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Potanin, Vladimir Olegovich
President, "Interros Group"
Born on January 3, 1961 in Moscow.
1983- Graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (specialized in international economy).
1983 – 1990 worked in the USSR Ministry of Foreign Trade.
1990 – Became President of the «Interros» Foreign Trade Association.
1992 - 1993 Vice-president and then President of Joint Stock Commercial Bank «International Company for Finance and Investments» (MFK).
1993 – he became President of the United Export Import Bank (UNEXIM BANK).
From
August 14, 1996 till March 17, 1997 he was appointed First Deputy Prime
Minister of the Russian Federation Government. As First Deputy Prime
Minister he supervised economic issues and coordinated the work of: the
Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation; the State Antimonopoly
Committee of the Russian Federation; the State Committee of the Russian
Federation on Management of State Property; the Russian Fund of Federal
Property; the Federal Department for Insolvency; the Federal Commission
for the Securities Market; the Federal Commission of the Russian
Federation for Energy.
Headed about 20 federal and
governmental commissions, including the Governmental Commission
on Financial and Credit Policy; the Governmental Commission
on Improvement of Payment and Settlement System, the Interagency
Commission on Cooperation with Financial and Economic Organizations and
the «Group of Seven». While working for the Government of Russia, Mr.
Potanin was also Russia’s manager at the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency.
Since May 1997 – he has been President of UNEXIM BANK.
Since
May 26, 1998, due to the reorganization of the «UNEXIM – MFK -
Renaissance» Group, he holds the positions of the President and the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the «Interros» Company.
He
is also a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation,
Chairman of the commission for developing of charity, philanthropy and
volunteer work; Chairman of the National Council on Corporate
Governance; member of the bureau of «The Russian Union of
Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers)»; member of the Board
of Trustees of The Moscow State Institute of International Relations
(MGIMO-University).
2001- member
of the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (New
York).
2003- elected Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the State Hermitage.
Awarded the government’s memorial medal «850th Anniversary of Moscow».
Russian Orthodox Church orders: the
Order of St. Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles, Third and Second
Degree; the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Third and Second Degree;
The Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, Second Degree.
2002- presented with a commemorative
award for philanthropy and charity from the Russian Ministry
of Education.
2003 he became a laureate of the International
Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations’ Award.
2007 Officer in the Order of Arts and
Letters, French Foreign Ministry
Fluent in English and French.
Hobbies include: travelling, soccer, alpine skiing, various water sports and chess.
He is married with three children.
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