The Organizing Committee

After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Igor Stolyarov embarked on a career with the Coca-Cola Company, before becoming commercial director of Duracell (now part of the Gillette Group) in 1995. In 2000 he became Gillette’s international territorial director for the CIS and Baltic states, and in 2004 he oversaw the company’s projects in Melbourne.

From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Stolyarov was sales and services vice-president, and business development vice-president for Russia’s largest mobile communication operator (MTS). In 2005 he was recognised by the National Managers Association as the country’s top Commercial Director, and in 2007 was given a special Russian Federal Government award for his role in founding the RosNanoTech State Corporation. Igor Stolyarov was born in 1969.

Alexander Vronsky was born in 1968 in Moscow. He graduated from Moscow Suvorov Military School in 1985, and in 1990 completed his studies at the Higher Military Engineering School of Communications in Kiev before serving in the USSR Ministry of Defense 27th Central Scientific Institute.

Alexey Krasnov was born and grew up in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. In 1990, he graduated from the Academy of Security of the Federal Security Service as a system programmer and started professing.

Sergey Sukhanov graduated in 1985 from Moscow’s Plekhanov Institute of National Economy. He started his career in the city of Dubna (part of the Moscow region) where he was a procurement inspector with the United Institute of Nuclear Studies.

Alexey Khraban was born in 1975. In 2000, he graduated from the State Kuban University with a degree in history, sociology and foreign affairs. He worked for a series of commercial organizations until 2005, when he became Head of the Sochi Youth Committee, serving as an acting counselor for the Head of the city of Sochi for investment affairs. During Sochi’s bid to host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Khraban was appointed to the position of Director for the Directorate of Sochi participation in the 2014 Winter Games. He also served on the Sochi 2014 Bid Committee as a Director responsible for relations between the Krasnodar Region and the city of Sochi administrations. From October 2006 to January 2008, Khraban was a Deputy Head of the city of Sochi for organizational matters regarding the 2014 Winter Games. Subsequently he was appointed Director of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Representative Office in Sochi. Concurrently, he is studying at the Academy of State Services under the President of the Russian Federation. He is married and has two daughters and a son.

German Novikov is a graduate of both the Far-Eastern High Nautical School for engineers and the Far-Eastern State Academy in economics and management. In 2002, he obtained a post-graduate degree in economic science from the Economic Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. German is now working towards the title of Doctor of Science. He has gained substantial experience in areas as diverse as banking, nautical navigation, and managing major international forums. Born in 1962 in the city of Vladivostok, German is a fan of oriental martial arts and yachting. He is married and has two children.

Having completed his army service, Andrey Vulf entered the Department of History of Moscow State University and, later, the Moscow Academy of Marketing and Management. He worked as a journalist at Maximum radio station, was a TV presenter at the «2X2» and «TV-6» channels and the chief editor of Muzoboz magazine.

Denis Sekachev was born in 1974 in Birobidzhan and graduated from the Moscow Military Institute of the Federal Boarder Guard Service of the Russian Federation in 1995. During his career he has held leading posts in the Russian Government — his responsibilities have included organizing large international socio-political events. He has also been involved in the preparations for the visits of numerous foreign heads of state to Russia and foreign visits by Russian officials.

Born in 1961 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Grigory Kocharov graduated from the Technical Cybernetics Department of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1984. He then worked for the Nord NGO, before fulfilling a number of roles at Schlumberger between 1994 and 2000. Between 2001 and 2009 he worked for IBS as Managing Director of its Fuel and Energy function, and then as a board member overseeing the implementation of business applications and the company’s work with OAO Gazprom.

Denis Polyakov graduated from Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism majoring in Tennis. As a specialist in marketing, he took part in the preparations for and staging of the 1995 Kremlin Cup in Moscow. That year he joined «Komanda» company — the exclusive representative of IMG’s US marketing company in Moscow — occupying positions as a marketing specialist and marketing and sales manager, where he worked on the development of commercial programs, sponsorship contracts and commercial rights. Among his clients were some of the world’s largest companies and leading athletes.

Marina Pakhomkina joined Sochi 2014 from TNK-BP where she had been Corporate Learning Director since 2004. In this role she was accountable for the design and implementation of TNK-BP’s individual and organizational development programs. In 2007 she was ranked in the top three Russian learning and development experts. From 2000, Mrs. Pakhomkina led the Human Resources function at Philips with a period, during 2003, in charge of international projects at the head office in the Netherlands. Whilst at Philips she was rated one of the top 20 HR managers in Russia. She began her career in the IT industry specializing in sales and marketing and has worked in the HR industry since 1996. Mrs. Pakhomkina is a graduate of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Moscow State University with diploma with honors. Ph.D. She is a Certified Professional in Human Resources and completed education at the world leading INSEAD business school. She is currently a professor of Human Resources Management at the Russian Government’s Academy of National Economy. Mrs. Pakhomkina was appointed to the judging panel of “People Investor 2008”, is a member of the National HR league and was awarded the medal for “Services to Science, Culture and Education in Russia” by the national organization Integration. She is married with a son and daughter and enjoys yoga, downhill skiing.