Once again, the Adam Smith Russian CFO Summit underlined its status as the premier gathering of senior financial professionals in Russia.

Close to 400 attendees took part over the 3 days of the Summit, drawn from 10 different countries and 25 major cities and regions from across the whole breadth of Russia. The widest range of industries was represented – from energy to telecoms, pharmaceuticals to metals, pulp & paper to real estate.

As always, the Russian CFO community particularly appreciated the opportunity to hear first hand from a 75- strong speaker faculty, which featured the CFOs of such admired companies as:

Baltika * Basic Element * bmi * Cherkizovo Group * Dirol Cadbury * Euroset * Finance Academy of the RF * Hydro OGK * IES-Holding * Integra Group * McDonalds * MDM Bank * Miel-Real Estate * Mir * MTS * NCC * NERL * News Outdoor * OGK-5 * Pharmacy Chain 36,6 * PIK Holding * Polyus Gold * Rosinter Restaurants * Salym Petroleum Development * Shell * Sistema Telecom * Sky Express * SUEK * TNK-BP *  Uralsib Leasing Co * X5

Other highlights of the Summit included:

• The 2007 Adam Smith Russian CFO Summit Guest Lecture, delivered by Professor Yevgeniy Yasin of the Higher School of Economics.
• A Guest Address on Global Risk by Thierry Malleret, Managing Partner of Rainbow Insight, former Chief Economist of Alfa Bank and former Head of the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum.
• Invaluable insights into how to make the leap from CFO to CEO, provided by Nigel Turner, CEO of the UK’s #2 airline bmi, and Steven Strachota, CEO of Dirol Cadbury.
• A live on-stage interview, filmed for RBC-TV, featuring Daniil Babich of the popular ‘Markets’ programme interviewing Sergey Spirin, Director of Economics & Finance of Polyus Gold.
• The 2007 Adam Smith Russian CFO Awards Ceremony. Voted for by a record number of  present and past attendees of the Summit, there were a wide range of nominees, although finally the clear winners were:

Russian CFO of the Year 2007 – Vladimir Preobrazhensky, Chief Financial Officer, SUEK

Young Russian CFO of the Year 2007 – Shamil Kurmashov, Deputy CEO, Finance & Investment, Sistema Telecom

Russian M&A Deal of the Year 2007 – Basic Element for Russian Machines’ acquisition of a major stake in Magna of Canada, received by Alexander Lukin, Chief Financial Officer, Basic Element

Russian IPO of the Year 2007 – VTB, received by Ekaterina Petelina, Senior Vice President / Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, VTB

To learn about preparations for the 5^th annual Russian CFO Summit, scheduled for late October 2008 in Moscow, and for how you may get involved, please contact Stephen Butler or Maria Gubernatorova on +44 20 7490 3774 or at Stephen@adamsmithconferences.com / Maria@adamsmithconferences.com

For information about becoming a corporate sponsor of the Russian CFO Summit 2008, please contact Eugene Andrus on: +44 20 7017 7427 or at Eugene@adamsmithconferences.com

For potential media partners and press accreditation, please contact Ilona Gilbert on +44 20 7017 7766 or at ilona@adamsmithconferences.com

Particular thanks go to the corporate sponsors of the 4^th annual Russian CFO Summit for making the event possible:

Our Premier Sponsor KPMG, Lead Sponsor URALSIB Leasing, and ABN AMRO, Advanced Research, Allianz, BasWare, BearingPoint, Blackberry, bmi, Cisco Capital, Cornerstone, Gazprombank, HP, Korus Consulting, MDM Bank, Navicon, New Square, NKK, Nomos-Bank, NYSE Euronext, Promsvyazbank, Raiffeisenbank Austria, Renaissance Investment Management and Vimpelcom.