Board of Directors

Mr Dvorkovich was born in 1972. He graduated from the Economics Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Economic Cybernetics and from the New Economic School with a master’s degree in Economics in 1994. He graduated from Duke University in North Carolina with a master’s degree in Economics in 1997.

• 1994 – Consultant, Senior Expert, Chief Executive and Scientific Director, Economic Expert Group, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;
• 2000 – Expert at the Centre for Strategic Research;
• August 2000  – Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation;
• 2001 – Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation;
• 2004–2008 – Director of the Experts’ Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation;
• 2008 – May 2012 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation;
• 21 May 2012  – appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation;
• 2015 – Chairman, Russian Railways Board of Directors.

• Medal “For Contribution to the Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union” (1st Class); Order of Honour; Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (4th class); Medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (2nd Class); Medal “In Commemoration of the 1,000th Anniversary of Kazan”; Order “For Service to the Italian Republic” (Italy); Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus); Certificate of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation.

Mr Belozerov was born in 1969. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg University of Economics and Finance with a degree in Economics and Industrial Planning in 1992. PhD in Economics.

• 1998–2000 – Deputy Commercial Director, Commercial Director, Head of the Logistics and Transportation Department, Lenenergo;
• 2000–2000 – Deputy Director, Freight Motor Transport Enterprise No. 21;
• 2000–2001 – Head of the Financial and Economic Department, Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the Northwestern Federal District;
• 2001–2002 – Deputy Director, Corporate Property Management, LOMO;
• 2002–2004 – CEO, Russian Fuel Company;
• 2004 – Deputy Director, Federal Road Agency;
• 2004–2009 – Director, Federal Road Agency;
• 2009 – Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;
• 2014 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways;
• 2015 – First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;
• 2015 – President, Russian Railways; 
• 2017 – CEO – Chairman of the Management Board, Russian Railways.

• 2003 – Medal “In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg”
• 2004 – Badge “Honoured Worker of the Oil and Energy Complex”
• 2005 – Medal “In Commemoration of the 1,000th Anniversary of Kazan”
• 2006 – Medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (1st Class)
• 2007 – Certificate of Gratitude from the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
• 2008 – Certificate of Honour from the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
• 2010 – Order of Honour
• 2010 – Certificate of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation
• 2011 – Certificate of Honour from the Government of the Russian Federation
• 2012 – Badge “Honoured Road Worker of Russia”
• 2013 – Certificate of Honour from the Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation
• 2014 – Badge “Honoured Worker of Transport of Russia”
• 2014 – Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (4th Class)
• 2014 – Certificate of Honour from the President of the Russian Federation
• 2016 – Medal of the Order “Glory and Honour” of the Russian Orthodox Church (1st Class)
• 2016 – Certificate of Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation for professional achievements and dedicated social activity
• 2017 – Certificate of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation for renovation and development of the Moscow Central Circle
• 2017 – Badge “For Services to Moscow”
• 2018 – Order “Polar Star”, Mongolian government award.

Mr Berezkin was born in 1966. He graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1988. Defended his PhD thesis in Petrochemicals in 1993.

• 2000–2003 – CEO, ESN Energo, the managing company of Kolenergo; member of the Board of Directors, Kolenergo;
• 2004–2007 – Member of the Board of Directors, UES of Russia;
• 2007–2010 – Member of the Board of Directors, Freight One;
• 2008–2011 – Member of the Board of Directors, SG-trans;
• 2006 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, ESN;
• Member of the Management Bureau, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); Co-chairman, RSPP Committee on Corporate Relations; Chairman, RSPP Committee on Independent Directors; Chairman, RSPP Commission on Power Engineering;
• Member of the General of the All Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya;
• 2010 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

Mr Voskresensky was born in 1976. He graduated from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics with a degree in International Economic Relations in 1998.

• 1995–1999 – specialised in taxation in Russian and foreign auditing companies;
• 1999–2004 – CFO in companies working in special underground engineering and construction;
• 2004–2008 – Referent, Deputy Director of the Experts’ Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation;
• 2008–2012 – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation;
• 2012–2014 – Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the Northwestern Federal District;
• 2014–2017 – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation;
• 10 October 2017 – Acting Governor of the Ivanovo Region;
• 2017 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

Mr Dmitriev was born in 1975. He graduated from Stanford University with Distinction in 1996 and has a bachelor’s degree in Economics. In 2000, he graduated from Harvard Business School with honours (Baker Scholar) and holds an MBA.

• Before taking over the Russian Direct Investment Fund in 2011, he headed major direct investment funds and facilitated a number of landmark transactions for Russia, including the sale of Delta Bank to GE, Delta Credit to Societe Generale, and STS Media shares to Fidelity Investments. He began his career at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company;
• He was appointed member of the BRICS and APEC business councils by the President of the Russian Federation; he is a member of the Supervisory Board at ALROSA and member of the boards of directors at Transneft, Rostelecom, Gazprombank, Mother and Child, and Russian Railways, as well as the boards of trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre and Lomonosov Moscow State University. He serves as the Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;
• 2011 – Russia’s sole representative in the rating 100 Most Influential People in the Private Equity for the 10-year period (Private Equity International); member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders;
• 2011 – CEO, RDIF Management Company;
• 2016 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

• Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for important contribution to international investment projects and the social and economic development of the Russian Federation by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Mr Ivanov was born in 1975 in Dudinka. He graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University in 1997 with a degree in Law. His postgraduate studies include the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow) where he majored in Management in 2009 and in Business in 2010.

• 1997–1998 – Research Assistant, Krasnoyarsk State University;
• 1998–2004 – Leading Specialist and Chief Specialist, Administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory; Advisor to the Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor on Legal Matters and Local Self-Government; since 29 December 2001 – Advisor to the Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor on Legal Matters and Local Governments; Department Director;
• 2004–2008 – Vice President, Siberian Engineering Holding; since 14 August 2006 – First Vice President, SM holding;
• 2008 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, SM.art Investment Company;
• 2008–2012 – Deputy Director and Director, Department for Budget Policy in Innovation, Civilian Industry, Energy, Communications and Public-Private Partnership, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;
• 2012 – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation;
• 2011 – Member of the board of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

• Certificate of Gratitude from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation; Medal of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation “290th Anniversary of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation”; Certificate of Gratitude from the Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation; Medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (2nd Class); Silver Medal “For Contribution to the Development of Agriculture” of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

Mr Lushnikov was born in 1976 in Saint Petersburg. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State University in 1998 with a degree in Law.

• 1997–2001 – Lawyer in a number of companies, Saint Petersburg;
• 2001–2006 – Legal Advisor, Kinex-Holding and Link-Oil Spb; Senior Legal Advisor, Transoil;
• 2006–2010 – Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Railway Transport;
• 2010–2012 – Assistant to the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;
• 2012–2017 – Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich;
• 2013 – Member of the Supervisory Board, State Company Russian Highways;
• 2016–2017 – Member of the Board of Directors, Sheremetyevo International Airport;
• 16 февраля 2017 – Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;
• 2017 – Member of the Board of Directors, GLONASS;
• 2017 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

• Certificate of Gratitude from the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation; Badge “Honoured Rail Worker”; Certificate of Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation; Medal “For Impeccable Work and Excellence” (3rd Class).

Mr Mehdorn was born in 1942. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Berlin Technical University (diploma in Engineering). He is an Honorary Doctor of Engineering.

• 1965–1966 – Focke-Wulf Engineering Development Department;
• 1966–1978 – worked at Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke aircraft manufacturer, then served as Director of Production at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB);
• 1979–1984 – Member of the Board of Directors, Airbus Industrie S.A. in Toulouse (France);
• 1984–1989 – Head of the MBB Transport- und Verkehrsflugzeuge group of aircraft manufacturers);
• 1985 – Member of the Board of Directors, MBB;
• 1989–1992 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deutsche Airbus GmbH;
• 1992–1995 – Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Aerospace AG;
• 1995–1999 – Chairman of the Management Board, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG printing press manufacturer;
• 1997–1999 – Member of the Management Board of the North Rhine – Westphalia electricity company Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG;
• 1999–2009 – Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin;
• 2009–2011 – Member of the Board of Directors of Germany’s second largest airline Air Berlin;
• 2011–2013 – Chairman of the Management Board, Air Berlin;
• 2011 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways;
• 2013–2015 – Chairman of the Management Board, Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (FBB).

Mr Nazarov was born in 1955. In 1985, he graduated from the Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Institute of Communication Engineers. In 1993, he graduated from the Institute of Public Administration under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in Public and Municipal Administration. In 1998, he graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in Law. PhD in Economics. He is an author of articles and scientific publications, developed a specialised information and communication system.

• 1994–1999 – Head of the Registration and Information Department, Deputy General Director, Saint Petersburg State Urban Housing Agency, Chief Registrar – Director, State Institution of Justice City Bureau of the Registration of Rights to Real Estate;
• 1999 – Head of the City Property Management Committee of the Saint Petersburg City Administration;
• 2000–2004 – Vice Governor of Saint Petersburg – Chairman of the City Property Management Committee;
• January – March 2004 – Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office – Chief of the Presidential Control Directorate;
• 2004–2008 – Head of the Russian Federal Agency for State Property Management;
• February 2010 – CEO, Rosagroleasing;
• Full State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st Class;
• 2017 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

• Order of Friendship; Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (4th Class); Certificate of Honour from the Government of the Russian Federation; Certificate of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation; Medal of Anatoly Koni.

Mr Nedoroslev was born in 1963. He graduated from Altai State University in 1985 with a degree in Physics and worked as an engineer at the General Physics Department of the National Research Council. From 1989, he studied at the graduate school of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology majoring in Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing Technology. In 2007, he defended his PhD thesis on Corporate Governance at Joint-Stock Companies with Dominant State Ownership. PhD in Economics.

• 1987 – working at the companies he established; founder of Kaskol Group and STAN machine-tool company.
• Co-chairman of the All Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya; member of the Administrative Office of the All-Russia Employer Association Russian Engineering Union.
• 2016 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways.

Mr Ryazanov was born in 1953. He graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry in 1979 and from the All-Russian State Distance Learning Institute of Finance and Economics in 1993.

• 1979 – 1999 – followed a career path from instrumentation technician to CEO of Surgut Gas Processing Plant;
• 1999 – Deputy of the Regional Duma (Tyumen) and Deputy of the Duma of  the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Surgut);
• 1999–2001 – Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Property Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation;
• 2001–2006 – Deputy Chairman and member of the Management Board, Gazprom;
• 2007 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Russian Holding Company (Moscow);
• 2007 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, BIOtechnologies;
• 2008 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways;
• 2009–2010 – Chairman of the Management Board, Stroytransgaz;
• 2010 – Member of the Board of Trustees, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (public activities);
• 2011–2016 – CEO, Plyushchikha Management Company;
• 2012 – Member of the Management Board and member of the Committee for the National Register of Independent Directors under the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (public activities);
• 2013 – Member of the Board of Directors, PetroTool.

• Medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (2nd Class); Medal “For Developing Subsoil Resources of Western Siberia”; awarded the title “Honoured Worker of the Gas Industry”.

Mr Sidorov was born in 1971. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 with a degree in International Public Law, and from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance.

• 2000–2003 – First Vice President, Sistema-Telecom;
• 2003–2006 – President, MobileTeleSystems (MTS);
• 2006–2010 – Co-owner, Telecom-Express Group;
• 2010–2017 – Managing Partner, Euroatlantic Investments Ltd;
• 2012 – CEO, ARIDA;
• 2012 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways;
• 2013 – Member of the Board of Directors, Aeroflot;
• 2014 – Head of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, Aeroflot;
• Member of the Government Expert Council of the Russian Federation;
• 2010–2017 – Member, Shareholders Consultative Council, VTB Bank;
• Recipient of the “Director of the Year 2016” (IDA – RSPP – PWC) award in the “Independent Director” category.

Mr Stepashin was born in 1952. He graduated from the Higher Political School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1973, Military and Political Academy in 1981, and Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2002. PhD in History; Doctor of Law, professor, State Councillor of Justice of the Russian Federation, and an Honorary Doctor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

• 1990–1993 – People’s Deputy of the RSFSR, Chairman of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation on Defence and Security Affairs;
• 1993–1999 – First Deputy Minister of Security; Director, Federal Counterintelligence Service; Director, Federal Security Service; Minister of Justice; Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation;
• 1999 – First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Internal Affairs; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation;
• after being elected to the State Duma in December 1999, chaired the Anti-Corruption Committee;
• 2000–2013 – Chairman, Audit Chamber of the Russian Federation;
• 2014 – Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Railways;
• 2015 – Member of the Board of Directors, SoyuzNefteGaz Interstate Oil Company;
• 2016 – Member of the Board of Directors, RussNeft Oil Company.

• Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (2nd Class); Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (3rd Class); Order “For Services to the Fatherland” (4th Class); Order of Courage; Medals “For Distinction in Military Service” (1st and 2nd Classes); Medal “For Excellent Service in the Protection of Public Order”.