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Ekaterina Cherkes-zade is a head of Universal University, which joint leading educational institutions representing first-class education in the creative industries sphere: British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow Film School, Scream School, MARCH Architectural School, Moscow Advanced Communications School, Moscow Music School and other projects.Graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts (the faculty for publishing and journalism), and International Visitor Leadership Program from Graduate School USA. Worked on various projects in the media and publishing industries. Since 2009 Ekaterina Cherkes-zade has engaged in the education in the field of creative industries.

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Born 10 December 1975 in Gorky.
1998: graduated from the State and Municipal Administration Department of the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service.
1998–2001: сontinued post-graduate studies at the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service in the field of Social Philosophy.
2001–2003: Deputy Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, Head of the Chukotka Autonomous District Department of Culture, Youth, Sports, Tourism and Information Policy; was a government memberof the Chukotka Autonomous District.
In December 2003, Sergei Kapkov was elected to the Fourth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law).
June 2004 to 2014: Chairman of the Board of the National Football Academy Foundation.
April 2006 to 2014: Vice President, Russian Football Union.
In December 2007, he was elected to the Fifth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Senior Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Telecommunications).
In March 2011, he resigned from the State Duma after being appointed Director of the Moscow City Management Company M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation.
In August 2011, he was appointed Deputy Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture and promoted to Department Head in September 2011.
May 2012 to March 2015: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture.
Since September 2015: Head of the Research and Study Laboratory Centre for Research into the Economics of Culture, Urban Development and Creative Industries at the Moscow State University Department of Economics.

President of Public Diplomacy Foundation ‘Women’s View’, Executive Director of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization ‘Centre for Women’s Entrepreneurship Development’, Member of the Management Board of OPORA Russia.
Actively participates in the implementation of international and federal projects in women’s entrepreneurship and leadership.
Graduated with honours from the Department of International Economic Relations of the Russian University of Cooperation, Master of Business Administration, MBA from Kingston University. Had internships in the USA and Great Britain.

Chairperson of the Board of directors Global Rus Trade.
Born 25 of April 1983 in Moscow.
In 2006 Anna finished Academy of Labor and Social Relations, majoring in finance and credit.
Ph.D. in Economics.
In 2017 Anna enrolled in Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs, majoring in international economic relations.
Before 2015 Anna was engaged in the implementation of projects in the field of finance. Since 2008 was CEO and founder of the investment company Center Capital with an aggregate turnover of more than 40 billion rubles a year.
In 2015 Anna founded Global Rus Trade - the leading Russian platform for cross-border e-commerce.
Anna represents Russian federation in the working group on the digital economy of the BRICS Business Council.
She is a member of the Coordination Council and Chairman of the Committee on transfrontier e-commerce "Business Russia".
In 2015 Anna was nominated from Russia as a Woman Icon for achievements in the field of business at the APEC Gender Forum "Women as an engine of inclusive growth".
Since 2018 she represents Russia in the CICA Business Council.
She has acknowledgments for contribution to the development of SMEs from the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and for active public activities from the President of the Russian Federation.
Speaks English and French.

Born 10/10/1975
Education:
1992-1997 - Saratov Chernyshevsky State University, Physics Department
1998 - Presidential programme of management training for national economy organizations of Russian Federation
1999 - German Management Academy in Lower Saxony
Career:
1997-2003 - worked in publishing and social fields in the Saratov region. Run several projects of local private and public media establishment and development. Member of Governor’s Supreme Economic Council. Founder and Member of Guardian Council of “Saratov Province” charity foundation, which held regional competitions for social and cultural projects in 2001-2011.
2004-2013 - Run publishing projects in the fields of economy, law and small business. Director General of stock corporations of “Russian accountant” company grouping.
2013-2017 - run informational and social projects in interregional cooperation development. Director General of “My district” company - an Internet platform for municipal structures. Board member of All-Russian Public Organization “Russian management community of presidential programme members”. From June 2017 - Executive Director of Presidential Grants Foundation. Supervises development of IT-platforms, as well as regional development and communication.

Natalia Komarova was born on the 21st of October 1955 in Pskov Region, she is married and has two children. In 1978 she graduated from Kommunarsk Institute of Mining and Smelting, the faculty of Engineering and Economics, majoring in “Economics and organization of construction” with awarding of qualification Engineer-economist. She began to work at the Kommunarsk Metallurgical Factory as a labor engineer of the laboratory of industrial engineering in 1978. Then she worked as an economist of the planned-economic CCB department. In 1980 Natalia moved to Novy Urengoi of Tyumen Region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. There she began to work in the municipal executive committee as a senior inspector. In 1988 Natalia became the chairwoman of the city planning commission. Then she worked as the deputy chairwoman of the municipal executive committee, the deputy of the City Council. In 1992 she became the first deputy of the Head of Administration in Novy Urengoi. In 1994 Natalia was designated as the Head of the city Administration. That year she was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and as a deputy of the NoviyUrengoy Municipal Committee. On the 16thof March 1997 Natalia Komarova continued working as the Head of the municipal formation of NoviyUrengoy up to October 2000 according to the elections results. From October 2000 to December 2001 Natalia worked as a deputy of the Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, leading the Economic Committee of the Okrug. At the same time Natalia lectures at the University: she is an associate professor of the Social Management of the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute (branch) of the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (since 1999). In December 2001 Natalia was elected as a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation inYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug. From 2004 to 2007 she is the Head of the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. In December 2007 Natalia was elected as the deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug for the third time. In the State Duma of the fifth assembling she continued to be the Head the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee. On the 8thof February 2010 the President of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev submitted a proposal to the deputies of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Duma a candidature of Natalia Komarova as the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra. At the unscheduled meeting on the 15thof February the deputies in a unanimous vote voice supported her candidature.On the 1stof March Natalia entered the office of the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra.

Ms. Morozova has been heading The Timchenko Foundation from the day when it was created in December 2010. She performs the following functions: member of the Community Council with the Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Security, head of Senior Citizen section with the Russian Government’s Community Council on Guardianship Issues in the Social Sphere, member of the Expert Board for Advancing New Projects with the Agency of Strategic Initiatives, member of The Council of the Federation Committee on Social Innovation Development in Territorial Entities of the Russian Federation, member of the Joint Advisory Board of the Presidential Grants Foundation, co-chair of the working group involved in expert conceptual design of Active Ageing in the Russian Federation, member of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Long-term Care Professionals, member of the Coordinating Council with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development on issues of expanding charitable activities.
Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation is one of the largest family-oriented foundations in Russia. It was created in 2010 with the aim of achieving long-term social results and uniting charitable projects of the Timchenko family. Activities of the Foundation are aimed at the social and cultural development of Russia’s regions, solving issues of social orphanhood, developing non-professional sports for children, and providing support for senior citizens. These strategic areas of activities are designed to achieve positive and tangible changes in the social sector. The Timchenko Foundation programs are implemented with a special emphasis on developing small territories and localities.
The program portfolio of The Timchenko Foundation includes the following competitions: Dobryi Lyod [Good Ice], Ice Hockey without Barriers, Immediate Circle, Family Fairway, Right Family Course, Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages, Chess in Schools, Linked Communities.

Fatima Mukhomedzhan, deputy director of the Art, Science and Sport Foundation.
Education: Graduated from the Moscow State University (Lomonosov MSU) in 1996.
Professional experience: 2nd-degree specialist of V/O Rosvneshtorg at the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade from 1996 to 1997.
Coordinator of the Info-Business magazine in ZAO Community-Press from 1997 to 1998.
Project coordinator in OOO Mendel Info Marketing from 1998 to 2002.
Assistant to Shakuum M.L., deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia of the 4th and 5th convocations, from 2006 to 2009.
Advisor to Shvetsova L.A., Deputy Mayor of Moscow, from 2009 to 2011.
Ms. Mukhomedzhan has been working for charity since 2011. She took the deputy director position in Alisher Usmanov’s Art, Science and Sport Foundation in December 2011. The foundation has been established to assist in arranging art, culture and sports events of public significance and implementing social and scientific awareness projects in Russia.

Born February 5, 1975, in Moscow
In 1997 graduated from the faculty of law of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Ph.D. in Economics, MBA
Since 1997 has worked in banking, manufacturing, construction, trade and investment companies holding executive positions.
Has broad experience in company formation, leading companies to the top positions in the market, crisis management.
Entered the board of directors of "Argumenty i Fakty" in April 2014.
Was appointed as CEO of "Argumenty i Fakty" publishing house in December 2014.
Board member of GIPP - Guild of Press Publishers.
In 2016 was proclaimed laureate of the "Best Media manager of Russia 2016" National Award in Press nomination and Federal Press category.

Alexei Nikolaevich Lebedev was born in 1986. His entire professional career, since 2009, has been related to cultural management and cultural events.
Since 2017 he has been the head of the international cultural project "Russian Seasons". In 2019, the project was awarded the top prize in the category "Best Festival 2019" in the prestigious international competition The Best Event Awards World.
From 2012 to 2014, he filled the position of deputy director at the Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve. From 2014 to 2015, he ran the Department of Military and Historical Heritage of the Russian Military Historical Society.
From 2016 to 2018, he was the General Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Federal Directorate of Musical and Festival Programs "Roskoncert". Under his directorship, there've been more than 1,000 events, including the International Ballet and Choreography Competition, the Days of Slavic Script and Culture, and the All-Russian Music Competition.
He's the general producer of Stay Home with Russian Seasons - an online project that has become an immense cultural media library in Russia. The project started in 2020 and has collected more than 45 million views from dozens of countries. Became the winner in the category "Best Online Platform" of the All-Russian "Culture Online" Award, the winner of "ComNews Awards 2020: Digital Technology vs. COVID-19" in the category in the field of digital entertainment - "Best Online Concert during the Pandemic".
He's the general producer of the Discovering Russia with Russian Seasons video project. It's a series of video tours in English, prepared in collaboration with leading cultural institutions for foreign and Russian viewers. The total number of views reached more than 1.3 million.
Co-founder 'Innopraktika & Russian Seasons School' is an educational project that introduces foreign students of creative universities to Russia. The project was launched in 2020 and involved 25 students from 11 countries. In 2021 more than 350 applications from 44 countries were received.
The awards include a commendation from the Russian Federation President and Russian Federation Minister of Culture.

Dmitry Aksenov, born in Novosibirsk (Russia) in 1966, has 20 years of professional experience in the real estate industry in Russia, and holds degrees of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology as well as the Institute of Business and Business Administration.
Aksenov is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of RDI Groupa holding company, operating in the fastest growing sectors of the Russian economy. Its main business focus is the development of properties with advanced community facilities, multi-¬sector investment, and cultural initiatives.
Dmitry Aksenov and the Aksenov Family Foundation are active supporters of many cultural institutions in Russia and abroad, encouraging various programs in the sphere of art and education.
Dmitry Aksenov is the Chairman of the Board of viennacontemporary.
He is also the founder of Vitiligo Research Foundation – a non-¬profit organization funding and fast-¬trackingmedical research of vitiligo worldwide.

On November 20, 2015, Ekaterina Trofimova was elected Chief Executive Officer by decision of the General Meeting of Founders of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency ACRA. Previously, in 2011, she joined the Gazprom team and, since 2012, has been a member of the Management Committee and been in charge of the work of the Ratings Advisory Centre, the Centre for Economic Forecasting and the Corporate Relations Department. From 2000 through July 2011, Ms. Trofimova worked as a financial analyst, Director and Head of Russia and CIS Financial Institutions Rating Group at Standard & Poor’s (Paris, France). Ms. Trofimova was on the analysis board of the ratings agency in Europe and was in charge of the group for awarding ratings to financial institutions. At S&P, she fulfilled a played role in developing and updating the methodology for preparing financial institution ratings. Alongside analytical work relating to major financial institutions, Ms. Trofimova took an active part in developing the concept for the company’s strategic development and HR management in the region. Ms. Trofimova graduated in Global Economics from the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance in 1998 and the Sorbonne (Paris) in Finances and Tax Management in 2000.
January 17, 2019 Ekaterina Trofimova left the post of Chief Executive Officer of ACRA.

In 1991, he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute. In 2005, he earned an MBA in corporate finance, the American Institute of Business and Economics.
In 1984 the very first job was the Librarian assistant in the Moscow Aviation Institute Library.
Vadim Duda held senior positions in both Russian and international companies, with the focus on international relations, culture, IT and new media.
In 2012 – 2013 as Director of Information Policy and International Relations Department at Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation he launched federal state internet projects, like Culture Portal and National Electronic Library.
In 2013 – 2015 he was involved in the development of the Model Library Standard for modernization of municipal libraries launched several modern rural libraries.
From 2015 to 2018 Vadim Duda served as Director General of Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature. Under his leadership, the Library doubled the number of its active users.
Vadim Duda was appointed Director General of the Russian State Library on 28 August 2018.

Was born July, the 6th in Naberezhnye Chelny. Education: Higher. In 1987 graduated from The Kazan financial and Economic University, specialization «Industry Planning». Economist, PhD (Doctor’s degree in Economic Sciences). Experience: Since 1987 - 1989 - Economist in Department of Labor Organization and salary in Production Association «KamAZ»; Since 1989 - 1990 – Economist of financial department of State executive committee in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1990 – 1997 – State tax inspection in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1997 – 2001 – Econimic adviser – counselor of the portreeve of Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 2001 – 2003 – Director in Audit company; Since 2003 – 2004 – Deputy Head of Administration of Naberezhnye Chelny in economic and financial sphere; Since 2004 – 2006 – Head of Economic and Financial Department in Federal industrial agency of Russian Federation «Rosprom»; Since 2006 – 2007 – deputy Director of the State Department of industrial policy of Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation ; In January 2008 was appointed as Director of Department of fiscal and finance in Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation; July 11th was appointed by an order of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation (Order №11) as Director of fiscal policy and finance Department of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation; Since 2014 – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation.

Born 10 December 1975 in Gorky.
1998: graduated from the State and Municipal Administration Department of the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service.
1998–2001: сontinued post-graduate studies at the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service in the field of Social Philosophy.
2001–2003: Deputy Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, Head of the Chukotka Autonomous District Department of Culture, Youth, Sports, Tourism and Information Policy; was a government memberof the Chukotka Autonomous District.
In December 2003, Sergei Kapkov was elected to the Fourth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law).
June 2004 to 2014: Chairman of the Board of the National Football Academy Foundation.
April 2006 to 2014: Vice President, Russian Football Union.
In December 2007, he was elected to the Fifth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Senior Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Telecommunications).
In March 2011, he resigned from the State Duma after being appointed Director of the Moscow City Management Company M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation.
In August 2011, he was appointed Deputy Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture and promoted to Department Head in September 2011.
May 2012 to March 2015: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture.
Since September 2015: Head of the Research and Study Laboratory Centre for Research into the Economics of Culture, Urban Development and Creative Industries at the Moscow State University Department of Economics.

CEO / Chief Executive Officer, previously managing director of OneTwoTrip Travel Agency LLP from 2013 to present.Mikhail Sokolov has invested in OneTwoTrip, Doc +, Payture, Trendever and other IT projects.He worked in various international investment banks (UFG, Deutsche Bank, Barclays) in Moscow and London from 2006-13, where he started as an analyst and moved all the way to director of the investment banking division. He participated in more than 20 closed transactions - M&A deals, equity and debt capital markets - which allowed Russian companies to attract a total of over $17 billion.Mikhail Sokolov graduated from Columbia Business School and the State University of Management.

Ms. Morozova has been heading The Timchenko Foundation from the day when it was created in December 2010. She performs the following functions: member of the Community Council with the Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Security, head of Senior Citizen section with the Russian Government’s Community Council on Guardianship Issues in the Social Sphere, member of the Expert Board for Advancing New Projects with the Agency of Strategic Initiatives, member of The Council of the Federation Committee on Social Innovation Development in Territorial Entities of the Russian Federation, member of the Joint Advisory Board of the Presidential Grants Foundation, co-chair of the working group involved in expert conceptual design of Active Ageing in the Russian Federation, member of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Long-term Care Professionals, member of the Coordinating Council with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development on issues of expanding charitable activities.
Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation is one of the largest family-oriented foundations in Russia. It was created in 2010 with the aim of achieving long-term social results and uniting charitable projects of the Timchenko family. Activities of the Foundation are aimed at the social and cultural development of Russia’s regions, solving issues of social orphanhood, developing non-professional sports for children, and providing support for senior citizens. These strategic areas of activities are designed to achieve positive and tangible changes in the social sector. The Timchenko Foundation programs are implemented with a special emphasis on developing small territories and localities.
The program portfolio of The Timchenko Foundation includes the following competitions: Dobryi Lyod [Good Ice], Ice Hockey without Barriers, Immediate Circle, Family Fairway, Right Family Course, Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages, Chess in Schools, Linked Communities.

Prior to joining CTC Media, Yuliana was President of the Mikhailov & Partners group of companies. Before that, she was Chief Executive Officer of Mikhailov & Partners, one of Russia’s largest strategic communications agencies, having assumed this role in 1994.
From 2004 to 2005, Yuliana was a partner with the BBDO Group, where she was responsible for business development activities.
From 2001 to 2004 she was a Board member and Corporate Communications Director for the Russian investment company ESN Group, as well as the Vice Chairman of Kelenergo, a Russian energy company.
Yuliana was named one of the 20 most influential businesswomen in Russia by Kompania Magazine in 2013. In 2012, she ranked first in the PR agency manager category of Kariera Magazine’s list of “Top 100 communications specialists.” Yuliana also won the 7th Annual National Media Manager of Russia Award in 2007.
Yuliana received a degree in marketing from the Moscow University for the Humanities.

Fatima Mukhomedzhan, deputy director of the Art, Science and Sport Foundation.
Education: Graduated from the Moscow State University (Lomonosov MSU) in 1996.
Professional experience: 2nd-degree specialist of V/O Rosvneshtorg at the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade from 1996 to 1997.
Coordinator of the Info-Business magazine in ZAO Community-Press from 1997 to 1998.
Project coordinator in OOO Mendel Info Marketing from 1998 to 2002.
Assistant to Shakuum M.L., deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia of the 4th and 5th convocations, from 2006 to 2009.
Advisor to Shvetsova L.A., Deputy Mayor of Moscow, from 2009 to 2011.
Ms. Mukhomedzhan has been working for charity since 2011. She took the deputy director position in Alisher Usmanov’s Art, Science and Sport Foundation in December 2011. The foundation has been established to assist in arranging art, culture and sports events of public significance and implementing social and scientific awareness projects in Russia.

Director, producer and script writer who became known in 2004 when his sci-fi film “Nochnoy Dozor” (Night Watch) came out.
Born on 25 June 1961 in Guriev, Kazakh SSR, he studied at the Moscow Energy Institute and later at the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute.
Bekmambetov’s film debut was the 1994 war drama “Peshawar Waltz”, devoted to the events in Afghanistan. The film participated in several prestigious festivals and gathered a number of awards, including the main prize and the International Film Festival in San Remo.
Again in 1994, Bekmambetov founded the Bazelevs film company.
The director’s film success came in 2004, after the sci-fi film “Nochnoy Dozor” came out. It was based on the novel by Sergey Lukyanenko and the key roles were played by Konstantin Khabensy, Vladimir Menshov and Viktor Verzhbitsky. The film’s producer was Konstantin Ernst, the General Director of the Channel One. It was a roaring success with the public and was shown in Russia, the CIS countries, the UK, USA and Germany. A year later, a sequel came out – “Dnevnoy Dozor” (Day Watch).
In 2007, Bekmambetov directed the lyrical comedy “Irony of Fate. Continued”, which is still among the leading Russian films. In 2008, the Hollywood thriller “Highly Dangerous” directed by Bekmambetov came out in Russia and other countries, featuring James MacAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Konstantin Khabensky and Angelina Jolie.
In 2012, audiences had an opportunity to see Bekmambetov’s next Hollywood work: the sci-fi thriller “President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”.
In spring 2012, in Las Vegas, the director was awarded the Best Foreign Director of the Year award at the annual American cinema exhibition CinemaCon.

Elena has more than twenty years of experience in industry, corporate, regional and functional strategies, industry analytics, performance improvement, org design and talent management.
Elena works with companies and government bodies on executive level across industries providing support for strategic and management decisions.

Boris Titov was born on December, 24, 1960 in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Moscow state institute for international relations in 1983.
In 1983-1989 worked for the foreign trade association “Soyuznefteexport”.
1989-1991 – chemistry department chief at the soviet-dutch joint enterprise “Urals”.
1991-2012 - executive director of Solvalub group of companies.
2001-2002 – the president of the JSC “Agrochemical corporation “Azot”.
2006-2012 – chairman of board of directors, general director of “Abrau-Durso” wine producing company.
2000-2005 – member of the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
2004-2012 – chairman of the All-Russia public organization “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”).
2006-2009 – member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
In June 2012 was appointed the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneur’s rights.
Member of the Presidential Economic Council since July 2012.
In April 2014 was appointed the Chairman of the Russian part of the Russia-China Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development
Elected as the chairman of board of directors of the Association of Managers of Russia (AMR) in September 2014
In February 2016 became the official leader of the political party “The party for growth”
Awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, I degree and the Stolypin Medal, II degree, Order of Honor of the Russian Federation, Chevalier of the Legion of honor

Born on May 9, 1984 in Moscow. Vadim Kovalyov graduated from the Law School of the Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, majoring in law, and the School of History, Political Science and Law, majoring in Public Relations. Mr. Kovalyov’s professional background involves executive agencies and non-profit organizations. He is a lecturer at the Russian University of Economics and Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Vadim Kovalyov is a member of Moscow City Public Chamber, the Chairman of the Commission on Employment Assistance for Graduates (Youth Council, Ministry of Science and Education) and a member of the Federal Expert Council on Volunteering. Mr. Kovalyov initiative helped creating the National Council for Corporate Volunteering. He organized volunteer assistance to the aggrieved people of Krasnodar Region, the Far East, Syria and the refugees from the South-Eastern part of Ukraine.

Natalia Komarova was born on the 21st of October 1955 in Pskov Region, she is married and has two children. In 1978 she graduated from Kommunarsk Institute of Mining and Smelting, the faculty of Engineering and Economics, majoring in “Economics and organization of construction” with awarding of qualification Engineer-economist. She began to work at the Kommunarsk Metallurgical Factory as a labor engineer of the laboratory of industrial engineering in 1978. Then she worked as an economist of the planned-economic CCB department. In 1980 Natalia moved to Novy Urengoi of Tyumen Region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. There she began to work in the municipal executive committee as a senior inspector. In 1988 Natalia became the chairwoman of the city planning commission. Then she worked as the deputy chairwoman of the municipal executive committee, the deputy of the City Council. In 1992 she became the first deputy of the Head of Administration in Novy Urengoi. In 1994 Natalia was designated as the Head of the city Administration. That year she was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and as a deputy of the NoviyUrengoy Municipal Committee. On the 16thof March 1997 Natalia Komarova continued working as the Head of the municipal formation of NoviyUrengoy up to October 2000 according to the elections results. From October 2000 to December 2001 Natalia worked as a deputy of the Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, leading the Economic Committee of the Okrug. At the same time Natalia lectures at the University: she is an associate professor of the Social Management of the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute (branch) of the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (since 1999). In December 2001 Natalia was elected as a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation inYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug. From 2004 to 2007 she is the Head of the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. In December 2007 Natalia was elected as the deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Electoral Okrug for the third time. In the State Duma of the fifth assembling she continued to be the Head the Natural Resources and Nature Management Committee. On the 8thof February 2010 the President of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev submitted a proposal to the deputies of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Duma a candidature of Natalia Komarova as the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra. At the unscheduled meeting on the 15thof February the deputies in a unanimous vote voice supported her candidature.On the 1stof March Natalia entered the office of the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug –Ugra.

Born on January 19, 1973 in the city of Chelyabinsk.
Education / specialty
Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy
Brief biographical note
In 1995 he graduated with honors from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in Economics and Management in Metallurgy, an engineer-economist.
From 1990 to 2007 He held various positions in the JSC "Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine them. A.P. Zavenyagin "and OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, from specialist to CEO of Norilsk Support Complex, LLC, a subsidiary of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.
In 2008 - 2009 He was the head of the administration of Norilsk.
From 2011, he was Managing Director - Head of the Krasnoyarsk business unit Polyus CJSC.
In 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. Since November 2014, he served as First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Valid State Counselor of the Russian Federation 2 classes.
March 19, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, by his Decree, appointed A.L. Texler Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk region.
Awards:
Honorary title "Honorary Power Engineer" - 2017
Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree - 2016
Commemorative Medal "XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi" - 2014
Diploma of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation - 2014
Awards of other departments.
Family status
Married, has a son

Svetlana Chupsheva was born in Prague. In 2001 she graduated from Samara State Academy of Economics with Honors.Commencing from 2000 Svetlana Chupsheva worked at the Central Department of the Bank of Russia for Samara Region, then at the Government of Samara Region.From 2004 she held position of the Director General of the Rating Agency of the Government of Samara Region, and was the head of the State Institution Agency for Economic Development of Samara Region.From 2009 – adviser to the Deputy Chairmen of the Government of Samara Region – Ministry of Economic Development, Investment and Trade of Samara Region, then adviser to the Chairman of the Board of the CB Regional Credit, LLC.From 2011 – corporate director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). On August 10, 2015 she was appointed as the line director of the Social Projects of the ASI.From 2017 – Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.She is awarded with the Certificate of Merit issued by the President of the Russian Federation, she has the certificate of acknowledgement issued by the President of the Russian Federation and the certificate of acknowledgement issued by the Mayor of Moscow.She brings up four children.

Chief Executive Officer of Riki Group, co-creator of Smeshariki. President of the Association of Animated Film of Russia. Producer of media projects, expert in media licensing, specialist in marketing goods and services for children. Recipient of the Russian Federation State Award in Arts and Culture.
Since 2003 – Executive Producer of Smeshariki, created by Petersburg Studio, one of the leading computer animation studios of Russia. Smeshariki is the first successful animated project to come out of Russia, which received over 100 various awards.
Since 2004 – CEO of Marmelad Media, first Russian multibranding agency.
Since 2010 – CEO of Riki, a leading Russian holding in managing, licensing and promoting animated media brands for family audiences in Russia, CIS and EU.
In 2012 Mr.Popov was one of the founders of the Association of Animated Film, a non-profit partnership that he presides over. The association brings together over 50 major animation studios in Russia.
Civic activities:
Mr. Popov is a member of expert councils at various offices of executive and legislative power:
- member of the Russian Film Development Council at the Government of the Russian Federation;
- member of the board of the Natsionalniy Detsky Fond, a foundation supporting family initiatives;
- member of the board at the Association of Producers of Goods for Children;
- member of the VGIK Supervisory Board.

Tina (full name: Tinatin) Kandelaki was born on November, 10 1975 in Tbilisi (Georgia). Her father is an economist and her mother a physician.
Tina graduated from the journalism department of Tbilisi State University and from the department of international relations of the Russian State University for the Humanities.
Prior to 1995, she worked at Radio 105 radio station and for Georgian television.
After 1995, she worked for the radio stations and television channels M-Radio, RDV, Serebryany Dozhd, 2x2, Biz-TV, Muz-TV, Vremechko on TVC, YV-6 in Moscow.
2002–2007: host of the Detali programme on the STS TV Channel.
From 2003: host and producer of The Smartest programme.
2008–2011: host of the TV programme Unreal Politics on REN TV and later on NTV channels.
In 2008, Ms. Kandelaki became a co-owner of Apostle Media (later –Centre for Strategic Communications Apostle), specialising in PR and production of television and video content.
In 2010, she was author and host of the discussion programme Alternative on the Vesti FM radio station.
In August 2011, she organised and conducted the first National Educational Forum Smart School.
2010–2012: member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
In 2013, together with Margarita Simonyan, she co-hosted the political talk show Iron Lady on the NTV channel.
From 2014, she was co-investor and art director of the elite club village Shelestovo in New Moscow.
In July 2015, Tina was appointed General Producer and Deputy General Director of the consolidated sports editorial board established on the basis of the new federal TV Channel Match TV.

Was born July, the 6th in Naberezhnye Chelny. Education: Higher. In 1987 graduated from The Kazan financial and Economic University, specialization «Industry Planning». Economist, PhD (Doctor’s degree in Economic Sciences). Experience: Since 1987 - 1989 - Economist in Department of Labor Organization and salary in Production Association «KamAZ»; Since 1989 - 1990 – Economist of financial department of State executive committee in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1990 – 1997 – State tax inspection in Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 1997 – 2001 – Econimic adviser – counselor of the portreeve of Naberezhnye Chelny; Since 2001 – 2003 – Director in Audit company; Since 2003 – 2004 – Deputy Head of Administration of Naberezhnye Chelny in economic and financial sphere; Since 2004 – 2006 – Head of Economic and Financial Department in Federal industrial agency of Russian Federation «Rosprom»; Since 2006 – 2007 – deputy Director of the State Department of industrial policy of Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation ; In January 2008 was appointed as Director of Department of fiscal and finance in Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russian Federation; July 11th was appointed by an order of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation (Order №11) as Director of fiscal policy and finance Department of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation; Since 2014 – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation.

Born 10 December 1975 in Gorky.
1998: graduated from the State and Municipal Administration Department of the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service.
1998–2001: сontinued post-graduate studies at the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service in the field of Social Philosophy.
2001–2003: Deputy Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, Head of the Chukotka Autonomous District Department of Culture, Youth, Sports, Tourism and Information Policy; was a government memberof the Chukotka Autonomous District.
In December 2003, Sergei Kapkov was elected to the Fourth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law).
June 2004 to 2014: Chairman of the Board of the National Football Academy Foundation.
April 2006 to 2014: Vice President, Russian Football Union.
In December 2007, he was elected to the Fifth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Senior Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Telecommunications).
In March 2011, he resigned from the State Duma after being appointed Director of the Moscow City Management Company M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation.
In August 2011, he was appointed Deputy Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture and promoted to Department Head in September 2011.
May 2012 to March 2015: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture.
Since September 2015: Head of the Research and Study Laboratory Centre for Research into the Economics of Culture, Urban Development and Creative Industries at the Moscow State University Department of Economics.

Director, producer and script writer who became known in 2004 when his sci-fi film “Nochnoy Dozor” (Night Watch) came out.
Born on 25 June 1961 in Guriev, Kazakh SSR, he studied at the Moscow Energy Institute and later at the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute.
Bekmambetov’s film debut was the 1994 war drama “Peshawar Waltz”, devoted to the events in Afghanistan. The film participated in several prestigious festivals and gathered a number of awards, including the main prize and the International Film Festival in San Remo.
Again in 1994, Bekmambetov founded the Bazelevs film company.
The director’s film success came in 2004, after the sci-fi film “Nochnoy Dozor” came out. It was based on the novel by Sergey Lukyanenko and the key roles were played by Konstantin Khabensy, Vladimir Menshov and Viktor Verzhbitsky. The film’s producer was Konstantin Ernst, the General Director of the Channel One. It was a roaring success with the public and was shown in Russia, the CIS countries, the UK, USA and Germany. A year later, a sequel came out – “Dnevnoy Dozor” (Day Watch).
In 2007, Bekmambetov directed the lyrical comedy “Irony of Fate. Continued”, which is still among the leading Russian films. In 2008, the Hollywood thriller “Highly Dangerous” directed by Bekmambetov came out in Russia and other countries, featuring James MacAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Konstantin Khabensky and Angelina Jolie.
In 2012, audiences had an opportunity to see Bekmambetov’s next Hollywood work: the sci-fi thriller “President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”.
In spring 2012, in Las Vegas, the director was awarded the Best Foreign Director of the Year award at the annual American cinema exhibition CinemaCon.

Prior to joining CTC Media, Yuliana was President of the Mikhailov & Partners group of companies. Before that, she was Chief Executive Officer of Mikhailov & Partners, one of Russia’s largest strategic communications agencies, having assumed this role in 1994.
From 2004 to 2005, Yuliana was a partner with the BBDO Group, where she was responsible for business development activities.
From 2001 to 2004 she was a Board member and Corporate Communications Director for the Russian investment company ESN Group, as well as the Vice Chairman of Kelenergo, a Russian energy company.
Yuliana was named one of the 20 most influential businesswomen in Russia by Kompania Magazine in 2013. In 2012, she ranked first in the PR agency manager category of Kariera Magazine’s list of “Top 100 communications specialists.” Yuliana also won the 7th Annual National Media Manager of Russia Award in 2007.
Yuliana received a degree in marketing from the Moscow University for the Humanities.

Vyacheslav Nikolaev was appointed First Vice President for Customer Experience & Marketing in August 2019, having earlier served as Vice President for Marketing beginning in June 2017.
Vyacheslav first joined the Company in 2004 and has held a number of senior positions in marketing and commercial management, including as B2B Director from 2011–2017 and before that as Group Director for Commercial Control, as well as Director of MTS Russia.
Before joining MTS, Vyacheslav worked as a supervising telecoms analyst, leading the sector research teams at Trust and Renaissance Capital. Vyacheslav began his professional career in 1997 as a consultant at European Public Policy Advisers (UK) and J'son and Partners (Sweden).
Vyacheslav was born in 1970. He graduated from the Faculty of Computational Mathematics & Cybernetics at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1993.

Works shoulder to shoulder with Ruben Dishdishyan, one of Russia’s leading producer. Her filmography won acclaim from both audiences and the professional community, including feature films like “T-34”, “Arrhythmia”, “Norveg”, and “Earthquake”, and series “Golden Horde”, “The Great”, “Grigoriy R”, etc.

Born in 1979 in Moscow.
2001 – graduated from State University of Management.
2007 – was awarded EMBA degree at Stockholm school of Economics.
2002-2011 – held key positions in Ruskompozit Group of companies composed of the largest Russian enterprises which do business in the markets of glass fibre, composite and geosynthetic materials.
2009 — was appointed Director General of Ruskompozit Management Company LLC.
Since 27.07.2011 – held a position of the CEO of the Agency of Strategic Initiatives (ASI).
13.02.2017 – was appointed the acting governor of the Novgorod region by the Presidential Decree.
Member of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for economic modernization and innovative development of Russia.
Member of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects.
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
Awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class and the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude.
Ph.D. degree in Economics.

Her filmography includes Tv series like ‘Leningrad 46’, ‘Nevskiy’, ‘The Chief’, ‘Liteinyi’, ‘Our Bright Future’, ‘Kaznit Nelzya Pomilovat’. Started out as literary property lawyer in film, was in charge of ‘Ulitsa Razbitykh Fonarei’ actors’ contract legal support. Alexey Nilov was her first customer. Since its foundation, ‘Triix Media’, became one of the leading serialized content producers. Innessa Urchenko has provided programming for over 1,200 hours of airtime.

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On 13 February 2017 appointed General Director of the Far East Investment and Export Agency. Prior to that, occupied a number management positions both in Russian and international companies.
Leonid Petukhov has a vast experience in management consulting (in 2000-2008 worked in McKinsey’s office in Russia), as well as attracting private investment in mining, metallurgy and agriculture.
Education: Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation majoring in Economics; Moscow State Law Academy majoring in Law; Harvard University majoring in Public Administration.
Married, with three sons.

Alexey was born on December 1, 1974.
In 1997 he graduated from the State University of Land Management in Moscow.
From 1997 to 2001, he studied at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
From 1997 to 1998, he worked as a junior specialist in the department of federal lands of the Department of Land Relations Reform of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Resources and Land Management.
In 1998, he moved to the position of chief specialist of the federal lands department of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of the Russian Federation on land policy, construction, and housing and communal services.
From December 1998 to August 2000 he served as chief specialist of the department of federal lands of the Office of State and Municipal Lands, was an advisor, deputy head of the Department of State Lands of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Policy.
In 2000, he moved to the position of Head of the Legislative Work Division of the Land Reform Administration, worked as Deputy Head of the Land Reform Administration. Until 2004, he worked as the head of the legislative work and regulatory support section of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation.
In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of Real and Movable Property of the Federal Agency for the Management of Federal Property and worked in this position until 2007.
From 2007 to 2008, he worked as Deputy General Director for the separation of state ownership of land and regional development in the Directorate of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Computer Center for Stock and Commodity Information Technologies (FT-Center)"
In 2008, he moved to the position of head of the Department of Land Resources and Real Estate. Until October 2015, he held the position of First Deputy General Director of the Federal Housing Development Foundation (“RHD FUND”).
In September 2016, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
In February 2017, Alexey Fursin was appointed Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
On September 21, 2018, he was appointed Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development of Moscow.

Since 2003, Ekaterina was employed at the performance improvement department of PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2005, she was director of the auditing department for power-engineering companies at the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK). In 2008, Ekaterina was Deputy Director of the Internal Audit Service of the United Metallurgical Company, where her main task was to create an internal audit function from the ground up. Ekaterina joined the Skolkovo Foundation team on 1 June 2011 – almost from the very beginning of the Foundation's operation. Under Ekaterina's supervision, the Foundation established a system of strategic goal-setting, prepared and approved strategy for the Foundation and the innovation center until the year 2020, prepared the government subprogramme of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre and had it approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. In February 2018, Ekaterina headed of Skolkovo Forum, whose main objectives is to organize and host events aimed at promoting technological entrepreneurship and raising awareness of the current means of governmental and non-governmental support for technology startups in the country and abroad. She has a Letter of Acknowledgment from the Government of the Russian Federation for her contribution to the development of technology business undertakings in the country.

Deputy Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation
Born on 29 June 1950 in the city of Nizhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Region. In 1972, she graduated from the Sergei Kirov Urals Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering and economics. PhD in Economics and DSc in Social Sciences, professor. For 20 years she was engaged in teaching and research. Author of over 150 papers on economic, social and political issues.
Since 1990 – delegate, Deputy Speaker (1992–1993) of the Sverdlovsk Regional Parliamentarian Council.
1994–1996 – Deputy of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy.
1996–1997 – Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Humanitarian, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
Since 1997 – Deputy and since 2000 – First Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Russian Federation.
April 2003 – March 2004 – Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on Social Affairs.
April 2004 – December 2007 – Chairperson of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation.
On 2 December 2007, she was elected a deputy to the Fifth State Duma, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes.
On 4 December 2011, she was elected a deputy to the Sixth State Duma, First Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Labour, Social Policy and Veteran Affairs.
Since 22 September 2014, she is a Representative of the executive authority of the Voronezh Region in the Federation Council. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy. Initiator and drafter of more than 40 laws, including laws on social protection. Full State Counsellor 1st Class of the Russian Federation. Decorated with state orders and medals.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Foundation, member of the Presidential Council for Implementing State Policy on Protection of Family and Children.
Ksenia Frank initiated institutionalization of family charity projects and establishment of the Timchenko Foundation. She supervises the implementation of a system for assessing the social efficiency of the foundation, monitors the development and performance of the foundation's strategic programmes aimed at supporting active longevity, developing non-professional children’s sports, solving the problem of social orphanhood, developing small cities and villages of Russia through culture. These areas are designed to promote a systemic solution of social issues in Russia, with particular attention to its regions.
In 2009, she graduated with honours from the University of Edinburgh specializing in Philosophy and French. She received an MBA from INSEAD European Business Management Institute in 2015.

Born 10 December 1975 in Gorky.
1998: graduated from the State and Municipal Administration Department of the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service.
1998–2001: сontinued post-graduate studies at the Volgo-Vyatka Academy of Public Service in the field of Social Philosophy.
2001–2003: Deputy Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, Head of the Chukotka Autonomous District Department of Culture, Youth, Sports, Tourism and Information Policy; was a government memberof the Chukotka Autonomous District.
In December 2003, Sergei Kapkov was elected to the Fourth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Law).
June 2004 to 2014: Chairman of the Board of the National Football Academy Foundation.
April 2006 to 2014: Vice President, Russian Football Union.
In December 2007, he was elected to the Fifth State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Senior Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Telecommunications).
In March 2011, he resigned from the State Duma after being appointed Director of the Moscow City Management Company M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation.
In August 2011, he was appointed Deputy Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture and promoted to Department Head in September 2011.
May 2012 to March 2015: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of Moscow’s Department of Culture.
Since September 2015: Head of the Research and Study Laboratory Centre for Research into the Economics of Culture, Urban Development and Creative Industries at the Moscow State University Department of Economics.

Alexey was born on December 1, 1974.
In 1997 he graduated from the State University of Land Management in Moscow.
From 1997 to 2001, he studied at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
From 1997 to 1998, he worked as a junior specialist in the department of federal lands of the Department of Land Relations Reform of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Resources and Land Management.
In 1998, he moved to the position of chief specialist of the federal lands department of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of the Russian Federation on land policy, construction, and housing and communal services.
From December 1998 to August 2000 he served as chief specialist of the department of federal lands of the Office of State and Municipal Lands, was an advisor, deputy head of the Department of State Lands of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Policy.
In 2000, he moved to the position of Head of the Legislative Work Division of the Land Reform Administration, worked as Deputy Head of the Land Reform Administration. Until 2004, he worked as the head of the legislative work and regulatory support section of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation.
In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of Real and Movable Property of the Federal Agency for the Management of Federal Property and worked in this position until 2007.
From 2007 to 2008, he worked as Deputy General Director for the separation of state ownership of land and regional development in the Directorate of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Computer Center for Stock and Commodity Information Technologies (FT-Center)"
In 2008, he moved to the position of head of the Department of Land Resources and Real Estate. Until October 2015, he held the position of First Deputy General Director of the Federal Housing Development Foundation (“RHD FUND”).
In September 2016, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
In February 2017, Alexey Fursin was appointed Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
On September 21, 2018, he was appointed Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development of Moscow.

Born on March 04, 1959 in the city of Moscow.
In 1981 graduated from the Economic Department of the Moscow Lomonosov State University, specialty — economist, lecturer of political economics, candidate of economic science.

Professional Background:
In 1981–1991 worked at the Political Economics Department of the Moscow Lomonosov State University.
In 1991–1998 worked at the Institute of National Economic Forecasting, the Russian Academy of Sciences (lead researcher, head of laboratory).
In 1998–1999 — Director of the Research Department of the Russian Central Bank.
In 1999–2004 — Executive Director of the Economic Research Foundation Development Center.
In 2004–2008 — Head of the Macro Economic Forecasting Department of the Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry.
From February of 2008 to July of 2014 — Russian Economic Development Deputy Minister.
From July 2014 — Vnesheconombank Deputy Chairman (Chief Economist).

In 2007 was awarded a title of Honored Economist for improving the Russian financial system, forming and developing its institutions.
In 2011 was awarded the Order of Merit for his many years of exceptional work and active publicactivities.

Graduated from Saratov State Academy of Law, had multiple internships abroad. Graduated from the Federal Management Training Programme at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and Pudong Academy (China).
2001: head of the Saratov Gubernia Community Foundation that implemented projects in social management, regional social development projects and various regional events.
2006–2011: held various management positions in medium-sized and big companies overseeing legal, corporate, real estate management issues, as well as GR.
2011: Deputy Director of the Department for strategic development and innovation, adviser to the Minister for communications and telecommunications.
2016: Deputy Director of the project office of the National technology initiative.
April 3, 2017: appointed Secretary of the Coordinating Committee on presidential grants for civil society development and General Director of the Presidential Grants Foundation.

Nikolay Uskov was born in 1970, he is a candidate of historical sciences, from 2016 was an editor in chief of Forbes Russia, from September 2018 is an editorial director of Forbes Russia. In the past he used to teach the history of the Middle Ages at Moscow State University, then headed such magazines as Men’s Health, GQ, Snob in Russia. Nikolay is an author of the work on the history of the church and the religiosity of Western Europe, a number of detective novels and the best-selling book on Russian history "Unknown Russia: a story that will surprise you."