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The titles and positions of the interviewees and experts featured in BRICS Business Magazine are presented as they were at the time of publicationIndependent policy advisor on strategies; author of the Nation Brands Index; winner of the 2009 Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking
Deputy director at the International Research and Educational Foresight Center at the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (Higher School of Economics)
Founder of Tomorrow’s Render Team, a fashion tech specialist, XR developer, and training programme curator at the Muse Creative Professions Online University from SberEducation
head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Adjunct professor of Data and Digital Economy. He is also Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation and Valdai Discussion Club expert
President of the Russian Association of Fertilizer Producers and Chairman of the Russia–Brazil Business Council
Research associate at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
Professor and Head of the School of Asian Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, member of the Academic Council of the Higher School of Economics
Visiting presidential professor at City University of New York Graduate Center; former lead economist in the World Bank’s research department
Project leader at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
Dr. Philani Mthembu is executive director at the Institute for Global Dialogue. He is also a participant of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on October 2–5
expert in Arab capital markets, Ph.D. in Economics, author of “Mutual investments between the Persian Gulf countries and the CIS”
Сo-founder and partner at The Token Fund and the Tokenbox platform, a portfolio manager, and private investor in blockchain projects
Member of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade who represents the United Russia faction from the Irkutsk Region
expert at the Russian Trade and Economiс Development Council, a Ph.D. in Political Science, and a member of the Alumni Club of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund