Leaders & Experts

The titles and positions of the interviewees and experts featured in BRICS Business Magazine are presented as they were at the time of publication
Abzaeva

Founder, the ABZAEVA brand

Akashdeep

President of the Indian Business
Council, director of Vulkan-A textile company, India

Anholt

Independent policy advisor on strategies; author of the Nation Brands Index; winner of the 2009 Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking

Antaki

Co-Founder, The Egyptian Fashion & Design Council and Egypt Fashion Week, Egypt

Apel

Art historian, researcher, lecturer

Batty

External relations leader of IBM Watson Internet of Things at IBM

Besfamilnaya

Founder, the Yana Besfamilnaya brand

Bogova-Jovanovska

CEO of Fashion Week Corporation, co-founder
of the Macedonian Fashion Association, North Macedonia

Boguslavsky

Chairman of ru-Net’s Board of Directors; one the richest businessmen in Russia

Bystritsky

Chairman of the Development and Support Fund of Valdai

Chemezov

CEO of Rostec

Chichinkina

Director of Communications and International Development at Neurotrend

Choden

CEO, Fashion Institute of Technology, Head of the Bhutan Textile Association, Bhutan

Chulok

Deputy director at the International Research and Educational Foresight Center at the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (Higher School of Economics)

Dalakian

Founder, Julia Dalakian Fashion House

Davydov

Managing partner at Sevimura Capital

Dreinberg

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

Emelianov

CEO of Unified Electronic Trading Platform (UETP)

Filonik

head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Fruchter

Economist for Caucasus, the CIS, Western Balkans, Switzerland & Ukraine in Coface

Gapanovich

Founder, the GAPANOVICH brand

Ghosch

Head of research at NASSCOM

Gorlier

CEO at JSC ISUZU RUS

Greenfield

Founder and managing director of Urban Scale

Gupta

Adjunct professor of Data and Digital Economy. He is also Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation and Valdai Discussion Club expert

Guryev

President of the Russian Association of Fertilizer Producers and Chairman of the Russia–Brazil Business Council

Hancharova

Founder, the Belarus Fashion Counсil and Belarus Fashion Week, Belarus

Huu Canh

Head of Fashion Sector of VDAS Design Association, Vietnam

Ishak

President, Malaysian Official Designers Association, Malaysia

Ivanchenko

Deputy Chairman and Member of the Management Board at Vnesheconombank

Jian

Executive Chairman of the China Fashion Association, China

Kaloshina

Founder of Solstudio Textile Group and the Radical Chic brand

Kamel

General Director, Baghdad Fashion Week, Iraq

Kanwar

Chairman of Apollo Tyres Ltd.; chairman of BRICS Business Council (India Chapter)

Kawsar

director of Internet of Things research at Nokia Bell Labs

Khan

Founder and Chairwoman, Islamic Fashion & Design Council, UAE

Kiselev

Professor of Practice at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Skoltech

Korovkin

Head of the Digital Technologies at the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Kravchenko

President of Boeing in Russia and CIS

Kuznetsov

Director of subsidiary funds at Russian Venture Company (RVK).

Lemeshko

Research associate at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Liyanahewage

Chairman, Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association

Manzini

Founder and CEO of Soweto Fashion Week, South Africa

Maragelis

Head of Institution and Director, Cape Town College of Fashion Design, South Africa

Maslov

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

Mauratille

Junior Economist Africa Paris, France

Mazaraki

Chairman of the Board at Stilobat Group

Meité

CEO and Designer, the brand Awa Meite, Republic of Mali

Menon

Global president of Smart+Connected Communities (S+CC) at Cisco Systems.

Merquior

Founder, Brazil Immersive Fashion Week, Brazil

Michalko

Founder and CEO of DECENT.

Milanovic

Visiting presidential professor at City University of New York Graduate Center; former lead economist in the World Bank’s research department

Molchanova

Project leader at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Mthembu

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

Mutsamwira

Director, Zimbabwe Fashion Week, Zimbabwe

Nagimova

expert in Arab capital markets, Ph.D. in Economics, author of “Mutual investments between the Persian Gulf countries and the CIS”

Ndiaye

Founder, Dakar Fashion Week and Adama Paris, Senegal

Nedjari

Co-Founder and Director, Alger Fashion Week, Algeria

Nichole

Founder and CEO of Noir Fashion Week, USA

Nizard

Economist, Africa Paris, France

O’Neill

Former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Remyga

Head of China Studies, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Rifai

CEO and founder, Jordan Fashion Week, Jordan

Rifkin

President of the TIR Consulting Group

Rubel

President of Middle East Fashion Week, UAE

Shin

Founder, the SHIN brand

Shpakovsky

Сo-founder and partner at The Token Fund and the Tokenbox platform, a portfolio manager, and private investor in blockchain projects

Shvetsov

General Manager of SOLLERS PJSC and UAZ LLC.

Skoriy

deputy head of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism

Skrynnik

Former Russian Minister of Agriculture (2009-2012)

Tome

Founder and Director of Asunción Fashion Week, Paraguay

Townsend

Head of International Paper Russia

Travkin

Deputy Director General for Sales and Marketing of UAZ LLC.

Troyjo

Director of the BRICLab at Columbia University, where he also teaches international affairs

Vaqifqizi

Azerbaijan Fashion Week, Azerbaijan

Vasilkova

Member of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade who represents the United Russia faction from the Irkutsk Region

Yang Jian

Vice president and a senior research fellow of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

Yaroshenko

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

Yax

Associate Director of Guatemala Fashion Week, Guatemala

Zadorina

Founder, the ZASPORT brand

Zernin

Chairman of the Board of BIO-TON Agri Corp, Member of the board of Rusgrain Union, the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers

Zheng Yingqin

Assistant research fellow at SIIS

Zhurina

Founder, the 1377 brand