Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco, Founder, President of the Rostik Group Corporation:
A Venezuelan citizen, Rostislav graduated in 1981 from the Simon Bolivar University (Caracas) as a chemical engineer. He came first to Russia in 1988 to discover the country of his grandparents. He has since then lived regularly in Moscow, where he has established his family.
A champion of customer service and advocacy, Rostislav has played a central role in the formation of the modern restaurant and hospitality industry in Russia & the CIS. He is one of the co-founders of the Russian Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers. Rostislav is also a member of “Delovaya Rossia” (Business Russia). In 2004, he masterminded the creation of a large multi-retailer customer rewards program, which became MALINA, today the largest coalition loyalty program in Russia.
Rostislav is widely regarded as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Russia, blending the best of international business practice with an intimate understanding of the local marketplace and uncompromised integrity and fairness in all his endeavours to make people work and cooperate together successfully. Over the past 25 years, he has managed successfully Joint Venture and Partnership with such multinationals as Walt Disney, Eastman Kodak Company, Yum!Brands, Whitbread Plc, Carlson Restaurants World Wide.
Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco’s awards include:
| 2001 |
Person of the Year. The award in the category “CEO of a Consumer Service Enterprise” for an outstanding personal contribution to the development of the restaurant business in Russia. |
| 2002 |
Person of the Year. The award in the category for “Industry Leader. Restaurant Business”. Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco was the first Russian entrepreneur to be awarded the title twice. |
| 2003 |
Business People. An award in the category, “Breakthrough of the Year,” for notable and considerable contributions to the development of Russia. |
| 2004 |
National Hospitality Award. An award for his personal contribution to the development of the hospitality industry in Russia.. |
| 2006 |
Entrepreneur of the Year. The winner in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Russia. In June 2007, Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco represented Russia at the World Entrepreneur of the Year banquet in Monte Carlo. |
Vladimir Mekhrishvili, Senior Vice President Rostik Group, Managing Partner of CorpEstate:
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from Tbilisi State University with a degree in economics in 1979. He studied “Securities Transactions” at the London Business School in 1996, and took a course on “Corporate Finance, Accounting and Risk Management” from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1998. He started his career as the head of the budget department at the USSR State Bank branch in Tbilisi. He then worked as deputy director for economic affairs at the Electronic Equipment Factory based in Tbilisi. In 1990, he was offered the position of a regional financial director for the Marco Polo international chain (Russia). Since 1992, he has been Vice President at Rostik Group. He currently monitors several business areas (legal matters, IT, administration and finance). Since 2005, he’s been CorpEstate’s managing parner real estate operations. He’s been on the board of directors of RIG Restaurants Ltd since 1998 and a member of its Audit Committee since 2006. Over the past 15 years, he has been a chairman and a member of the board of directors of various Group companies. In 2005 he joined the Russian National Association of Corporate Directors.
He is married with a daughter and a son, and two grandchildren. He enjoys photography and diving.
Sergey Beshev, President Rosinter Restaurants Holding:
Mr. Beshev became President of OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding in June 2009. Before joining Rosinter, Mr. Beshev had an extensive management experience in the telecommunication sector in Russia.
He was the Moscow Region director of MTS from 2007 till March 2009, previously he held the position of Commercial Director of AKADO Telecommunications from 2005 to 2007, and from 2001 to 2005 he worked in MegaFon being Commercial Director in MegaFon-Moscow his final position. Mr. Beshev worked also as a business-development manager for Motorola’s office in Germany from 1997 to 2001.
His career started as a consultant at Deloitte&Touche in 1996. Sergey Beshev graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute majoring in systems engineering. He took his MBA degree from Plekhanov Russian Economics Academy in 1996.
Konstantin Ordovsky-Tanayevsky, Chair of the Board of Directors of Karlson Tourism, Plenia:
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he immigrated to the United States in 1964. He left school with a “Governor’s Scholar Award” signed by Ronald Reagan, then California’s Governor. In 1975, he graduated from U.C.L.A. (California) as a biochemist and an economist. In 1982, he earned an honors degree in business administration from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France).
Between 1977 and 1981 he worked for Procter & Gamble International as director for consumer goods development and marketing. In 1983, he teamed up with Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanayevsky Blanco to create a company to retail medical equipment in Venezuela. In 1985, he founded the first company dedicated to Latin American film distribution in the USA. It is based in California and continues to hold a leading position in the industry.
In 1993, he joined Rostik Group. Since 1999 he’s been Chair of the Board of Karlson Tourism, General Manager of photo enterprises of Rostik Group, and Director for special project management.
He is married with four children. He enjoys diving, collecting books, and traveling.
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