The second Rountable organised by the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with CEELBAS.

Programme of events

15.30 Chairman’s Introduction

15.35 Role and support of large companies and the government
Mick Essex, Senior Manager Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Caucasus UKTI
United Kingdom Trade& Investment (UKTI)

15.50 Role and support of large companies and government
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

16.05 Business Environment Assessment in Russia for SMEs
Robin Aizlewood, Senior Lecturer in Russian,
Director, School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College, London
Professor Tomasz Mickiewicz, Professor of Comparative Economics,
Department of Social Sciences, SSEES, UCL
Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies (CEELBAS)

16.20 UK Case Study
Tracy Masters, International Sales Director
Marshall-Tufflex International Ltd

16.35 Q&A

16.45 Refreshments

17.15 Russian Case Study
Alexander Lopatin, Managing Director FD LABS

17.30 The basics: a general overview of SMEs in the Russian market
OPORA (All-Russian Non-governmental Organization of Small and Medium Business)

17.45 Fostering modernization and competitiveness          PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

18.00 Q&A