Chairman of the
Strategic Council UITH
Mr. Podenok Andrey 

Mr. Podenok Andrey Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (MIREA) with a degree in Automation and Telemechanics, the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) with a degree in Finance and Credit, postgraduate study at the Moscow State Academy of Instrument Engineering and Informatics with a degree in Economic Sociology, the International University (USA, California) with a degree in Business Administration, and the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) with a degree in Municipal and Government Securities. He is a full member of the International Academy of Informatization, the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship, and a professor at the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK). Candidate of Sciences.

During his studies at MIREA, he repeatedly went out as a fighter, commissar, commander of student construction teams that worked in various sectors of the national economy. In 1986, he created and headed the country's first self-supporting youth center "Spectrum". In 1987, he transferred to work at the Central Headquarters of Student Teams of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. In 1988, he organized the youth center "RITM" of the Central Headquarters of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, which grew into a multi-profile holding-type association.

-Since 1989 - General Director of the Multi-Profile Association "RITM", which in 2002 was transformed into the Open Joint-Stock Company "Russian Investments Trade and Management - "RITM".

-Since 1989, Vice-President of the Interregional Public Organization "Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs" (hereinafter referred to as IPO MAP). In 1992, he was elected Chairman of the Council of IPO MAP. --From 1996 to the present - President of the Interregional Public Organization "Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs".

-Currently, Podenok A.E. holds public positions:

-Vice President of NP "OPORA";

-President of the Interregional Public Organization "Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs";

-Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Private Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Business of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;

-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Self-Regulatory Organization NP "Interregional Association of Construction and Installation Organizations "Stroykorporatsiya";

-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the History of Domestic Entrepreneurship;

-President of the International Association of Clubs "CLUB OF CLUBS";

-Vice President of the Business Center for Economic Development of the CIS;

-Member of the Public Council of the City of Moscow;

-Member of the Supervisory Board of the National Partnership of -Microfinance Market Participants (NAUMIR);

-Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Law and Order Center Foundation;

-Member of the Coordinating Council for the Development of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation;

-Vice President of the Equestrian Association;

-Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Commercial Bank;

-Co-Chairman of the Commission for the Elimination of Administrative Barriers to Entrepreneurship Development under the Department of Trade and Services of the City of Moscow;

-Member of the Joint Board for Industrial Policy under the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of the City of Moscow;

-Member of the Headquarters for the Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Entrepreneurs in the City of Moscow;

-Member of the Public Council under the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights in the City of Moscow;

-Member of the Expert Council for State Procurement under the FAS Russia;

-Member of the Expert Council for the Protection of Competition in the Financial Services Market under the FAS Russia.

Podenok A.E. has the following awards:

-Order of the Badge of Honor;

-Order of the Glory of Russia;

-Knight of the Order of G.K. Zhukov "For Deed and Loyalty";

-Public Order of the Association of Russian Banks "For Services to the Banking Community", 2nd degree;

-Medal "850th Anniversary of Moscow";

-Medal "200 Years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia";

-Gratitude from the Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation;

-Gratitude from the Mayor of Moscow;

-Gratitude, diplomas and certificates of honor from the Prefectures and Departments of the Moscow City Government;

-Awards from public organizations: RSPP Medal, Honorary Badge of OPORA RUSSIA;

-Certificates of honor and gratitude from the ARB, RSPP, CCI, OPORA RUSSIA, etc.;

-Honorary Diploma of the British International Academy of Business (2010);

-Honorary Badge of the ARB "For Services to the Banking Community";

-Honorary Badge of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia;

-Winner of the "Russian Businessman-94" competition;

-Laureate of the "Business Olympus" Award.