Mr. Fentham-Fletcher graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with an honours degree in economics and subsequently qualified (1991), with first time passes, as a chartered accountant with Robson Rhodes in London. Whilst there he specialised in the mutual and alternative asset industries and was chosen to represent the UK firm (1992) in the New York office and to advise clients on a global basis. Mr. Fentham-Fletcher moved to BlackRock Capital Management in 1995 where he worked in a team that acquired and re-structured in excess of $6 billion of mortgage backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities, rising to senior vice president before returning to the UK in 1998. It was here that he moved into the hedge fund arena, with Sabre Fund Management Ltd (1999) as CFO and then Asset Alliance International Ltd (2000) as CFO, Due Diligence Director and member of the investment committee overseeing the European and Asian fund of funds investments as well as structured products linked to hedge fund portfolios. In 2003 Mr. Fentham-Fletcher joined NewFinance Capital Partners, a $5b funds of funds house, and was a member of the investment committee with a veto right on individual investments. In 2007 Mr. Fentham-Fletcher was recruited by the Investment Advisor and appointed as head of investment management at ZAO Raiffeisenbank Russia overseeing the global investment business, the investment products offered by the bank and heading the Structured Products group run out of Russia.

Paulo joined Macquarie Group in early 2006. Prior to becoming CEO of Macquarie Renaissance, he was responsible for Maritime Transport and LNG (liquefied natural gas) corporate finance. Before joining Macquarie, Paulo headed UBS’s Maritime Transport business in Europe and Asia. He has extensive experience in the ports and shipping sectors, having advised on a wide range of major transactions. He has also worked on equity and M&A transactions in utilities, pulp/paper and real estate development. From 1995-1999, Paulo worked for the Skaarup Group, a leading international shipping and chartering company, where he focused on business development in developing countries.

Mr. Bastin is a Managing Director at Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd., a private equity and mezzanine management firm that is wholly owned by Franklin Templeton Investments. He co-heads the Darby Converging Europe Mezzanine Fund, a €300 million fund targeting mezzanine investments in Central and Southeast Europe in a variety of sectors including transport, telecoms and energy. Mr. Bastin has over 23 years of wide-ranging experience in project and corporate finance primarily in emerging markets and transition economies. He has been working in principal investment in Central and Eastern Europe since 1992. From 1993 until 2002, Mr. Bastin held several senior management positions with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. During the last three years of his tenure Mr. Bastin was Business Group Director with responsibility for a €5 billion investment portfolio in infrastructure, transport and energy utilities and annual debt, mezzanine and private equity investments of €1 billion. Prior to joining the EBRD, Mr. Bastin was based in Indonesia from 1985 until 1992 where he served as Resident Team Director of Harvard University's Institute for International Development (HIID) heading a team of advisors to Indonesia's Minister of Finance on reform of regional government finance, infrastructure investment funding and infrastructure privatisation.

Bidzina Bejuashvili has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galt & Taggart Asset Management (GTAM) since October 2007. Prior joining GTAM, Mr. Bejuashvili served as a Vice-President at the leading global investment banking firm JPMorgan Chase, London, responsible for equity research coverage of the oil & gas sector in Russia, CEE, Middle East and LatAm. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase in October 2005, Mr. Bejuashvili served in similar capacities at Italian Unicredit (2003-2005) and RZB Austria, London (2000-2003). In 1996-2000, Mr. Bejuashvili served, first, as an analyst and, later, as the Head of Equity Research at Raiffeisenbank, Moscow. Mr. Bejuashvili started his investment banking career with the CEE corporate finance arm of MeesPierson, one of the oldest Dutch banks, in 1996.

Mattias focuses on the evaluation, selection and monitoring of infrastructure investments globally and private equity investments in the Nordic region. Before joining Pantheon, Mattias was a Vice President at Swiss Re Private Equity Advisers, responsible for private equity investments and product development in Europe. Prior to this, Mattias held various roles within ABB Equity Ventures encompassing infrastructure investments, strategy, business development and business control. Services.

Colin Breeze founded BVM in 2004. He brings deep private equity transactional experience, expertise in Russian political economy, and access to CIS-focused private equity funds. Before forming BVM, Colin practiced law with WSGR and Cadwalader, advising private and public companies and private equity funds in all aspects of their organization: capital raising, reporting, investor relations, transactions, intellectual property protection, governance and transparency. Colin remains an active member of the California and New York bar associations.

Daniel Broby is Chief Executive Officer at Danfonds In Copenhagen and author of ’A Guide to Equity Index Construction* by Risk Books. Danfonds is a specialist Nordic investment boutique focusing on frontier markets and frontier asset classes. Prior to Danfonds Daniel was CEO at Renaissance Investment Management (UK) Ltd, and CIO and Head of Asset Management of RIM worldwide. Renaissance Investment Management is Russia's largest asset manager and one of the world’s largest managers of investments in frontier markets. Renaissance Investment Management is part of the Renaissance Capital Group, an investment bank rated B1 by Moody’s. Prior to Renaissance Investment Management he was a member of the BankInvest Investment Board and joint manager of BankInvest Basis, a flagship global product, rated five stars on Morningstar. Daniel joined Bankinvest, Denmark's third largest asset manager, as chief investment officer in 2000, responsible for the investment process and the day-to-day running of the quoted equity, bond and guaranteed products. He transferred these responsibilities in July 2004 and launched Denmark’s first and only regulated hedge fund on behalf of Bankinvest in November 2005. Daniel joined the fund management industry at the end of 1985 as a trainee at Credit Suisse Buckmaster and Moore. Prior to his current role at BankInvest, he was chief portfolio manager at Nordea Investment Management and prior to that head of international research at Morgan Stanley Quilter. Daniel has an MPhil in economics and an MSc in investment analysis. He was a board member of UKSIP and IIMR for over 10 years. He was the CFA Institute’s President Council Representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa for four years and was presented with the Institute’s Society Leader Award in 2006. He now serves as a member of the Capital Markets Policy Council. He was elected an individual member of the London Stock Exchange in 1990 and is a Fellow of the Securities Institute in the UK.

Has more than 11 years of investment management experience with leading international investment institutions. Prior to RIM, Sergey was Principal Banker in the Power & Energy Utilities Department of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development in London. Sergey also worked as Vice President of the Emerging Markets Equity Research Department of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Ltd in London and as a Vice President of the Equity Research Department of Credit Suisse First Boston, London. Sergey holds an MBA and an MA from the University of Chicago GSB.

Pavel Bukhtiychuk is a Director for Projects and Development at REGIONGAZFINANCE Asset Management. He was in a group of professionals who created the company in 2000. Pavel has been working in Russian financial market since 1996. He has a solid experience in corporate finance, financial advisory, investment management, appraisal and tax management. Pavel graduated from the Moscow State University. He also has a certificate of a professional appraiser. He previously worked in Regionfinance Brokerage Firm and OLMA Brokerage Firm on corporate finance projects.

Vladimir Burynda is a managing partner with ROEL Group in Corporate Finance. As CEO of ROEL Capital Management Company he leads the group-wide Investment Management, Financial Advisory, and Transactions Support, as well as a number of Sell-side and Buy-side IB functions focused at attracting investors, divesting certain Group assets to qualified buyers. He joined ROEL Group in 2004 to head ROEL Capital, a strategic business unit established to lead numerous sell and buy side assignments with a primary focus on banking, investment management, project management and M&A activities. His track record comprises of a range of direct investment projects in Oil production, Gold Mining, Real Estate, Innovative Technologies, Power Engineering, Food Industry and Internet projects. Prior to joining ROEL Group, Vladimir held the position of the Deputy Chairman of the Board at the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His extensive experience in banking and investment management as well as sector-specific expertise in mining, machine building and real estate were the key reasons to appoint him in charge of ROEL Capital as an investment and financial management arm of ROEL Group. Mr. Burynda holds degree in Applied Math and Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, as well as Master's degree in Banking from the Financial Academy under the Government of Russian Federation. Currently Vladimir also holds positions at the following Boards of Directors: Chairman of the Board, Agrica Food Staffs. Board member, Vladimirskiy Textile Holding Member of the Board, Audit Committee, Independent Director, Russian Electrotechnical Holding –ROSELPROM.

Mr. Buschor has over seven years of banking, finance and legal experience. Prior to joining the Ansher Fund Management team as Executive Business Development Director, Pascal held a senior position with RBR Capital, a leading single hedge fund firm based in Switzerland. Prior to this, he worked for UBS advising in legal matters on a consolidated basis in London and Zurich. He began his professional career at Credit Suisse advising on group-wide global basis in the Legal & Compliance team.

Clemente founded The Sturgeon Investments Ltd in 2006 after working as an investment analyst in New York at Hausmann Holdings. He previously worked at HSBC Corporate Finance Advisory in London, Bear Stearns Trading in New York and at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management Division, London. Clemente holds a degree in Business Admin and Finance from Bocconi Uni, Milan.

AlpInvest is a global investment firm, dedicated to private equity with approximately EUR 35 bn under management. Tatiana is responsible for identifying, structuring, and monitoring AlpInvest Partners’ fund commitments. She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2003 from McKinsey & Co., based in Moscow and Brussels, where she was a consultant advising multinational companies on strategic and financial issues

Mr. Timothy Enneking is currently Chairman, Altima Asset Management, which manages Tera Capital Fund, one of the most successful fund of funds in the world and the only fund of funds with a CIS focus. In addition, he is also involved, as an investor and manager, in several real estate development projects in the Moscow area. He is an expert negotiator and transactional specialist, having been the principal on over 70 transactions with a total value of approx $11 billion in investments, acquisitions, swaps, reorganizations and other transactions throughout Europe and the CIS for a variety of companies in a broad range of industries: oil & gas, telecommunications, IT, agriculture, FMCG, manufacturing, etc.. He also conducts negotiations and public speaking seminars, having done so for The Coca-Cola Corporation, Rostelekom, BASF, Sual, Shell Oil and other major international and Russian corporations. Before founding Altima, Tim was the Vice President for worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions at the parent company of Golden Telecom, the largest independent Russian telecommunications firm. He negotiated the laws to implement the formation of the Azerbaijan International Oil Company (AIOC) in Baku for BP and Amoco (before their merger), a project involving over $8 billion in initial investment over 5 years. He has over 15 years transactional experience in Russia and the CIS, working with companies including McDonalds, Sovintel, Amoco, Lehman Brothers, BP, Christian Dior, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and many others. He holds a BA in Russian Area Studies and Computer Science (University of Maryland), an MBA in International Business (University of Baltimore), a JD in International Business Law (Georgetown University), an LLM in International Business Law (Georgetown University) and is currently working on his fourth graduate degree in Strategic Studies. He conducts business and completes transactions in English, Russian and French and is a certified interpreter/translator of all three languages. He is an avid horseman, competing in both show jumping and dressage and is the reigning Moscow District show jumping champion.

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.

Dr. Goltsblat concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, joint ventures, as well as counseling boards of directors and senior management of domestic and overseas companies in connection with investment projects and deal structuring in Russia and the CIS. In terms of real estate work Dr Goltsblat is involved in foreign investments, which includes all aspects of acquisitions, development, leasing, construction and finance, as well as on tax and customs law with a concentration on tax allowances and customs preferences. His industry experience encompasses oil and gas, FMCG, food, manufacturing, telecoms and media. Dr Goltsblat has considerable experience in providing legal support to investment projects mostly associated with setting up manufacturing and other commercial facilities, greenfield / brownfield acquisitions, structuring and implementation real estate transactions and construction. Over the 2002 – 2006 period, under his supervision more than 350 real estate and construction projects were successfully accomplished in different regions of Russia predominately for big multinational investors, including Mars, Coca-Cola, Oriflame, Frito Lay, Danone, METRO Cash&Carry, Harry’s, BPB, Ritter Sport, Schattdecor, Kingfisher/Castorama, etc.

Ian Hague co-founded Firebird in 1994 and is a lead manager of Firebird Fund, Firebird New Russia Fund, Firebird Republics Fund and Firebird Avrora Fund. He is a recognized expert on Russia who has published and lectured frequently. Ian graduated from Wesleyan University in Russian Language and Literature, has a Masters in international Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and did graduate work at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Ian serves on the boards of the Bank of Georgia (BGEO-LSE), SDM Bank (Moscow) and Global Gold (GBGD-NYSE).

Lorraine has more than 20 years marketing experience, including 10 years Alternative Investments marketing expertise and specialist in hedge fund launch and day-1 investors; established funds for ACP Partners, Invesco, Dawnay Day and PCE Investors.

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.

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.

Reinout is a Managing Director in the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team of Deutsche Bank in London responsible for CEEMEA (Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa) ECM coverage. Reinout has a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2001, Reinout was a lecturer in economics and worked for McKinsey & Co in Frankfurt and Singapore/Bangkok

Svetlana debuted as trader of Eastern European fixed income at CDC Marche in Paris. Joined Clariden bank in Zurich in 1999 as an analyst, global energy sector. Took over management of Clariden Russia Equity fund in 1999. Awarded “Lipper’s Leaders Certificate for high performance” in 1999 by Lipper and “Best performing fund in Switzerland” in 2002 by Stocks. Svetlana moved to Moscow in 2004 to work for Renaissance Capital Asset Management as Director, International Business Development where she initiated Renaissance Ukraine fund. In 2005 she joined UFG Asset Management as Senior fund manager responsible for all onshore and offshore investment products. Became Partner in 2006. Managed UFG Russia Select fund 2005-2007. Pioneered and implemented proactive derivative hedging strategy. She also managed Petr Stolypin mutual and initiated and managed UFG Alternative fund 2006-2007, awarded “Emerging market fund of the year” in 2006 by Eurohedge. Svetlana left UFG in 2007 to create Aconit Partners.

Aleksey Lukovenko is Chief Investment Officer and Vice-President at ROEL Capital in Moscow. Aleksey is responsible for transactions management on both, buy and sell side, core private equity activities, strategy and business development. He is also heading Corporate Finance, M&A Transactions, and related financial advisory services. Prior to joining ROEL Group in early 2007 Aleksey worked in an investment role with MICEX Stock Exchange. As a full time advisor to CEO he headed relationship management, global financial communications, and issuer’s relations. Before that he was Managing Partner in financial advisory firm, where he was responsible for three completed M&A transactions, and established investor relations and marketing communications functions. Earlier, being involved in the project run by Delloite&Tousche he was invited to head the project implementation team in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Before that, as a regional project manager with the multimillion US-headquartered project consortium he was responsible for Financial Advisory and Management Consulting services in fifteen regions of Russia. Before coming back to Moscow, he spent several years with leading investment banking groups in Munich and London including Bavarian Mortgages and Exchange Bank, currently HVB-UniCredit Group. He also served as advisor to RuhrGas AG, ŐMV Group, SWP and participated in a number of buy-side acquisitions, in particular, of London-based investment bank. Aleksey started his career in investment industry fifteen years ago.

Robert Parker is Vice Chairman of Asset Management at Credit Suisse. He is a Member of the Chairman’s Board of Credit Suisse as well as Credit Suisse’s Investment Committee. He has responsibility globally for the management and development of new business and client relationships for Credit Suisse’s Asset Management business. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1982, Robert spent six years at N M Rothschild & Sons working in the foreign exchange/fixed income investment operation. He started his career at Lloyds Bank International in France in Corporate Finance. Robert was one of the founding members of CSFB Investment Management. From 1982 until 1994 he led and developed CSFBIM's foreign exchange and fixed income business. In 1994, he became Co-Chairman of CSFBIM and in 1995 he was responsible for integrating the Asset Management operations of Credit Suisse and CSFB. From 1995 until 1998, he was Chief Executive of CSAM's Asset Management business in London. Robert is a member of the Advisory Boards of the European Institute and Funds Europe and is a member of the Advisory Council of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. He is also Chairman of the Asset Management Committee of the International Capital Markets Association. Robert received his B.A and M.A. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Tushar Patel is Managing Director and Investment Manager at Hedge Fund Investment Management Ltd (‘HFIM’) a London based fund of hedge funds Investment Manager. He manages the HFIM Evolution Funds, a range of funds of hedge funds focused on investing in emerging and newly established hedge funds. HFIM’s investment approach is to capture returns from new and emerging hedge fund strategies that can come from innovation and evolution within the global hedge fund industry. Tushar has more than 12 years' experience in the management of funds of hedge funds and single-strategy hedge fund managers. Prior to HFIM, he worked at GAIM Advisors, Sabre Fund Management, Tachibana Securities and Prudential Bache. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Securities Institute, an alumnus of the London Business School and an Associate member of the U.K. Society of Investment Professionals. He holds an honors degree in Economics and Quantitative methods.

Anthony Payne is an award winning corporate and financial communications consultant with more than 20 years’ experience working with clients on strategies for communicating with investors, analysts, employees, and the print, online and broadcast media. His experience includes strategy counsel; communications planning; global, regional, national account management; message development; media relations; new company launches; corporate repositioning; financial calendar communications; mergers and acquisitions consulting; internal/ crisis/ NGO communications; media training; event management; high level pitches; and financial PR training. Prior to founding Peregrine, Anthony was Managing Director, and Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa Financial Practice of WPP owned Hill & Knowlton Financial, a global financial communications firm. He has also held senior consultancy and board positions with global firms Burson-Marsteller, where he achieved managing director level, and with Shandwick, where he was a board director.

Roberto Pilotto heads PPM Managers, the London based Private Equity Funds investment unit of prudential plc. PPM Managers invests on behalf of Prudential’s Life Fund, and is especially focused on emerging and established lower mid-market and mid-market managers in Europe and Asia. Prudential’s private equity programme, set up in 2000, is expected to reach € 1 bn commitments by end 2008. Prior to joining in 2002, Roberto was based, for five years, at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where he was instrumental to the expansion of the US$ 1.5 billion private equity funds programme. He has Nineteen years’ experience in private equity, including eight years in direct investment in Italy with Friulia. Roberto holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy and is fluent in five European languages.

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.

Sergey is a Partner primarily specializing in Non-U.S. venture capital fund investments, specifically in Europe and in Israel. He is also responsible for managing relationships in Italy, the Nordic region, Central and Eastern Europe and the FSU. He actively participates in all fund investment decisions at Adams Street. Sergey sits on advisory boards for ten private equity firms within the Adams Street Partners portfolio. Prior to joining our organization in 1999, he spent two years as a consultant in the Technology Management division of Andersen Consulting in London. He also has a year of experience as Real Estate Manager for Intek Ltd. in Moscow, as well as two years of military service. Sergey speaks three languages: native Russian, English and is conversant in German. Sergey is a member of the Adams Street Partners Primary Partnership Sub-Committee, the BVCA, the EVCA and the NVCA.

Was born 20 July, 1946. Education: - Sergiev Posad’s (former Zagorsk’s ) High School № 18 (honored with the Silver Medal, 1965); - Moscow State University (1971) and its post-graduating classes (1974). Occupation: - 2001 – up to present – Trade Delegation of Russia in the UK (2001-2004 – head of economic section, 2004-2005 – Deputy Trade Representative, since 2005 – Acting Trade Representative); - 1998-2001 – Russian Ministry (Department) of Foreign Economic Relations/Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (head of division); - 1992-1998 - Trade Delegation of Russia in the USA (senior economist); - 1986-1992 - Research center of the USSR State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations/Ministry (Department) of Foreign Economic Relations (leading researcher); - 1982-1986 - Trade Delegation of Russia in the North Korea (economist); - 1980-1982 - Research center of the USSR State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations (leading researcher); - 1976-1980 – Moscow State University (researcher); 1976-1976 – Far Eastern Research Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (researcher). Married, has daughter (1976). Hobbies – English and American modern fiction, poetry of Russian Silver Age, traveling/ Sports - basketball and volleyball. Has research papers on the economy of the UK, USA, Japan, South Asia.

Erik has 17 years experience within the investment world at both the academic and practitioner level. He is CEO and CIO at Compendeon Investment Advisors in Bunnik, the Netherlands (see www.compendeon.com). Before 2004 he has worked in the US (cooperation with Noble Prize Laureate Harry Markowitz on Asset Allocation Systems), and in the Netherlands for Palladyne Asset Management (as CEO and partner) and Fortis Investments (Head of Quantitative Strategies). Compendeon is a specialist in Asset Allocation, Emerging Markets and Manager Selection advice to pension plans and other institutional investors. Outside the investment world Erik is active as board member in the Royal Dutch Chess Federation and Dutch representative to FIDE, the international chess federation.

Chris Weafer is Chief Strategist with UralSib Financial Corporation in Moscow. UralSib is one of Russia’s biggest non-state owned financial groups combining activities in investment, corporate and retail banking, insurance and asset management. Chris was ranked the number one Russia markets strategist by the Thomson Extel - Interfax 2007 Survey. Prior to joining UralSib in 2007, he held a similar position for five years with Russia’s Alfa Bank. Before that he held the position of head of research at Troika Dialog, a local investment bank, for four years. In total, he has lived and worked in Moscow for the past ten years. Before coming to Moscow in the summer of 1998, Chris was head of equity research in South East Asia for NatWest Markets, based in Thailand, for two years. Prior to this he was Senior Investment Manager for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest self-managed investment funds in the world. He held this position for seven years and was based in Abu Dhabi city. Mr. Weafer started his career in the investment industry twenty-six years ago with the Irish Life Assurance Company in Dublin. His held the position of head of research and later Senior Portfolio Manager for eight years.

Matthew Winkler is editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, the global news service he founded with Michael Bloomberg in 1990 when he joined the then eight-year-old financial information company Bloomberg L.P. He became a member of the Bloomberg L.P. board in 2006. Bloomberg News, which has grown to 2,320 editors and reporters in print and broadcast media in 132 bureaus throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, produces more than 5,000 stories daily on the economy, companies, governments, financial and commodity markets as well the arts and sports. Winkler received the 2007 Gerald Loeb Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing ``exceptional career achievements in business, financial and economic news writing,’’ the 2007 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ``Emmy'' Lifetime Achievement Award for business and financial reporting and the 2003 New York Financial Writers' Association Elliott V. Bell Award for making a ``significant long-term contribution to the advancement of financial journalism.'’ The Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on selective disclosure of corporate information, known as Reg FD, was prompted by Bloomberg News' reporting of market manipulation in the 1990s. Bloomberg News has received more than 300 awards, including: the Roy W. Howard for Public Service, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, Overseas Press Club, Sidney Hillman, Investigative Reporters & Editors, Society of Professional Journalists (Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York chapters) and Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Bloomberg News provides content to Bloomberg Markets, a monthly magazine; 475 publications in 65 countries; Bloomberg Television and Radio, a 24-hour network reaching more than 250 million households in the U.S. and 12 countries in 7 languages. Winkler is co-author of Bloomberg by Bloomberg, published April 1997 by John Wiley & Son. Between 1991 and 1994, he wrote the Capital Markets column for Forbes magazine. Between July 1980 and February 1990, Winkler was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and news services of parent Dow Jones & Co. in New York and in London. Winkler was a New York-based reporter and assistant editor at The Bond Buyer (1978-1980); a public relations specialist for Gehrung Associates in Keene, N.H. (1977-1978) and a reporter for the Ohio-based Mount Vernon News (1976-1977). Winkler was born in New York City in 1955 and is a graduate of Kenyon College with an A.B. in history and an honorary doctorate of laws. He is a trustee of Kenyon College and The Kenyon Review; chairman of the board of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Program at Columbia University; a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College of Columbia University; a trustee of the business journalism program of the City University of New York; a director of the International Center for Journalists; a member of the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists; the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York and the International Advisory Board of the Tsinghua University School of Journalism.

Mr Womsley is a Managing Director based in London and is the European Head of Citigroup Private Equity (“CPE”). CPE manages over $14Bn of proprietary and third party capital for Citigroup and its clients. CPE invests globally in private equity funds, non-control direct equity investments and mezzanine debt investments. Prior to joining CPE in 2004, Mr. Womsley was a Managing Director in Citigroup Global Markets Inc, where he was Global Head of Citigroup's Private Equity Placement Group, which assists Citigroup's corporate clients in raising private equity, mezzanine debt and PIPEs. During his four year tenure, Mr. Womsley's group raised over $3.5 billion of capital in a variety transactions and industries worldwide. Prior to 2000, Mr. Womsley was a Managing Director in the Financial Entrepreneurs Group at Citigroup, managing Citigroup's relationships with a number of private equity funds and their portfolio companies in both Chicago and New York. Mr. Womsley joined Citigroup in 1991, and has been involved with the private equity business in a variety of positions since then. Mr. Womsley received an MBA from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BA from Vanderbilt University.

Elena Yassik is an Associate in the ECM team of Deutsche Bank in London focusing CEEMEA client coverage and ECM transactions origination and execution. Elena has almost eight years of professional experience in investment banking and financial advisory. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2007, Elena was a Senior Executive in the Transaction Advisory practice of Ernst & Young initially in Moscow and then in London where she moved at the beginning of 2005.

Mr Zhuikov has been working for the REGION Investment Group for 11 years. Mr Zhuikov started his career within REGION as a Commercial department specialist, he became the CEO of the new promising company REGION Asset Management in 2002. Andrey is responsible for the new business ideas development in the field of traditional and alternative investments and for the client relationships building. REGION Asset Management provides institutional clients, including pension funds, insurance companies (31 non-state pension funds and 12 insurance companies up to date) and qualified investors with a full range of services including traditional asset management and alternative assets.

Mr. Jorge Zukoski is the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine which is among the most active and effective non-government, non-profit business organizations operating in Ukraine. One of the principal activities of the organziation is to represent the foreign investment community as well as to facilitate the entrance of potential new investors into the market. The Chamber advocates on behalf of their Members not only to the Ukrainian government, but also to all other governments, which are economic partners of Ukraine, on matters of trade, commerce, and economic reform. The Member organizations of the Chamber represent many of the largest strategic and institutional investors operating in Ukraine who have committed a majority of the foreign direct investment into the market. The diverse Membership base unites leading companies from over 50 nations across the globe and includes companies from a variety of regions and countries, including North America, Europe, Asia, Russia, and Ukraine. Chamber Members collectively employ hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, providing them with exposure to international business practices and the opportunity to develop into leading professionals. Chamber Members also bring international expertise and business knowledge to Ukraine, are among some of the largest taxpayers in the country, and strive to be good corporate citizens. Mr. Zukoski, an American citizen of Venezuelan and Polish descent, received his Master's of Business Administration in international management from the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University (Texas, USA). He lived and worked in Mexico City and the Cayman Islands prior to arriving in Ukraine in 1996.