The meeting is being held for the second time in Limassol - the 2011 meeting convened in Limassol as well - with the support of the Government of Cyprus and the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA). The meeting is supported by a host of leading Russian business organizations. The Global Russia Business Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of Russian business leaders outside Russia. The aim of the 2013 meeting is to stimulate thought and action for Russian firms' sustained economic success in a globalised world.
The Global Russia Business Meeting will also consider Cyprus' current financial crisis and propose - where appropriate - the potential actions that might restore stability on the island as well as within Europe as a whole.
The co-chairs are:
- Igor Agamirzyan, General Director, Russian Venture Company, Russia
- Christodoulos Angastiniotis, Chairman, Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency, Cyprus
- Juris Gulbis, Chief Executive Officer, Lattelecom, Latvia
- Paul Judge, President, Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom
- Anil Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Ransat Group, United Kingdom
- Mikhail V. Kuzovlev, Chairman, Bank of Moscow, Russia
- Dmitry Labin, Chairman, Commission for Cooperation with the Republic of Cyprus, Russia
- Peter Loukianoff, Chairman, Third Rome Black River Ventures, USA
- Sheikh Saif bin Hashil Al-Maskery, Chairman, Al Mahfadha Investments, Oman
- Soroosh Mohammadi, Managing Director, Morra Capital, UAE
- Vachara Phanchet, Chairman, Sittipol Holdings, Thailand
- Fedor D. Pospelov, Chairman, TRUST National Bank, Russia
- Salavat Rezbaev, Chairman, New Age Capital Partners, Russia
- Alexey V. Ulyukaev, First Deputy Chairman, Bank of Russia, Russia