Ruben K. Vardanian

• Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Troika Dialog, Russian Federation

Graduate, Economics, Moscow State Univ.; postgraduate training, Banca CRT; Emerging Markets Training, Merrill Lynch; studies at INSEAD and Harvard Business School. 1991, joined Troika Dialogue Group; since 1992, Chairman of the Board and CEO. Concurrently: Member, Board of Directors, Novatek; Chairman, Board of Directors, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft; Member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Strategy Committee, AKB Ak Bars Bank. Member, Board, Armimpexbank. Member, Management Cttee and Chairman, Corporate Governance Cttee, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Arbiter, United Cttee on Corporate Ethics. President, Moscow School of Management, Skolokovo. Recipient of awards.