Olga Dergunova
Deputy Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management
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Olga was born on May 15, 1965 in Moscow. She graduated with honors from the Department of Cybernetics, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in 1987 and earned a graduate degree from the same university in 1991 in Computer Sciences and Programming. For the next twenty years she was among the pioneers of the Russian IT Industry and made vital contributions to its further development. Olga was the Country Manager, CEO and Chairwoman of Microsoft Corporation in Russia and the CIS countries in 1994-2007. She became a Member of the Management Board in OAO VTВ Bank in 2007 supervising major corporate clients. Then from 2010 she managed VTB affiliated banks and took up the responsibility of strengthening VTB Group positions in all its active markets, promoting the Groups’ role as a global player in world financial markets, improving the Group Management System and building effective, efficient and profitable business in the affiliated banks in line with the Group’s new strategy. As of 2004 Olga is a member of the Young Global Leaders Forum of the World Economic Forum (YGL WEF).