Rostislav Kokorev

Deputy Director, Department of Innovation Development & Corporate Governance, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born in 1966.

Graduated with honours from the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 1988. Ph.D. in Economics (1993).

At the present – Deputy Director, Department of Innovation Development & Corporate Governance, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (since 2007). Main areas: corporate law, legislation on securities markets and collective investment, pension reform, the creation of the international financial centre of the Russian Federation.

Prior to joining the civil service he worked in the fund, “Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA), the Academy of National Economy (ANE) under the Government of the Russian Federation and the International Confederation of Consumer Societies (KonfOP).

Areas of professional interest: research in the field of operation and state regulation of securities and collective investments, corporate law and corporate governance, pension reform; teaching and consulting activities in financial markets.