Dr. Dmitry Yu. Ekenin

Dr. Dmitry Yu. Ekenin, Deputy Managing Partner,<br />Financial director

Deputy Managing Partner,
Financial director

Phone:+7 (495) 221 8880, +7 (495) 221 8881

Fax:+7 (495) 221 8885, +7 (495) 221 8886

  • Holds Ph.D. degree in Economics;
  • Master’s degree from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (economics and law department); specialist in law, finance, mathematical modeling;
  • Diploma from the Academy of Budget and Treasury of the Russian Ministry of Finance in the securities market;
  • Diploma in the International Financial Reporting Standards;
  • Trainings in the U.S., Germany, and France;
  • Study course at the Northern Kentucky University as a visiting scholar;
  • Started his career as a software designer;
  • Has an extended experience in law and finance since 1991, mostly as a top manager in the Russian banking sector, including positions of C.E.O. and President in two national banks during the last seven years prior to joining Sojuzpatent;
  • Experience of work in the Boards of the Banking Association ‘Russia’, the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, the Russian Europay (Mastercard) Members Association, other national and international organizations;
  • Active participant of the legislative process. Ex-member of Russian Duma’s expert commission on banking legislation and many other civic and governmental bodies;
  • Founder of the Payments & Settlements Committee within the Banking Association ‘Russia’;
  • Ex-member of the Banking Commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), head of payments/settlements group;
  • Expert of the international network Gerson Lehrman Group;
  • Authored several publications on economics, finance, and intellectual property law;
  • With Sojuzpatent since 2011;
  • Languages – English, French.
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