Wealth Management & Private Banking: Russia & CIS

Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all the speakers, sponsors and delegates for their participation in the 1st international conference on WEALTH MANAGEMENT & PRIVATE BANKING: RUSSIA & CIS that took place on 13th – 14th April 2010 in Moscow, and for making this launch event a fantastic success!  

Despite the fact that economic conditions have still not fully stabilised, more than 170 attendees, of the highest calibre, took part in the conference. We are especially grateful to the participants from Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore, UK and other financial centres that made the event a truly international platform for the exchange of professional experiences and opinions on the private banking/wealth management industry in Russia and the CIS!

Among the conference highlights were:

A keynote presentation on the GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK by the renowned European economist Paul Donovan, Managing Director, Global Economics at UBS

A panel discussion on FAMILY OFFICES – with contributions from experienced and distinguished representatives of family offices including: Katie Booth, Managing Director, Butterfield International Private Office Ltd; Heiner Hartwich, Director, Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A., Société Anonyme, Family Office Europe; Rustam Iseev, General Director, Fleming Family & Partners Asset Management in Russia, Dr Steen Ehlern, Managing Director, Ferguson Partners Family Office, Switzerland and Innokenty Alexeev, Director at a family office in London.

Many of the issues touched by the panellists were discussed in Russia for the first time!

Other presentations that sparked great interest were made by:

• Andrei Movchan, CEO, Third Rome
• Alexander Kotchoubey, Executive Vice-President, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch
• Eelko Bronkhorst, Partner, Financial Access Capital Partners
• Alexey Aleksandrov, Head of Private Banking, UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group
• Bhaskar Katta, Retail Banking/Wealth Management Head, ZAO Citibank
• Natalia Solodovnikova, Head in Russia, HSBC Private Bank
• Mikhail Kamensky, General Director, Sotheby's CIS
• Olga Vaksina, Head of Premier Banking, Barclays Bank 
• Yakov Galperin, Deputy General Director, Member of the Board, Head of Multi-Family Office, Alfa-Capital
• Andrei Shadrin, Deputy Head of Private Banking, Gazprombank
• Ekaterina Lazorina, Partner and Financial Services Industry Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia
• Yakov Shlyapochnik, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nord Capital
• And many more distinguished speakers!

We are already planning our second annual event on this topic in spring 2011, and we will be delighted to welcome you all again!

For information on the conference and how you may get involved, contact Taissia Chinina-Kelly on +44 20 7490 3774 or at Taissia@adamsmithconferences.com