A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Larisa Zelkova

Larisa Zelkova

Senior Vice President, HR, Social Policy, and Public Relations, Norilsk Nickel
Biography
Education:



Moscow State University, degree in Journalism

Experience:



1991 — 1995 — freelance reporter, then columnist of Moskovskaya Pravda newspaper

1995 — 1996 — specialist of Department of Information of UNEXIMbank

1996 — 1997 — assistant (press-secretary) of the first deputy head of the government of Russian Federation — V.Potanin

1997 — 1998 — head of Department of Information of UNEXIMbank

1998 — 2013 — Deputy Director General — PR Department Director, Interros Company

1999 — 2014 — CEO of the nonprofit charitable organization Vladimir Potanin Charity Fund

2007 — currently — Presidium Member of MGIMO Endowment Foundation

2009 — currently — Board of Trustees Member of the Non-state-owned Educational Independent Non-profit Organization ‘Pavlovo School’

2010 — 2013 — Management Board Member of CJSC INTERROS Holding Company

2011 — 2013 — Board of Directors Member, MMC Norilsk Nickel

2011 — currently — Management Board Chairman of The State Hermitage Museum Endowment Fund Non-profit Organization

December 2011 — March 2013 — Chairman of the Board of Directors and since March 2013 till January 2014 — member of the Board of Directors, ProfMedia

2011 — 2016: Supervisory Board Member of Autonomous Non-Profit Organization ‘Russian International Olympic University’

2011 — currently — Board of Directors Member of The Ski Resort Development Limited Liability Company ‘Rosa Khutor’

2012 — 2018 — Member of the Presidential Council for culture and art

2013 — 2015 — Deputy CEO — Head of Social Policy and Public Relations, MMC Norilsk Nickel

2014 — 2018 — President of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation

2014 — currently — Chair of Board of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation

2015 — currently — Board of Trustees Member of The Hermitage Foundation UK

2015 — currently — Board of Trustees Member of the Federal State Budgetary Institution ’Russian Academy of Education’

2016 — currently — Board of Trustees Member of the Endowment Foundation for Education and Culture

2015 — 2016 — Vice-President — HR, Social Policy and Public Relations, MMC Norilsk Nickel

2016 — 2020 — Senior Vice-President — HR, Social Policy and Public Relations, MMC Norilsk Nickel

2017 — currently — Supervisory Board Member, Management Board Member of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization ‘Norilsk Development Agency’

2019 — currently — Member of the Council on the use of endowment capital Support of small museums of the state Tretyakov gallery and a Member of the Council on the use of endowment capital Replenishment of the collections of the state Tretyakov gallery

2020 — President of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation

2020 — currently — Senior Vice-President — HR, Social Policy and Public Relations, MMC Norilsk Nickel
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06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Driver of Sustainable Development
We believe it is crucial to employ the various tools offered by CSR and public reporting to reshape our reputation and help investors understand us better. We place great importance on the new reality associated with our products’ sales markets, whereby sustainable shipments are a key factor for the consumer. Over the next year, we intend to launch a project to digitalize our contracts according to blockchain principles. This will allow all our products to be tracked
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