Russia’s leading gathering of senior finance professionals

Alexei Kulichenko, CFO of Severstal, and Victor Belyakov, CFO of Uralkali, confirm their intention to speak at the Summit. We are pleased to welcome the CFOs of 2 of Russia’s largest companies – both well respected for their high levels of corporate governance.

Alexei and Victor join a speaker panel that already features the likes of: 

-  Vladimir Preobrazhensky, Director of Research, SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management, and Nikolai Tsekhomsky, Director of Finance Department & Board Member, Sberbank – 2 of the outstanding and most popular Summit speakers over the years will share their views on how the challenges facing the CFO are evolving;
- Geoffrey Townsend, Chairman of the Audit Committee of OAO Raspadskaya and one of the most experienced Non-Executive Directors in Russia, will provide an invaluable insight into the interaction between the CFO and the Board of Directors;
- Anthony Sacca, former CFO of Rolf Group and now an in-demand Executive Coach as head of Karri Tree, will focus on how to become a better CFO by developing the people under you;
- Konstantin Korotov, Associate Professor at the Center for Leadership Development of ESMT, plans to share with you his latest research into leadership styles, challenges and development;
- Nicolas Pascault, CFO and Partner with Brunswick Rail, will share with you his views on the dynamic debt capital markets, following on from last year’s award-winning Eurobond issue;
- Vera Shokina, CFO & Partner of Runa Capital, will share with you her views on the new model of CFO that is emerging with Russia’s e-commerce boom.

10 years ago, at our numerous industry-specific conferences in Russia, we noticed a clear trend: that CFOs were appearing more and more often amongst the speakers and delegates and that, as a rule, they were an impressive group of people, with a high level of professionalism and experience beyond their years and a strategic vision for the direction of their companies.

At the same time corporate Russia was maturing quickly, with the first international listings, companies tapping the international capital markets and a general desire to raise the levels of transparency, corporate governance and financial reporting.

What was lacking was a meeting-place for the CFO community to come together and share common experiences and best practice. Therefore when the Russian CFO Summit was launched in October 2004 it immediately found a receptive and eager audience.

Since then several thousand CFOs and senior financiers, drawn from across Russia and abroad and representing the widest range of industries, have gathered in Moscow every October. The CFO Summit has firmly established itself as the annual meeting place for the elite of the finance profession in Russia, providing the ideal platform to network, share experiences and hear first-hand cutting-edge case studies from recognised leaders of the profession.

Along with the role of the CFO itself, the Summit has constantly evolved to reflect the challenges that our participants have faced. Over the course of the boom years, with a raft of IPOs, bond issuances and M&A deals, through the post-crisis challenges of debt restructuring and cost-cutting, our speakers have always been remarkably willing to share their experiences and ensure that their peers benefit from their experience. In this way, a unique club of corporate leaders, strategists and financiers has developed. Make sure you benefit by joining them in October this year.