Andrey Prokhorovich Joins the Expert Council of the TechUspech 2019 National Ranking of Fast-Growing Russian Technology Companies
The Expert Council of the TechUspech 2019 National Ranking of Fast-Growing Russian Technology Companies has been formed.
The ranking is designed to identify companies with strong potential to become leaders in the Russian and global markets and to support their further development. Companies included in the ranking are automatically added to priority lists for various forms of government support. In addition, the TechUspech ranking serves as the basis for selecting companies for the National Champions priority project of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development.
This year, the Council includes:
Andrey Petrukhin, Head of Innovation Development at Gazprom Neft;
Alexander Minikh, CEO of NTC-Tatneft;
Alexander Braverman, CEO of MSP;
Petr Tarasov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Member of the Management Board of MSP Bank;
Alexey Repik, President of the All-Russian Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya;
Alexey Polozov-Yablonsky, Advisor to the CEO of Aeroflot;
Pavel Khristenko, Director of the Department for Strategic Development and Innovation at the Ministry of Economic Development;
Alexander Zazhigalkin, Head of the Innovation Development Center;
Anna Nenakhova, Innovation Director at EFKO;
Alexey Borovkov, Working Group Leader and Vice-Rector for Advanced Projects at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University;
In 2019, the Expert Council will evaluate submitted applications according to several criteria, the key ones being innovation activity, technological level and export potential.
A total of 340 applications were submitted by companies, of which 160 were forwarded to the Expert Council. Of these, 20 companies will be selected for the National Champions project.