International). From December 2002 he is Director of the National Depository Center. Rybnikov was born in Moscow in 1965. |
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| Michel
Perhirin, Chairman of the Managing
Board 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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| Guerman
Aliev, Deputy
CEO Guerman Aliev has graduated from London Business School majoring in Finance. From 1992 through 1995 he worked as an associate in the Finance Department of Gulf Oil (Canada), Ltd. From 1995 through 1996 he worked at Renaissance Calpital (Moscow) as a Fixed Income Sales Associate. In 1996 he joined Merrill Lynch (London) as a Director of Global Equity Derivatives, then moving on to become a Director of Equity Capital Markets taking charge of Merrill's equity-linked capital markets activities in Emerging Regions of South Africa, Israel, Eastern Europe and Russia.. From March 2001 through April 2003 Guerman Aliev worked as a Director of Equity Capital Markets at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (London) covering mostly Western European countries. He joined Rosbank (Moscow) as a Deputy CEO in April 2003 taking charge of investment banking and capital markets business. |
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| Dmitry
Zhurba, Financial
Director, Member of the Board Dmitri Zhurba is Financial Director and the Member of the Board of RAO UES of Russia since September 2002. After graduating the Novosibirsk electrotechnical institute he worked at the Institute of semiconductors at the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Prior to joining RAO UES in July 2000 as Financial Director, Mr. Zhurba was Deputy Executive Director, Executive Director and Vice-president at West-Siberian Stock Exchange Vesta (since 1992), Senior Manager, General Director with Alemar investment financial corporation (since November 1993), First Deputy General Director and Financial Director at Krasnoyarskenergo (since September 1998), and First Deputy Executive Director at the state-run nuclear power concern Rosenergoatom (since August 1999). |
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| Scott
Bugie, Managing
Director – Financial Institutions 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, Russia. |
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| Andrey
Kushnarev, Director of
Corporate Finance, Andrey Kushnarev joined SUAL as Director of Corporate Finance in August 2003. He has 10 years experience in Russian corporate finance with a focus on natural resources sector. Mr. Kushnarev graduated from Moscow State University, economics faculty, in 1994. He started his professional career with the Russian advisory firm CentreInvest. In 1997 he joined Investment Banking Department of Russian United City Bank that was acquired by Flemings shortly after and became FlemingUCB. In 2001 Mr. Kushnarev joined Tyumen Oil Company (TNK) as Head of Investor Relations with broad responsibilities in corporate finance sector. He played an active role in projects such as debut TNK Eurobonds, creation of TNK-BP and others. |
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| Denis
Nechaev, Deputy
Director of Corporate Finance Denis Nechaev , Deputy Director, Corporate Financing Department, Tyumen Oil Company, since February 1999. In 1993 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Department of International Economic Relations. He started his career working for Siemens from 01.03.1993 until 19.10.1993. Between 20.10.1993 and 19.05.1994 he worked for Vaga FTB Press concern, in 20.05.1994 - joined MFK, Securities Division of Currency Department. From 25.09.1997 until 31.10.1998 he was Deputy Director at Securities Department of Vostok-Zapad Investment bank. From 01.11.1998-19.02.1999 he worked as Financial Manager at United Financial Group, Fixed Income Department. Was born on 30.09.1971 |
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| Nikolai
Fetisov,
Executive VP, Member of the Board TRUST Investment Bank Born on June 3, 1970. In 1993, Mr. Fetisov received a Diploma with Honours
from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in Applied Mathematical
Physics. From 1996, he was employed at Cargill, Minneapolis, USA, as a risk manager and trader in Global Financial Markets Division. In 1997, transferred to Cargill’s London office as a senior Emerging Markets debt trader. In 1997, Mr.Fetisov joined Fixed Income Derivatives and Structured Products Division of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette International (London). From 2000 following the take over of DLJ by Credit Suisse First Boston, he served as Vice President of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at CSFB, London. Since August 2001, Mr. Fetisov has been with TRUST Investment Bank (formerly Trust and Investment Bank) as an Executive Vice President and Member of the Management Board playing an active role in developing TRUST’s policies and strategy in Fixed Income and Equity markets. |
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| Julia
Karpova, Head of Treasury
Julia Karpova was appointed Head of Treasury in 2002. Prior to it she was Head of the Treasury Controls Office. She joined Vnesheconombank in 1992 and took various positions in Credit and Guarantee Department and International Debt Obligations Department to eventually join Vnesheconombank's Treasury. She is a graduate of the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics and the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Throughout her carrier Julia handled issues related to Russia’s sovereign foreign debt settlement, showing commitment and dedication to job excellence. Julia Karpova was born in 1970. Currently her major focus is on upgrading the performance of the Treasury Department. |
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| Alexander
Vinokurov, Chairman,
Alexander Vinokurov is Chairman and founder of Web-invest Bank. In 2001 the Bank was set up as an independent investment bank in Russia, providing services on Russian rouble bond market. Alexander Vinokurov led the successful strategic development of the Bank and is now responsible for its overall management. Alexander Vinokurov played a key role in the Bank’s main projects of managing and underwriting of bond issues by Russian regions and corporations to the total amount of more then 40 bln roubles. Prior to establishing Web-invest Bank Alexander Vinokurov worked as senior executive in TverUniversalBank, Ukhtabank, BaltUneximBank. In 1999-2000 he was CEO of investment company BaltUnexim Finance. Alexander Vinokurov graduated from the Kalinin (Tver) State University in 1992. He is a member of the Board of Directors of National Association of Stock Market Participants and RTS Stock Exchange. |
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| Christof
Rühl, Chief Economist, Russia
Country Office, Christof Rühl joined the World Bank as a Senior Economist in 1998 and became Chief Economist of the World Bank's Russia country department in February 2001. In 1996 he joined the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London as a Principal Economist. Previosuly Mr. Rühl worked in academia: From 1991, he was 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 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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| Oleg
Sheiko, VP, Director of Corporate
Finance Oleg Sheiko is Vice-President for Corporate Finance of Yukos. In 1983 Oleg Sheiko graduated from Moscow State University in international economics. Later he finished postgraduate studies and received Doctor of Economics. Prior to joining Yukos, Oleg served as head of NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Moscow Branch, headed Standard Bank London Ltd., Moscow Office. Oleg Sheiko was born in 1957. |
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