Speakers in 2013 include:

Since 2007 Yury Korol has worked at the Russian Copper Company (RMK), where as Head of Capital Development and Chairman of the Board of Directors he is responsible for capital development, investments, and the technical, organisational and financial audit of RMK’s enterprises.
Mr Korol was born in 1961. In 1983 he completed a degree in metallurgy at the Urals Polytechnic Institute, graduating with honours. In 1987 he graduated from Orenburg Polytechnic Institute, specialising in patenting.
Yury Korol began his career in 1983 at the Yuzhuralnikel plant in the town of Orsk. In 1989 he was transferred to the Mednogorsk Copper Plant, where he worked as chief engineer. Between October 1989 and 2000 he was re-elected as the plant’s General Director five times. Mr Korol later worked as deputy chief engineer for investments and reconstruction at Kolsk Mining and Metallurgy Company (a Norilsk Nickel enterprise), as General Director of the trust “Pechengastroy”, as chief metallurgist at the Urals Mining and Metallurgy Company, and as an Advisor on precious metals at Renova Group of Companies, where he was responsible for the technical, organisational and financial audit of enterprises in Russia as well as abroad.
Yury Korol is an experienced manager and a highly-qualified metallurgy engineer.

Born in Cherepovets, Russia in 1980.  Graduated from the Cherepovets State University with an engineering degree “Steel rolling and processing”.  She was awarded  the Master of Engineering and Technology  degree.
She has been working at ОАО Severstal since 2003. Presently, she is the manager of Marketing Department. The scope of her professional expertise comprises the following: monitoring of target steel consumption markets; company’s sales planning (evaluation of the potential growth in steel consumption by the company’s clients both in the short and medium-term prospects, creation   of long-term sales plan specified by sales segments); development of strategic alternatives for company’s growth.

Mr. Izbaskhanov was born on October, 26 1952 in a large family in the Kyzyl-ui village of Tolebi district of South Kazakhstan Oblast, Kazakhstan.

After school graduation in Langer town, during 1970-1975 he was studying in the Kazakhstan Polytechnic University named after V.I. Lenin as metallurgical engineer.  After graduation from university he worked as a burner in the Ust-Kamenogorsk lead-zinc plant.
In 1976 he began work in the Shymkent lead plant and where he was promoted from smelter to head of smelter workshop.
In July 1985 by order of Ministry of Nonferrous Metal Industry of the USSR he was appointed to Head of Shymkent Lead Plant position.
After Kazakhstan had got its independency Mr.Izbaskhanov in 1993-1996 was appointed to the position of Chairman of State Committee on Government Property of Republic of Kazakhstan. 
In 1993-1996 he was a Head of the first government holding “AKSUNKAR”, which brought together a number of mining and metallurgical complexes in Kazakhstan.
In 1996-2002 he held senior positions of Deputy Mayor of South Kazakhstan region, Mayor of Shymkent.

In 2002-2006 he worked as the Executive Director of JSC "National Company" Kazakhstan Temir Zholy".
In the period within 2006 to 2008 Mr. Izbaskhanov worked as First Vice-President of JSC “National Company “Kazakhstan Engineering”, which brought together machine builders, which were part of military-industry complex of USSR earlier.
Since January 2009 he was appointed Director of the Directorate for management of industrial assets of JSC "National Welfare Fund" Samruk-Kazyna".
Since May, 2009 he has been working as the Managing Director, Member of the Board of JSC "National Mining Company" Tau-Ken Samruk ".
Mr. Izbaskhanov K.S. has a number of development and research papers devoted to improvement of the technology and equipment in non-ferrous metallurgy.
For the merits in the civil service, for the contribution to the development of Kazakhstan industry he was awarded orders "Kurmet", "Parasat", five medals of the Republic of Kazakhstan of different values, he has titles "Honorary metallurgist" and "Honorary machine- maker"

Mr Makarov is also the Chairman of IRC’s operations committee. He began his career as an engineer at the company NT Сomputers. In 2002 he joined Aricom as operations director, before moving to Petropavlovsk to become Head of Production. In 2010 Mr Makarov was named General Director of IRC.
Mr Makarov was previously commercial director at NT Сomputers in Moscow, where he managed the company’s sales and service divisions. He is a certified specialist in development of airborne electrical equipment, and holds an engineering degree from the Russian K.I. Tsiolkovsky State Technical University.

Graduated from Kazakhstan Polytechnic University named after V.I.Lenin, Machine Building Department, as a mechanical engineer. Doctor of Science, Academician of International Informatization Academy, Professor emeritus of Kazakhstan National Technical University named after K.I.Satpaev.  Mr.Tleuzhanov has number of developments devoted to machine building.  He was awarded orders “Star of Commonwealth” (Russian Federation) and Anniversary Medal “10 year of Astana”.

He began his working experience as a shop foreman of the press shop in the Almaty Heavy Engineering factory. In the period within 1985-2004 he worked as a senior shop foreman, head of section, head of workshop, CEO of Mining equipment plant (JSC “Massaget”). In 2004-2006 he was a Head of JSC “Machine Tool Plant”. In the period within 2006-2009 Mr.Tleuzhanov was president of JSC “Almaty Car-repair Plant”. In 2009-2011 – President of JCS “Lokomotiv Assembly Plant”. Since 2012 he has been working as a Head of “Tau-Ken Altyn”,Ltd.

Diana has been responsible for Nordgold’s external communications since August 2012.  Before joining the company she worked as a metals and mining reporter for Interfax business news agency.

Diana has over a decade’s experience in journalism and holds a BSc degree in Physics from Moscow State University and a Diploma for Graduates in Economics from the University of London.

Mikhail Filonov – Vice-Principal for science and innovations at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys; Doctor of Technical Sciences; one of the leading specialists in the physics of metallic and ionic liquid melts, material engineering of new nanostructural metallic, composite and ceramic materials.
 Since 2009 Mr Filonov has been a professor in the department of functional nanosystems and hyperthermal materials.
Academic activity:
- Has managed more than 30 scientific and technical projects;
- A member of the editorial board of two peer-reviewed journals;
- A member of the dissertation committee D.212.132.03;
- A member of the judging panel for the Russian Government’s prize in the sphere of education;
- Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council of the State Commission for Academic Degrees

Born on 15 June 1969 in Magnitogorsk into a family that witnessed the ground breaking for the construction of the city.
Mr.Redin has army service and two higher educations to his credit. His educational background includes the following:
1993 – a degree from the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgy Institute in metals working;
1997 – additional training in the National Economy Academy under the President of the Russian Federation with specialization in finance and credit;
2003 – a second degree from the Russian Government's Moscow Financial Academy in management;
2006 – attended courses in the Stockholm Scholl of Economics.
After graduation from the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgy Institute Mr.Redin took a job as an engineer at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), where he ascended through the following career stages:
1997 – head of the contracts appraisal department;
From 2000 onwards:
- head of the inspection and audit department;
- head of the internal audit service under the Chairman of the MMK Board of Directors;
- head of the equipment purchasing department.
From 2006 until 2010 Mr.Redin held the position of a deputy of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region where he was responsible for regional social programs.
In 2010 Mr. Redin returned to MMK and was put in charge of business development of the MMK Group.

Alexei has graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1977 with diploma cum laude, specializing on international economy of commodities.
 
He has been working from 1977 to 1983 in V/O "Sojuzpromexport", the USSR state monopoly for foreign trade in minerals and ferrous metals, dealing with foreign trade of iron, manganese and chrome ores.  In 1983-1986 he was representing V/O "Sojuzpromexport" and V/O "Raznoimport" in Italy.

Upon his return to Moscow he worked for the Department of International Economic Organizations of the USSR/Russia Ministry for Foreign Trade/Foreign Economic Relations.

In 1990 he joined the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) working in its Commodities Division (currently Special Unit on Commodities) and dealing with minerals and metals. Alexei is also the Project Manager of the UNCTAD Trust Fund on Iron Ore Information.

His mother tongue is Russian, he also speaks English, French, Italian and Polish.

Alexander Starchenko, Director of Energy Supplies, NLMK - Novolipetsk Metallurgical Works
Alexander Starchenko is Director of Energy Supplies at NLMK, a board member of MRSK Centre, and a member of the supervisory board of Market Council.
Mr. Starchenko has worked for NLMK since 2004. He previously managed the capital management department at RAO EES Russia and was Vice-President for corporate finance at MDM Bank. Mr. Starchenko is a graduate of Moscow Bauman State Technical University.

Well-known international financier Robert Friedland is in the vanguard of leaders in the global mining and energy sectors who have pioneered business links throughout Asia and the Asia Pacific region during the past 20 years.

Mr. Friedland is Chairman of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, his family’s private venture capital and project finance company, with operations based in Singapore, Beijing and London.
He also is founder, Executive Chairman and controlling shareholder of Ivanplats Limited, which has an initial focus on advancing and developing three major mining projects in Africa. Ivanplats shares began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2012 following a successful initial public offering that raised CDN$300 million (US$307 million) from international investors.

Mr. Friedland founded Ivanhoe Mines in 1994 and served variously as Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer during the ensuing 18 years. Under Mr. Friedland’s leadership, a decade of initial discoveries by Ivanhoe Mines revealed a 12.4-kilometre-long (7.7-mile) chain of deposits in southern Mongolia that will support a long-life mine and establish the Oyu Tolgoi Project as one of the world’s top three copper-gold-silver producers. International miner Rio Tinto increased its ownership stake in Ivanhoe Mines to 51% in 2012.

Mr. Friedland is co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy, an established oil producer in China that also is developing heavy-oil projects in Canada and Ecuador using its advanced, proprietary, heavy-oil upgrading technology.

Mr. Friedland holds U.S. and Canadian citizenships and resides in Singapore. He graduated from Reed College, in Oregon, USA, in 1974 with an undergraduate degree in political science.

Sergey Kashuba was elected as the Chairman of the Russian Union of Gold Producers in April 2012. 
During previous ten years Sergey Kashuba  worked in different mining companies: deputy Chairman for corporate development of the Zapadnaya Prospectors Artel (Sakha (Yakutia) Republic); deputy CEO of GeoProMining; investment adviser in Tugansky GOK “Ilmenit” (Tomsk Region) and in Geo-Systema (Moscow); deputy CEO for economy of gold mining company “Zolotaya Zvezda” (Khakassia Republic).  He has experience in geological and economic evaluation of about 60 gold deposits in Russia and CIS countries and experience in structuring sales transactions of gold deposits.
From 1999 to 2002 he was the Chairman of the Committee on precious metals of the Russian Banking Association. He took an active part in developing legislative initiatives for liberalisation of Russian precious metals market.

In 1995-1998 he completed courses on “Banking operations with gold, precious metals and precious stones” in the Management Training Center (Switzerland) and in the Institute of Business and Management (Switzerland); professional courses on “Banking operations with precious metals” in the Banking Academy and in the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and a course on “Custom Clearance of export operations with refined gold and silver” in the Academy of Management and Market (Moscow).
From 1996 to 2002 he was a head of Precious metals Department of Incombank and Investment Banking Corporation.  Has considerable experience in lending to Russian gold mining companies.
From 1992 and till 1995 worked in “Poisk” Bank (Minsk) where he started as a head of international transactions department and worked his way up to Director of the foreign economic activity department.  At the same time he advanced his professional qualifications in Swiss Bank Corporation (Switzerland), Commerzbank (Germany) and in the MIRBIS Banking School (Moscow).
Graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages and worked from 1979 till 1992 in various state enterprises including Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
 

Educational background: Mr. Vasiliev graduated from the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute n.a S. Ordzhonikidze with a degree in geology, survey, search and exploration of mineral deposits; is chartered mining engineer/geologist.

Positions held:

From 1980 to 1987 he was senior geo technician, geologist, senior geologist of Jansk (Arctic Circle) geological survey expedition at PGO Yakutsgeologiya ASSR.

From 1987 to 1990 he served as senior geologist at the mining and concentrating mill Kularzoloto, Production Association Yakutzoloto of the USSR Ministry of Non-ferrous Metallurgy.

From 1990 to 1991 he was 1st category expert at Geological Department of Glavalmazzoloto under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

From 1991 to 1994 he was analyst, Deputy Director of the Investment Program Directorate at JC RC Almazzoloto, from 1994 to 1995 Deputy CEO of Azcol CJSC.
From 1995 to 1996 he was Director of Imperialzoloto CJSC, Vestzoloto LLC.
From 1996 to 1997 he was Deputy Head of the Precious Metal & Stone Department at RF Ministry of Industry.

From 1997 to 2004 he was Divisional Manager, Head of Technical and Economic Development Section, Head of Expert Section of Stock Exchange Transactions Department at JSCB Lanta-Bank (CJSC), and from 2001 to 2005 CEO of Pervenets OJSC.

Since 2000 Mr. Vasiliev has been CEO of Vysochayshi OJSC (GV Gold)

Mike has more than 15 years operational experience in SHE and around 5 years of SHE consulting. He is a Professional SHE Manager in Oil and Gas, Metallurgy and Automotive Industries. He has designed leadership workshops, supported implementation strategy development and coached for executive teams in these industries.
Credentials
• M.Sc., Moscow Gubkin University of Oil and Gas Industry, Russia, 1978
• Ph.D., Moscow Gubkin University of Oil and Gas Industry, Russia, 1985
• Doctor of Science, Moscow University of Land Management, Russia ,1999
• NEBOSH Certificate, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1999
• Member of Scientific Council of Moscow State University geography faculty, Russia
Areas of Specialization
• Employee Safety Management
• Process Safety Management
• Contractor Safety Management
• Project Management
• Training and Development
• Auditing
• Industry experience in Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation
Selected Accomplishments
• As a Project Manager and/or Principal consultant of DuPont Sustainable Solutions, Mike successfully completed several projects in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, including design and roll out of a safety culture improvements program for major metallurgical companies.
• As a Process Safety Management Internal Auditor, Mike had audited several DuPont plants in Europe.

Born on August 28, 1955г in Tashkent. In 1977 he graduated from Tashkent State University, the faculty of Geology with a specialization in geological survey and mineral exploration.      

From 1977 till 1994 he worked for Kysylkum geological prospecting expedition (Muruntau).  Main areas of activities are geological survey, mineral exploration and prognosis evaluation of gold, silver, copper and other deposits.

In 1995-2006 he worked for Zarafshan-Newmont JV. In 2006 Mr. Makarov worked for NBLgold consulting company (Moscow, Russia). From 2007 till now he has been working for Arlan Investment Company. Mining sector of Arlan IC is dealing with gold deposits (Magadan region, Russia) and uranium (the Republic of Namibia).

Vitally T. Borisovich, PhD in Economics, professor MGRI-RGGRU, consultant Thomson Reuters GFMS
After graduating from college he worked in  mines. Then he entered and graduated from the Moscow Geological Instiut and graduate with him. After finishing graduate school began   teaching job at the Department of Mineral Economics, and later headed that department.

Conducted research with the exploration  organizations and foreign universities: Frieberg Mining Academy, Colorado School of Mines, Hawaiian University and other organizations. He is co-author of the books: CIS Energy and Minerals Development, and Organization of trade in precious metals, as well as author and co-author of more 150 publications on economics of mineral resources and exploration. Is the supervisor of 37 candidates and PhD of Sciences. Since 1992 he has worked with GFMS and participates in the preparation of the annual Gold Survey.

Was born in Vladivostok in 1974. Graduated from Far Eastern State University and Maryland University. Denis holds an MBA (Moscow School of Management Skolkovo) and ACCA (UK).

His previous work experience includes:
Leading positions in Investment companies A1 and Arlan.
Finance Director and Board member of Highland Gold mining plc.
2001-2003 work in Alfa Group, London
1996-2001 work in Pricewaterhouse Coopers 
Board member in a number of resource public and private companies

Alexander Gareev graduated from London Business School in 2008, currently holds the position of  Head of Metals and Mining at OJSC “Gazprombank”.

The Gazprombank’ Metals and Mining team has accumulated the vast expertise that allows organizing structured deals for companies raising finance for projects in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, coal and precious metals mining.

Alexander Gareev used to manage the division of finance analysis of investment projects at Norilsk Nickel, involved in the valuation and analysis of the largest investment projects of the company and implementation of its investment strategy.

Ersun Ozdemirel is the export manager at Borcelik, which is a joint venture of Borusan Holding of Turkey and ArcelorMittal.
 
After he acquired his degree in Business Administration in 1997 from Middle East Technical University (METU), he started to work in finance sector for 3 years in corporate marketing division.

Afterwards, he completed his masters degree at Duquesne University in Pittsburg, USA.

Then, he joined Borcelik, which is a re-roller specialized in cold rolled and coated flat steel and giving service to automotive, consumer (white) goods, radiator and construction sectors. At first, he worked in purchasing division and was responsible for Hot Rolled Coils (HRC) and Zinc (Zn) purchasing and supply agreements.

Afterwards, he became member of sales group and now acting as export manager. Under his leadership, Borcelik is one of the biggest exporters of Cold Rolled (CR) and Hot-dip Galvanized (HDG) flat steel, mainly to European Union, Middle East and CIS countries.

Ehrlich joined Alfa Bank in 2008 from hedge fund Och-Ziff where he managed emerging market long-short equities, and prior to that, asset manager Valartis, where he co-managed a top-performing Russian equities fund. At Alfa, he is responsible for metals and mining commodity forecasting and equity recommendations for the clients of the bank.

He is a member of the Strategic Financing Unit of Alfa Bank, a cross-divisional group which advises companies on investment and development strategy.

Ehrlich combines fundamental and technical analytical techniques, including statistical and algorithmic methodologies, in his forecasting work. Ehrlich started his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a credit markets analyst.

Born in 1976
1998: Graduated from the Russian Academy of State Service.
From 1996 until 2002 Mr Glazkov worked in various commercial structures on the markets for petroleum and agrarian products.

Arseniy Glazkov has worked on the financial market since 2002, as a trader and asset manager on Russian and foreign stock and derivatives markets.
Since 2007 Mr Glazkov has worked at the largest Russian stock exchanges, the Moscow Central Stock Exchange and the RTS.
Since July 2012 he has been Head of the sales & marketing department of the derivatives market of the Moscow Exchange.

Born 20.08.1957 in Volzhsky Volgograd Region
In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys with qualification Engineering and metallurgy
1980-2000 worked for companies within the group MMC Norilsk Nickel  in Norilsk. Mr. Dyachenko developed his career from the furnace operator to the Head of the Development Department of the Polar Division of OJSC Norilsk Mining Company.
Since 2001 - Head of the Scientific and Technical Development MMC Norilsk Nickel, Moscow

Kazuo Fujisawa joined NKK Corporation in 1982 and has held management positions in sales, engineering and in an assistant role to CEOs.

After NKK merged with Kawasaki Steel to create JFE Steel in 2003, he has held positions in the Corporate Planning Department. His responsibilities include strategic planning and overseas business development.

David Groves has more than 30 years experience in precious-metals exploration, resource development and business development in the exploration and mining sectors. 

Prior to joining Centerra in August 2011 as Vice President Exploration, Dave worked 27 years for Newmont Mining Corporation in exploration and business-development roles in North America, Australia, Central Asia, Europe and West Africa.   While at Newmont, he participated in the discovery and delineation of the Leeville and Turf gold deposits on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, directed greenfield discoveries of Carlin-type and high-sulfidation gold deposits in the Tethys mineral belt in Turkey and Armenia and oversaw a major resource expansion at the Akyem gold deposit in West Africa. 

Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from the University of Maine at Orono (1975) and a Master of Science degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth (1984).  He is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists.

Born in 1980 in Moscow. In 2002 graduated from State University of Management with honors with a degree in management, specialization — World Market of Metals. In 2005 obtained a Ph.D. degree in management of metallurgical companies. In 2001-2006 worked as an analyst in OAO Chermetinfromatsiya and in Infomine Research Group. In 2006-2010 was head of marketing department of Industrial Metallurgical Holding. Since June 2010 — investor relations director.

Since joining the firm in 2003, Konstantin has served clients in steelmaking, mining and energy sectors focusing on operational improvement and strategy development projects.

His recent projects include: implementation of a TOP production improvement program for a metallurgical company, improvement of the procurement system for a Russian metals & mining company, sales system transformation for a metals & mining company, development of an energy strategy for a Russian mining company, and development of a Russian market entry strategy for a major international energy company.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Konstantin worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and completed an internship at Goldman Sachs.

Konstantin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (honors diploma).

Until 1999 Gennady Skopov performed academic research work in commercial structures.
In 1986 he was presented with an award by the Council of Ministers of the USSR, in recognition of his development and implementation of a series of technological processes for the extraction of copper and precious metals from  semi-finished metallurgical products.
 In 1992 Mr Skopov became a Doctor of Technical Sciences. He is the author of more than 100 academic works and patents.
Since 1999 Mr Skopov has worked at the Urals Mining and Metallurgy Company as Strategic Planning Director and Deputy Technical Director for metallurgy.
Mr Skopov is a Professor at the Urals B.N. Yeltsin Federal University, a full member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of the Russian Federation, and an honoured metallurgist of the Russian Federation.

Sergey joined McKinsey in 2007. He generally focuses on projects related to development and implementation of company strategies, optimization of organizational structures and management systems, and execution of business performance improvement programs, mainly in the electric power industry. In addition, he has extensive work experience in the oil and gas sector and the mining industry.

Among the projects that Sergey has been actively engaged in – development of an energy sector growth strategy for one of the Eastern European countries, including power generation, transmission and distribution, as well as preparation of recommendations on updating the country’s power industry regulations; launch and roll-out of an operating performance improvement program for a large engineering company specializing in construction of high-voltage grids and substations, including optimization of its project portfolio; design of an alternative energy development strategy for a large industrial holding company involving optimization of operating and capital expenditures; implementation of an operational transformation system for a major generation company including implementing initiatives to improve operating performance of its plants.

In July 2010, Sergey joined McKinsey’s Global Sustainability and Resource Productivity Practice. In this capacity, he is involved in projects related to development of energy efficiency improvement strategies within the framework of government programs, as well as in similar projects for major Russian industrial companies.

Leonid Nikolayevich  Shevelev, doctor of economic sciences, professor,  Worked as the economical laboratory head at “SEVERSTAL” Steel Works, later - as the deputy director of the Institute of Economics at the Central Scientific Research  Institute for  Iron and Steel Industry (I.P. Bardin’s TSNIchermet), the Deputy Minister of Ferrous and Nonferrous metallurgy of Russia, vice-president of the Russian Union of Metal Exporters (RUME).

In 1993-1997 worked as the Head of the Work Group for Steel in European Economical Commission of UNO , was a co-chairman of the Contact EC-Russia Group for coal and steel, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TASIS programs for ferrous metallurgy of Russia financed by EC. Today I work as a Chief Scientific Officer in Economics at the Central Scientific Research Institute for Iron and Steel Industry on the problems concerning the Kioto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Sphere of my scientific activity: restructuring of inefficient production facilities, modernization, energy efficiency of Iron and Steel Industry.

Editor of the “Steel Times International” (UK) and “Aluminium International Today” (UK) published in Russia from 1992 by Quartz Business Media Ltd. (UK), Representative consulting company McLellan and Partner Co. (UK) in Russia.

Education: Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute (Russia) and London University, Imperial College of Science and Technology (UK), PhD, economist in metallurgy.

Expert of dozen International projects (UN ECE, EBRD, IISI, TACIS, etc) on Restructuring and developments of the Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe steel and metals sector, including steel market study.

Publications: 3 books on Russia and EU steel sector, 5 patents and more than 400 articles on Russia, CIS and world iron and steel industry (including about 100 in English).

Andrey Boyko is a graduate of the State University ‘Higher School of Economics’, specialising in finance & credit.

He completed a PhD in technical sciences at the Russian New University. His sphere of academic interests includes process automation, purchasing theories, and management in social and economic systems.

Since 2000 Mr Boyko has been involved with the design and development of e-commerce systems. He has been the Commercial Director of B2B-Center since 2006.

Sergey Belsky was appointed Director for Russia and CIS sales in June 2010. His accountabilities include increasing the share of the company’s domestic sales through developing customer relations and exploring new areas of aluminium application. He also oversees RUSAL programme to drive the local production and consumption of aluminum-based products.
Between 2008 and 2010 Mr Belsky was head of RUSAL’s Sales and Marketing Directorate. Before taking up this position he was the Sales Director of RUSAL’s Moscow office. From 2000 through 2007 he worked as head of Russia and CIS sales department.
From 1999 to 2000 Sergey Belsky was Head of Export Sales in Siberian Aluminium. From 1996 to 1999 he worked in Trans World Group. Mr Belsky started his career in 1991 as a trader in Raznoimport before working his way up to Head the division in 1996.
Sergey Belsky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, majoring in Metal Engineering. He later graduated from the Moscow Institute of International Business of the Ministry of Economic Relations and Trade. He also holds a degree from the London Business School.

Ciaran is responsible for the following Platts price assessments: Black Sea billet and Turkish rebar exports, together with EMEA scrap markets. Previously, he was responsible for pioneering the first ever daily scrap index for Turkish imports.

As a European Markets Editor, Ciaran is in daily contact with suppliers, buyers and intermediaries in the above markets. A keen linguist, Ciaran has an MA in Italian & English Literature and is learning Spanish. Previous media appearances include stints this year on the BBC, as well as in Platts’ own podcasts, webinars and forums.  

After receiving his master's degree in Management of Business Administration in 2002 from La Salle University - Philadelphia,he worked as a Business Analyst for a multinational pipe and glass manufacturer; Saint Gobain – Philadelphia. In 2003,  he started to work in the stock market at SEI Investments ( Fortune 500 company in US ) as a Mutual Fund
By 2005 right after he returned back to Turkey, Mr Bolaca has started to work for Tezcan Galvanized steel mill and he was responsible for the whole sales towards Europe, CIS and Northern America regions.
In 2007, He joined to Promeks Steel trading. Mr. Bolaca has established coated steel department in the company and  afterwards he managed  flat steel division at Promeks Steel Inc.
In 2010, Mr. Bolaca has joined to LN Metals International to manage the steel division. LN Metals is an international trading company with an annual turnover of 850 million USD. Company supplies both ferrous and non ferrous metals through offices in England, China and in Brazil and also holds steel stocks mainly in EU and in South America.
Besides participating to international steel conferences as a speaker, Mr Bolaca writes articles for international steel publications.

Chief Operating Officer of Highland Gold Mining Brent Horochuk has graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines in Canada and the Michigan Technological University with a degree in mining engineering and started professional work as an underground miner at the Sherritt Gordon Mines in Canada. He has held management posts at various mining operations in Canada, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Guinea employed by Noranda Minerals, Falconbridge and Ashanti Goldfields. Before joining Highland Gold Mining Brent was the managing director of the Geita gold mine in Tanzania (Anglogold Ashanti).

Irina Derevenskikh, Head of marketing department of  Thyssenkrupp Materials.
Irina Aleksandrovna was born on May 01, 1982 in Belgorod, graduated from "The Belgorod state university" and "The international institute of advertizing". Specializes on the organization and marketing development in the industry, and also adjustment of dealer networks.
Irina is more than 10 years in profession, the last 6 years she's been heading the department of marketing of the Nisco company – the leading supplier of thermal insulation of DOW and the roofing materials Firestone.
Since the summer 2012 is heading the marketing department of the Thyssenkrupp Materials company - one of leading suppliers of black and stainless metal rolling on the Russian market, from year to year the company is included into the ten largest metaltraders according to the version of the "Metallosnabzheniye and sale" magazine.

Mansour Yazdizadeh was born in Tehran on 10 July 1967.  He is graduated in Industrial Engineering from Iran University of Science & Technology. He joined to Esfahan Steel Company in 1994, in which he has served as Senior Expert in Sales & Export Department, Assistant of Domestic Sales Manager and Marketing and Sales Manager and also he has been a member of board of directors of Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) and Iran Rolling Trade Promotion Company.

He has various researches in field of commodities exchanges and steel markets.

Presently he is the deputy managing director in Sales & Marketing of Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO).

Ayuna Nechaeva is responsible for London Stock Exchange’s business development activities in Russia, CIS and Mongolia. Ayuna promotes London Stock Exchange markets, Main Market and AIM, among companies in these regions and facilitates communication between them and the London-based advisor and investor community.

Ayuna Nechaeva holds a Master’s in International Business from Grenoble Graduate School of Business and an MA in Linguistics and Intercultural Communications from the Moscow State University.

Prior to joining the London Stock Exchange, Ayuna worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) both in Russia and the UK.

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Levon Kocharyan has built an impressive mining and oil and gas practice and earned an enviable reputation as a leading practitioner in his specialized field of mining law in Russia.  He is widely regarded and sought after for his knowledge and practical application of law in the natural resource sector by both clients and fellow professionals. 

Levon has 20 years of experience in assisting clients with mining and oil and gas projects.  His practice area includes not only the corporate structuring of mining and energy projects but also advising clients on the structure of joint ventures to conduct mining and oil and gas activities; drafting and negotiating metal sales agreements; participating in litigation over title issues; obtaining and transferring mineral licenses; advising on complex tax structures and conducting complex tax work related to mining and oil and gas projects; issuance and transfer of shares; preparing and drafting legal documentation on behalf of clients participating in the auctions granting mineral rights in Russia.

For many consecutive years Levon is recognised as a top energy and natural resources lawyer by the leading legal directories, such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 EMEA, Who’s Who Legal, PLC Which Lawyer. In 2008-2012 Chambers and Partners awards Levon with a Band 1 ranking saying that Levon “climbs the rankings on the basis of excellent market endorsement”. In 2005-2012 Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500 and European Legal Experts also acknowledge Levon’s outstanding expertise, the latter stating that he is “one of the country’s finest mining and subsoil lawyers”. Levon is also ranked as a top lawyer in Energy and Natural Resources in Best Lawyers 2011-12.

Levon graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, specialising in international trade law (three-year course in international economics and a five-year course in international law). He participated in an East/West Exchange Program on Business Administration at York University, Ontario.

Dinara has over 11 years’ experience practicing law, majoring principally in the natural resource and corporate/commercial areas.  She started her career advising clients on the incorporation of joint ventures, corporate restructuring, conducting legal due diligence cases as well as production sharing agreements.  

Dinara works with major international and Russian companies on investment projects, providing legal counsel which often includes business risk assessment.  She has expanded her transactional expertise into the domain of mergers and acquisitions and financing, with her focus being on the mining and energy industries.  As examples of her expertise in both these areas, Dinara provided legal advice on the financing of companies holding licenses for the development and extraction of hydrocarbons through private and public placements, which involved multinational jurisdictions.  In the area of mergers and acquisitions, she has represented domestic and foreign investors in a number of acquisitions of interests in Russian companies holding mining and hydrocarbon assets.

William joined Citi, Moscow in 2011 from Barclays Capital, Moscow where he spent 5 years latterly as Head of the Russian Metals & Mining Coverage Team. William has been covering Russian Natural Resources companies for 15 years as a banker.

William is a fluent Russian speaker and received a degree in Russian and History from UCL and an MBA from Cass

Vladimir Terlovoy, Head of Research, Metal Expert Consulting
Education: Dnepropetrovsk National University, Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty

Professional Experience: Vladimir has 17 years of experience in information-analytical service of Metal Expert Group, managed and was involved in more than 50 researches as an analyst, an expert, an adviser, and a head of research.

Robert Mantse has over 15 years of experience in mining finance - including equity & credit research, mergers & acquisitions and corporate & project finance. During this time, he has developed relationships with  large, medium and small sized mining and metal companies -based in Russia & the CIS, Europe, North & South America, Africa and Asia. Throughout his career, he has focused on companies with assets in emerging markets. He has worked for PwC in Toronto and now Moscow, Citibank and WestLB in New York and Alfa-Bank and Otkritie Capital in Moscow.

Valery Rudakov was born in Tbilisi (The USSR) in 1942. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Mines and acquired the profession of mining engineer. Rudakov started his career as an engineer in the trust Yakutalmaz (in Yakutia, in the north of Russia) and worked there during 18 years, including the last 6 years in the capacity of General Director. In 1983 Rudakov became the Vice-Minister of Nonferrous Metals Industry of the USSR and at the same time – the Chief of production association Soyuzzoloto. In 1988 he headed the Central Administrative Board of Precious Metals and Diamonds attached to Council of Ministers of the USSR (Glavalmazzoloto of the USSR).
In 1991-1999 Rudakov was at the head of Russian Corporation Almazzoloto, then became the President of stock company Almazy Rossii-Sakha, and later took the post of President of Financial and Industrial Group Evrozoloto.

In December of 1999 Rudakov was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation and at the same time – the Chief of Gokhran of Russia (the state depository of precious metals and gems). In June of 2002 he retired on a pension and was elected the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gold Mining Company Polus.
In the eighties Rudakov was awarded the highest State decorations. In 1982 he became the State Prize laureate for the development of new technology in the sphere of kimberlite pipes mining.
Valery Rudakov has an academic statuses of Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science, the Academy of Mining Science, Engineer Academy of Russia. He takes the post of the Chairman of Committee for Support of Precious Metal and Stones Production, Processing and Trade of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Randolph Lewis graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1995 with a degree in Russian Studies. Since that time he has grown and developed enterprises in Russia and the CIS, working in manufacturing, logistics and construction. He is fluent in Russian and specializes in business development, project management and government/external relations.

Richard White has worked in the steel industry for over 30 years since graduating from the University of Strathclyde in 1977.  Before taking up his present role as CEO of the London based Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB Ltd) in September 2009 his career was spent in the employ of Corus, (now Tata Steel) and it’s predecessor, British Steel.   During that time he progressed from graduate trainee to commercial head for global sales and marketing of the 2 core products of sections and plates.  His career has included several years managing stockholding businesses covering most core steel products.   He has also represented the company on Eurofer and other industry committees.  His current role provides him with a panoramic view of the rapidly changing landscape of the global steel industry expressed in facts and figures.

Editor of the “Steel Times International” (UK) and “Aluminium International Today” (UK) published in Russia from 1992 by Quartz Business Media Ltd. (UK), Representative consulting company McLellan and Partner Co. (UK) in Russia.

Education: Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute (Russia) and London University, Imperial College of Science and Technology (UK), PhD, economist in metallurgy.

Expert of dozen International projects (UN ECE, EBRD, IISI, TACIS, etc) on Restructuring and developments of the Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe steel and metals sector, including steel market study.

Publications: 3 books on Russia and EU steel sector, 5 patents and more than 400 articles on Russia, CIS and world iron and steel industry (including about 100 in English).

Mr. Nikolay V. Matyash graduated from the Department of Journalism at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 1987.  He worked for “Novosti” Press Agency in Moscow and for Federal News Service in Washington, D.C.  In 1996, he graduated from School of International Service at the American University, Washington, D.C., with Master’s degree in International Affairs: International Politics. 

The same year he returned to Moscow and started working for Petroleum Advisory Forum as Co-ordinator for Services and Equipment Committee and Transportation Committee. 

In 2001, international mining companies operating in Russia invited Mr. Nikolay V. Matyash to join the Mining Advisory Council in Moscow.  Since then he has been working as the Council’s Executive Director. 

In 2002, Mr. Nikolay V. Matyash completed Corporate Governance Program at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada.  He was awarded with a Certificate of Achievement. 

In 2004, Mr. Nikolay V. Matyash became a Member of the Expert Council under the Committee for Natural Resources, Use of Natural Resources and Ecology of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. 

UAE residence and Persian by nationality with more than 10 years of experiences in the Middle East and African steel industry, strong background in international sourcing, marketing, sales, trading and a senior manager for the steel industry in Middle East.

He started steel business as an Iranian steel trader and visited some of the steel mills in the Middle East, Turkey and CIS to understand the production and distribution cycle of them.

Then he worked with a management position for a top European steel trading company in Dubai for four years and also joined Middle East Steel team in 2003 and worked for about four years as the senior marketing manager of the company in MENA region.

After that, Hadi joined Attieh Steel, the company known as one of the biggest steel stockists in the region and worked for two years as the branch manager of the company in Dubai and Iran in order to be more physically active in the domestic regional steel markets.

Thereafter he joined Alam Steel Group as the global head of steel trade until then he joined NORECOM group of Germany and working currently as the General Manager of the entire group in MENA region.

Graduated from an American university and holds a BS degree in addition to two certificates in Engineering, IT and Business Administration.

Hadi is well connected person with the steel industry in MENA, Turkey, CIS and China and now a regular face on speakers’ panels at top international steel events in UK, EU, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, China, Australia, Turkey, Dubai and Qatar. He is also often called upon by the wider media to comment on trends within the Middle East steel and Africa steel industry.

Ksenia Karpman joined CRU in November 2010 as a market analyst, specialising in CIS rolled steel and raw metallurgical materials markets. Ksenia’s responsibilities involve creating analytical reports on CIS markets for CRU’s monthly and quarterly steel publications. Ksenia holds a degree in global economics from Moscow Humanitarian University and a Master’s degree in banking & finance from London’s Queen Mary College.