Dr Patrick White
Director at HRM Consultants Ltd

Patrick is a Consultant and Trainer specializing in Business Strategy, Business Finance, Marketing Management and Organizational Behaviour.

European expert in non-fuel sales at petrol stations.

Please find the additional info about Mr. White in "Master Class of Patrick White" section below.

Ken Leaver

In charge of Card Acceptance for Visa Inc. in Russia.  Originally from New York, Ken has been living and working in Moscow since 2006.

Graduated from CornellUniversity in 1999 with a degree in Economics.  MBA from IESEBusinessSchool in 2005.

Prior to working at Visa Ken worked for over seven years as a strategy consultant in companies such as Strategy Partners and the Boston Consulting Group.  During that time Ken worked closely with the senior leadership teams of major international retail and FMCG companies to develop sales-boosting and cost-reduction strategies for clients around Russia, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the US.

Igor Goldovsky
General Director at ZAO Platezhnye Technologii

Leading expert in processing plastic card transactions.

Author of several books, namely: E-Commerce Security, EMV Smart Cards, Bank Smart Cards; co-author of the book Payment Cards. The Business Encyclopedia.

Member of MasterCard European Operations Advisory Committee starting in 1996.

Dmitriy Lyutyagin
An oil and gas analyst at the Moscow-based investment company Veles Capital

Sergey Galashko
Self-service payments solutions for the fuel market” project Manager at INPAS Company

Graduated from the Voronezh State Technical University in 2003 with a degree in engineering.

Worked at the companies «Technoservice» and «DEPO Computers». Since 2008 holds the position of “Self-service payments solutions for the fuel market” project Manager at INPAS Company. 

Among his major clients there are Volga-Petroleum Company in cooperation with Sberbank of Russia. His main achievements for the last two years are: introduction of the hardware/software complex APT Inpass at the Volga-Petroleum fuel station; participation in the development of the lineup of terminals (ground standing APT INPAS and wall-mounted APT INPAS Mini) for fuel stations; integration of Quick Petrol software complex with the main Russian Automated Control Systems.

Stanislav Kanapin 
General Director at ZAO IPNET 

Born in 1971. 

Graduate of two higher education institutions: Almaty Institute of Power Engineering (major – electronics engineering, magna cum laude); Marketing Institute at Kazakhstan State Academy of Management (major – economics). 

Labor record starts in Kazakhstan: Deputy Chairman at Almaty Trade and Finance Bank (ATF Bank), Vice-President at Accept Corporation, Attache at Kazakhstan Permanent Mission to the UN (Geneva), Vice-President at KazakhOil-AZS Company. 

In March 2001 employed by ZAO IPNET as Commercial Director. In September 2005 promoted to Executive Director and then in March 2010 to General Director at ZAO IPNET. 

Andrey Kirilenko 
Independent Adviser

Graduate of Baltic State University of Technology (VoenMekh). 

In 2008 successfully graduated from International MBA program of one of the most famous European Business Schools – Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.

As management and marketing professional holds a 15-years working experience in arrangements and control over B2B sales in oil industry, has sufficient experience in sales of oil products. Possesses vast knowledge of European, North American and Asian retail fuel markets, as well as those of relative services and equipment. 

Author of well-known reviews on best international practices, interviewer of many prominent international politicians and businessmen.

Member of Minale Tattersfield Board of Directors (UK) 
Minale Tattersfield Coordinator for Eastern Europe 

Alexey Goncharenko has graduated from Moscow State University in 1998 and has worked for several major Russian and Global communication agencies. 

In 2000 was invited to work for NK Yukos to develop the portfolio of company's brands. From 2000 to 2005 worked for Yukos RM (downstream subdivision of the Holding) as Deputy Director for Marketing and Communications. 
Starting in 2005 holds the position of Minale Tattersfield Group (UK) Office Director in Russia. 

Under Alexey's supervision the Russian Office of Minale Tattersfield successfully implemented several mega-projects, including: re-branding of NK RosNeft and GazPromNeft retail networks, as well as branding for number of Moscow Trade Centers, regional malls and many others. 

Member of Russian Branding Companies Association (RBCA), and of Regional Advertising Federation. 

Member of POPAI-Russia. 

Developed and certified the first Russian POS terminal. 

Worked as Project Coordinator at Rockwell Semiconductor Moscow Branch, played an active part in the development of the first V.90 modem.

Starting in 2009 Founder and General Director at Terminalnye Technologii Company, the only company in Russia locally developing POS terminals. In 2009 YARUS the first fully Russian POS combined with the cash register was developed and certified as the result of joint efforts by Terminalnye Technologii and Shtrikh-M Companies

Cezary Kosinski
Director Field Marketing for Hypercom’s Eastern Europe and Italy region.

He is responsible for strategic and product marketing, bid management, and strategic project coordination in the region.

Cezary has over 10 years experience in the banking and electronic payment industry. Prior to joining Hypercom in 2008 he spent 6 years working for Wincor Nixdorf, 2 years in start-up companies, and 6 years working in the scientific research and defence sectors.

Cezary holds an MSc and PhD in Mechatronics from the Warsaw University of Technology and completed Management Postgraduate Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Vitaly Lipavsky
Deputy Director of Moscow branch of STV certification center, 
certification entity for explosion-proof and mine electrical equipment.

Doctor of Engineering, Honored Inventor of the RSFSR.
Specialist in analytic explosion-proof device engineering, for application in explosive technologies.

Since 1993 – explosion-proof equipment certification expert

Halmetov Damir
General Director of the consulting company OOO “Vergen Oil Group”

Mr. Halmetov was born in Moscow in 1979.

In 2000 he graduated from Azerbaijan State Oil Academy majoring in Economics and Management in Fuel and Energy complex.

In 2004 graduated from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas with a Master’s degree in the organization and management of enterprises and industrial sectors.

2004-2007  – Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Economic theory of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

From July 2004 till August 2007 – oil market analyst, leading expert of ZAO Vergen Group (formerly AFI Consultant).

Since September 2007 – General Director of the consulting company OOO “Vergen Oil Group”