Kendrick D. White (48), has extensive venture capital fund management experience as well as corporate finance consulting and direct executive management experience, accumulated during his 19 years of full time work in Russia. In 2005, Mr. White founded Marchmont Capital Partners, LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on VC and PE finance raising in various innovation sectors. This US registered enterprise is based in Nizhny Novgorod and has developed a wide network of consulting partnerships in key cities across the RF. In 2007, Mr. White created the Marchmont Media division which published the Marchmont Investment Guide to Russia journal and currently operates the www.Marchmontnews.com website which covers regional investment news for finance professionals. Since 2008, Marchmont has been responsible for organizing the “Business Leaders Investment Forum”, a monthly event held in key regional capital cities across the RF. This event brings together scientific innovators, business owners, investors and political leaders – together with a wide range of expert speakers from Moscow and abroad - with the aim of promoting regional manufacturing investments into modernization. Marchmont’s General Partner for the 2010 program “Innovation for Business” is the Russian Venture Company, (RVC), and Official Sponsors include; RUSNANO, UBS Bank, the US Russia Center for Entrepreneurship, Hellevig, Klein & Usov, LLC, and others. Mr. White is an expert in the field of early stage innovation project commercialization and was appointed in 2006 as one of the five private sector members of the US Russia Innovation Council on High Technologies, (ICHT), a Presidential Commission focused on developing policy proposals for the Russian government aimed at promoting Russia’s innovation economy and improving commercial business ties between the US and Russia technology sectors. Mr. White is also a member of the Independent Directors Association, (IDA), and Marchmont also holds membership in the US Russia Business Council (USRBC), the Russo British Chamber of Commerce, (RBCC) as well as many other regional Trade Associations. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. White was Director of the Quadriga Central Russia Regional Venture Fund (CR RVF), a USD $50.0 million private equity fund financed by the EBRD and the German KfW. He oversaw the implementation of numerous successful investment projects during this time, including Nizhpharm, now part of the STADA Group, Bridgetown Foods, a top FMCG snack food producer, and Multiflex, the leading flexible packaging producer in Russia. Other co-investments made by the CR RVF included; ROC, ERA Trading, Speech Technology, Pekar and Morion electronics. Between 1995 and 1998, Mr. White worked in the Corporate Finance Division of Price Waterhouse Coopers, where he was specifically seconded as a Senior Advisor to the Russian Privatization Center (RPC) and its Volga Vyatsky branch division in Nizhny Novgorod. Mr. White was responsible for training 22 Russian consultants in three provincial regions of Central Russia on the development of a self sustainable investment advisory center for SME businesses seeking market expansion and growth capital. Between 1992 and 1995, Mr. White worked as an advisor to the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Administration and the “EPI center” think tank, where he focused his efforts on developing post privatization SME development programs, and establishing one of Russia’s first training centers dedicated to emerging entrepreneurs. This work resulting in numerous new company formations and helped to establish the region as a leader in Russia’s reform process and conversion from a command to a market driven economy. Prior to arriving in Russia, Mr. White worked from 1985 to 1992 at ABN/Amro - LaSalle Bank, in Chicago, IL, in various management positions in Strategic Planning, Cash Mgt and M&A. Mr. White holds an MBA in Finance & Int’l Business from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1990), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and a BA degree in International Economics from Stetson University (1985), DeLand, FL. Mr. White lived full time in the city of Nizhny Novgorod and is married with two children.

Born in the year of 1972 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region. Active Class 2 State Advisor of the Russian Federation. Member of the "first hundred" of the management reserve, which is under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation. Participant in the coordination and approval of 12 sectoral strategies and federal target programs for basic and high-tech industries (including pharmaceutics, electronics, engine building). Initiator of the first departmental target programs ("Development of small and medium-sized businesses in various segments of industry and commerce" and "Improving the effectiveness of sectoral personnel training systems and advanced training of management and specialists in high-tech industrial sectors").
Editor of annual reports on the results achieved and main activities of the Industry and Energy Ministry and the Industry and Trade Ministry of the Russian Federation. He participated in the preparation of "industrial" sections of long-term Socio-Economic Development Concept of the Russian Federation until 2020, of the five "road maps” for development of high-tech industries in the Guidelines of the Russian Federation Government until 2012, in the anti-crisis measures program implementation in 2008-2009. Permanent participant on the council monitoring the situation in the labor market, broken down by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Member of the working group on single-industry towns under the Government Commission for Economic Development and Integration. A member of government commissions on assessment of the effectiveness of federal and regional executive bodies and on providing management training for the organization of personnel for the national economy of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Head of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the development of national industries working in information technologies in the Russian Federation of the President’s Council of Russian Federation on Development of Information-Oriented Society in Russia. Member of the "Nuclear Technology" Working Group of the Commission on the Modernization and Technological Development of the Russian economy. Member of the Coordinating Council of the fundamental research of state academies of science program in the 2008 - 2012 years, of the Interdepartmental Commission for improving the prognosis of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation for the long term prospects and on a regular basis, of the Scientific Coordination Council of the "Academic and Teaching Staff of Innovative Russia" Federal Target Program  for 2009-2013 and the Competition Council on selection and creation of nanotechnology center projects (Rosnanotech GC ). In 2010, he actively participated in Interdepartmental meetings on coordination of innovative programs of state corporations, the creation of experimental industrial installations and development of technological platforms. Executive secretary of the Public Council under the Ministry. In 1994 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ural State University (Yekaterinburg), specialized in "political science", with qualification as "political analyst and professor of social and political subjects". In 2008, he defended his thesis on "Human knowledge and technologies in the mass-media sphere". He received his PhD title. Head of the NIYaU MIFI Philosophy Department. In 2005, he taught the special course of "Understanding the business environment" at the Higher School of Economics. In 2007, he completed a professional training course in the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in the "Crisis Management" program. He has graduated from English language courses at the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry of Russia.
Previously, Naumov worked as head of the public relations center in the City of Magnitogorsk Administration (1992-1997), as an Assistant of A.P. Pochinok, the Chief of the State Tax Service of Russia (1997-1998), as the Assistant Deputy of the Chairman of the Government (1999-2004), as the Assistant of V.B. Khristenko, the Industry and Energy Minister, (2004-2006), as the Director of Economic Analysis and Prospective Planning of the Industry and Energy Ministry (2006-2008). He was awarded with the Certificate of Merit of the Government of Russia (2003), Diploma of the Industry and Energy Ministry (2006).  By the Presidential Order of November 13, 2006, he received the Citation from the President of the Russian Federation. From the Federal Government he received the Citation of the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2005, the website developed by the Russian Ministry of Industry received the "RUNET Prize" national award of the Russian Federation for contribution to the Russian segment of Internet in the "State and Society" nomination. In 2006 the "Communication technologies of the industrial policy" project received the diploma of the "Serebrianiy Luchnik" National Prize in the field of public relations development. Since December 2010, President of the Russian Association of Public Relations (2007-2008 – Chairman of the Social Development Committee, 2008-2010 Vice President of the Russian Association of Public Relations ). Member of the Expert Council of Russian Innovation Competition, held annually by Expert magazine. Award Winner of "The most authoritative people of Russia" in 2010 in the category of "officials" ("Russian Reporter"). Co-author of the "Urban Development. Results of EXPO-2010: A View from Russia" national report, whose provisions were included in the Shanghai Declaration and became content for the urban-practice.com library (Russian pavilion at the World Universal Exhibition EXPO-2010 received a silver medal for the best opening of the theme of the exhibition - "Better City, Better Life"). Chairman of the Board of Association of Children's Goods Producers. Head of Expert Council of the "New City Car" project. Parents: Natalya Ivanovna Naumova, Ph.D. in technical sciences, professor of theoretical mechanics at Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys of the State Technological University. Alexander Nikolayevich Naumov (retired).  

Science and technology manager, engineer, Yan Ryazantsev is one of the pioneers of the technological business in the USSR. He graduated from the Tambov Chemical Engineering Institute, majoring in Automation of Chemical Production. In 1987 he established one of the first independent profit-making scientific organizations—Foundation for Technology Creativity. In 1990 he founded and headed New Systems Co.,—one of the few innovation companies of that period. In 90s, the company funded and fostered several projects on alternative energy, electrophysics and instrument engineering. Since 2002 till 2007 he was head of Investment Projects and Promising Technologies Department in the state-owned Central Research and Technology Institute of Russia (Moscow).

Since 2007 Yan has been Investment Director, subsequently Director of Investments and Expertise Department, of Russian Venture Company—a state owned fund of funds. His track record with RVC includes hands-on management of Tenders One and Two and, in the follow-up of these tenders, establishment of a number of closed-end venture capital funds to a total capitalization of RUB 19.8 billion. Additionally, his successful management efforts allowed RVC to launch two international RVC backed funds. In 2010 he was elected member of the Management Board of RVC.

Yan Ryazantsev is member of Investment Committees of the following funds: VTB Venture Fund (RUB 3 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.), Bioprocess Capital Ventures (RUB 3 mln i.e. about US$ 102 mln.), Maxwell Bio-Tech (RUB 3 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.),), Leader Innovations (RUB 3 mln i.e. about US$ 102 mln.), Tamir Fishman CiG Russian Fund (RUB 2 mln i.e. about US$ 68 mln.), S-Group Ventures (RUB 1.8 mln i.e. about US$ 61 mln.) and New Technologies (RUB 3 mln i.e. about US$ 104 mln.), Director of Russian Venture Asset Management Ltd. (London), Managing Director of Russian Venture Capital I LP and Russian Venture Capital II LP (London), member of Council of Trustees and Supervisory Councils of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Voronezh Region, Novosibirsk Region, Kaluga Region and Perm Territory. Additionally, he is co-chairman of several regional commissions on venture market development, author of a range of publications in press and reports on Russian and international conferences.

Yan’s scientific interests cover fundamental physics and mathematical logic, robotics, as well as the problem of applying control systems and innovative solutions in various industries.

In 2003 Konstantin Fokin graduated from Cranfield University School of Management, Great Britain. In 2003 – 2004 he founded one of the first Russian business-angels network. In 2005 – 2006 he worked in RF Ministry of Economic Development, where he developed and carried out small businesses state support programs. Several dozens of public-private regional venture funds and business-incubators were created under those programs. In 2007 – 2008 Mr Fokin is the general director of STROGINO Technopark, Moscow. In 2009 – 2009 Mr. Fokin is the President of the Russian Tech Tour 2009. In 2009 Konstantin became the co-founder and the President of the All-Russia sector association of individual VC investors – Russian Business-Angels Association.

M. Gilbert Pastor was fist elected at the town council of Castries (6,000 inhabitants) when he was 23. Elected vice-mayor from 1989 to 1995, he has been the village’s mayor since 2001 and has just been re-elected in March this year. Vice-president of Montpellier Agglomeration, the local authority gathering 31 towns around Montpellier, and President Delegate to Economic Development and Employment, he has accumulated an extensive knowledge of his land, including people and companies residing on the territory. As a professional, Gilbert holds a PhD in Life Sciences and managed a research lab at sanofi aventis in Montpellier, devoted to identifying newly synthesized molecules in the drug discovery process.

After graduating Kirgyz State Medical Institute in 1984 Rakhimdzhan Roziev was assigned to specialized residency of Medical Radiological Research center of Russian Academy of medical sciences. In 1986 he started postgraduate courses and had defended the dissertation of candidate of medical sciences. Along with this Rakhimdzhan Roziev worked in MRRC RAMS as junior an later as senior researcher. 

Born in 1962. Graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, majoring in applied mathematics. Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, specialty biophysics. Since 1997 he has worked in one of the leading pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline in senior positions. Since 2005, Professor, University of Edinburgh (UK) in the field of bioinformatics and systems biology. Head of the Laboratory of Biological Systems, the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan).

Born on October 7, 1972 Education: Graduated from a University in the USA. Got MBA degree in Helsinki School of Economics, Finland. Studied a course “Venture Fund Management” by the US’ Civilian Research and Development Foundation. Professional experience: Mr. Evdokimov has over 10 years of professional experience in venture investment sector. He has been working on financing start-up businesses in the USA, Israel and Russia. For several years he headed projects within Russian Venture Capital Association. In 2003 he worked as a consultant and in 2006-2008 he was promoted to position of a managing director at Russian Technology Fund, where he developed portfolio companies. In 2007-2008 Mr. Evdokimov participated in setting up managing company Bioprocess Capital Partners (VC fund Bioprocess Capital Ventures). He contributed into the Fund’s concept development, investment raising process and preparing of investment agreements. Since October 20, 2008, Evgeny Evdokimov has been working as Infrastructure Development Managing Director at state corporation Rusnano.

Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University; degree in PR and economics; the University of Colorado; specialization: communications

Organized and participated in the Regional Sessions of Practical Consulting held by Russian Venture Company. The sessions were targeted at seeking innovators and entrepreneurs and teaching them skills to create and commercialize venture investment projects. Involved in the implementation of the Building Innovative Education System national project. An expert in venture financing, general management, business planning, creation of business models, strategic development, team building and marketing, Kirill Bulatov has a wide experience of founding companies and consulting Russian companies on venture projects and building management teams for startup projects. He has carried out several venture projects in trading, IT, new materials, jewelry industry and transport. His areas of expertise include strategic management, venture company setup, theory and practice of commercialization of scientific research results, team building and marketing.

 

Mr. Jacquie Berthe is a DVM (Veterinary doctor). He made his entire career in the human pharma industry in different positions: Drug Safety Evaluation, Research programs in Tropical medicine, development of new drugs in the Far East and in Japan. He is the President of the competitiveness cluster EUROBIOMED and was Scientific Director of the R & D of sanofi-aventis in Montpellier.

Dmitry Popov is a founder of Maxwell Biotech and its managing company Maxwell Asset Management. He brings over 20 years of experience as a physician and over 10 years as an investor. Dmitry received his MD from the Moscow Medical Stomatological Institute in 1988 and subseqently did research in the area of plastic oral surgery. Dr. Popov was one of the pioneers of private medical business in Russia. In 1991 he founded a private medical center, one of the first of its kind in the Russian Federation. 

Professional History: Yann de Visme is an IBM Second-Line manager. He received his Master’s Degree in IT & Applied Mathematics from the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Informatique et de Mathematiques Appliquees de Grenoble (France) and his MSc in Applied Mathematics from the Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble, France). Yann joined in January 2004 the IBM Network Transformation Center in Montpellier as a technical leader and the UNIX Commercial Benchmark Center in 2007. Yann was nominated Manager of the Deep Computing, System x and NGN Benchmark Centers (Average of 20 Engineers, PhDs & interns) in January 2008. Yann has been nominated Second-Line Manager (Team of 65 Engineers, PhDs and Managers) in 2010 in charge of: -Infrastructure Delivery for internal use within the Client Center for Europe, Middle-East, Africa - Infrastructure Delivery for external clients - Test & Devlpt - IT Consulting on Cloud, Energy Efficiency & High-Availability - Innovation Lab - R&D Collaborative projects.

Professional History: Xavier Vasques is an IT Specialist in the field of energy efficiency and healthcare. He received his MSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Superieur and Ecole Polytechnique, his Master’s Degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers and his PhD in Neurosciences from the University of Montpellier 1 and University Hospital of Montpellier (INSERM : N U661, CNRS : UMR 5253). Xavier worked in the High Performance computing area since joining the IBM Deep Computing in 2008. He started running benchmarks and optimizing codes and was thus involved in several large bids across Europe. Xavier joined in September 2009 the Innovation Lab department (Center for Advanced Studies). Xavier has been working on Rider R&D project (Improving Energy Consumption through the use of IT) and Healthcare projects.

Evgeniya wants Russia, it’s regions and institutes act as centers of influence in the global World. She considers that possible in case there is knowledge exchange and experience sharing among people, organizations, countries and industries. That’s why she acts as integrator, working “on the edge” of various spheres. Thus, as a founder and CEO of “Personnel Touch” company she works with Russian and transnational corporations for more than 15 years. Along with her team, she helps businesses, regions and cities to implement sustainable development projects. She is also an expert in the areas of human capital, cluster formation, university development and leadership potential. Her clients from different sectors include Gazpromneft, Rosnano, Russian Railways, MTS, Rusal, Frunzensky district of St.Petersburg, Financial Academy under the Government of Russia. Evgeniya delivers strategic sessions for executive teams, acts as facilitator and couch. She also leactures in the Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russia. Lastly, Evgeniya is coordinator of the project “Generation Theory in Russia”. Evgeniya has PhD in Psycholinguistics, she is alumni of “Eisenhower Fellowship” and Moscow School of Political Studies. She studied in Germany, USA, Spain, Sweden, China, Great Britain. Combining diverse experience, she helps to investigate existing solutions in the World and based on them develop solutions for particular cases.

Since 2010 he became part of the team Eastworld Consulting Ltd, founded by a group of professionals with international experience and reputation in the management of high-tech startups in various fields of technology: from inclusion in the product development and manufacturing to market. The focus of work of Bogdan Malashenko - business development Eastworld Consulting Ltd in Russia and CIS countries. In 2009, he graduated from North Caucasus State Technical University, specializing in Automated Data Processing and Control. " In 2008, he studied in the in The City University of New York, the New York, State of New York, USA at the department of Business Management. From 2007 to 2008 he worked as an research analyst in the company AxelRod Energy Projects LLC, engaged in consulting and cargo brokerage services in the field related to refined petroleum products, as well as studies of the global oil market and the development of related projects.

Mr Andrusov has over six years of consulting experience with implemented projects where he was responsible for developing strategies in the power sector, aircraft industry and financial services as well as market analysis, business planning, company business diagnostics and management system optimization. Earlier he oversaw operations of an analytical department at a retail bank in Moscow. Andrey Andrusov started his career as a business analyst at British and French offices of US bank Capital One where he worked for three years. He received his master`s degree in mathematics from Novosibirsk State University and Paris Polytechnic School.

Mr. Pascal Ribes has an MBA and a Chemistry engineer degree. He first worked, for 15 years in the Semiconductor industry, and was based in San Jose (CA) for one year. He came back in Montpellier to create his own innovative start up. Till 2000 he worked to promote innovation, research and economic development for Montpellier Sud de France University and Languedoc-Roussillon Province. In 2009 he joined Montpellier Agglomeration as Project Manager for B.R.I.C.S area. From an unprofitable associative point of view, he is general secretary of the French-Chinese-Innovation-Network and President of a Club of Football.

Jochen Wermuth is the Founder of the “Greater Europe” investment funds which have invested over $1 bn in Russia, and CIO and Managing Partner of Wermuth Asset Management GmbH (WAM), the Funds’ exclusive investment adviser and a member of The World Economic Forum’s Community of Global Growth Companies (GGC). Delivering value in an ethical and sustainable fashion in greater Europe, WAM pursues a strategy of activist value-investing in long/short listed equity and debt, private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, agribusiness and forestry. 

Pyotr is one of the founders of GreenfieldProject that is a launching point of high-tech start up projects helping the entrepreneurs to develop their projects on early stages. 2009 - is involved in the organization of activities for young entrepreneurs, start ups’ consulting, investments funds and educational establishments. He has an experience of founding of several successful and failed projects in the sphere of mobile content, management of the projects on creation of new products and services for big telecom service providers in Russia and CIS. He is studying business in Cambridge University School of Business.

Natalia Chernysheva is a Senior Analyst at Branan innovation branch. She has good experience in electricity market research, business planning and describing business processes, business strategy development. Within Branan she has large industry experience in electricity, oil and gas, nanotechnology. Natalia holds Master’s degree of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Natalia now studying at postgraduate courses of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas at strategic management department.