The event was moderated by Frank Schauff, AEB CEO, and Andreas Bitzi, Chairman of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee.

 

The meeting began with the plenary session, during which Sergey Movchan, the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg presented the main measures of St. Petersburg government towards industrial development of the city. Further, Alexandra Shilova, Financial Director, Fund for Industrial Development of St. Petersburg introduced the activities of the Fund for Industrial Development of St. Petersburg. The plenary session was concluded by Pavel Borisenko, the Deputy Head of Investment Committee of St. Petersburg, who briefed about investment incentives for foreign and Russian companies in St. Petersburg in new economic realities.

During the second part of the meeting, Thomas Staertzel, AEB Board Chairman, briefed about the activities of AEB, and Andreas Bitzi, Chairman of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee (NWRC), presented the report on AEB NWRC’s activities in 2016 and the plans of the Committee for 2017. With the majority of the voices the AEB NWRC’s report was approved.

The event took place at the Sokos Hotel Olympia Garden. 

The photoreport is avaliable HERE