Russian Regional Roadshow 2008

One aspect of his work is facilitating communication between the City investment community and the CIS countries. Mr. Edwards is a frequent traveller to Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine and has also organized conferences in London to promote CIS companies to the investor community in the UK.

Mr. Edwards studied at Columbia University where he received his BA degree in Russian studies and joint JD/MBA degree in business and law. He joined the London Stock Exchange in August 2003, before which he worked on private equity transactions for Incepta Ventures UK Limited, Delta Capital and BNP-Invest. Mr. Edwards has more than ten years of experience working with CIS companies in the natural resources, consumer products, real estate and TMT sectors.

From 1998 to 2005 Mr White was the Director of the Quadriga Central Russia Regional Venture Fund (RVF), a private equity fund financed by the EBRD and German KfW. The RVF implemented numerous successful investment projects, including Nizhpharm, now part of the Stada Group, Bridgetown Foods, Multiflex packaging and many others. Mr White created the company Marchmont Capital Partners in 2005 and resides in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Mr. White received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, at Northwestern University.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Denny worked for several years in New York in the venture sector. Mr. Denny holds a B.A. from University College London and earned his MBA at London Business School.

In 2003 was awarded ACCA Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards and Auditing, since 2004 has ACCA Certificate in International Auditing. In 2004 was awarded Tutor Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards by Institute of Professional Auditors of Russia (IPAR).

From 2004 to 2007 — Head of International Projects Department. Since 2007 — International Audit Director of «Baker Tilly Russaudit», Ltd. Holds corporate seminars, makes reports at international conferences. Speaks English and German fluently.

Andrew has a good knowledge of the Russian market having acted on a number of Russian AIM admissions for both the company or the nomad. In 2002 he acted on the purchase of Mnogovershinoe mine for Highland Gold Mining Limited and together with Russian advisers spent some six months restructuring the company and assisting on systems to reach western standards of corporate governance before bringing the company to AIM later that year.

Andrew has also lectured on the legal aspects of AIM with the London Stock Exchange in Australia and China and is a member of RAG, the regional advisory group for the London Stock Exchange.

He joined WH Ireland in June 1995 and is Managing Director of WH Ireland Group plc.

In addition to his position as Managing Director of WH Ireland Group plc, David is also Deputy Chief Executive of its stockbroking subsidiary WH Ireland Ltd. and, as head of the Corporate Finance department, has specific responsibility for the firm's corporate finance business. He sits on the Group's AIM and New Issues Suitability committee which reviews potential corporate clients prior to WH Ireland agreeing to act for them in any corporate or fund raising activity.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Elshin has organized the first issues of public-debt instruments for dozens of well-known Russian companies such as Baltimor, Alrosa, PIK, OGO, Razguliay, Inkom-Avto and others. In 2006, Mr. Elshin managed a strategic consulting group from Oxford University on the London Stock Exchange. Currently, Mr. Elshin heads the Russian AIM project and prepares Russian companies for IPO on the AIM.

Mr. Elshin graduated from the Moscow-based Mendeelev Chemical-Technological Institute and holds degrees from Moscow State Law Academy, Stockholm School of Economics and Oxford University (MBA).

His current client portfolio is drawn largely from the natural resources (including FTSE 100 Antofagasta PLC, the Chilean based copper miner), speciality financeand real estate sectors, both on the full market and AIM. Last year his team supported six AIM IPOs for clients with assets in such diverse geographical locations and the US, China, Australia, Mongolia and Spain. Many of his clients are listed overseas from the United Kingdom.