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.

Chairman of the Management Board of National Factoring Company President of The East European Factoring Association (EEFA) Member of IFG`s board of directors Chairman of IFG Born in 1971 Michael Treivish graduated from Moscow State Aviation Institute, Department of Applied Mathematics, and Central Economico-Mathematical Institute, RAS. From February 1999 Mr Treivish worked at Incorporate Bank Investment and Banking Group NIKoil. In June 2001 he became President of The East European Factoring Association (EEFA). In August 2002 he was appointed the CEO of Incorporate Bank. n April 2004 Mr Treivish was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of National Factoring Company UralsibNIKoil, the first specialised factoring company in Russia. Since October 2004 Mr Treivish is a member of the board of directors of the oldest international factoring association International Factors Group (IFG) as well as President of the East European Division of IFG. As of June 2007 he was Vice-Chairman of IFG`s board of directors. In June 2008 Mr Treivish was appointed Chairman of IFG. Mr Treivish can be considered one of the pioners in Russia`s factoring business. He is the author of over 30 books and publications. Mr Treivish has participated as a speaker in many international conferences and seminars.

Andrey is a manager of several successfully developing companies in the sphere of IT, advertising & marketing. At present he is also the Head of the Business Incubator of Perm Branch of SU HSE. Director, Vitamin Advertising Group – one of the biggest advertising agency of Perm Region Director, Multivitamin, software developer, exclusive dealer of PQ Labs in Russia Director, I&I Group, innovations projects’ developer, actively working in Central, Privolzhsky and Ural Federal Okrugs Executive Director, Perm regional branch of All-Russia Non-Governmental Organization “Delovaya Rossia”, that supports the initiatives in the entrepreneurship sphere uniting the active representatives of business and cooperating with the authorities and enterprises of the Perm region Andrey is the initiator of the communicative project for the young entrepreneurs “START UP! Working week-ends in Perm”.

Education:

1979 M.Sc. Perm Polytechnical Institute

1982 Ph.D. Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute (LETI)

Experience:

Since 1991 Tel Aviv University, currently Full Professor, Head of Department; Since 1999 SanDisk (formerly M-systems, acquired by SanDisk in 2007), currently Chief Scientist of Future Technologies division.

Awards:

1992 Guastallo Fellow, Israeli Ministry of Science;

2006 "Innovation of the Year" prize for X4 flash technology, International Memory Summit, San-Francisco;

2007 SanDisk Fellow;

2010 Prize of the Minister for outstanding achievements in research, Israeli Absorption Ministry.

Publications:

More than 200 papers in leading profile journals, 2 monographs, 3 edited books, 15 patents. Member of editorial boards of three international journals.

Industry:

Consultant to many high-tech companies working in storage and communications.

Founder of several companies, among them ASOCS (multi-standard chips for communications) and Sorrento Medical (medical devices for early diagnostics).

 

Born October 29, 1974 in Perm He graduated from the Perm State University, Department of Economics in 1996. Currently:General Director of "Ingenium" - an engineering company. Chairman of the board of directors of the Group of Companies «Promoil» - production and trading company in the field of mechanical engineering. Project Leader Perm create an industrial park «Osentsy».