Dmitry Medvedev is the President of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. Born in Leningrad September 14, 1965, he graduated from Leningrad State University (Law Department) in 1987 as a Doctor of Philosophy (Law) and a Associate Professor. From 1990-1999 he was a staff lecturer for St. Petersburg State University. From 1990-1995 he was an advisor to the Leningrad City Council Chairman, an expert of St. Petersburg City Hall Committee on foreign affairs. From 1999, he was a Deputy Chief of the RF Government Staff. From1999-2000 he was Deputy Chief of the Russian Federation's Presidential Executive Office. As of 2000, he became the First Deputy Chief of the RF Presidential Executive Office. In addition, Medvedev served on OJSC "Gazprom" as Board Chairman from 2000-2001. From 2001, as Vice-Chairman of the Board of OJSC "Gazprom. Since June 2002 as Board Chairman of OJSC "Gazprom". From October 2003, he has been the Chief of the RF Presidential Executive Office. In November 2005, he was appointed RF Government First Deputy Chairman. He was elected the President of Russian Federation in March 2, 2008. He is married and has a son. [Biography]

Vladimir Mau is Rector of the Academy of National Economics under the Government of the Russian Federation and also the Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO. He is also Economist Emeritus of the Russian Federation, a Member of the Council on Science, Technology and Education under the President of the Russian Federation, and a Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as an advisor to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. From 1997 to 2002, he was Director of the Working Center for Economic Reform. Dr Mau is also a Monographer, and has published over 20 books and study materials in Russia and the UK and over 400 brochures and articles in Russian, English, French, German and Italian. [Biography]

Noubar Afeyan, PhD, is Managing Partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures. A technologist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Noubar has founded and helped build 15 successful life science and technology startups during the past two decades. In addition, he is a Senior Lecturer at MIT in both the Sloan School of Management and the Biological Engineering Department. Noubar has authored numerous scientific publications as well as patents, and earned his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from MIT in 1987. In 1999 Noubar founded Flagship Ventures, an early stage venture capital and entrepreneurship firm. Prior to that, he participated in creating and launching six highly successful new ventures: PerSeptive Biosystems, ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, Celera Genomics, Antigenics, Color Kinetics and EXACT Sciences. He currently serves as a Director for Flagship-founded ventures Adnexus Therapeutics, Affinnova, BG Medicine, Codon Devices, Ensemble Discovery, Genstruct, Helicos BioSciences, T2 Biosystems and LS9. He also serves on a number of academic, advisory and non-profit boards. [Biography]

Patricia Cloherty is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Private Equity Partners, LLC, manager of the U.S. Russia Investment Fund and Delta Russia Fund, L.P., two venture capital funds. She is former Co-Chairman, President and General Partner of Apax Partners, Inc. (formerly Patricof & Co. Ventures, inc.), a $10 billion private equity company that she joined in 1970, and from which she withdrew in 2000. She is a past President and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association of the United States. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush appointed her to chairman of an Investment Advisory Council to revamp the Small Business Investment Company program of the U.S. Small Business Administration. From 1977 to 1978, Ms. Cloherty was Deputy Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, appointed by President Carter. In 1981, Ms. Cloherty also was the founding President of the Committee of 200, a prestigious organization of the country's leading women entrepreneurs and corporate executives. In 2004, she was named Businessperson of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia. Ms. Cloherty holds various directorships, among them Lexicon Genetics, Inc., and Independent Network Television Holdings (Moscow). She is a Trustee of Columbia University, a Trustee for Life of International House, and a Trustee Emeritus of Columbia University's Teachers College. She is a member of the Rockefeller University Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. She was appointed to the Board of the U.S. Russia Investment Fund in 1995 by President Clinton, became Chairman in 1998, and Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2006. She holds a B.A. from the San Francisco College for Women, and an M.A. and M.I.A. from Columbia University. She served in the Peace Corps in Brazil from 1963 through 1965. [Biography]

Brady W. Dougan is the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse. He is also a member of the Executive Boards of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse. He is based in Zurich. Before assuming his current responsibilities in May 2007, Mr. Dougan served as CEO of the Credit Suisse Investment Bank and its predecessor firm, Credit Suisse First Boston, from July 2004. He also served as CEO of Credit Suisse Americas, with oversight of Investment Banking, Private Banking and Asset Management in the region. Mr. Dougan started his career in the Derivatives group at Bankers Trust Company, and he joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1990. He was named Head of the Equities division in 1996, and Global Head of Securities in 2001. From 2002 to July 2004, he served as Co-President of Institutional Services until his appointment to the role of CEO of the Investment Bank in 2004. Mr. Dougan received a B.A. in Economics in 1981 and an M.B.A. in Finance in 1982 from the University of Chicago, Illinois. [Biography]

Mark Fuller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monitor Group, a firm he co-founded in 1982. He formerly served as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He has authored or co-authored more than sixty articles and teaching cases. His most recent book, Japan’s Business Renaissance, was published in 2005. In addition to sitting on a variety of Monitor Group boards, Mark serves as a Governor of the Asian Institute of Management, a Trustee of Belmont Hill School, a Foundation Member of the World Economic Forum, Chairman of New Profit Incorporated, a Director of Center for Effective Philanthropy, a Member of Harvard University’s Major Gifts Steering Committee, sits on the Board of Overseers’ Committee on University Resources, and a Member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Task Force on Academic Resources at Harvard University. Mark graduated from Harvard College where he received a BA degree in history with High Honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He later received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School with Honors. [Biography]

Andrey Fursenko is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. He was born on July 17th, 1949 in Leningrad. In 1971, he graduated from Leningrad State University of A. Zhdanov. He received his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1990. From 1971 till 1991 he held the positions of junior research assistant, laboratory head, Deputy Director of Science and the principle researcher at the Ioffe Institute of Physics and Engineering of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Leningrad). From 1991-1993, he was Vice-President of JSC "Center for Advanced Technologies and Developments" in St. Petersburg. From 1994-2001, Andrey Fursenko was the Director General of the Regional Fund for Scientific and Technical Development of St. Petersburg. Since 2000 he has been the Chairman of the "North-West" Center of Strategic Developments. From 2001-2002, he was the Deputy to the RF Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. From June 2002, he was the First Deputy to the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. From December 2003, he held the position of Acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation. On March 9th, 2004 he was appointed the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. [Biography]

Herman Gref is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sberbank. Minister for Economic Development and Trade for the Russian Federation in 2000-2007. He was born in Panfilovo village of Pavlodar region of Kazakh SSR February, 8, 1964. In 1990, he graduated from Omsk State University as a lawyer. From 1981-1982 he was a lawyer for the agricultural bureau of Irtysh district of Pavlodar region. From 1982-1984, he served in the Soviet Army. From 1984-1985, he was a student of the preparatory department of the Law Department of the Omsk State University . From 1985-1990, he was a student of the Omsk State University. From 1990-1990 he was a lecturer for the Law Department of the Omsk State University. From 1990-1993, he completed his postgraduate at the Leningrad University. From 1991-1992, he was a lawyer for the Committee on Economic Development and Property of Petrodvorets Administration in St. Petersburg. 1992-1992 - head of Petrodvorets District Agency of St. Petersburg Administration Property Committee. From 1992-1994, he served as Chairman of the Property Committee and deputy head of Petrodvorets District Administration in St. Petersburg. From 1994-1997, he was the deputy chairman and director of the Real Estate Department as well as the first deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg Administration City Property Committee. From 1997-1998, he was the Vice-Governor - Chairman of the St. Petersburg Administration City Property Committee. From 1998-1998, he was a member of the College Board of the RF State Property Ministry. From 1998-2000, he was the first deputy of the RF State Property Minister. Since 2000, Gref has been the Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. He was appointed Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation again on March, 9, 2004. He has received the following State award: The RF President commendation (2004). [Biography]

Rajat Kumar Gupta is the Senior Partner Worldwide of McKinsey & Company. He joined the Firm's New York Office in 1973, assumed leadership of its Scandinavian Offices in 1981, and joined the Chicago Office in 1987. He assumed the role of Chicago Office Manager in 1989. Mr. Gupta served as the Managing Director Worldwide of McKinsey from 1994 to 2003.In his 32 year career in consulting, Mr. Gupta has served many leading companies on a broad set of topics related to strategy, organization and operations. He has played a thought leadership role in organizational thinking throughout his career, and currently leads the Organization Practice for the Firm. Mr. Gupta is very active in many non-profit institutions focused on education, health and development. He serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advisor on UN Reform, and as an independent Director of Goldman Sachs, and also contributes to the work of a host of organizations. Mr. Gupta holds a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. [Biography]

Herbert Henzler is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Credit Suisse Germany and Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Credit Suisse Group. He is Professor of Strategy and Organization at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen since 1992, former Chairman Europe and Head of McKinsey in Europe till 2001. He serves on the boards of Schlomann-Siemag, Freiberger KG, Freshfields, FC Bayern Munich and Munich University (LMU). He is also Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council that advises the Bavarian government on educational, science and technology policy. Mr. Henzler is the author of many books and articles on strategic management, as well as social and economic policy. [Biography]

Elizabeth Katkin is a partner at Hogan & Hartson, a large multinational law firm, which advises the Moscow School of Management on a pro bono basis. Elizabeth's practice focuses on securities and business transactions for U.S. and international clients. She advises companies, private equity firms and multinational investment banks in sophisticated public and private offerings, private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, investment fund formation, project and corporate finance and general corporate counseling. Elizabeth has worked extensively in Eastern and Western Europe, South Africa and Asia. Representative transactions include: representation of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited in its US$8.1 billion hostile takeover bid for all of the share of Gold Fields Limited; representation of Troika Dialog in the US$140 million IPO of Verapharm OJSC; representation of the government and the issuer in two successive IPOs of the Portuguese national electric utility totaling US$4.3 billion; representation of Centurion Capital in formation of European New Horizons L.P., a 150 million pan-European private equity fund; representation of European New Horizons L.P. in its 45 million indirect investment in Escada, A.G.; representation of investors in the purchase and development of a luxury hotel project in Prague; representation of the underwriters in the IPO of the first SEC-registered closed end fund for venture capital investments. Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Elizabeth was an associate with a large New York-based, international law firm. She was also vice president of strategic transactions and general counsel of Find Law, Inc., a leading Internet site for legal research. Elizabeth is a member of the Bar of California and the District of Columbia and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer, The Law Society of England and Wales. [Biography]

Lee Kuan Yew is Minister Mentor of the Republic of Singapore. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was born in Singapore in 1923, educated at Raffles College, Singapore, then Cambridge, England, graduating in 1949. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, London in 1950. He practiced law in Singapore where he was adviser to many trade unions. In 1954, he was a founder of the People's Action Party and held the position of Secretary General until 1992 except for a brief period in 1957. He was elected a member of Legislative Assembly in 1955. In 1959 he became Singapore's Prime Minister, serving successive terms until he resigned in November 1990, when he was appointed Senior Minister by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was re-appointed again after the 1991, 1997 and 2001 general elections. [Biography]

David Nadler is vice chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC), a global professional services firm with annual revenues of approximately $12 billion. In addition, he serves as chairman of Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC, a global consulting firm and an operating company of MMC that works with CEOs, boards of directors, and senior executives of major corporations on the design and leadership of large-scale organizational change. He is well known for his research and writing on organizational change, corporate governance, organization design, and executive teams. He has written numerous articles and book chapters, and has authored and/or edited 16 books, including Organizational Architecture; Prophets in the Dark: How Xerox Reinvented Itself and Drove Back the Japanese; Discontinuous Change; Competing By Design; Executive Teams; Champions of Change; and, Building Better Boards. In 2004, he was one of the two co-chairs (along with Jay Lorsch) of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Leadership. He is a member of the Academy of Management and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He was named by Consulting Magazine as one of the 25 most influential consultants in 2004, and in 2005 was the recipient of the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Academy of Management.

Dennis Nally is Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., a network of membership firms that  act locally in countries around the world. Mr. Nally  most  recently served as Chairman and Senior Partner of the US Firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP having  first  been  elected to those roles in 2002 and elected to a second term in 2006. Nally joined PricewaterhouseCoopers immediately after he graduated from WMU in 1974 and became a partner in 1985. Having moved from the firm’s Detroit office to New York, he served in the National Office Accounting Services Group in New York for three years, before moving to Dayton as the Partner-in-Charge of PWC  office there. Nally has worked with many multinational clients in a variety of industries and he is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on issues affecting the accounting profession and the US capital markets.

Michael Obermayer was until recently dean of the World Economic Forum's Global Leadership Fellows Program, and before that dean of McKinsey & Company's corporate university. Currently a partner and member of Troika Dialog's Board of Directors and chairman of Russia New Growth Fund, he is Director Emeritus and former Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company. As chair of McKinsey Eastern Europe based in Moscow throughout the 90's, Dr Obermayer gained extensive knowledge of business and politics in Russia, and has played a key role in restructuring eastern European companies. As an educator, he is deeply interested in management development and organizational learning, using state-of-the-art technologies. He is an adjunct professor at INSEAD, and a member of several company boards, including the International Baccalaureate Organization.  [Biography]

Danica Purg is Founder and Dean of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, President of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), and Professor of Leadership. She is the author of publications on technological and organizational changes, comparative practices in staff management, economic reforms and management development in Central and Eastern Europe. Professor Purg is a Member of several advisory boards, among them the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, and of the World Forum "Business as an Agent of World Benefit: Management Knowledge Leading Positive Change".

Igor Shuvalov is the First Vice-Prime Minister. In 1993, he graduated from the Law Department of the Moscow State University, where he received his degree in Science of Law. In 1993, he was an attache of the Law Department of the RF Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 1997, Igor was promoted to the position of a Ministry Departmental Head. In 1997, he was also appointed the Head of the Department of the Federal Property Public Register (the Russian State Committee of the Public Property Management). In 1998, he became Deputy to the Minister of Public Property of the Russian Federation. From 1998 till 2000, he held the position of Chairman of the Russian Fund of Federal Property. On May 18th 2000, he was appointed Head of the RF Government Staff - Minister of the Russian Federation. In June 2003 he became the Aid to President of the Russian Federation. In October 2003, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Since March 2004, he has been the Aid to the Russian President and in January 2005 he became the Russian Liaison for G8. On May, 12, 2008, Igor Shuvalov was appointed First Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.