Speakers
NIKOLAY GRACHEV
VICE PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENERGY EFFICIENT CLUSTER
SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
RUSSIA
In 1999 graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC). In 2004 graduated from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and London School of Economics (LSE).
From 2000 - business-analyst in the German company Venturepark Incubator AG. There he studied business plans of startups and analyzed markets.
In 2001 - consultant of the Berlin branch of McKinsey&Company, where he was responsible for intellectual property sourcing. He also provided advice to the leading German diversified holding in the merger and takeover projects and took part in the development of the sales boost programme for the German’s largest retail bank.
At the same time he conducted the research on demand of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, analyzed strategic consequences of the Russian energy projects in North-East Asia.
Since 2005 - partner and Head of the sector-specialized centre "Energy and oil and gas industry" in Russia and CIS (consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Russia).
His professional duties included clients attraction, team development, marketing, implementation of projects for Russian and foreign customers: from policy design for energy and oil companies to reorganization of major energy holdings and increase in operational efficiency.
Possesses the huge know-how base in such fields as oil processing, commerce of petroleum and oil products, retail sale of oil products. In the field of power industry he is an expert in generation and power transmission segments.
From 2000 - business-analyst in the German company Venturepark Incubator AG. There he studied business plans of startups and analyzed markets.
In 2001 - consultant of the Berlin branch of McKinsey&Company, where he was responsible for intellectual property sourcing. He also provided advice to the leading German diversified holding in the merger and takeover projects and took part in the development of the sales boost programme for the German’s largest retail bank.
At the same time he conducted the research on demand of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, analyzed strategic consequences of the Russian energy projects in North-East Asia.
Since 2005 - partner and Head of the sector-specialized centre "Energy and oil and gas industry" in Russia and CIS (consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Russia).
His professional duties included clients attraction, team development, marketing, implementation of projects for Russian and foreign customers: from policy design for energy and oil companies to reorganization of major energy holdings and increase in operational efficiency.
Possesses the huge know-how base in such fields as oil processing, commerce of petroleum and oil products, retail sale of oil products. In the field of power industry he is an expert in generation and power transmission segments.