The 14th VTB Investment Forum "RUSSIA CALLING!"

President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank

Born in 1956

Graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in political economy, PhD in Economics

1979 held positions at the USSR Consulate General in Australia and then at the USSR Embassy in Great Britain

1993 Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department at Imperial Bank

1995 First Deputy Chairman of a reserve bank

1996 Chairman at Vnesheconombank

Since 2002 - President and Chairman at VTB Bank

Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Anton Siluanov was born in Moscow in 12.04.1963 

1985–1987 — Worked as an economist and senior economist at the Ministry of Finance of the RSFSR;

1987–1989 — Served in the Soviet Army;

1989–1992 — Leading Economist, 1st grade Economist, Leading Economist, Deputy Director of a subdivision, Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of the RSFSR;

1992 — Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Russian Federation, Deputy Head of Department;

1992–1997 — Deputy Director of the Budget Management Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department – Director of Division, Deputy Director of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

1997–2003 — Director of the Macroeconomic Policy and Banking Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;

2003–2004 — Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

2004–2005 — Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department;

2005–2011 — Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

2011–2018 — Finance Minister of the Russian Federation;

2018–2020 — First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation;

from 21.01.2020 — Appointed Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation by Presidential Decree.

Governor of the Bank of Russia

Elvira Nabiullina was born on 29 October 1963 in Ufa.

1991–1992 — Chief Specialist in the Directorate on Economic Reform of the Standing Committee of the USSR Scientific and Industrial Union Board, Moscow.

1992–1994 — Chief Specialist, Consultant in the Economic Policy Directorate of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

1994–1994 — Advisor at the Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

1994–1995 — Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department — Head of the Division for State Regulation of Economy at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1995–1996 — Deputy Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1996–1997 — Head of the Economic Reform Department at the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation; Member of the Ministry’s Board.

1997–1998 — Deputy Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation.

1998–1999 — Deputy Chairperson of Promtorgbank’s Management Board.

1999–1999 — Executive Director of the Eurasian Ratings Service.

1999–2000 — Vice President of the Centre for Strategic Research.

2000–2003 — First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

2003–2005 — President of the Centre for Strategic Research.

2005–2007 — Head of the Expert Council of the Organising Committee for Russia’s Presidency of the G8 in 2006; Research Team Head at the Centre for Strategic Research.

From 24 September 2007 — Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

From 12 May 2008 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

May 2012 – June 2013 — Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.

From June 2013 — Governor of the Bank of Russia.

Member of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors according to Article 15 of the Federal Law ‘On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)’

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Maxim Reshetnikov was born on July 11, 1979, in Perm.

2000 — graduated from Perm State University by the major Mathematical Economist.

2002 — acquired the speciality of Translating Language Expert.

2000 - 2005 — Head of the Budget Revenue and Expenses Planning Department, Head of the Regional Finance and Investment Department, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Economy of the Perm Region Administration.

2005 - 2007 — First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Department of the Perm Region, First Deputy Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.

2007 - 2009 — Deputy Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department, Director of the Department for Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of State Governments of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation.

2009 — Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.

2009 - 2010 — Director of the Department for State Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-Government of the Government of the Russian Federation.

2010 - 2011 — First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Mayor and Government.

2012 - 2017 — Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow city.

09.2017 - 01.2020 — Governor of the Perm Territory.

Since January 21, 2020 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Awarded the Letter of Acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation and Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.

PhD in Economics.

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Maxim Oreshkin was born on July 21 1982, in Moscow.

2002–2006 – Economist, 1st class; Leading Economist; Chief Economist; Sector Head at the Balance of Payments Department at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia).

2006–2010 – Senior Manager; Director; Managing Director at Rosbank.

2010–2012 – Head of the Analytical Unit at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Russia and the CIS.

2012–2013 – Chief Economist for Russia at VTB Capital.

2013–2015 – Director of the Long-term Strategic Planning Department at the Russian Ministry of Finance.

2013 – included in the management personnel pool under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.

2015–2016 – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.

2016–2020 – Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

2017 – Since March 14 – Presidential Special Representative for Trade and Economic Cooperation with Japan.

2018 – Chairman of the Board, at the Centre for Strategic Research.

2020 – Since January 24 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.

President and Chairman of the Management Board at Norilsk Nickel

Born in 1961.

Vladimir Potanin holds a degree in International Economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Shortly after graduation, Mr. Potanin began his career at the USSR's Ministry of Foreign Trade, where he worked until 1990. That year, he became President of the Interros Foreign Trade Association. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the Vice-President, and then as President of the International Company for Finance and Investments (MFK), a banking institution. In 1993 he became President of UNEXIM Bank and Chairman of MFK's Board of Directors.

From August 14, 1996 to March 17, 1997 he served as the first deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation in charge of economic issues.

During his time in office, Mr. Potanin headed twenty or so federal, governmental, and inter-agency commissions. While working in government, Mr. Potanin was also Russia’s Governor at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

In May 1997, Mr. Potanin reprised his role as president of UNEXIM Bank. After the restructuring of the UNEXIM-MFK-Renaissance Group, he became President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interros on May 26, 1998.

Mr. Potanin has served as the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel since December 17, 2012

In June 2015, Mr. Potanin was nominated President and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Co-founder of JSС Positive Technologies

Co-founder of fund Cyberus 

Yury Maksimov was born in 1978.

A Russian entrepreneur, investor, and ethical hacker.

Member of the Board of Directors of Positive Technologies—one of the leaders of the Russian cybersecurity market, the first and only cybersecurity company in Russia to have gone public on the Moscow Exchange.

Co-investor of:
- Cyberus, a fund for results-oriented cybersecurity
- CyberOK, an open-code cybersecurity vendor
- Cyberdom, a cybersecurity hub, a phygital space in the center of Moscow

Advisor to the Minister for Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media of the Russian Federation on a voluntary basis.

Graduated from the Physics Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Completed his post-graduate studies at the Physics Department in 2004. Married with one daughter.