Speakers

Sergey ABRAMOV
Head of Direction for Railway Stations
Russian Railways

Graduated from the Tashkent State Economic University, Masters degree from the Russian Academy of State Service under the Russian President.
2001 through 2003 - Ministry of Finance, the Government of the Russian internal Republic of Chechnya.  2003 through 2004 - Adviser to Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber S.V. Stepashin; chief of the inspection, monitoring the flow of budgetary assets, allocated for rehabilitation and restoration of Chechnya’s social and economic infrastructure. 2004 through 2006 - Chairman of the Chechnya Government, Acting President of Chechnya. 2006 through 2007 - auditor on the staff of the Russian Audit Chamber.  Since 2007 - Director of the Railway Stations’ Agency, JSC Russian Railways. Awards & Decorations: Honorable sign “Excellent Financial Worker”, 2002; Medal of Honor - awarded by President of Russia, 2005.

Sergey ADADUROV
First General Director
Research and Design Institute for Information Technology
Signalling and Telecommunications on Railway Transport

Born in 1960.
In 1983 graduated from the Mozhayskiy Military Engineering Institute with a degree in radio systems of space complexes.Since 1985 he served at the chair of space radio systems and the research and design laboratory of the Mozhayskiy Military Space Engineering Academy. In 1988 defended his Candidate of Engineering thesis in Interference immunity of space radio data communication channels. In 1999 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering for a thesis in data management in multi-satellite low-orbit network systems.
He has an academic title of professor. Since 2000 worked as Deputy Director of the St. Petersburg branch of State unitary enterprise. Certification center of Zheldorinformzaschita MPS of Russia. In 2001 he became Chief Designer of the information security system of Russian Ministry of Railways. From 2002 till 2003 he worked as Head of Information Protection Department in State enterprise Economic Security Directorate. From 2003 to 2006 worked as Deputy Director of RZD’s Security Department. From 2006 to 2007 he worked in capacity of Director of State unitary enterprise Russian Research and Design Institute for Information, Automation and Communication of Russian Ministry of Railways (VNIIAS MPS of Russia). From 2007 till April 2011 worked as Director General of Joint Stock Company Russian Research and Design Institute for Information, Automation and Communication on Railway Transport (JSC NIIAS).In April 2011 was appointed First Deputy Director General of JSC NIIAS.Mr. Adadurov is an author of over 100 research and methodological publications.

Mikhail AKULOV
Vice-President
Russian Railways,
General Director
Federal Passenger Company

Born in 1960.
He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1982, specialising as an electro-mechanical railway engineer, and in 1998, from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
He worked on the Moscow railway. He progressed from electric Locomotive Workshop Team Leader to Head of the Locomotive Depot at the Moscow Kievsky passenger station.
From 1992 to 1998, he was Chief Safety Inspector for train traffic, then First Deputy Head of the Moscow-Smolensk section of the Moscow railway.
From 1998 to 1999, he was Deputy Head of the Moscow railway, then Head of the Moscow-Kursk section.
From 1999 to 2000, he was First Deputy Head of the South-Eastern Railway.
From 2000 to 2002, he was Head of the South-Eastern Railway.
From 2002 to 2003, he was Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation.
In 2003–2004, he was First Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation.
From March 2004 to November 2005, he was Head of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
In November 2005, he was appointed Vice-President of RZD.
In May 2009, he was appointed Vice-President and Managing Director of the Federal Passenger Directorate.
Since April 2010, he has been Vice-President and General Director of the Federal Passenger Company.

Kanat ALPYSBAYEV
Vice-president of economics and finance
Kazakhstan Railways

Born in 1972
Graduated from Alma-Ata Institute of Railway Engineering, the University of Kentucky (USA), Moscow International Higher Business School. Holds a master degree. From 1994 to 2002 worked at the Tselinnaya railway enterprises, RSE “Kazakhstan temir zholy”, joint-stock companies of various profiles. In 2002 – 2003 worked as a director of finance and administration, Vice-president of finance and Information Technology at JSC “Air Astana”. From November 2005 to June 2008 worked as a director of business development at General Electric corporation branch. Was decorated with the order “Qurmet” – 2010.

Mikhail ANDRONOV
President
RUSENERGOSBYT

Graduated from Faculty of Molecular and Chemical Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, holds Master of Science degree in Physical Gas Dynamics.
From 1992-2000, Mikhail Andronov worked in various positions at the Alfa Group Holding. From 2000, Andronov has worked at the ESN Group of Companies. From 2003 – General Director of RUSENERGOSBYT. From 2009 – President of RUSENERGOSBYT.
Mikhail Andronov is a Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the Non-Profit Organisation Guaranteed Suppliers, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Union of  Industrialists and Entrepreneurs’ Commission on the Power Industry, and is also a member of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Expert Council on the Power Industry.

Igor ASATUROV
General Director
First Freight Company

Born in 1968.
From 1996 – worked in the transport business at various freight forwarding companies.
From 2003-2007 – General Director of Novaya perevozochnaya kompaniya (NPK).
February 2007 – Appointed Director of YUKOS-Transservice.
August 2007 – Appointed First Deputy General Director of Commerce and Production at Freight One.
From 23 March 2011 – 11 May 2011 – Acting General Director of Freight One Company.
2004 – Defended PhD thesis on “Increasing the Competitiveness of Railway Transport Carriers” at Russian State Open Technical University of Railway Transport. Candidate of Technical Sciences.

Salman BABAYEV
Vice President
Russian Railways
Born in 1955.
1978, graduated from Khabarovsk Institute of  Railway Transport Engineers, worked as Civil Engineer in Railway Operations.
Began working with railway transport in 1978 as an Assistant Yardmaster at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Station on Far Eastern Railways. Later worked as a Station Duty Officer and Station Dispatcher at the Komsomolsk Marshalling Yard of Far Eastern Railways, and a Train Dispatcher at the Komsomolsk Branch.
From 1980-1982 – Chief Engineer, Director of Komsomolsk Marshalling Yard Station.
From 1982-1986 – Director of Khabarovsk-2 Station, Director of Traffic Department of Khabarovsk Branch of Far Eastern Railways.
From 1987-1997 – Director of Urgalsky Branch of Baikal-Amur Railways, First Deputy Director of Baikal-Amur Railways, Director of Baikal-Amur Railways.
From 1997-1998 – First Deputy Director of Far Eastern Railways.
From 1998-1999 – Deputy Director of North Caucasus Railways.
From 1999-2002 – Deputy Director of Moscow Railways - Director of Traffic Centre of Corporate Transport Service, Deputy Director of Moscow Railways.
2002 – Took over Centre of Corporate Transport Service under the Russian Ministry of Railways.
2002 – Director of Volga Railways.
2003 – Russian Railways Vice President – Director of Centre of Corporate Transport Service.
August 2005 – Russian Railways Vice President.
July 2007 – General Director of Freight One.
March 2011 – Appointed Russian Railways Vice President for Commercial Operations.

Alexey BELYAEV
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Tatravagonka, a.s.

Born in 1956.
Graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Commerce – Department of Foreign Commerce. After successful graduation in 1979, he started to work as a business correspondent in   the company Cechofracht Bratislava (monopolistic freighter in ČSSR). Since 1988, he worked as a head of International transport department and as a deputy director of Business departments of chemistry and rubber production. From 1990 to 1993, he was employed as a business director in the companies Deltas, a.s. and Conamis, a.s. in Bratislava. For the first time he was appointed as a Chairman of the Board in the company ZŤS Sabinov, a.s. Sabinov in 1995. Since then, he works as a member of Supervisory Board, member of the Board, or Chairman of the Board in many machine companies. Since 2001 he has been a Vice Chairman of the Board of Express Slovakia, International Transport company. Since 2006 he is a Chairman of the Board of the company TATRAVAGÓNKA, a.s.

Oleg BUKIN
General Director
Transportation Assets Management

Born in 1966.
In 1988 he graduated in transport management from Moscow University of Management named after S. Ordzhonikidze.
From 1992 – Vice-president, General Director of ZAO “BMT Cargo”.
From 2001 – General Director of LLC “NTC”.
From 2007 – General Director of LLC “Transportation Assets Management”, managing company of assets of group Universal Cargo Logistics Holding B.V. (UCL Holding).

Andrey BURLINOV
Joint Head of the Natural Resources and Heavy Industry Directorate
VTB Capital

Born in Moscow, graduated with distinction from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, USA), majoring in Computer Science, and also in 1996 was awarded the degree of MBA at Erasmus University (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
Before joining the VTB Group, from 1997 to 2003 he worked in the head offices of the Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse First Boston investment banks in New York, where he was engaged in developing investment banking business with American and Russian companies in the oil and gas and energy industries. He then returned to Moscow and moved to the Troika Dialog investment company, where he was responsible for work with the company’s major clients in the role of managing director of the investment banking division.
He has been working for VTB Group since April 2010, and currently holds the post of joint head of the Natural Resources and Heavy Industry Directorate, VTB Capital, and also Senior Vice President of VTB Bank.

Alexander BUROV
Deputy Governor of the Komi Republic

Born in 1954.
Higher education. Graduated in 1977 from the Gorky Institute of Water Transport Engineers as a specialist in marine engines and mechanisms. Graduated in 1990 from Leningrad Higher Party School, specialising in Party and Soviet construction.
From 1977 – engineer in the management of the Pechora river shipping company. From 1979 – second secretary, then first secretary, of the Pechora city committee of the Komsomol. From 1984 – instructor in the organisational department, then head of the organisational department, in the Pechora city CPSU committee. From 1988 – deputy general director of the Lugovoye production association. From 1989 – secretary of the Party committee at the Lugovoye production association, secretary of the Party committee at the “Pechora” state farm and of the Pechora city CPSU committee. From 1990 – secretary of the Komi republican committee of the RSFSR Communist Party. From 1991 – commercial director of Pechoraland. From 1993 – commercial director of the Miyan Udzh small business. From 1994 – director of a bank – head of the international relations and currency and financial operations division of KomiBank, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KomiBank. From April 1997 – representative of Bank Menatep in its Syktyvkar branch. From October 1997 – Deputy Chairman of the Board – director of the Syktyvkar branch, director of the the Komi regional bank UkhtaBank branch in Syktyvkar. From 1998 – Deputy Chairman of the Komi Bank of the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, deputy director of the Komi section of the Savings Bank of Russia No. 8617 Komi Bank of the Savings Bank of Russia. On 17 April 2011 he was appointed to the post of Deputy Head of the Komi Republic by decree of the Head of the Komi Republic. In 2001 he was awarded the certificate of honour of the State Council of the Komi Republic, and in 2004 the certificate of honour of the Komi Republic.

Dmitry CHERNYSHENKO
President
Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee

He is a graduate of the Moscow State Technological University and his interests include martial arts, downhill skiing and motor racing.
Mr. Chernyshenko began his career in advertising in 1989, establishing the agency that later developed into Media Arts Group. Dmitry Chernyshenko, a native of Sochi, is one of the leading Russian professionals in advertising and sports marketing. He also has extensive committee experience working with the Russian Ministry of Sports.  In November 2005, he was appointed CEO of the Sochi 2014 Bid Committee. On December 13th, 2007, Dmitry Chernyshenko was awarded with the Order of Honor for the successful victory of the Sochi 2014 Bid.

Johannes EMMELHEINZ
President of Service
Mobility Division
Siemens AG               

In 1985 Master Biomedical Engineering (FH Giessen)
In 1996 Business Administration (IWW UNI Hagen).
Professional experience at Siemens: Since 1985 – 1995 Medical Service/Service Management (CT, MR, Image Networking) Frankfurt/Kempten/München Germany. Since 1995 – 1999 Medical Solutions Global Marketing Management (X-Ray, Fluoroscopy) Erlangen/Forchheim Germany .Since 1999 – 2002 Medical Solution Global Service Management (Ultrasound) Seattle USA. Since 2002 – 2003 Medical Solution Canada Service Management (entire product portfolio) Toronto Canada. Since 2003 – 2008 I&S ITS Intelligent Traffic Systems Global Service Management München Germany. Since 2009 – present Mobility Rail Service Management Erlangen Germany

Rolf EPSTEIN
Deputy Head of Mobility Division
Siemens Russia and CIS

Born in 1952.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers in St. Petersburg in 1975 and received his PhD in Technical Sciences in 1979. Served as the Director from 1979 to 2004 of major international projects: the Berlin metro, modernising the Berlin-Hamburg line, building the Berlin-–Hamburg high-speed rail line and reconstructing Berlin’s urban rail transport. Worked as a consultant representing German railways for Polish railways in Warsaw, Lithuanian railways in Vilnius and Russian railways in Moscow from 2005 to 2008. Director of the Mobility Department in Russia and Central Asia since 2008.

Valentin GAPANOVICH
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1955.
Graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1992, and in 1998 studied at the Academy of Economics under the Government of the Russian Federation.
1989 – 1998: Head of Locomotive Depot at Novokuznetsk-Kemerovo Railways; Chief Engineer at Novokuznetsk Section of Kemerovo Railways; Deputy Engineer at Kuzbass Section of West Siberian Railways.
1998 – 1999: Deputy Head of Locomotive and Wagon Management at West Siberian Railways, Deputy Head of Railways.
2000 – 2003: Chief Engineer at October Railways.
2003 – appointed Vice-President of the Russian Railways.
In 2008 was appointed Senior Vice-President.

Richard GERMAIN
Director
Deutsche Bahn and Russian Railways Center for International Logistics and Supply Chain Mgm

Bachelor of Commerce; Major in Quantitative Methods; Concordia University, Montreal (1981). Master of Business Administration; Major in Management Science; McGill University, Montreal (1986). Ph.D. in Marketing; Minors in Logistics and Advertising; Michigan State University (1989).
1990 through 2001 - Assistant/Associate Professor of Marketing at Oklahoma State University (USA).
2001 through 2010 - Challenge for Excellence Chair in Supply Chain Management at the University of Louisville (USA).
2010 - Professor at EBS University (Germany) and Director of the Deutsche Bahn and Russian Railways Center for International Logistics and Supply Chain Management at St. Petersburg State University (Russia).

Sergey GOLDIN
Director for Regulation and Standardisation
Alstom Transport

Since 1974 untill 1979 he studied in Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT). Railway electromechanical engineer. In 1989 he finished postgraduate study at the All-Union Scientific Research Institute for Railway Transport. In 2005 – The Russian Federation President’s Russian Academy of State Service.
Legal support services for state and municipal administration. Since 1981 to 2004 he worked in All-Union (Russian) Scientific Research Institute for Railway Transport. Since 2004 to 2006 he was the head of department in Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since 2006 to 2010 he worked as director of engineering in Bombardier Transportation Russia. Since 2010 to now he is a director of regulatory control and certification, Alstom.

Bernard GONNET
Managing Director Russia and CIS
Alstom Russia

Bernard Gonnet is an accountancy graduate from the University of Lyon, and began his career in 1973 with Berliet. After a number of posts, including with Renault VI in their accounting and financial auditing departments (1982) and their product cost monitoring department (1985), he became Director of financial auditing for Renault VI in 1992. He was then appointed Director of Renault VI’s and Mack Truck’s medium duty range (1995), and then Director of spare parts in 2000. He was appointed Director of after-sales and services in January 2001, then product and strategy Director for Renault VI in April 2002, and became a member of the executive committee.
Bernard Gonnet joined Alstom Transport in summer 2005 as Director of the Impact project. In 2006, he was appointed Product and Strategy Director. Between March and August 2010, he served as Vice President of Strategy Operations.
On 1 September 2010, Bernard Gonnet was appointed Managing Director Russia and CIS (Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, etc.).

Hans-Jörg GRUNDMANN
CEO "Mobility" Division
Vice-President
Siemens AG

Born in 1955.
After having graduated from highschool, Grundmann went on to study physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and earned his PhD in natural sciences at the German Academy of Sciences. Dr. Grundmann started his career in 1981 as scientist at the Institute for Cosmos Research. Ten years later, he switched to AEG Postautomation GmbH in Constance where he worked as project manager in the field of optical character recognition. In 1995, he became head of development in the reading and coding systems sector. When these business activities were taken over by Siemens AG, Dr Grundmann was appointed head of the Reading and Coding Division in the Production and Logistics Systems Group in 1997. 2001 through 2004, acted as spokesperson for the board of Siemens Dematic AG, postal automation sector. Then, as head of the Postal Automation Group within Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems, he was elected to the board in 2004. From 2005 up to his nomination as CEO of the Mobility Division in January 2008, Dr. Grundmann served as Vice President of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S). In 2008, Dr. Grundman was elected Chairman of UNIFE (the European Rail Industry) and will serve a three-year term. He succeeds André Navarri (Bombardier Transportation) as UNIFE Chairman. In 2008, Dr Hans-Jörg Grundmann has been Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG.

Innokenty IVANOV
Partner, Head of Infrastructure and Transport in Russia
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

A graduate of Moscow State Law Academy, Dr. Ivanov received his Ph.D. in Law from the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences. He also received his master’ in law from the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
Dr. Ivanov has been working at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer since 1994, having spent 1996 and 1997 in the firm’s Frankfurt office. He is currently a partner of the Moscow branch, where he heads the firm’s Russian practice for infrastructure and transport. He specialises in corporate law and project financing. He is vastly experienced in consulting Russian and foreign clients on mergers and acquisitions, founding joint companies, the securities market and corporate management, including public servant responsibility. He has for a few years now been in charge of customer service for the state sector and provides consultations on various different corporate issues regarding contracts with foreign business partners, stock market transactions, attracting financing and infrastructure projects. As a leader of the firm’s infrastructure practice in Russia, Dr. Ivanov has participated in structuring and implementing many significant projects, including ones based on public private partnership in transportation infrastructure, energy, utilities and other spheres. He is active in developing respective federal and regional regulatory framework, and is a member of the Expert Council on Public Private Partnership Legislation for the State Dume Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship. Among other things, Dr. Ivanov has worked on drafting the bill on “St. Petersburg Participating in Public Private Partnerships,” which currently serves as the legislative framework for a number of projects in St. Petersburg.

Vladimir KOLESNIKOV
President
Rostov State University of Railway Engineering
Was born in 1941.
In 1966 he graduated from the physical-mathematical department of Rostov State University. In 1966 - 1969 he was engineer of scientific-research institute of automation of industrial enterprises. Since 1970 he worked at Rostov State Transport University. He completed the path from assistant of the department of physics up to rector of the university. In 1975 he defended the PhD thesis. In 1987 he became the Doctor of technical sciences. In 1989 he was elected as people’s Deputy of Soviet Union – the Chairman of the subcommittee “The Railway Transport” of the Supreme Soviet of USSR. Since 1991 was corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he graduated from the Academy of national economy of the Government of Russian Federation. From 1998 till 2008 he was the Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Rostov Region. He was the Chairman of the credentials committee, the Chairman of the subcommittee for relations with political parties and social associations, interregional and international parliamentary commonwealth. Since 2003 he is academician of Russian Academy of Sciences (the division of power engineering, mechanic engineering, mechanics and control processes, category “Engineering, transport”). He is Honored scientist of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Supreme Accreditation Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia (transport section), “The Honored engineering worker”, “The Honored railwayman”. Сreated the scientific school of tribology at Rostov State Transport University, which has successful relations with other Russian and international research centers.

Alexander KORCHAGIN
Director
Centre of Innovative Development - RZD subsidery

Born in 1949.
After graduating with distinction from the mechanical faculty of MIIT in 1971, specialising in locomotive building, he worked as an expert, then senior expert, head of group, then deputy head of the transport department at the Russian Scientific Research Institute for State Patent Examination (VNIIGPE) of the USSR State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries (Goskomizobreteniy). In 1977–1979 he served in the railway armed forces engaged in building the eastern sector of the Baikal – Amur Railway. In 1979 – 1985 he was assistant to the First Deputy Chairman of Goskomizobreteniy, then deputy head of the Goskomizobreteniy department for examining inventions. In 1985 – 1996 he was first deputy director, then director, of VNIIGPE. From 1996 to 2004 he was general director of the Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks, and from 2004 to 2009 he was deputy head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks. In June 2009 he became head of the Centre for Innovative Development, a subsidiary of RZD. He is a Candidate of Economic Sciences, a graduate of the Central Institute for Advanced Studies by Leading Workers and Economic Specialists in Patent Work and of the USSR Academy of National Economy under the USSR Council of Ministers, and is the author of more than 170 published scientific works on issues concerning the theory and practice of the legal protection, defence and commercialisation of the results of intellectual activity. He is an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and is a Distinguished Engineer of Russia. He has government awards and has been awarded the Gold Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Geneva, Switzerland).

Elena KUNAEVA
General Director
Company Servicing Center Russian Railways

Born in 1954.
Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineering in 1976. She started her professional career at railway transport in 1978 as an economist in “Transorgmashuchet” Trust of the Ministry of Railways. Afterwards she held positions of Head of department of Data-processing Center of the Trust, Assistant Head of Main Data-processing Center of the Ministry of Railways of Russia. Since 1996 she has been working at the Transport Service Centre as Deputy General Director, Development Director. Currently she holds the position of General Director of the Transport Service Centre - structural division of Russian Railways.

Vladimir KUTERGIN
Director
NPC Springs
ROSNANO

Was born in 1950.
Graduated from the Izhevsk State Technical University (Izhevsk Mechanical Institute), specialising in ‘Range Installations’. He holds a Candidate of Sciences (Technical Sciences); he is a Professor, a full member of the International Informatization Academy, a full member of the Academy of Military Science, and Honoured Science Worker of the Republic of Udmurtia, a laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Udmurtia for science and technology, and author of numerous books and articles.He is General Director of the design company RUSNANO –Springs NPC, First Deputy General Director and Director for Corporate Governance at Izhmash.

Boris LAPIDUS
General Director
Railway Transport Research Institute VNIIZhT
Chairman
International Railway Research Board
International Union of Railways

Born in 1947.
Graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Railway Engineering Institute.
Worked as Deputy Administrator and Administrator at the Planning and Economic Department for Privolzhskaya Railways from 1981 to 1988.
From 1988 to 1994 Mr Lapidus worked as Head Economist and Deputy Administrator at Privolzhskaya Railways.
From 1994 to 2003 he was Managing Director of Economics and Development for the Traffic Ministry, Administrator of its Economics Department and a member of the Ministry´s body.
Mr Lapidus was Vice-President in 2003 and has been Senior Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways since 2005. He is a merited economist of Russia.
In 2010 he was appointed Chairman of JSC Russian Railway´s Joint Academic Council, as well as President and CEO of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Railway Transport.

Boris LEVIN
President
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Graduated from the Moscow electrotechnical school in 1968 and from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers, where majored in automatics and telematics, in 1973, Boris defended two successive research theses in 1979 and 1990, thus becoming a PhD in management. Professor since 1992. In 1991, he was appointed Provost of the All-Russian Railway Manager Excellence School, transformed into the Russian Railway Academy pursuant to the Russian President’s decree in 1995. In 1997 he was elected Provost of the Moscow State Railway University. Mr. Lyovin is the Vice President of the Russian Community of Railway Engineers, the chairman of the dissertation council, the President of the Association of Railway Universities, the chairman of the training and methodical commission for railway transport reformation, a deputy chairman of the research and technical council of the Railway Ministry, a member of the Supreme Certification Commission of Russia and an acting member of a number of Russian and foreign academies. His decorations include the Order of Honor and the Order of Merit of the 2nd category, as well as the Honorable Railway Worker sign and some other Soviet, Russian and foreign medals.

Andrey LOKSHIN
Director of Central Sales Directorate
ZHASO

Graduated from Russian State University of Aviation Technology (MATI) in the field of applied mathematics and financial management, and the Joint Vienna Institute in the field of financial management.
Andrey Lokshin has a work experience in the industrial and financial sectors of  more than 17 years, of which over than 10 years - in insurance. Worked in the Ministry of Economics of Russia, large industrial enterprises and financial institutions in Russia.
Member of the Board of Directors of CSC «UZHURALZHASO» and JSC PSA «ZHASO».

Jean-Pierre LOUBINOUX
General Director
International Union of Railways

Graduated from Ecole Centrale of Paris, was at the Economic Expansion Observatory in Hong-Kong (1977-1978) before joining the French railway company SNCF in 1978. He held in the SNCF various responsibilities: Train Operations Executive, Marketing Manager, SNCF Freight Executive branch (1980-1982, Director of SNCF Sales branch for North America (1982-1986), Director of On-board SNCF long-distance services (1986-1988), Chief executive French Railways Ltd UK (1988-1995), Director of Coal-Steel Business Unit, SNCF Freight (1995-1999), Director HR, Data Processing and Finance, SNCF Freight (1999-2000), Chief Executive SNCF Freight International (2001) and from 2001 Chairman and CEO of SNCF International and Director of International Development at SNCF. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux was appointed Director General of the International Union of Railways on 31 March 2009.
In addition, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux is holding responsibilities in a large number of associations or institutions: President of AFFI (the French association of railway engineers and managers), Vice President of Ecole Centrale association, Advisor for the French Foreign trade and President of the Transport Committee, President of Medef International France-Argentina committee.

Arnout  LUGTMEIJER
Chairman of the Board
Vopak E.O.S.

He started his career in a maritime infrastructure construction and services company working in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Nigeria.
Since 1995, he has been shaping the Estonian oil products terminal landscape; more specifically the fuel oil transshipment facilities
Mr. Lugtmeijer has successfully completed a Master´s degree in Mining and Petroleum engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. With the technical background, valuable knowledge of international businesses and strong managerial skills Mr. Lugtmeijer leads Vopak E.O.S. towards further development and achievements.

Ugis MAGONIS
President
Latvian Railway

Born in 1965.
In 1989 graduated from Leningrad Higher Marine College named after admiral S.O. Makarov, engineer – navigator.
1989 – 1992: Latvian Shipping Company, navigator, 3rd mate of the captain. Has a huge business experience in organization of port terminals and infrastructure work (Latvian Shipping Company, Riga Commercial Port, Latvian Railway).
1992 – 1993: Head of Ship Agents Division Lsa Hanza. Ltd.
1993 – 2000: Director of Hanza Maritime Agency, Ltd.
February through August 1999 - Member of Supervisory Board of Latvian Privatization Agency .
1999 – 2000: State Authorized Representative and Member of Supervisory Board of  Riga Commercial Port .
1999 – 2002: Member of Supervisory Board  of  Latvian Shipping Company.
2000 – 2001: Director of Riveko.
2003 – 2005: Chairman of Supervisory Board of Latvian Railway.
2004 – 2005: Adviser to the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia and also Vice-Chairman of Supervisory Board Latvijas Mobilais Telefons.
2005 – 2007: Prime Minister’s Supernumerary Adviser for Railway Transport.
2005 – Founder of  Latvian Association of  Freight Forwarders. Vice-president of National association of shipbrokers and agents of  Latvia.
2005 – Chairman of the Board, Latvian Railway.
Since November 2010 – President, Latvian Railway.

Sergey MALTSEV
Chief Executive Officer
Globaltrans Group
Chairman
Non-Profit Partnership «Association of Railway Services Providers»

He got a Degree in Railway Engineering in 1983. After graduation Mr. Maltsev served in the USSR Army (Military Railway Service). In 1992 he resigned with the rank of a major. Then from 1993 till 1997 Mr. Maltsev worked for Petra CJSC as Head of Transportation Department and from 1997 till 1999 he held the same position at PromSnab LLC. From 1999 till 2007 he worked as Advisor to the Director-General of MMK-Trans LLC. In 2006 by the order of the RF Ministry of Transport Mr. Maltsev was awarded a decoration “Honorary Railwayman” for his great contribution into the development of railway transport. Since 2007 Mr. Maltsev has also held the position of Advisor to the Director-General of the New Forwarding Company.Since March 2008 Mr. Maltsev has been Executive Member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Globaltrans Group. In July 2009 Mr. Maltsev was elected Chairman of the Non-Profit Partnership “Association of Railway Services Providers” formed by independent forwarding companies operating in the Russian railroad market.

Askar MAMIN
President
Kazakhstan Railways

Graduated from Tselinograd Engineering and Construction Institute, Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics in Engineering and Economics. Started his career in the position of Steel Erector for Tselintyazhstroy. Has worked as Deputy Director General at the Union of Innovation Enterprises of Kazakhstan. 1996 through 2008 – First Deputy to Head of Astana Administration, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of Astana Administration.

Philippe MELLIER
President
Alstom Transport

Born in 1955.
Graduated as Mechanical Engineer from the ENSTA in Paris in 1979. The following year, he gained an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France).
In 1980, he started his career at Ford Motor Company as Sales Planning & Analysis supervisor. During 19 years, he occupied various managing positions for Ford in France, Portugal, New Zealand and Mexico. He finished his career at Ford as Vice-President, Marketing, Sales & Service, Europe.
In 1999, he joined Renault as Senior Vice-President, Market Area Europe. In 2001, he moved to the Volvo AB Company to become CEO of Renault Trucks. In addition to this role, he became member of the Volvo Group Executive Committee.
In 2003, he became President of Alstom Transport and member of the Alstom Executive Committee. In 2004, in addition to this role, he is appointed Alstom Executive Vice President. He created an integrated Design and Styling Department, which helped to assert the identity of the Alstom brand.

Vadim MIKHAILOV
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1969.
In 1992 graduated from the State Financial academy.
From 1992 to 2003 he worked at auditing firm Arthur Andersen starting as an economist before becoming director of the firm s bank audit department.
From 2003 to 2009 he served as Director, then Managing Director of Ernst & Young Business Consulting Ltd.
Since 2009 - Senior Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways.

Dietrich MUELLER
President of Siemens Russia and Central Asia,
Vice-president
Siemens AG

Graduated from Kiev Polytechnic institute, a degree in electrical engineer.  Afterwards has defended a dissertation and took a degree of doctor of science in Technical University in Dresden. Works in Siemens AG since 1991. Has managed “Locomotives” in “Transport equipment” Department.  Assisted in realization of a number of key national and international Siemens projects in the sphere of railway traffic. Since April, 2006, appointed a President of Siemens in Russia and Vice-president of Siemens AG.

Denis MURATOV
General Director
Skorostnye Magistrali (High-Speed Railways)

Born in 1970.
1992 – Graduated from Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) with a Master of Architecture.
2004 – Led creation of Idea Industrial Park in Tatarstan, worked as an Economic Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan.
2006-2009 – Vice President for Science and Innovations at AFK Sistema, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sitronics and Intellect Telecom.
From 2009 – Independent Director, Member of the Board of Directors at TransTeleCom Company.
From 2009 – General Director of Speed Lines, which is preparing the Railway Cycle Contracts project for the Moscow-St Petersburg High-Speed Rail Line.
From 2010 – Chairman of the Board of Directors at NIIAS.

Andrey NEDOSEKOV
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

Born in 1960.
He graduated from the plant - institute of higher technical education Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute, has higher education.
He started his working career in 1979 at Krasnoyarsk machine building plant. From 1984 he held leading positions at various enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk region. From 2000 until 2006 he was Deputy Director General for Economic Security, Director General of JSC Bamtunnelstroy. In 2006-2007 Mr. Nedosekov held position of Director General of JSC Roszheldorstroy. In 2007 he was Deputy Director of Department for Economic and Investment of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Director of Department for Development Programs of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since 2008 Mr. Nedosekov is Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Alexander NESIS
President
IST Group of Companies

Born in 1962.
In 1985 graduated from the physics and chemistry department of the Leningrad Technical Institute. Since 1985 worked in successive positions of a skilled workman and a deputy shop superintendent at the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant.
In 1990 left for metals business.
One of the founders of the IST Group and JSC “Polymetal”, Russia largest silver producer.

Nikolay NIKIFOROV
Chairman
Russian Trade Union of Railway Employees and Transport Builders

Born in 1952.
Graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1974 as an engineer for railways operations.
1974 through 1975 - centralization post master, Artyshta-II deputy station master at the West-Siberian Railway. 1975 through 1977 - Pojektnaya station master, West-Siberian Railway. 1977 through 1978 - Leninsk-Kuznetskiy-I Zapadno station master, Siberian Railway. 1978 through 1981 - Cherkasov Kamen station master, Kemerovo Railway. 1981 through 1985 – Instructor of the transport and communications department of the Kemerovo regional committee of the CPSU. 1985 through 1997 - chairman at the Kemerovo Railway DORPROFSOZH (trade union of a railway division). 1997 through 2004 - chairman at the West-Siberian Railway DORPROFSOZH. Since 2004 - chairman of the Russian Union of Railwaymen and Transport Builders. Nikolai Nikiforov has been awarded with the governmental awards: “Over merit” II degree; medal of award “100 years anniversary of the Transsiberian mainline”; medal of award “For particular contribution to the development of Kuzbass” III degree; medal of award “60 years’ anniversary of the Kemerovo oblast”; medal of award “For 20 years faultless service at railways”; order after St. Prince Alexander Nevsky I degree and other.

Dmitry NIKITIN
General Director
EUROSIB

Born in 1971.
In 1993 graduated from St.Petersburg Railway University, Masters Degree in Traffic Logistics and Transport Management.
With EUROSIB since 1997. Career: Export Sales Manager, Head of New Business Department, Deputy Marketing Director, Deputy General Director, General Director EUROSIB SPB, General Director Group EUROSIB.

Carlos Palacio ORIOL
President
Talgo

Born in 1952.
Since 1969 – 1974 he studied in University of Madrid, then College of Europe: Bruges (Belgium) and received Certificate of High European Studies in 1975.
Since 1975 – 1977 he was assistant Professor of European Law, College of Europe
(Bruges, Belgium).
Since 1977 – 1981 he worked as a lawyer. Company Law specialist.
Since 1981 – 1990 he was a member of Legal Service and of Competition Directorate; General Commission EEC, Brussels.
Since 1990 – 1993- lawyer. London and Madrid.
Since 1993 – 1998 - private Business.
Since 1998 – 2002 he was member of the Board, vice-president of Patentes Talgo.
Since 2002 he is a Chairman of Patentes Talgo.

Tatyana PARAMONOVA
General Director
ZHASO

Graduated from the Moscow Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Ph.D. in Economics, an Honorary Doctor of Science of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Work experience in the field of finance is more than 37 years, of which 32 she worked at the USSR State Bank, Central Bank of Russia, as well as in commercial banks. In the State banking system she held the positions from the USSR State Bank branch economist to the Acting Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia. Chairman of the Board of  Directors of JSC «TransCreditBank», a member of the Board of Directors of  JSC «Russian Agricultural Bank» and of Insurance Company «ZHASO». Tatyana Paramonova is awarded by the Order of Honour. An author of more then 120 scientific articles. Honored Economist of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry PUMPYANSKY
Chairman of the Management Board
SINARA Group

Born in 1964.
From 1991 to 1998 he held management posts in major steel industry enterprises: the Verkh-Isetsk Steel Works and the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant. In 1999 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sinara Tube Works (SinTZ). From 2002 to 2005 he was Chief Executive Officer of the Tube Steel Company (TMK). Since 2005 he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of TMK and of the Sinara Group.
He is a member of the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); head of the RSPP’s Committee on Technical Regulation, Standardisation and Conformity Assessment; President of the regional employers’ association the Sverdlovsk Region Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; a member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; a member of the Supervisory Council of the Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin, the first President of Russia; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Ski-Jumping and Biathlon Federation.
He has been awarded the title of “Honoured Metallurgist of the Russian Federation”, the “For Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Class” medal and the Order of Honour (2010). He is a winner of the Russian Federation Government’s prize in the field of science and technology.
He is a Doctor of Economic Sciences and Candidate of Technical Sciences and is the author of more than 70 scientific works.

Karl-Friedrich RAUSCH
Member of the Board
DB Mobility Logistics AG

Karl-Friedrich Rausch serves as a Member of the Board of Management for the Transportation and Logistics division of DB Mobility Logistics AG. Dr. Rausch served as a Member of Management Board at Deutsche Bahn AG since 2001 and as its Head of Passenger Transport. Dr. Rausch served at Deutsche Lufthansa AG from 1985 ­ to 2000 as Chairman of the Divisional Board of Management at Lufthansa Passage Airline. Dr. Rausch served for the Technology area at Deutsche Bahn AG until 2003. He serves as a Member of Economic Advisory Board of Fraport AG. Dr. Rausch holds a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering.

Valery RESHETNIKOV
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1952.
He graduated from Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute as a systems engineer in 1975.
He began his career in 1975 as an engineer in the Faculty of Automation and Telecontrol at the Leningrad. Electro-Technical Institute. He then worked as a senior engineer at the R& D institute Prisma at the Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked in the trade representation of the Soviet Union in Norway. Reshetnikov has considerable experience in management positions at various companies and banks in St. Petersburg. In 2002, he was appointed head of the Department of Economic Security at the Ministry of Transport and Communications and in October 2003 head of the Safety and Security Department at Russian Railways. Since 2005 he has been an advisor to the president of Russian Railways. In March 2007, he was appointed Vice-President for Corporate Governance and a member of the Board.

Alexander RETYUNIN
Editor-in-Chief
Newspaper Gudok, RZD-Partner Magazine

Member of St-Petersburg Union of Journalists, honorary academician of International Academy of Transport. Awarded as “Honored railman”, named medal “For civil position in the RF transport sector covering in mass media”.

Jamie ROBERTSON
Presenter of the World Business Report
BBC World News

Jamie Robertson is a highly experienced presenter of business programmes for the BBC, specialising in international finance, business and economics. As a lead presenter on the BBC World’s prestigious World Business Report he has covered subjects ranging from the dot.com boom to the collapse of Enron and the rise of the Chinese and Indian economies, interviewing the movers and shakers in global finance.
He has interviewed extensively on macro and micro-economic subjects, handling live discussions with CEOs, CFOs, economists, analysts, lobbyists and politicians. The format of the World Business Report programmes demands split second timing and complex co-ordination of live interviews from around the world in rapid succession.
Away from the BBC he has written a weekly column for MoneyWeek, the international finance journal, on the BBC’s Global 30 Index which charts the shares of the world’s 30 largest companies, conducted media training for a range of companies (Standard Chartered, Accenture, Pfizer to name a few) and recently hosted a two hour London conference for 3i’s European managers, including live up-links with executives in Mumbai and Hong Kong.
He was educated at Eton and Oxford and holds a BA hons in English Language and Literature.

Yury SAAKYAN
General Director
Research Institute of Natural Monopolies

Graduated from the Moscow State University, department of mechanic and mathematics.
Moscow State University
Until 1991 he was engaged in scientific work.
Since 1991 held executive posts in different commercial companies.
Since May, 1, 2005 up to the present he’s been Chief Executive Officer of Research Institute of Natural Monopolies.

Albert SAGIRYAN
CEO
Goldman Sachs

Heads the financial group in the investment banking department in Moscow. He began working for Goldman Sachs as executive director in May 2010. Before that, Albert was executive director and head of the department for work with corporate clients in the debt capital and derivatives market in the JPMorgan Chase & Co bank in Russia, where he worked for six years from 2004.
Albert has a diploma in finance and book-keeping from the Virginia University of Lynchburg, USA.

Vladimir SALAMATOV
Deputy Minister of
Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Salamatov graduated from Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University in 1980. He graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 1998.
In 2004 - 2006 Vladimir Salamatov held the post of Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Control and Audit of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia. Since January 2006 hold the post of the Head of Department for Investment and Innovative Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia
In July 2007 he was appointed Head of Department of State Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia. In June 2008 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

Sergey SALIKOV
General Director
ANCOR

Was born in 1964.
In 1992 he graduated from the Far Eastern State Maritime Academy as engineer-navigator.
In 1985 – 1994 he interned and worked for various commercial fleet vessels.
In 1994 Sergei became ANCOR’s regional representative in the Far East. In 1995 he was appointed the director of ANCOR’s subsidiary company in Vladivostok. In 1998 he bought ANCOR’s Vladivostok subdivision and signed a franchise agreement with the head company. In 1999 and 2000 he was engaged in forming ANCOR’s Eastern division. During these years Salikov opened subsidiary companies in Irkutsk and Khabarovsk. In 2004 he took these three offices and joined the newly-created holding. In 2004-2007 Sergei worked in the holding’s Managing company as the Director of Regional Development. In 2007 he became Vice-president for Business Development. On September 15, 2008 he was appointed the General Manager by the Board of Directors.

Alexander SALTAYEV
General Director
Urals Locomotives

Born in 1951.
In 1970, graduated from the Nizhny Tagil Mining and Metallurgical Technical College. In 1982, graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Education Polytechnic Institute.In 1997, graduated from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics, specialising in “Finance and Credit”. In 1969, he began his career as a district surveyor at the Kachkanar Ore Mining and Processing Enterprise.
From 1978 to 1998, he held various executive positions in non-governmental organizations, municipal authorities and large-scale enterprises in the Sverdlovsk Region.From 1998 to 2000, he was First Deputy Minister for Industry and Science, head of the Industrial Complex Department of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region. From 2003, he was Director for Finance, Economics and HR at FGUP (Federal State Unitary Enterprise) Uralskij zavod transportnogo mashinostroeniya.
From 2007, he was General Director at Ural Rail Machine Building. From July 2008, he was First Deputy General Director at Holding Sinara – Transport Machines. In November 2008, he was appointed General Director at Ural Diesel Engine Plant (UDMZ is part of ZAO (Closed Joint Stock Company) Sinara Group). From February 2009, he was General Director at Sinara – Transport Machines. Since July 2010, he has been General Director at Urals Locomotives.

Alexander SAPRONOV
General Director
Independent Transport Company

Graduated from The All-Union Law Correspondence Institute in 1980 and from The Russian Academy of Management in 1992. In 2007 he gained MBA in the State University - Higher School of Economics.
1994-1995 – Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on the Antimonopoly Policy and New Economic Structures Support. 1995-2001 – President of the Russian World Company. 2001-2005 – Vice President, First Vice President of the Yukos RM. From 2005 until 2007 he held position of the Vice President of the NK Rosneft. Нe also held position of the Deputy Director General for Strategy and Corporate Development of the Freight One. He was appointed General Director of the Independent Transport Company in February, 2009.

Dmitriy SHAHANOV
Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1961.
During the period since 2006 till April 2009 was the director of “Roszheldorsnab” - branch of “Russian railways”.

Sergey SHISHKAREV
Chairman of the Transport Committee
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Born in 1968.
In 1992 graduated from Military Institute of the Order of the Red Banner .
In 2003 graduated from Russian Academy of public administration under the President of the Russian Federation.
Candidate of legal sciences.

Valery SELEZNEV
Member
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Born in 1964.
He began his working life after completing secondary school. He received higher education while simultaneously working as an acoustic test operator in the diesel fitting shop of a military unit. In 1986 he graduated from the Far Eastern Institute of Soviet Trade, specialising in the economics of trade. In 2007 he became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation, having been elected as part of the federal list of candidates nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) for the Maritime Region, and was a member of the LDPR faction. When the State Duma of the fifth convocation started working he joined the Committee on Property and led some areas of law-making connected with action against corporate raiders and bankruptcy. In April 2009 he became a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
He is a member of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee from the State Duma, of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Commission on Social Issues, Healthcare and Family Affairs, of the Commission on Migration, Refugees and Population, and of the Board of Trustees of the African Alliance non-commercial partnership. Supporting the initiative of Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, to prepare an international convention on the rights of disabled people for ratification, in April 2009 created the State Duma Inter –factional Deputies’ Association on Disabled People’s Affairs. As co-chairman of the association he focuses the efforts of deputies from various factions on addressing disabled people’s issues in our country as rapidly as possible and on implementing the state’s strategic ‘Accessible Environment’ programme. He created and heads the Accessible Environment and Universal Design Foundation to assist implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Vladimir SHNEYDMULLER
Technical Director
Transmashholding

Born in 1948
Graduated from Omsk Institute of Railway Engineers (now Omsk State Transport University) as a specialist in electrification of railway transport.
1966: Driver’s Assistant in Pavlodar Railways department (Kazakhstan);
1977: Chief of Pavlodar Railways Department;
1977 - 2001: Chief Engineer and First Deputy Staff General Director of Kazakhstan Railways;
2002: First Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications in Kazakhstan;
2003: Industry, Trade and Small-Scale Business Support Department Director in Pavlodar Region, Deputy General Director for Transport Logistics for National Company KazMunaiGas;
2003 - 2005: DALA GROUP General Director Advisor;
Oct. 2005 - now: Transmashholding Technical Director.

Oleg SIENKO
CEO
Scientific Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod

Born in 1966.
Higher Education, graduated from the Inter-Regional Institute of Management degree in economics. Russian State Oil and Gas, IM Gubkin´s degree in economics and management at the enterprise. 
 He started his career in 1988 in Irkutsk instructor association "Youth Initiative Irkutsk" Irkutsk city committee of the Komsomol. In the period from 1988 to April 2009 he held executive positions in major oil and gas companies, including the head of the main export arm of Gazprom, Gazprom Export. In April 2009 he was appointed Director General of JSC Scientific Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod. Awarded the Medal of  the Order of Merits to the Fatherland  (II degree).

Sergey SINYAGIN
Deputy General Director
Telecom Express

Graduated the Moscow Medical Academy. The second degree is a professional manager. Worked as a manager in the company VimpelCom, Telecom Expert, MTS, “Air Union”, where he headed the departments of client servicing, which include large call-centers. Has extensive experience in the construction and establishment of large-scale call-centers. From March 2008 to August 2009 served as chief operating officer of the company “Sequoya Credit Consolidation”. Currently Deputy Director, Director of Business Unit “Development of contact center” Telecom Express 

Julian SMITH
Partner, M&A and Infrastructure Leader
PwC

Julian is head of the transport sector corporate finance team in London, specialising in advising the public sector on port and rail infrastructure deals, especially concessions.  He is also global head of transport infrastructure finance. He is also currently engaged to raise finance for two new logistics terminals in Slovakia – a major and growing centre for car manufacturing.

Tamara STEBUNOVA
Deputy Head of Department for Transport
Regulation Federal Tariffs Service

Born in 1956.
Studied at the Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
Between 1979 and 1993, she was a trainee researcher, an engineer, a junior researcher, and a researcher at the Ministry of Railways’ All-Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZHD). Between 1993 and 1997, she was chief economist, deputy head of department, and head of the currency and tariffs committee department of the Russian Ministry of Railways, in Moscow. From 1997 to 2004, she was head of the department of freight tariffs on export, import and transit freight at the Russian Ministry of Railways’ Centre for Corporate Transport Services, in Moscow. From 2004 to 2010, she was deputy head of the Railway Regulation Directorate at the Russian Federal Tariff Service. Since 2010, she has been deputy head of the Federal Tariff Service.
She holds the title of Distinguished Economist of the Russian Federation.

Gennady TALASHKIN
First Deputy Director General, Member of the Board
RZDStroy

Born in 1966.
Graduated in 1993 from Obraztsov Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
In 2006, he graduated from the Federal State Educational Establishment for Higher Professional Education, the North-Western Academy of State Service.
From 1987 to 1991, he was a track serviceman on the Leningrad – Moscow test section of the October railway.
From 1991 to 1997, he was a bridge foreman on the Leningrad – Moscow test section of the October railway.
In 1997, he was a bridge foreman for maintenance, track repairs and engineering structures on the St Petersburg Finnish section of the October railway.
From 1997 to 1999, he was chief engineer on the St Petersburg Finnish section of the October railway.
From 1999 to 2000, he was chief engineer of the St Petersburg Passenger Services Directorate on TRANSKOM Group’s suburban routes of the October railway.
From 2000 to 2001, he was Deputy Head of the engineering structures division on the Leningrad – Moscow test section of the October railway.
From 2001 to 2004, he was Deputy General Director of transport construction for EUROSTROY.
From 2004 to 2005, he was General Director of EURODORSTROY.
In 2005, he was First Deputy Director of Construction and Assembly Trust No. 15, a subsidiary of RZD.
From 2005 to 2006, he was Director of Construction and Assembly Trust No. 15, a subsidiary of RZD.
From 2006 to 2007, he was Deputy Head of the production division, the “Integrated Railway Reconstruction Division”.
From 2007 to 2008, he was chief engineer of RZDStroy.
In 2008, he was Deputy General Director of ROZZHELDORSTROY.
From 2008 to 2009, he was Deputy General Director and then Director of Construction and Assembly Trust No. 1, a subsidiary of RZDStroy.
From 2009 to 2010, he was First Deputy General Director, then acting General Director, of RZDStroy.
He is currently First Deputy General Director, Member of the Board of RZDStroy.

Oleg TONI
Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1964.
Graduated from the Voronezh Engineering and Construction Institute.
He began his career in 1986 as a Master at the Construction and Assembly Board of Construction in Voronezh and then worked as a foreman, section head and head of the production department in the Construction Board of the Leningrad Production, Construction and Assembly Association, as Technical Director of Construction Board Nr. 228, Managing Director of the Baltic Construction Company Nr. 4 in St. Petersburg and Managing Director of the Baltic Construction Company in Moscow. In March 2004, Toni was appointed first deputy head and in September 2004 head of the Department of Capital Construction at Russian Railways. He has been a Member of the Board of Russian Railways since August 2005. In April 2006 he was appointed Vice-President at Russian Railways. Tone received State awards for service.

Etienne TRICAUD
General Director and Chief Architect
AREP

A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique,
Ingénieur en chef des Ponts & Chaussées (Public Works Chief Engineer)
Architect DPLG
Etienne Tricaud started out as a structural engineer in 1985 in the design office of Ove Arup & Partners in London and RFR in Paris. He contributed, among other things, to the study of numerous glass and steel structures, including the glass roofs covering courtyards in the Louvre. For some years he also taught structural design to future architects at the Paris la Seine School of Architecture.
He founded AREP with Jean-Marie Duthilleul AREP in 1997, and became its Chief Executive Officer. A portfolio of international projects have helped Etienne Tricaud to further refine his design approach in new environments, notably thanks to partnerships with other designers. In return, he can use this experience to enrich the agency by nurturing it with the range of issues encountered.

Evgeny TRUSOV
Deputy Head of Infrastructure Financing Department
VTB Capital

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and obtained MBA degree from Chicago University Graduate School of Business.
Has over 15 years of business and financial advisory experience, having worked prior to VTB Capital as a partner at Ernst & Young in charge of the corporate finance advisory in CIS.
His project and infrastructure finance advisory experience includes most of Russian concession and PPP projects. Evgeny provided advice on financial and commercial structuring of the Russian toll road and airport concessions (Moscow-St. Petersburg and CKAD, Pulkovo), advice on the acquisition of a stake in a regional Russian airport, worked with a consortium bidding for a Yanino waste plant concession in St. Petersburg, provided advice to Russian Railways on financial structuring of the HSR link between Moscow and St. Petersburg, and advised the sponsors on the financing of a CCGT power plant.

Valery VEREMEEV
Head of Department of Economic Conditions and Strategic Development
Russian Railways

Born in 1976.
In 1998 graduated from the Moscow State University of Rail Transport and in 2004 – the Russian Academy of Public Service.
From 2001 to 2002 - Expert of the Department of Foreign Investments in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Since 2002 has been working in the rail sector.
From 2006 to 2010 - Chief of the Department of corporate constructing and reforming of Russian Railways.
Since 2010 – Head of Department of Economic Conditions and Strategic Development Russian Railways.

Dmitry VITCHINKA
General Director
Telecom Express

Graduated the State University of Tver, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics and has the Master´s degree in Mathematics. He also took various programs in the fields of situational management, staff management and sales.
Mr. Dmitry Vitchinka is the professional top-manager of multi-functional high-tech service companies and manufacturing businesses. 
He has more than 15 year´s experience in IT- market segment. At different times till 2007 he headed several business units in MTS. Since 2007 Mr. Vitchinka is the CEO of Telecom Express.

Niko WARBANOFF
Head of International Business Development
Deutsche Bahn
Managing Director
DB International

Niko Warbanoff has been with DB AG since May 2009. The qualified industrial engineer previously spent just under 10 years at Daimler AG, where he held numerous managerial positions, including positions in the UK, France, the United States and Asia.
Niko Warbanoff has been head of the newly created “International Business Development (non-EU)“ unit at Deutsche Bahn AG since April 2010, and is also one of the Managing Directors of DB International.

Vladimir YAKUNIN
President
Russian Railways

Born in 1948.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Mechanics as a Mechanical Engineer in 1972 and began his career as a junior research scientist at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry.
After completing military service in the Soviet Army, he worked as an engineer and senior engineer at the Administration of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Foreign Trade and was also head of department at the A. F. Yoffe Physics and Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.  From 1985 through 1991 he was Second and then First Secretary of the USSR’s Permanent Representative Office at the United Nations. He was then Chairman of the Board at the International Centre for Business Cooperation before becoming head of the North-Western Federal District Inspectorate of the Senior Control Department of the President of the Russian Federation. Since October 2000 - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since February 2002 - First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation.
Since October 2003, the Board of Russian Railways unanimously appointed Yakunin First Vice-President of the Company. Vladimir Yakunin was appointed president of Russian Railways by the Government of the Russian Federation in June 2005.

Erkin ZHUSANBAYEV
Executive Director of Corporate Development
Kazakhstan Railways

Born in 1970.
Graduate of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow state university, specialization “mechanics, applied mathematics”.
He started his career as an engineer of the general mechanics laboratory of the Institute of mechanics and mechanical engineering of Science academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 1998 to 2002 worked as chief specialist of the analytical centre, head of department of marketing and analysis, head of department of restructuring and internal consultation, head of analytical centre of RSE “Kazakhstan temir zholy”. From 2002 to 2007 - director on projects of BAS program of the European bank of reconstruction and development, director of department for regulation and control in the sphere of railway transportation of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on regulation of natural monopolies, adviser on tariff policy of President of Kazakhstan Railways. Since 2008 he works in Kazakhstan Railways as managing director on corporate development.