Kirill Dmitriev is CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $10 billion fund established by the Russian government to make equity investments primarily in the Russian economy. The fund co-invests alongside some of the largest and most sophisticated investors globally - thus acting as a catalyst for direct investment in Russia. Before being asked by the Russian government to run the fund, he was president of Icon Private Equity, a leading private equity fund with over $1 billion under management. Prior to establishing Icon, he was co-managing partner and CEO of Delta Private Equity Partners, a leading private equity fund in Russia with over $500 million under management. Dmitriev has completed a number of landmark investments and exits, including the sale of DeltaBank to General Electric, DeltaCredit Bank to Societe Generale and CTC Media shares to Fidelity Investments. Previously Dmitriev was deputy general director at IBS, a Russian IT services provider; an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York; and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. A Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and past chairman of the Russian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, he holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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