Maxim Valeryevich Viktorov

Telecommunication Investment Joint Stock Company (Svyazinvest) is one of the largest telecom holding companies in the world. Its charter capital was formed by consolidation of shares owned by the federal government in regional telecom operators, set up in the process of telecom sector privatization. Svyazinvest incorporates 7 large mega-regional telecom operators, OJSC Giprosvyaz and OJSC Rostelecom, the national domestic long-distance and international operator. Svyazinvest network covers nearly the whole of Russia and its capacity makes up over 90% of the total country's capacity. The holding company's subsidiaries operate public telephone networks which installed capacity is over 33 million telephone lines (of January 1, 2009). Subsidiaries have licenses for provision of local, domestic long-distance and international telephone services, data transmission, etc. They also provide ISDN services, wireless subscriber access and mobile services.

Metalloinvest Holding Co. JSC operates as a holding company with interests in the production and sale of iron ore products and ferrous metals. It operates through the following three segments: Mining, Steel and Trading. The Mining segment engages in production and sale of iron ore products and co-products. The Steel segment engages in production and sale of ferrous metal products. The Trading segment engages in overseas trading of the Group's products. The company was founded by Alisher Usmanov in 2006 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Baikal Mining Co. LLC engages in the development of Udokan copper deposit site. The company was founded on Novemeber 14, 2008 and is headquartered in Udokan, Russia.

JJR Private Capital Inc is a Private equity firm founded by Ronald Schmeichel in 2003. The firm is headquartered at Canada.

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) is a national accounting organization representing over 220,000 CPAs at national and international levels. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. CPA Canada collaborates with provincial and territorial regulatory bodies to support the profession and promote transparency in financial markets. The organization contributes to standard setting and public policy and works with international bodies to build a stronger accounting profession worldwide. CPA Canada provides extensive resources covering sustainability, corporate reporting, standards, and audit issues. The organization champions best practices that benefit business and society and prepares its members for an ever-evolving operating environment featuring unprecedented change. Pamela Steer has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2022.

Vorkutaugol Co. produces and supplies coal in Russia. It is engaged in the extraction of coal from Pechora coal basin, which is a source of raw material for steel, coke and energy industries. The company is headquartered in Vorkuta, Russia

Interfax Information Services provides online news services. The company is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Oskolsky Electrometallurgicheskyi Kombinat OAO engages in the production of steel, iron ore, and related products. Its products include square billets, pipe billets, and long prodcuts. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Staryi Oskol, Russia.

MTS Bank PJSC provides retail and corporate banking services. It offers account opening and maintenance, debit and credit cards, deposits, loans and mortgage, payroll projects, safekeeping of valuables, trade finance, money transfers, foreign exchange, acquiring, treasury, as well as settlement and cash operations. The company was founded by Vladimir Petrovich Evtushenkov, Vitaliy Semenovich Gurfinkel, Anatoliy Ivanovich Yarochkin, Stanislav Kemalyevich Arbiyev, and Valeriy Viktorovich Kryukov on October 22, 1992 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Interros Holding Co. CJSC (IH) is the industrial holding and investment subsidiary of Vladimir Potanin's Cyprus-based Interros International Investments Ltd. The group's companies operate as independent business entities throughout Russia, Europe, Asia and North America. Based in Moscow, IH specializes in private equity investing, and provides strategic planning and management consulting services. The firm originated as a foreign trade association in 1990 when the state monopoly on foreign trade ended. As foreign trade developed, several related structures were established, in particular MFK (International Financial Company) in 1992 and the Unexim Bank in 1993. By 1994 the Interros group was actively acquiring and reorganizing industrial companies. In 1998 the group was restructured and in 2000 began private equity investing. Between 2003 and 2007 the firm had established a strategic alliance with the US-based insurance group AIG-American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), focusing on private equity investments.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Rusnano Projects is a private equity and venture capital operating division of the State-owned Rusnano OJSC. The firm was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Beneq Oy supplies atomic layer deposition equipment and thin film coating services. It also manufactures thin film electroluminescent displays that include transparent electroluminescent displays, in-glass laminated displays and custom displays which are used in transportation, maritime, aeronautics and defense markets. The firm’s thin film equipment is used for creating optical coatings, protective barriers, passivation layers and anti-corrosion solutions in spaces where other coating methods cannot be applied. The company’s atomic layer deposition products and services include wafer processing ALD, batch processing ALD, ALD research equipment, development and coating services which are used in moisture barriers, optical coatings, anti-tarnish coatings, anti-corrosion coatings and decorative coatings of optics, photovoltaics, displays, glass and electronics industries. Beneq was founded in May 2005 by Sampo Ahonen, Jari-Pekka Tiesmäki and Tommi Vainio and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

BiOptix Diagnostics, Inc. develops biosensor for detection of bacteria and viruses. Its product 404pi offers scientists that require label-free, real-time detection of bio-molecular interactions an extremely high sensitivity, low noise instrument. The company was founded by Misha Plam, Slava Petropavlovskikh and Oyvind Nilsen in 2003 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Turntide Technologies, Inc. engages in manufacturing Internet-enabled electric motor system. It manufactures software and digital signal processing controlled, high rotor pole switched reluctance motors. The company was founded by Piyush Desai in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

PKF International Ltd. provides management consultancy services. It offers auditing, management consulting, financial planning, technology consulting, forensic accounting, corporate finance, tax and bankruptcy services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

BioLink Technologies International, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets fingerprint authentication systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Miramar, FL.

Open Systems, Inc. provides staffing, technical consulting and professional services. It specializes in technology consulting, Vendor Management (VMS) and Business Process Management (BPM). The firm provides a full range of staffing services including contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire (permanent staffing) solutions. The company was founded by Satya Ahuja in 1994 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

RosEvroBank JSCB provides retail and corporate banking services. It offers savings accounts, deposits, payments, transfers, loan products, pension and salary services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Allianz OJSC IC provides insurance services. The company offers life, property, casualty, health, risk management, old-age provision, and asset management services. The regional network of the company includes about 100 subsidiaries. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Astana-Finance JSC engages in the provision of financial services among non-banking organizations. It provides residential mortgage lending, and leasing of agricultural equipment. The firm also undertakes corporate management, project financing, investment management, and brokerage. The company was founded on January 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Astana, Kazakhstan.