On April 3, 2024, the AEB North-Western Regional Committee (NWRC) held its Annual General Meeting in St. Petersburg. 

AEB CEO, Tadzio Schilling, with representatives of two other business associations: Dmitry Panov, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg/ Coordinator of “Business Russia” in the North-Western Federal District, and Ekaterina Lebedeva, Vice President of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talked about the trends of the past 2023, as well as the vector of development of this year. 

The second part of the agenda devoted to the topic of ESG was moderated by Roman Ishmukhametov, Melling, Voitishkin & Partners. Elena Kiyanova, the Chair of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee, presented a report on the activities of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee in 2023.

Olga Silnitskaya, AEB Deputy CEO, GR Director, briefly outlined the voting rules for the members of the Steering Group, after which the candidates introduced themselves and the participants voted for the candidate they liked.

According to the results of the secret offline voting, the following representatives of the AEB member-companies were elected to the Steering Group of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee:

• Elena Kiyanova, Philip Morris Sales and Marketing

• Irina Arkhipova, Kraft Heinz

• Andreas Bitzi, Quality Partners

• Anna Chekhova, Commerzbank

• Wilhelmina Shavshina, B1

• Anton Poddubny, Nextons

• Sergey Vasiliev, Denuo

• Elena Novoselova, Coleman Group

• Diana Voronina, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS

We cordially congratulate members of NWRC’S new Steering Group and wish them a fruitful work in a coming 2 years.

The official part of the AGM was followed by reception. 

We thank all the speakers for their high expertise and willingness to share with the audience.