Topic: US election - the Russian perspective

Speakers: Dmitry Timoshin, The FENG Moscow Chapter Chair and Philippe Belot, Eastern Europe SIG Chair

Presentation:
Dmitry Timoshin will present his take of the US election as seen through the eyes of the Russian public. Philippe Belot will be attending an exclusive event on US-Russia relationship a few hours earlier, and will provide an overview of the discussion.

Agenda:
- Introduction by the Chair
- 90 seconds elevator pitch by participants
- Presentation
- Any other business

Speakers' bios:

Dmitry Timoshin:
Dmitry is a FENG member since 2018 and currently co-chairs the Moscow chapter of the organization. He holds MBA degree from University of Virginia (Darden) and has over 15 years of experience as finance executive with banks and corporates in Russia, Switzerland, France and Cyprus focusing on the issues of corporate finance, venture investments and strategy development. Dmitry is now FP&A Director of SAFMAR Group (Moscow) - one of the biggest industrial groups in Russia with business interests in natural resources, real estate, non-food retail and new technologies.

Philippe Belot:
Philippe is a FENG member since 2013. He has 35 years of banking and corporate finance experience. His career was mostly spent abroad, in particular Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. For 18 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), he carried out complex financing transactions in the corporate, banking and infrastructure sectors, and participated in the building of market economies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His passion for this part of the world led him to found the Eastern Europe Special Interest Group of the FENG. Philippe is now Director of GBRW Ltd, a banking advisory firm active in emerging markets and based in the City of London.