Members of the Judging Panel for the Adam Smith Russian CFO Awards 2013

Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, majoring in Space Engineering. Completed postgraduate studies at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy; attended executive development courses of London Business School, Harvard Business School, and INSEAD
From 1994 to 1996, and then from April to October 1998 held the position of Vice President and Member of the Board of Inkombank, responsible for strategic planning, management of international transactions, management of companies within financial and industrial group, and development of practices of investment banking transactions
During 1996-2001, held various managerial positions in several Russian and international companies at the stage of transaction organizing or restructuring. Participated in projects in the area of aluminium industry (SAMEKO Joint Stock Company), construction material manufacturing (Shtern-Cement concern), pharmaceutics (Vremia Group), and telecommunications (Vympelcom Group)
From June 1999 to May 2001, was a member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer, Director of Business Development of Vymplecom CJSC. Also General Director of BeeOnline, mobile arm of Vimplekom, which offered to the Russian market SMS delivery and content management services
From July 2002 to April 2005, held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, Russia's leading producer of juice and dairy products
CFO, Member of the Management Board of SUEK from 2005 to 2011.
Member of the Board of New Economic School

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from Tbilisi State University with a degree in economics in 1978. He studied “Securities Transactions” at the London Business School in 1996, and took a course on “Corporate Finance, Accounting and Risk Management” from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1998. He started his career as the head of the budget department at the USSR State Bank branch in Tbilisi. He then worked as deputy director for economic affairs at the Electronic Equipment Factory based in Tbilisi. In 1990, he was offered the position of a regional financial director for the Marco Polo international chain (Russia). Since 1992, he has been Vice President at Rostik Group. Since 1995, he’s been on the board of directors of RIG Restaurants Ltd, since 2005, he’s been CorpEstate’s managing parner real estate operations, and a member of the board of directors for Rosinter Restaurants Holding and its Audit Committee since 2006. Over the past 15 years, he has been a chairman and a member of the board of directors of various Group companies. In 2005 he joined the Russian National Association of Corporate Directors, in 2011 he bacame a member of the National register of professional corporate directors of the Russian Institute of directors.

PROFILE
•Executive with 18 years of wide professional experiences:
 o Markets – USA, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Russia/CIS,
 o Industries – automotive, retail & distribution, FMCG, banking and consulting,
 o Functional – Board of Directors, СЕО, CFO, M&A/Business Development, Strategy, Finance & Treasury, Corporate Governance, IT, Logistics and Operations
 o Business scale  – start-ups, medium-sized and multi-national corporates.
• Designed and implemented corporate business strategy, turning a middle-sized companies into an international public corporations as well as successful financial and operational corporate crises management and turn-arounds;
• Led record business growth via organic development and M&As, while improving operational efficiency and profitability;
• Developed of cross-border JVs and partnerships;
• Raised debt and equity capital on international markets, including IPOs/SPOs and PEs, arrangement of international syndicated loans, bonds and CLNs; as well as setting an efficient finance processes, including operational and investment budgeting, controlling, cash flow and risks management systems;
• Hiring, building, motivating and development of best-in-industry management teams

CAREER SUMMARY
• Executive and professional:
Cesar Satellite, Russia, Moscow
2012 – present Vice-President and Board Director  
Group “Mosmart”, Moscow, Russia
Chief Executive Officer (СЕО) and Deputy Chairman of the Board
Euroset, Moscow, Russia
Deputy СЕО for Finance & Administration
X5 Retail Group N.V. , Moscow, Russia
Group CFO, Director A of the Management Board
Ford Motor Company, Inc., Brentwood, UK and Cologne, Germany
2002–2003  European Controller, Material Planning & Logistics
2001–2002  Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions, European Business Development
1999–2001   Project Manager, New Business Development
Bankers Trust International Plc., London, UK
Senior Investment banking associate                                                                     
A.T. Kearney, Inc., Нью-Йорк, США
Management consulting associate

• Corporate & Board:
2013 – present Chairman of Finance & Operations Committee and Board Director, retail chain Yuterra (Russia)
2012 – present Chairman of HR Committee and Board Director, OAO «Cherkizovo Group» (Russia)
2008 – present Chairman of SCM Committee and Board Director, ОАО «Rosinter Restaurants» (Russia)
2010 – present Director, the Association of Independent Directors of the Russian Federation
2011 – 2012  Chairman of the Board, OAO «Kronverk Cinema» (Russia)
2011 – 2012 Chairman of Finance Committee and Board Director, OAO RG Brands (Kazakhstan)
2009 – 2010   Executive Committee member of AKORT (The Russian Retail Association)
2003 – 2008 Member of the Strategy and HR committees of the Board of Directors Х5 Retail Group N.V.
2007 – 2008  Chairman of the Board of Directors, X5 Development Capital Ltd. and X5 Express Retail, Ltd.
2003 – 2005  Chairman of the Board of Directors, ОАО «Spar Middle Volga»

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Master of Business Administration (MBA)                 1995
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA
Concentration in International Business and Finance
Master of Arts in Mass Media and Journalism                                        1991
Moscow State University Department of Journalism, Russia
Dean’s Honour List, school awards for professional excellence Corporate programmes in Strategy, M&A, Corporate Finance and Organizational Leadership
Director, the Russia’s Independent Directors Association, Moscow, Russia
Registered Person in Securities & Financial Derivatives, London, UK
Member, the Institute of Management Consultants, New York, USA

December 2008 – Director, Macroeconomic Research, State University - Higher School of Economics
Member of the Board of Directors, Aeroflot-Russian airlines
Member of the Board of Directors, National Reserve Bank
Member of Advisory Council to the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Member of Expert Council, Accounting Chamber of the Russian Federation
Professor, Qilin University (Changchun, China)
April 2006 – May 2008 – Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch Russia
Nov 2004 – March 2006 - President, Member of the Board, Antanta Capital
Nov 2000 – June 2004 - Deputy Director General, Managing Director, Member of the Board, Interros Holding
Since Jan 1999  – Chairman, Development Center
•    Independent research organization concentrating on macroeconomic policy and the banking system in Russia
Dec 1995 - Oct 1998 - First Deputy Chairman, Member of the Board, Central Bank of Russia
•    Responsible for monetary and foreign exchange policy, accounting and payment system, negotiations with the IMF
May 1993 – March 1995 – Deputy Minister of Finance
•    Responsible for budgetary planning, macroeconomic and tax policy, accounting
At the same time since January 1994 until March 1995 he was the Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Audit in Russia
Apr 1991 - May 1993 - Deputy Director, Executive director, Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Jan 1990 - Apr 1991 - Leading specialist, Commission on Economic Reform, Government of the USSR.
Aug 1986 – Dec 1989 – Junior Researcher, Researcher, CEMI (Central Economic and Mathematical Institute), Academy of Science of the USSR. Joined this Institute in August 1986 graduating from Moscow State University. Took Ph.D. (Econ) at the same Institute in December 1989.

Roger Munnings was born on August 3, 1950 in the UK.
He graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts degree (Honours) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Roger Munnings is currently the UK Government Special Representative for Trade and Investment between the UK and Russia; a member of the Executive Board of the Association of European Businesses; the Chairman of the Audit Committee Institute in Russia (sponsored by KPMG and the Russian Institute of Directors).
He formerly held positions as CEO of KPMG Russia/CIS Region (1996 to 2008); Chairman of KPMG’s Global Energy and Natural Resources Practice (1993 to 2008); and as a member of the Board of KPMG EMEA Region (2000 to 2008).
Roger Munnings is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and was appointed CBE in the UK in H.M. The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2007.
He is an active member of a number of public organizations, including the National Council on Corporate Governance in Russia; the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Russia; the Russian Union of Directors; the US Russia Business Council; and the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce.

Born in 1977. Graduated from Moscow Physical Engineering Institute with a degree in electronics in 2000.
As deputy editor-in-chief of the journal “The Art of Management” between 2000 and 2004, Mr. Lukashevich was involved in its creation and management, introducing the Russian reader for the first time to the best material from the Fast Company and Harvard Business Review – the leading worldwide publications on management.
In 2004 and 2005 Mr. Lukashevich managed the business literature department at the publishing house “Rosmen”, where he published several business bestsellers.
In 2005 at the publishers B2B Media (“Prof-Media” holding) Mikhail released the journal “Commercial Director: Sales & Marketing Management”, of which he was editor-in-chief for two years. In 2007 he created the journal “Financial Directors’ Club”, handed out to delegates of the 10th Russian Economic Forum in London. In 2008 the journal was turned into the website CFO-Russia.ru, which Mikhail is still editor-in-chief of.
Under Mr. Lukashevich’s management, in 2009-10 CFO-Russia.ru ran the feature “Lessons from the crisis: the CFO viewpoint”, culminating in the release of the book of the same name in 2011. The book, a compilation of interviews with financial directors dealing with the fight against the crisis, was presented to the audience at the CFO Summit 2011, organised by Adam Smith Conferences.