Case Zone Programme 2019

Mikhail Khomich PhD in Economics, Deputy Head of the Udmurtiya Republican Government Prior to that: - head of the Mentor Association in SKOLKOVO- professor at the Department of Economics at MSUIR and Munich Business School - host of Zaimemsya Delom on VestiFMGraduated Economics Department of MSU and SKOLKOVO MBA Executive ProgramMember of the Edinaya Rossiya Higher Council

Olga Tkacheva graduated with honours from S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute majoring in General Medicine and the therapy internship in S.M. Kirov Gorky State Medical Institute. In 1993, Olga Tkacheva was awarded the scientific degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences, in 1999 – Doctor of Medical Sciences. In 2006, she earned the title of professor. Ms Tkacheva has 32 years of clinical work experience and 28 years of teaching under her belt.
From 2013 to 2018 – Senior Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation. From 2015 – present – contracted Chief Geriatrician of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation and Director of Russian Clinical Research Centre for Gerontology. She is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, 11 monographs, national guidelines, has one certificate and three patents for inventions.
She headed the working groups and was a member of expert committees on the preparation of national guidelines ‘Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension’, the recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnant women, national guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy, guidelines on general risk reduction of disease and complications in women, practical guidelines on the use of hormone replacement therapy in peri- and postmenopausal women, national guidelines ‘Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases’, guidelines for physicians ‘Basic Principles of the prevention and treatment of thrombosis in tables and charts’, guidelines ‘Follow-up monitoring of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases and high-risk patients’.
Olga Tkacheva’s scientific research focused on the mechanisms and patterns of the heart and blood vessels ageing and their correlation with cellular replicative ageing, the issues of the age-related metabolic disorders, prevention and treatment of age-related diseases and geriatric syndromes.
She advised on 20 candidate and five doctoral theses.
She is the president of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians’, member of the National Public Organization ‘Russian Society for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases’, National Public Organization ‘Russian Society of Cardiology’, National Organization ‘Russian Medical Society on Arterial Hypertension’, National Medical Society of Preventive Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, European Geriatric Medicine Society.
She is a member of the editorial board of medical journals ‘Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology’, ‘Preventive Medicine’, ‘Clinical Gerontology’, ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’, ‘Medical Care’, ‘Women’s Health Issues’, ‘Russian Open Medical Journal’, ‘Bulletin of the Ivanovo Medical Academy’.

Maria Andreyevna Morozova has been heading the Elena & Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation from the day when it was created in December 2010. Since then, the Timchenko Foundation has become one of Russia’s leading private foundations implementing programs aimed at supporting active ageing, developing sports and culture, helping families and children. These strategic directions are designed to further comprehensive solutions of Russia’s social problems, with a special emphasis on its regions. The program portfolio of The Timchenko Foundation embraces over 100 projects, both all around Russia and abroad. Here are some of them: Society for All Ages National Conference, competitions like Active Generation, Cultural Mosaic of Small Towns and Villages, Dobryi Lyod [Good Ice], Right Family Course and others. As an active participant of expert panels and public forums that tackle topics matching the priorities of The Timchenko Foundation activities Maria Morozova has occupied the following positions: member of the Community Council with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Russian Federation (including Vice-Chairwoman of the Commission for Social Assistance and member of the Commission of Labor and Local Employment); head of Senior Citizen section with the Russian Federation Government’s Community Council on Guardianship Issues in the Social Sphere; member of the Expert Board with the Agency of Strategic Initiatives; member of The Council of the Federation Committee on Social Innovation Development in Territorial Entities of the Russian Federation, member of the Joint advisory board of the President Grants foundation and others.

Graduate of Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, founder and director/CEO of “Enjoyable Ageing” charitable fund, a non-profit organisation aimed at helping elderly and disabled people, member of the Council on Guardianship under the Government of the Russian Federation. The foundation led by Elizaveta provides psychological, financial, medical, social and welfare support as well as information and advice to elderly people in difficult situations. Currently the foundation is collaborating with 25 regions, supervising 150 care homes, paying the wages of 160 carers, training the staff for care organisations. Apart from that, the fund is setting up a reliable home care service. It was “Enjoyable Ageing” that initiated the establishment of public long-term care system in Russia and is now actively participating in developing its mechanisms. Since 2018 the foundation will be part of the Federal pilot project of implementing the LTC system in accordance with the President’s order.

Horst Krumbach was born in 1964 and lives in Aachen/Germany. After a twelve years banking career he switched to the nonprofit sector and became director of one of the oldest German nursing homes in 1996. He transferred it into a foundation whose director he has been since then.

Within the foundation he established the first German intergenerational enterprise “Generationsbrücke Deutschland” (Generationsbridge Germany) in 2009, being one of the most successful German social enterprises meanwhile. Last year his intergenerational concept has been adopted by the Moscow located nursing homes “house at park”, being the third and meanwhile most important international Generationsbridge partner.
Horst also built day care centers under the roof of his foundation after he realized the socially relevance of this special form of elderly care. Day care centers have become the fastest growing institutions for the professional care of elderly people in Germany as they provide important advantages for everybody involved: for the residents themselves, their families and also for the operators and owners.

For his work, Horst has been numerously awarded, among others by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who supports Generationsbrücke Deutschland personally as honorary patron. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences around the world.

Pavel Mitrofanov received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Moscow State University, Department of Economics.
In 2003, Mr Mitrofanov began his career at Expert RA in the Insurance Companies Rating Department.
From 2006 to 2007 – financial analyst at the IC Renaissance-Zhizn (Renaissance-Life).
From 2007 to 2009 – Head of Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2009 to 2014 – Head of Corporate and Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2014 to 2015 – Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2015 to present – Managing Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
In Expert RA, Pavel Mitrofanov manages the development of credit ratings of non-financial companies, regions of the Russian Federation, municipalities, and debt management tools.

Born on 14 September 1975 in Leningrad.
In 1996 he graduated from the International Banking Institute, St. Petersburg with a degree in Banking Management and Economics. In 2004 he completed professional retraining in Business Value Estimation of St. Petersburg State University programme.
From 2007 he headed the department of public-private partnership financing projects at SPB GBU Agency for Strategic Investments’, and in February 2013 he was appointed as a General Director of the Agency.
While at the Agency, he participated in the development and projects administration, implemented by the city of St. Petersburg in public and private partnership, including highways, airports, utilities, and social infrastructure projects.
In 2014, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer at GUP Vodokanal St. Petersburg. In this capacity, he was in charge of raising funds for the implementation of the company's investment programmes, including government funding and loans.
In 2016 he joined the Sberbank team. Over the last three years, he has been managing the preparation and financing of PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects.

Before joining the Leader Company, he held senior positions in the city of Moscow asset management, and also headed the Regional Branch of the Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District.
In the Leader Group, Yury Sizov oversees the current operations and development of the company, including the public-private partnerships, as well as the preparation of new issues of concession bonds. He is one of the leading Russian experts on the financing structure and organisation of infrastructure projects based on concession agreements.
To ensure the return on investments, Mr Sizov oversees the implementation of the country’s most significant concession projects in cold water and heat supply (Volgograd), as well as in municipal solid waste management (Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov Region, Chuvash Republic, etc.), for the financing of which concessions bonds were issued.
Yury Sizov is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Finance Association, Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Concessionaires and Long-term Infrastructure Investors, a member of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Housing and Utilities chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.
Mr Sizov holds a Federal Financial Markets Service Qualification Certificate series 1.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0, and three university degrees in engineering, law and economy (Candidate of Engineering Sciences, Doctor of Economics).

Education:
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Professional background:
2011–2013: held a number of positions in the Moscow Administration in the following areas: state regulation of public utilities, tariff regulation, state procurement, competition development.
June 2013: GR Director, Public-Private Partnership Development Center
November 2013: Director, Research and Analytics Department, Public-Private Partnership Development Center
September 2014: Executive Director, Public-Private Partnership Development Center

Background in public private partnership:
- PPP Region Rating (PPP Start, 2014). Comprehensive analysis of regions’ readiness for cooperation with private investors on PPP principles;
- Use of concession agreements (2014). Comprehensive analysis of concessions best practices in Russia;
- Developed a method for assessing investment project implementation models involving government or municipal participation. Developed recommendations for EBRD grant use in the best interests of the Ministry for Economic Development;
- Assessment of PPP in Russia. Opinion of businesses (2013). Analysis of public private cooperation in major investment projects.
- PPP in Russia (2013). Awareness study.

Pavel Mitrofanov received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Moscow State University, Department of Economics.
In 2003, Mr Mitrofanov began his career at Expert RA in the Insurance Companies Rating Department.
From 2006 to 2007 – financial analyst at the IC Renaissance-Zhizn (Renaissance-Life).
From 2007 to 2009 – Head of Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2009 to 2014 – Head of Corporate and Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2014 to 2015 – Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2015 to present – Managing Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
In Expert RA, Pavel Mitrofanov manages the development of credit ratings of non-financial companies, regions of the Russian Federation, municipalities, and debt management tools.

Born on May 25, 1988 in Lipetsk.
Higher education. PhD in Economics.
2010 – graduated from MIRBIS International Higher School of Business in Moscow majoring in Credit and Finance.
In 2015 – got a PhD in Economics and Public Administration at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Authored and co-authored over 35 research papers on regional economics, spatial development, as well as state and municipal administration that were published both in Russia and overseas.
Editor-in-Chief for Scientific Notes of Young Scholars Journal.
Career:
2008-2001 – specialist, Marketing Department, Center for Economic Development.
2011-2015 – junior fellow, Institute of Regional Studies and Spatial Development Problems, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
November 2015 – presently – Director, Center for Regional Economics and Interbudgetary Relations, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
September 2013 – presently – Associate Professor, Department of Macroeconomic Regulation, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Married, with a daughter.

Andrey joined KPMG in 1997. He specializes in auditing the financial statements of major companies in the industrial and mining sectors, as well as in the petrochemical, construction, processing and agricultural industries. Andrey has extensive practical experience of preparing financial statements in accordance with IFRS, US GAAP, RAS and banking legislation requirements, as well as auditing such financial statements. In 2006-2008, Andrey was employed in senior financial positions in major construction companies, so he has client-side as well as auditor experience. For example, he has been actively involved in the placement of debt securities in the Russian and international markets. Andrey also is Head of Regional Development in Russia.

Pavel Mitrofanov received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Moscow State University, Department of Economics.
In 2003, Mr Mitrofanov began his career at Expert RA in the Insurance Companies Rating Department.
From 2006 to 2007 – financial analyst at the IC Renaissance-Zhizn (Renaissance-Life).
From 2007 to 2009 – Head of Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2009 to 2014 – Head of Corporate and Investment Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2014 to 2015 – Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
From 2015 to present – Managing Director of Corporate Ratings, Expert RA.
In Expert RA, Pavel Mitrofanov manages the development of credit ratings of non-financial companies, regions of the Russian Federation, municipalities, and debt management tools.

Education: tax, economic, financial, legal.

Experience:

2008-2011 General Director, Expert-Document LLC;
2011-2012 Deputy General Director of the Tehelektro Group of Companies for legal and personnel issues;
2012-2013 Director of Ural Ventilation Plant Techelectro;
2013-2015 financial director of Rusinvest LLC;
2015 to the present - Founder of Allterra Group (Alterra Group of Companies), President of Alterra Group of Companies.

Progress:

Financial experience more than 9 years, investment projects developer, analyst;

Legal experience over 14 years;

Participation in more than 500 court sessions in the courts of Russia, including the achievement of results that create a new judicial practice;
Experience of production activities and foreign economic activity;
Experience in conducting business planning and organizing the production of industrial enterprises, services from scratch;

Experience in the development of investment and technological stages of large infrastructure projects.

Characterized by: high analytical skills, efficiency, responsibility.

Oleg Kozhemyako was born on 17 March 1962 in Chernigovka village, Chernigovsky district, Primorye Territory.
Graduated from the Khabarovsk School of Mechanics, passed compulsory military service in the Armed Forces; graduated from the Far Eastern Institute of Soviet Trade (Pacific State Economic University) specializing in Economics.
Started working in 1981 in the sphere of production and worked his way up from a regular mechanic of 3rd class to foreman at the Primorskaya State District Power Station.
In October 1989, created Primorsky production co-operative store that transformed into Primorskoye food production association in 1992.
In 1995, was elected Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at OJSC Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawler Fleet.
In 1998–2002, Chairman of the Board of Directors at OJSC Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawler Fleet.
On 9 December 2001, elected Deputy of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of the Primorye Territory, served as a member of the Committee on Food Policy and Environmental Management.
On 27 November 2002, elected Representative to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Primorye Territory Legislative Assembly, served as a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, served on the Committee on Youth and Sport and the Committee on Information Policy.
Since October 2004, served as Advisor to Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Mironov.
On 18 January 2005, appointed Vice-Governor of Koryaksky Autonomous Area, managed issues of the delivery of goods to the Northern territories and provision of the region with fuel.
On 9 March 2005, appointed acting Governor of Koryak Autonomous Okrug.
On 14 April 2005, approved as Governor by the Legislative Assembly of the region.
In July 2007, included into the Advisory Committee of the State Council of the Russian Federation.
In 2007–2008, worked as Aide to the Head of the Presidential Executive Office.
On 20 October 2008, approved as Governor of the Amur Region by deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Region.
On 25 March 2015, appointed acting Governor of the Sakhalin Region by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
On 13 September 2015, elected by over 67% of the citizens of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands at the direct early elections of the Governor of the Sakhalin Region.
On 21 September 2015, officially took the office of Governor of the Sakhalin Region.
Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation of the 3rd Class. PhD in Economics.
Married with a son and a daughter.

Since 2003 in Investments and Private Equity, top management positions since 2005,
Worked with Alfa-Bank, Investment group Russian Funds, RAO EUS. Previously was managing director at Russian Venture Company (sovereign wealth fund-of-funds and development institution).
Extensive investment banking and private equity experience in deal origination and structuring, corporate finance, and financial management. Joint projects with top global investments banks including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Capital and top Russian PE.
Has closed M&A transactions in retail, oil & gas machinery, internet projects, and greenfield facility construction and real estate

Alexander Lupachev is a Director specializing in information technology investments. Prior to joining Russia Partners in January 2013, Mr. Lupachev was the Chief Investment Officer at Skolkovo Foundation, a leading development agency in the advanced technology space in Russia. Previously, Mr. Lupachev was a Director at FINAM Capital Partners, one of the largest investors in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors in Russia. Earlier in his career, he was a senior investment professional at Delta Private Equity Partners and Access Industries.

In his prior positions, Mr. Lupachev played a key role in a number of private equity transactions involving companies in the TMT sectors including Amedia, the largest television series production company in Russia; Netville, a multimedia content delivery network; Banki.ru, the leading consumer finance portal in Russia; and Familyspace.ru, a genealogy-based social network. Mr. Lupachev also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Endowment Fund and is a board member of the Harvard Club of Russia.

Mr. Lupachev holds a B.A. with high honors in International Commerce from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Alexey has extensive experience in technology investments in Russia. He manages investments and M&A division at Mail.Ru Group, the largest internet company by audience in Russia. Before joining Mail.Ru Group Alexey had worked in UFG Private Equity in consumer and internet sectors, and also worked for Belgian investment fund GIMV. Alexey participated in more than 20 deals with total sum of more than $400 million, and was involved in all the latest major investments of Mail.ru Group: Delivery Club, ESForce, ZakaZaka, Pixonic, Geekbrains, 33Slona, Citymobil.

Andrey joined Renaissance Capital in 2005 to focus on equity and depositary receipts trading, derivatives and structuring, financing and REPO operations. Today, he oversees Russian distribution across Renaissance Capital’s product range.
Prior to joining Renaissance Capital, Andrey worked for Bank Zenit as an equity trader and was involved in trading and portfolio management of equities, derivatives and structured products.

Graduated from MGIMO’s international economic relations department in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Mr. Solovyov has been a professional in investment since 2011, when he became involved in the venture capital market as head and one of the partners at Prostor Capital. Today, Alexey as partner at iTech Capital, is in charge of two funds under iTech management: Prostor Capital and Skolkovo Digital, which is a joint project with the Skolkovo Foundation. Mr. Solovyov serves on the boards in several companies of the iTech Family funds. In addition, Alexey is the co-founder of several tech projects in various fields. Mr. Solovyov takes an active part in the development of the venture capital investment in the Russian Federation, being a member of the Market Council at the Russian Venture Company. Prior to joining the venture capital industry, for more than 7 years he worked in leading IT companies, such as Optima and IBS Group, and was Director of IT practice at Leonid Boguslavsky’s investment company ru-Net.
Mr. Solovyov has a degree from Bauman Moscow State Technical University. He studied venture capital investment at Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He authored the annual researches of technology entrepreneurship and venture capital investment markets Startup and Venture Barometer. His hobbies include amateur sports, such as running a marathon.

Alexey has extensive experience in technology investments in Russia. He manages investments and M&A division at Mail.Ru Group, the largest internet company by audience in Russia. Before joining Mail.Ru Group Alexey had worked in UFG Private Equity in consumer and internet sectors, and also worked for Belgian investment fund GIMV. Alexey participated in more than 20 deals with total sum of more than $400 million, and was involved in all the latest major investments of Mail.ru Group: Delivery Club, ESForce, ZakaZaka, Pixonic, Geekbrains, 33Slona, Citymobil.

Graduated from Moscow State University of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM) in 1999, completed post-graduate studies at the same University in 2003. Received an MBA at Stockholm School of Economics in 2008.
Finalist of MobileBeat 2012 competition (San Francisco). Holds a US patent on evaluating the efficiency of information distribution in social media.
Founder of FutureLabs crowd investment platform and VentureClub.ru venture investors’ club. Managed marketing for Mail.ru Group and Acronis USA. Continues active teaching career (National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University).
An author of the Territory of Innovations program, part of Eastern Economic Forum, presented by RosCongress Foundation in Vladivostok for the first time this year. Universa was also a strategic partner in the program.
Reference use cases for Universa Blockchain include: logistics and digital product passports, smart cities (utilities, land register, tendering platforms, smart taxes, healthcare), intellectual property, banking and financial services, smart money, etc.

Since 2003 in Investments and Private Equity, top management positions since 2005,
Worked with Alfa-Bank, Investment group Russian Funds, RAO EUS. Previously was managing director at Russian Venture Company (sovereign wealth fund-of-funds and development institution).
Extensive investment banking and private equity experience in deal origination and structuring, corporate finance, and financial management. Joint projects with top global investments banks including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Capital and top Russian PE.
Has closed M&A transactions in retail, oil & gas machinery, internet projects, and greenfield facility construction and real estate

Alfiya Kayumova graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation specialising in Investments and Innovations, simultaneously studying Enterprise Finance at Universita del Salento, a leading European university.
Currently, Alfiya holds the office of Vice President of Corporate Development and Investment at Cognitive Technologies, managing corporate strategy, marketing, core investment operations and strategic alliances of the group. In this capacity Alfiya brought the company’s innovative products to the Chinese and Japanese markets, strengthening Cognitive Technologies’ positions in Europe and the USA.
Before joining Cognitive Technologies, Alfiya Kayumova worked in leading international and national companies heading investment departments.
She is an expert in artificial intelligence for ground transportation.

I Created a software platform and company operators of the largest in the South of Russia parks for sharing cars, e-scooters and bicycles without stations I have a Successful Experience Integrating electric vehicles into car sharing and taxis, b2b network of charging stations
I am a private pilot, regular flights to Cessna-172, Flaying time was more the 100 ours in 2018
1998 – I worked from agent to sales director at the tobaco industry – Tander, Philip Morris, JTI
2002 - We Created and Launched of an automation system for an agent Van Selling on the basis of a Palm handheld
2008 – I founded network of vending chairs, music and coffee machines in resort South of Russia- more than 1000 units for 2015
2016 - I invested in a team to develop a carsharing platform UrentCar

Alexander Lupachev is a Director specializing in information technology investments. Prior to joining Russia Partners in January 2013, Mr. Lupachev was the Chief Investment Officer at Skolkovo Foundation, a leading development agency in the advanced technology space in Russia. Previously, Mr. Lupachev was a Director at FINAM Capital Partners, one of the largest investors in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors in Russia. Earlier in his career, he was a senior investment professional at Delta Private Equity Partners and Access Industries.

In his prior positions, Mr. Lupachev played a key role in a number of private equity transactions involving companies in the TMT sectors including Amedia, the largest television series production company in Russia; Netville, a multimedia content delivery network; Banki.ru, the leading consumer finance portal in Russia; and Familyspace.ru, a genealogy-based social network. Mr. Lupachev also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Endowment Fund and is a board member of the Harvard Club of Russia.

Mr. Lupachev holds a B.A. with high honors in International Commerce from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Born on May 25, 1988 in Lipetsk.
Higher education. PhD in Economics.
2010 – graduated from MIRBIS International Higher School of Business in Moscow majoring in Credit and Finance.
In 2015 – got a PhD in Economics and Public Administration at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Authored and co-authored over 35 research papers on regional economics, spatial development, as well as state and municipal administration that were published both in Russia and overseas.
Editor-in-Chief for Scientific Notes of Young Scholars Journal.
Career:
2008-2001 – specialist, Marketing Department, Center for Economic Development.
2011-2015 – junior fellow, Institute of Regional Studies and Spatial Development Problems, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
November 2015 – presently – Director, Center for Regional Economics and Interbudgetary Relations, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
September 2013 – presently – Associate Professor, Department of Macroeconomic Regulation, University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Married, with a daughter.

Alexander Lupachev is a Director specializing in information technology investments. Prior to joining Russia Partners in January 2013, Mr. Lupachev was the Chief Investment Officer at Skolkovo Foundation, a leading development agency in the advanced technology space in Russia. Previously, Mr. Lupachev was a Director at FINAM Capital Partners, one of the largest investors in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors in Russia. Earlier in his career, he was a senior investment professional at Delta Private Equity Partners and Access Industries.

In his prior positions, Mr. Lupachev played a key role in a number of private equity transactions involving companies in the TMT sectors including Amedia, the largest television series production company in Russia; Netville, a multimedia content delivery network; Banki.ru, the leading consumer finance portal in Russia; and Familyspace.ru, a genealogy-based social network. Mr. Lupachev also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Endowment Fund and is a board member of the Harvard Club of Russia.

Mr. Lupachev holds a B.A. with high honors in International Commerce from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.