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Speakers 
 Robert Amsterdam,
Founding Partner,
Amsterdam & Peroff
“Robert Amsterdam…regularly takes on opposition that larger firms would not dare to touch. [He] does not just litigate a case, [he] litigates a corrupt system.” The Lawyer
“One of the few lawyers in the world [good at] taking on the state when the state starts acting like a criminal.” Canadian Lawyer
International litigation and human rights lawyer, Robert R. Amsterdam, is sought out by companies who want to expand their business into geographies beyond the limits of mature markets.
In his 25 years of practice, Amsterdam has represented multinationals and domestic companies in emerging markets as diverse as Russia, Hungary, Nigeria, Venezuela and Guatemala, effective particularly in cases where the legal and political collide.
High profile cases have included shareholder disputes, corporate restructuring, fraud and asset recovery and multi-jurisdictional corporate litigation.
Amsterdam is an early advocate of corporate human rights and corporate foreign policy. These concepts closely tie together legal and political strategies to create the most potent solutions for clients in countries which operate outside the rule of law.
As an advocate for the rule of law, Amsterdam has both defended and prosecuted cases for and against governments.
High-profile clients have included PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Four Seasons Hotel Group and in 2003, he was retained by the former CEO of the Yukos Oil Company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
His defense of Khodorkovsky, which has combined a complex legal and political response to the illegal conduct of the Russian Federation, has resulted in successful recourse to the Council of Europe, the European Union and numerous other international actors.
His efforts in combination with those of his partner, Dean Peroff, and a highly talented legal team, have in September 2007, borne fruit in the landmark decisions rendered by the Swiss Federal Court and the Federal Court of the US in the Northern District of California.
A sought-after speaker, Amsterdam has spoken on the rule of law, geopolitical risk, legal strategies in difficult jurisdictions and energy politics at leading international academic institutions including the Cato Institute, Carnegie Endowment, Chatham House and the Fraser Institute.
Amsterdam is also a seasoned media commentator, with regular appearances on BBC, CNBC, CNN and Sky News and is frequently quoted by the international press.
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 Andrei Babenko,
Managing Director,
FC Otkritie
Andrey Babenko is a Managing Director of OTKRITIE Financial Corporation, member of the Board of Directors of the RTS Stock Exchange.
Mr. Babenko is head of the business division engaged in providing investment services on the securities market to institutional clients.
Prior to joining OTKRITIE FC, Mr. Babenko held senior executive positions at a number of leading Russian and international financial organisations such as ABN AMRO Bank, Troika Dialog Group, CentreInvest Group, Trust and Investment Bank, Antanta Capital.
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 Knut Borch,
Managing Director,
North-West and West Russia Regional Venture Fund
Mr. Borch, a Norwegian citizen, graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) in 1975, holding a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration.
During the last 11 years Mr. Borch has been CEO for Nordic Russian Management Company Ltd – NORUM, a Fund Management company operating a USD 88 million Regional Venture Fund in Russia on behalf of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). With a multinational team operating from Moscow / St. Petersburg (Russia) and with offices in Helsinki ( Finland) and Tromsø (Norway). the company has become one of the leading private equity operators in Russia.
Before that Mr. Borch established and was, for 3 years, the CEO for Nordnorsk Vekst AS, Tromsø, one of the first private equity funds in Norway specialising in the fishing and fish farming industry. Between 1984 and 1992 he was a Senior Banker and Branch Manager for the Norwegian banking group, Den norske Bank in Tromsø. He has also previously acted as CEO for both a ship repair yard and a company operating several large fishing vessels.
Mr. Borch has broad international background as Vice President of a Seattle (US) based sales office for products to the shipping and fishing industry (2 years), as Fishery Adviser at the Norwegian Embassy in London (1 year) and Project Manager for fishery development projects in Europe, Asia, Africa and the US (3 years). Mr. Borch has from time to time been a board member of 38 companies and is today active board member in 2 of NORUM’s portfolio companies in Russia,
7 Norwegian industrial companies as well as on the Board of Argentum Fonds-investeringer, the first Norwegian State owned fund of funds.
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 Daniel Broby,
Chief Investment Officer,
Renaissance Investment Management
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 Terence Brown,
Member of the Board,
EBRD
Terence Brown is presently Executive Director and Member of the Board of the EBRD, having spent most of his professional career with the European Investment Bank. In 1990, he launched the EIB’s operations in Central and Eastern Europe. During this period he headed the EIB’s operations in the region and also joined the first Board of the EBRD as Alternate Director.
From 2000 to 2005 he served as Director General of the Lending Directorate of the EIB and as Alternate Director of the European Investment Fund (EIF), the Venture Capital arm of the European Union. During this period he took over responsibility for EIB lending in all of Europe. He was also responsible for negotiating the EIB’s entry into Russia and the Ukraine.
In 2005 he was appointed full time Executive Director and Member of the Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He takes a special interest in the economic development of Russia and Ukraine, the Southern Caucasus and the other countries of Eastern Europe.
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Olaf Chalmer,
Managing Director,
SHBK Asset Management
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Patricia Cloherty,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Delta Private Equity Partners
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 Nicholas Colloff,
Country Programme Manager,
Oxfam GB in Russian Federation
Nicholas Colloff is the Country Programme Manager for Oxfam GB in the Russian Federation where the programme is focused on small business development. He is the founder of three microfinance organisations: Opportunity International UK (an NGO) and Moznosti, Macedonia and FORUS, Russia (both microfinance banks). He began his career as a venture philanthropist as the director of the Andrews Charitable Trust - an innovative grant making organisation and owner of the UK's largest independently owned estate agency and financial services group. He has been working in and around Russia since 1993. When not 'saving the world' he is a devotee of early music and climbing gentle hills preferably on the Welsh Borders.
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 Geoffrey Cox,
Chairman,
Astera Group
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 Jan Dewijngaert,
Managing Director,
Eagle Venture
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 Marcello Distaso,
Partner,
Baker & Mckenzie
Marcello’s practice areas are International Tax and Private Equity; Tax Advise for M&A; General Tax Planning; Reorganizations.
His main fields of expertise include international tax planning, mainly related to the structuring of venture capital & private equity deals as well funds, joint ventures and M&A transactions with particular focus on Italian clients and Central Eastern European countries, CIS and Italian clients. Marcello has also developed a particular expertise in cross-border mergers, mostly among EU corporations.
Marcello regularly advises private equity houses and banks as Advent, Barings, AIG, Carlyle, Promsvyazbank, Balkan Accession Fund, Turkven, Poteza. Marcello regularly advises a considerable number of corporations and banks located within the Central Eastern European region.
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Alisher Djumanov,
Chief Executive Officer,
Ansher Fund Management
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Jon Edwards,
Head of Central and Eastern Europe,
London Stock Exchange
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 Boris Fedorov,
General Partner,
UFG Asset Management
Dr. Boris Fedorov, General Partner, UFG Asset Management & UFG Private Equity Fund
Served as Russian Minister of Finance and supervised finance projects in Russian and other ex-Soviet republics while at EBRD. In 1992 he represented Russia at the World Bank Board of Directors in Washington DC. In 1992-1994 Dr. Fedorov served as Vice Premier of Russia and in 1993 he was, once again, appointed Minister of Finance. In 1994, he continued an active political career. Currently a General Partner at UFG Asset Management and UFG Private Equity Fund, non-executive Director of Gazprom and Sberbank of Russia. He has established himself as one of the most vocal champions of corporate transparency in these companies.
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 Mr James Fenkner,
Managing Director,
Red Star Asset Management
Prior to establishing the Investment Manager and its affiliated entities in 2005, Mr. Fenkner was the chief strategist and head of research at Troika Dialog. He joined Troika Dialog (Moscow) in September 1998 as chief strategist with the responsibility of helping build Troika Dialog’s research product. Under his direction, Troika Dialog’s research focused on corporate governance and the opportunities and risks which any change in corporate governance provides to investors. In addition, he began establishing a robust methodology of Russian equity research. From February 1999 to July 2002, Mr. Fenkner ran the Troika Dialog model portfolio, that significantly outperformed the RTS Index on both a risk and return basis. In January 2002, Mr. Fenkner was promoted to head of research at Troika Dialog. By the time of his departure, he managed a team of 14 analysts and 8 support staff. The Troika Dialog research group was awarded the Thompson Extel award for the Best Russian Research House by Russian Portfolio Managers in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
Prior to joining Troika Dialog, Mr. Fenkner was head of research at AIOC Capital and Robert Flemings (CIS) in Moscow. He originally moved to the Region in 1993 as a Soros Foundation lecturer in Economics at Vilnius University in Lithuania. Mr. Fenkner began his investment career in 1991 as a fixed income research analyst at Fidelity Investments in Boston.
Mr. Fenkner holds a BA in Economics from California State University, Sacramento, and a MA in Economics from Tufts University. In 1998, he earned a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation and in 2004 became a founding member of the Russian CFA Society. Mr. Fenkner is a frequent Russia commentator on CNN, Bloomberg, and Associated Press TV and is widely quoted in the main financial press, within Russia and abroad.
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 Mr Alexander Filatov,
Chief Executive Officer,
Independent Directors Association
2001-current: establishing and managing Independent Directors Association (IDA) in Russia - 400 members, assisting Russian companies in better corporate governance, implementing independent directors’ best practices. Working with foreign and Russian companies, Board members, investors, fund managers, foreign directors associations. Partners/clients include: RTS, MICEX, London Stock Exchange, NYSE, GazpromNeft, LUKOIL, Interros, AIG, Perekryostok, GUM, Prosperity Capital Management, Central European Trust.
1998-2001: Deputy General Director, NAUFOR Center for Analysis, Training and Development. In charge of product/service development and marketing: consulting services, training programs for securities markets participants - securities broker/dealer companies, investment banks; monitoring sales for corporate clients, including major issuers; fundraising and setting joint programs with the international donating organizations, arranging on-site training programs for Russian securities industry representatives on major international exchanges (London Stock Exchange, TradePoint, Virt-Ex, NYSE, NASDAQ International, Vienna Stock Exchange, Zurich Stock Exchange) and major international financial institutions: Credit Suisse First Boston (London, NY, Moscow offices), Deutsche Bank (London, NY, Moscow offices), Raiffaisen, Bank Austria (Vienna office), Credit Suisse Private Banking (Geneva office).
1997-98: Project Head, World bank project on Investors’ Protection and Mutual Investment Development: managing the team of experts, monitoring the activities of 7 regional institutional consultants, financial planning, budget execution.
1996-97: Vice-President, Institute for Privatization and Management, established by George Soros Foundation and Russian Federation Committee for State Property. In charge of consulting and training services product development and marketing in finance, price-cost analysis, management for corporate sector, financial entities and banks.
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 Luisa Gil Côté,
Investment Manager,
Fabien Pictet & Partners
Luisa Gil Côté
Fabien Pictet & Partners, 2005- present
Investment manager, investment focus: Fixed-Income Products and Ukraine
Deltec Asset Management LLC, 1997-2004
Director, co-managed emerging markets fixed income funds and focused primarily on Latin American and distressed securities. Assets under management totalled some $650mm.
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello - Caracas, Venezuela
Civil Engineer, 1997
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Ian Hague,
Founding Partner,
Firebird Asset Management
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 Mr. Peter Halloran,
Founder & President,
Pharos Financial Group
Prior to the formation of Pharos Financial Group, Mr. Halloran was the principal contributor toward building the CS First Boston equity and fixed income brokerage businesses in Russia and the CIS. He has been a leader in the development of the Russian capital markets since their inception in 1994, bringing more than $8 billion to the markets through debt, equity and private placements including Russia's first local IPO and more than $2 billion of privatization initiatives. In addition to his activities with Pharos, from 2000-2002 he held a stake in and served as Chairman of Aton Capital Group, a leading investment bank in Russia which has since been acquired by Unicredito. Prior to this, while at CSFB in Moscow from 1995-1997, Mr. Halloran managed a $300 million proprietary trading account and was directly responsible for all equity trading, research and sales with more than 30 professionals under his direct supervision in Moscow, London, New York and Kiev. During his tenure CSFB became the top-rated broker as measured by research ranking, trading volume and profitability. Mr. Halloran has also acted as adviser to Soros Fund Management. Mr. Halloran has lived in Moscow since 1995. Prior to that he worked for 10 years in New York with CS First Boston, Salomon Brothers and Morgan Grenfell. Mr. Halloran is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. 1984).
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 Leif Hasager,
Executive Vice President, Ph.d.,
bank//pension
Mr. Hasager holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Copenhagen. He presently occupies a position as executive vice president in Bankpension, where his main responsibilities are asset allocation, ALM, manager selection, risk control and financial reporting. He has been head of fixed income, LDPensions, and associate professor, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School. Prof. Hasager has a long standing interest in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and emerging markets in general. Among other activities he has been visiting Syktyvkar State University, Komi, Russia, Prague School of Economics and Charles University, Prague. Dr. Hasager also has a special interest in non standard and non normal approaches towards risk control. In recent years he has focused mainly on alternative asset classes. Mr. Hasager’s native tongue is Danish, he has proficiency in English and German, a good knowledge of Czech, some knowledge of Russian and he reads French.
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 Leslie Hawrylyshyn,
Founder and Co-Managing Partner,
Euroventures Ukraine
Leslie Hawrylyshyn has more than 23 years experience in the private equity industry. He began his career as a retail banker working for the Bank of Montreal in Canada. After obtaining his MBA from INSEAD (France), he joined Citibank (Corporate) in Switzerland for several years. His responsibilities included monitoring European exposure, coordinating loans to portfolio companies and all credit aspects including overdraft lines, forex lines, medium- and long-term financing facilities. As a venture capitalist, starting in 1984 he co-founded and managed three western European venture funds with total capitalization of more than US$ 120 million. During his venture capital career he invested in nearly 60 companies ranging from agriculture, consumer goods, electronic manufacturing to tourism, and took an active role in the development of some of them. Mr. Hawrylyshyn was a board member and president of four portfolio companies in Euroventures Switzerland’s three funds. His responsibilities included Euroventures Switzerland III' successful investment in Romeo Gigli, an Italian fashion company, which provided a gross IRR of over 30% to the investors, and managing a co-investment with Euroventures Benelux in Biora, a Swedish dental biotech company, which was led to a successful IPO in 1997. Mr. Hawrylyshyn has built up strong working relationships with leading European financial institutions and venture groups. He served for four years on the Board of Directors of the European Venture Capital Association. Mr. Hawrylyshyn is a founding General Partner in Euroventures Ukraine and is based in Kiev. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of eight companies in this fund. Mr. Hawrylyshyn also serves on the Board of five emerging market funds managed by Fabien Pictet & Partners (UK).
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 Oleg Jelezko,
Founding Partner,
Da Vinci Capital Ltd
Oleg Jelezko is leaving Renaissance as of 25 June 2007 to setup Da Vinci Capital Group together with the major international group and the team of the leading investment and structured products specialists in Emerging markets. Please see the attached slides with the short information about Da Vinci Capital Group. The company will raise from 500mn to 1bn USD in 4-5 hedge funds this year, focusing on CIS markets.
Oleg Jelezko is Managing Director at Renaissance Capital. He managed the Firm's Equity Structured Products and Ren-Online Groups, is a member of Investment Committees of Pre-IPO and Renfin funds. Mr. Jelezko is a director at Rengaz and Renshares Utilities closed ended funds. He serves as a member of the International Advisory Committee to the Regional Financial Centre of Alma-Aty (RFCA).
Oleg Jelezko’s groups at Renaissance structure the complex deals, trade and manage multi billion dollar positions in equity derivative products such as options, equity finance instruments deals, and alternative investment products such as actively managed specialized funds and index trackers. The total size of assets under management in these funds is 1bn USD. The funds have shown the performance superior to the market and competition.
Mr. Jelezko has fifteen years of investment banking and management consulting experience in Russia, UK and Emerging Markets. Mr. Jelezko has publications in Euromoney, Banker, Structured Products Magazines and is a regular speaker at international conferences.
Mr. Jelezko has worked extensively with the stock exchanges and regulators in Russia, Eastern Europe and South Africa. He served as a representative on the board of directors of RTS in 1998 on behalf of CSFB.
Prior to joining Renaissance Capital, Mr. Jelezko was a Director, COO of Emerging Markets Equities Sales & Trading in Credit Suisse First Boston in London and Moscow (1998-2004). During this time he combined general management, structuring and proprietary M&A responsibilities in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and South Africa. Mr. Jelezko implemented a restructuring programme at CSFB including the sale of the Polish brokerage, acquisition and disposal of South African brokerage, management and strategic sale of the CSFB Russian custody business. Mr. Jelezko was also involved in private equity activities with a start-up fund while at CSFB.
From 1992 and 1998, Mr. Jelezko worked a consultant in Andersen Consulting and McKinsey&Co in UK, Czech Republic and Russia. His assignments included corporate strategy, financial and operational management for local and global players in financial services, consumer goods and utilities sectors.
Mr. Jelezko attended a mini-MBA program at McKinsey&Co, corporate finance and accounting school at Andresen Consulting and has a Master of Science Degree from Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, US and Chemical Technologial Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Born 1969 in Aktubinsk, Kazachstan. Graduated from secondary school in 1986, specializing in math. Graduated from the music shool in 1984. Languages: Russian, English, Czech – fluent, German – advanced.
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 Christoph Kampitsch,
Head of Alternative Investments,
Erste Bank
Since end of 2000 Mr. Kampitsch is heading the alternative investment department of Erste Bank, Vienna. He is heading a team of 20 employees in Vienna and London. During this time assets increased from USD 150m to more than USD 1,8bn currently. Prior to that he was the Co-Head of Asset/Liability-Management of Erste Bank, where he got an indepth knowledge of various aspects of balancesheet- and riskmanagement. Altogether he is now with Erste Bank since 1993 in various departments like Controlling or Strategic Management. He is a graduate in Business Administration with specialisation in finance of the University of Vienna, Austria and did also a one year education at the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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 Raphael Kassin,
Global Head of Emerging Fixed Income,
Credit Suisse AM
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 Robert Kingsmill,
Vice President,
JER Partners
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 Gordon Low,
Partner,
Baker & Mckenzie
Gordon Low is a Partner in the Corporate Group in the London office of Baker & McKenzie. Gordon’s practice spans domestic corporate finance, domestic and international M&A, venture capital and international securities transactions, and he has extensive experience of managing multijurisdictional deals.
Gordon has advised a broad range of clients on the acquisition and disposal of companies and businesses both within and outside the United Kingdom. He has advised companies seeking to raise capital on the London Stock Exchange and also companies seeking to access the institutional markets by way of private placements. He has advised investee companies seeking to raise private equity finance and industrial companies on joint venture agreements and related arrangements.
In addition to delivering numerous training presentations on M&A, Gordon has recently addressed the Polish Institute of Directors on corporate governance issues.
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 Sergey Lyalin,
CEO,
Cbonds.ru
Born March 30, 1975, in St. Petersburg
Education: St. Petersburg State University, Department of Economics (Diploma in Economics and Mathematics); University of Stockholm, Baltic Sea Management Academy program (MSBA). Ph.D. in Economics.
Mr. Lyalin began his career in securities market in 1995 as a Bond Analyst at Deviz Investment Company. Since 1997 worked at Energocapital Investment Company as a Customer Relations Manager, and later as the Head of Marketing Research. Joined Avrora Capital Investment Company in 1999.
In 2000 Mr. Lyalin set up Cbonds.Ru internet portal, and became CEO of “Cbonds.ru” Ltd. in 2001. Executive Editor and Publisher of “Cbonds Review” Magazine since 2006.
Authored a number of articles on securities markets, as well as the book "Corporate Bonds: Global Experience and Russian Prospects".
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 Philip Manduca,
Managing Partner,
Titanium Capital
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Igor Mazepa,
CEO,
Concorde Capital
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 Vladimir Milovidov,
Minister,
Federal Financial Markets Service
Mr. Milovidov began his career at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. In 1998 he was appointed consultant to the secretariat of Prime Minister E. Primakov and in 1999 councilor to the Vice-Prime V. Khristenko. Held executive positions at The Federal Commission for Securities Markets. In 2003, Mr. Milovidov was chosen to head The Department of Financial Markets and Privity of the Government. In 2004, he was assistant of Prime Minister M. Fradkov. On May 17 2007, Mr. Milovidov was appointed Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS). In 2006 Vladimir Milovidov was conferred the Honoured Economist of Russian Federation
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 Mr Marat Mouradov,
Partner,
Baker & Mckenzie
Marat Mouradov has been a partner in the Moscow office of Baker & McKenzie since 2007. During the time period between 2002 and 2007 Mr. Mouradov has independently developed private legal practice in the area of private equity and venture capital investments.
Mr. Mouradov has extensive experience in transactional and regulatory work advising a wide range of clients, including private equity and venture capital funds, fund sponsors and institutional investors on all aspects of private equity transactions in various industry sectors.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Saint-Petersburg State University in 1996, was admitted to practice in Russia in the same year. Mr. Mouradov also took a one-year legal study program in the graduate school of law in the U.S.
In addition to his native Russian, Mr. Mouradov speaks fluent English and has a working knowledge of French.
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 Mikko Mursula,
Head of Listed Securities,
Ilmarinen
Mikko Mursula, (Head of Listed Securities, MSc). Mikko Mursula has been with Ilmarinen since year 2000. Currently his responsibilities include Ilmarinen's equity and fixed income investments as well as TAA and hedge fund investments. He is heading a team of about 20 investment professionals with AUM totalling to roughly EUR 20 bio. Mr. Mursula has worked in the money management business since 1989.
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 James Parker,
Managing Director,
Asset Alliance International
Mr. Parker is responsible for the development of the Group's international operations through manager research and acquisitions, securing strategic joint ventures and distribution opportunities, and the development of specialised products. Mr. Parker is also an advisor to the Asset Alliance Investment Committee. Mr. Parker has twenty-six years of financial experience. He began his investment-banking career with Marine Midland Bank NA in 1981, and since 1984 worked in the financial markets of Asia, from both London and Hong Kong. Previous positions included Managing Director of W I Carr Far East, London and Head of Global Equity Sales at HSBC Securities. His last position was with the ABN AMRO Asset Management Alternative Investment Group, at where he was a member of the Alternatives Investment Committee and the portfolio manager of the ABN AMRO Asia Pacific Multi Strategy Fund, an Asia focused fund of hedge funds. Mr. Parker was also Global Head of Marketing at Fortune Alternative Investment Group. Mr. Parker has a BA degree from Hertford College, Oxford University, UK.
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 Sergey Pavlov,
Managing Director,
AG Capital
Sergey Pavlov is the Chief Executive Officer of AG Capital Asset Management since the foundation of the company. He has over 10 years experience in financial sector. In AG Capital he is responsible for overall management, financial and investment policy.
In 2006 Mr. Pavlov headed the team which organized the first Russian public placement of units of Real Estate Investment Fund “AG Capital INTERRA” on stock exchange. Currently “AG Capital INTERRA” is the most actively traded unit investment fund in Russia.
Mr. Pavlov holds degrees in Mathematics and Financial Management as well as CMA & CFM qualifications.
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 Charlotte Philipps,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
AIG RCF (Russia Century Fund)
Ms. Philipps is based in Moscow where she is head¬ing the investment team of AIG Russian Century Fund. Ms. Philipps joined AIG RCF Advisor with a long career of investing in the CIS and Eastern Europe. For over twelve years Ms. Philipps worked at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London where she was responsible for debt and equity investments in key oil & gas and industrial pro¬jects, such as the financing of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and the syndicated loan faci¬lities for MITTAL Steel's first CIS acquisition Ispat-Karmet in Kazakhstan.
Ms. Philipps, a German national, holds a law degree from the University of Munich, she practised law in Germany and worked for Treuhandanstalt, the German Privatisation agency prior to her move to the EBRD.
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 Mark Purdy,
MD & CIO,
Arrow Hedge
Mr. Purdy serves as Chair of the Investment Committee at Arrow Hedge Partners Inc. and has over 10 years experience in the investment industry.
Mr. Purdy shares responsibility for the hedge fund manager selection and asset allocation process and has served on the Investment Committee at Arrow Hedge Partners since inception. Mr. Purdy held senior roles at BPI Financial Corporation and IBM Canada Ltd.
Mr. Purdy graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics degree. He holds the CFA designation. Mr. Purdy is also actively involved in the Varsity Blues alumni fundraising projects at the University of Toronto and is on the Board of The Ireland Fund of Canada and Ireland Park Foundation.
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 Slava Rabinovich,
Managing Partner,
Diamond Age Investment Advisors
Mr. Rabinovich is the Founder, CEO and CIO of Diamond Age Capital Advisors Limited and the Head of its Moscow branch. He is responsible for the executive management of the company and all overall advisory services provided to The Diamond Age Russia Fund, investors, and private accounts. Prior to founding Diamond Age, Mr. Rabinovich was the Founder, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of MC? Capital Advisors Limited and the Head of its Moscow branch from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Rabinovich came to MCM from Renaissance Capital where he served as Head of Domestic Asset Management. There he created, developed and managed the asset management department in 2000 and 2001. Prior to joining Renaissance, Mr. Rabinovich was an assistant Portfolio Manager and Head Trader with Hermitage Capital Management Limited for four years (1996 to 2000), where he co-managed The Hermitage Fund. Mr. Rabinovich received his MBA from the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University in 1996 and earned his M.S. in Engineering from the Leningrad University of Telecommunications in 1988.
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 Gregg Robins,
Regional Head, Russia & Eastern Europe,
Union Bancaire Privée
Gregg S. Robins is Regional Head, Russia & Eastern Europe for Union Bancaire Privée, with responsibilities for institutional and private client business. Prior to joining UBP, he led an established New York-based asset management firm through a turnaround and sale. Before that he led Citigroup's high-net-worth client businesses in Switzerland, Monaco and Luxembourg. During his time in New York he was an adjunct professor at the NYU Stern School of Business (and named professor of the year).
Dr. Robins has written and presented extensively on the financial services industry. The author of Banking in Transition: East Germany After Unification (Macmillan Press: 2000), he has also published various articles in Worth Magazine, The Investors Chronicle, The Global Wealth Management Forecast, Private Wealth Management, and others. Appearances in the international press and media include features on CNN, CNBC, and the BBC World Service, and participation in and chairing of industry conferences. He has served as an advisor to various corporations and governmental bodies.
His global experience and appreciation of diverse cultures is accompanied by language proficiency in Russian, Spanish, French and German. Dr. Robins holds a doctorate in Management from the University of Oxford, and a Master of Philosophy Degree also from Oxford in Russian and East European Studies, during which time he was a Marshall Scholar.
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 Michael Sauer,
CEO,
Visor Capital
Michael is a co-founder of Visor Capital and has run the business for the last 18 months. He has over 12 years work and management experience in Emerging Markets, particularly in Russia/CIS and India. He gained extensive experience across Corporate Finance, Trading, Settlement, and Equity Research activities with the Swiss Banking Corporation in London and Brunswick UBS in Moscow. Before co-founding Visor Capital, Michael was involved in Venture Capital activities in emerging markets. Michael graduated with honors in Finance from the South Bank University in London.
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 Cameron Sawyer,
CEO,
Rutley Russia Property Asset Management
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 Pavel Sokolov,
Managing Director,
Troika Dialog
Mr. Sokolov has worked at Troika Dialog since April 2003. Before joining the company, he was Director of Trading Operations at Web-invest bank and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Development Bank. He has a degree in theoretical physics from St. Petersburg State University
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 Michael Sonenshine,
Chief Executive Officer,
MT Thaler Investment Management
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 Gert Tiivas,
Senior Advisor,
East Capital
Gert Tiivas is a CEO of East Capital Explorer AB. Until September 2007 he was the Head of East Capital´s Baltic office, also responsible for real estate investments at the company. Before joining East Capital in 2006, Gert Tiivas served as the President of OMX Growth Markets, responsible for developing new business opportunities in Eastern Europe and Russia. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive of Tallinn Stock Exchange and led the consolidation and integration of the Baltic stock exchanges whilst being responsible for the Baltic Operations at OMX.
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 Jochen Wermuth,
Founding Partner,
Wermuth Asset Management
Jochen Wermuth, a German citizen, founder of the Greater Europe Fund Limited (the Fund), which has achieved a total return of some 36% per annum since early 1998, ranking it one of the world’s best performing investment funds, and the Greater Europe Deep Value Fund Ltd. which has a total compounded return of some 51% since its inception in August 2006. In 1997-1998 he was a Director at Deutsche Bank, participating in the set up of its Moscow subsidiary and in raising some USD 8 billion in financing for Russia. Between 1993 and 1997 he was as an EU and World Bank sponsored adviser to the Ministry of Finance of Russia, participating in IMF, World Bank and credit rating negotiations and the set up of its Economic Expert Group. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics, awarded magna cum laude, from Brown University. He has also passed his qualifying exams for a Doctorate in Economics at Oxford University.
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 Mattias Westman,
CEO,
Prosperity Capital Management
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Michael Workman,
Managing Director,
Trust Investment Bank
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 Sergey Yakovlev,
Executive Director of Financial & Business Information Service,
Interfax Group
Sergey Yakovlev has been Executive Director of Financial & Business Information Service of the Interfax Group since October 2003. FBIS combines business news reporting with in-depth analysis and commentary on economic and financial developments in Russia and the CIS.
Mr. Yakovlev holds the position of chief executive officer of the leading Russian Financial News Agency – Interfax AFI. As Executive Director he oversees Interfax - Corporate News Agency, Russia’s major and exclusive provider of business, financial and risk-related information on companies, industries and markets. He led the team that launched the SPARK, Russia's biggest corporate database, which for the first time brings together all available information on all legal entities operating in the Russian Federation. As CEO he also responsible for development of Electronic Trading System Direct, Russian electronic broker.
He has had previous experience in stock market trading, asset management and banking. He graduated from Moscow State University with PhD. He studies at Chicago Graduate School of Business (EMBA).
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Gleb Zamyatin,
Chief Investment Officer,
ABZ Petroleum Investments
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