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The Institute of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance (the "Institute") is a non-profit organization founded by Alexander Radygin,  Doctor in Economic Sciences, professor, the Member of the Board of Directors and of the Scientific Council of E.T.Gaidar Economic Policy Institute, Director of the Institute of Applied Economic Research and Dean of the Economic Department of the Academy of National Economy of the Russian Federation Government, and Dmitry Vasiliev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Investor Rights Protection Association and the first Chairman of the Federal Commission for Securities Markets of Russia (1996-1999).

Institute’s management bodies include:

• Board of Governors – the highest collective management body
• Executive Director – a simple member executive body of the Institute, appointed by the Board of Governors

The Board of Governors consists of Alexander Radygin (Chairman), member of the Board of Directors and of the Scientific Council of E.T.Gaidar Economic Policy Institute, Director of the Institute of Applied Economic Research and Dean of the Economic Department of the Academy of National Economy of the Russian Federation Government; Dmitry Khilov, General Director of Trans-Siberian Gold Management, and Julia Sedova, the Institute's Executive Director.

Matters falling within the competence of the Institute's Board of Governors are the following: definition of the priority areas of the Institute's activities; adopting decisions on reorganization and liquidation of the Institute; consideration and approval of the annual budget of the Institute and making amendments thereto; consideration and approval of the annual financial report on the results of the Institute's activities, as well as the auditors' opinion thereon; consideration and approval of the annual report on the Institute's research activities, results of implementation of its programs and projects.

Dmitry Vasiliev is the Managing Director of the Institute overseeing its foreign relations and cooperation with the Institute's clients.

Julia Sedova is the Executive Director of the Institute.

In the context of a project aimed at the establishment and further development of a methodology for the assessment of the corporate governance practices of Russian companies, the Institute established its The Blue Ribbon Panel which comprised 19 world-renowned Russian and foreign experts and practitioners in the field of corporate law and corporate governance.