cebra_setka.qxp 12/7/2006 3:09 PM Page 1 Montreal Pulp and Paper Mission to Russia EDC in Russia Kinross Merges with Bema Arctic Energy Summit SAIT University:McMaster New Member cebra_setka.qxp 12/7/2006 3:09 PM Page 2 cebra_setka.qxp 12/7/2006 3:10 PM Page 3 CERBA Quarterly News (winter 2007) Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA) Association d'affaires Canada Russie Eurasie (ACCRE) Канадская деловая ассоциация в России и Евразии (КДАРЕ) www.cerbanet.org CERBA Offices International: MOSCOW CHAPTER Elena Settles Regional Director Tel: 7 (495) 2306132 Fax: 7 (495) 7872701 Email: [email protected] CALGARY CHAPTER Frank Kense Regional Director Tel: 1 (403) 2184164 Fax: 1 (403) 2188727 Email: [email protected] TORONTO CHAPTER Tel: 1 (416) 8678097 Fax: 1 (416) 3525183 Email: [email protected] MONTREAL CHAPTER Brendan Scully Regional Director Tel: 1 (514) 3443347 Fax: 1 (514) 3714605 Email: [email protected] CERBA Boards of Directors: National Board of Directors Chairman Donald Whalen, High River Gold Mines Directors Piers Cumberlege, Straightview Paul Drager, Macleod Dixon LLP Nathan Hunt, Ronald A. Chisholm International Canadian Ambassador in RF Ralph Lysyshyn, CERBA Moscow Board of Directors Moscow President Nathan Hunt, and Vladislav Tretyak, President Chair of the State Duma Committee for Sport and Youth, Nathan Hunt, Ronald A. Chisholm International Directors among friends and supporters of the V. Tretiak Anatoly Andriash, Macleod Dixon LLP Foundation. Moscow, November 16, 2006 Sheldon Bennett, Ernst & Young Ian Bird, Golden Telecom, Inc. Luc Jones, Antal International Page 23 John Kur, Embassy of Canada Ron Lewin, TerraLink Technologies Rene Marion, Barrick Gold Corporation In This Issue: Carol Patterson, Baker & McKenzie Gerald Rohan, PricewaterhouseCoopers Neil Withers, Bank Vozrozhdeniye Calgary Board of Directors Chairman pro temp Looking Back Past CERBA Events Linda Niro, Export Development Canada Vice Chairmen Page 45 Hans Gjerdrum, KUDU Industries Inc.; Paul Drager, Macleod Dixon LLP Montreal Pulp and Paper Mission to Russia Directors Renee Chernecki, SAIT Page 6 Richard Donaghy, CIBC Rockford Lang, AED New CERBA Sponsor Profile: KINROSS Randy McCord, Schenker St Toronto Executive Committee Page 7 Chairman Donald Whalen, High River Gold Mines EDC Can Help Board of Directors Frank Herbert Centerra Gold Corporation Page 89 Peter Antonoff Aluma Systems Boris Aryev Marhope Systems SAIT: Health, Safety & Environment Training Dmitri Buterin Bonasource Ruth Fothergill Export Development Canada in Kazakhstan and Russia Piers Cumberlege Straightview John Ivany Kinross Gold Corporation Page 1011 Steven C. Nichols Canadian Urban Institute Alina Pekarsky York University, Schulich School of Business Arctic Energy Summit Peter Solomon University of Toronto Sergei Timoshenko Access Air Page 1213 Montreal Local Board Chairman New Member Profile: McMaster University Ron Denom SNC Lavalin International Directors Piers Cumberlege Straightview Page 14 Anne Leahy Foreign Affairs Canada Alexander Lokshin Dana & Co. Trading Inc. Samusocial Moskva charity Edouard Namts WE Consulting Inc. Jocelyn Neron Quebec Ministere of Economic and Regional Page 17 Development Elise PaulHus McMillan Binch Mendelsohn (Law Partners) News from Austrian Airlines JoAnn Roux International Trade Canada Page 18 CERBA News Editors: Elena Settles, Brendan Scully, Frank Kense, Alex Grichine and Oksana Ermolenko New CERBA Partner Swissotel Krasnye Holmy CERBA News Publisher and Layout: Troy Media 1 cebra_setka.qxp 12/7/2006 3:10 PM Page 4 CERBA Quarterly News (wintwr 2007) Looking back Past CERBA Events MOSCOW The CERBAMoscow Annual Planning CERBA and hosted by Macleod Dixon On September 20 CERBA held Meeting took place on August 27, 2006 LLP at their offices. This meeting wel Breakfast Brief on Moscow Real Estate. at the Baltschug Kempinski. The event comed two new Board members The event was kindly hosted by Ernst & represented a closed session of Renee Chernecki with SAIT (Southern Young and gathered over 30 partici CERBAMoscow Board of Directors Alberta Institute of Technology) and pants. The presentations on the current with the purpose of developing a strate Rockford Lang with Alberta Economic situation on residential real estate in gy for events and activities in the Development. The meeting also Moscow were made by David Green 2006/7 years. The meeting determined accepted the resignation with regret (Green & Green Realty Co.) and David goals for the upcoming year. It was from Jim Chernyk (Foremost Gilmartin (Intermark Residential Real decided to establish four committees Industries) as Chair of the Chapter due Estate). Nuri Katz (Century 21 Russia, Proactive Leadership, Country and to the fact that he is now based full time Kazakhstan, Ukraine) also offered his Regional Expansion, Organizational in Moscow. A motion of sincere grati expert opinion. The event received Effectiveness, and Local Administration tude and appreciation to Jim was unan extremely positive rating from the and HR. Each of these will carry out imously approved for his work with attendees due to highly informative specified tasks during the upcoming Calgary CERBA chapter. Linda Niro content of the presentations and sub year and contribute to the growth and (EDC) accepted the position of Interim sequent discussion. CERBA would like development of the organization in CoChair until such time as formal elec to extend its gratitude to all the partici general, and CERBAMoscow Chapter tions can be held later in the year in pants, and a special thanks to Ernst and in particular. Although the results of conjunction with a Chapter AGM. Young for hosting the event. CERBAMoscow activities for the past September 26 A Members' only On September 27 members and friends 2005/6 year admitted to be highly com Reception was graciously hosted by of the association enjoyed a Back to mendable, it is expected, that the new John Iredale and his Associates in their Business Reception that marked the strategy for the organizational develop Boardroom at Gowling Lafleur end of the summer vacation period and ment, adopted during the Planning Henderson LLP. This intimate event commencement of the busy fall sched Meeting, will bring even more outstand allowed members to renew their ule. The Hard Rock Cafe on Stary Arbat ing benefits. acquaintance with each other after a kindly provided a venue for this event. In October 2006, Canadian Embassy in busy summer for many of them and to The Pulp and Paper Delegation from Moscow also organized two receptions hear from the new Interim CoChair Quebec was also present. The partici with CERBA participation. The first Linda Niro about upcoming events. pants enjoyed a beautiful interior of the reception, on October 17, was hosted November 14 An Interactive Luncheon cafe, wellselected menu and drinks, by the new Canadian Ambassador to was held with Mr. Rinat Sabirov, Special also courtesy of the host. The event Russia His Excellency Mr. Ralph Energy Advisor to the Prime Minister of was marked by the special cheerful Lysyshyn at his residency, and gathered Tatarstan and Mr. Mingazi Gibadukov, atmosphere, which has become char the majority of CERBA membership. Chief Technologist with acteristic of all social events organized The second event on October 18 held Tatneftekhiminvest. Fifteen Calgary by CERBAMoscow. CERBAMoscow on the occasion of the visit to Moscow area business leaders enjoyed a light would like to extend its special thanks of Mr. Andrew Marsland, Assistant lunch while viewing a PowerPoint pres to Mark Grobman, Director of Business Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri entation about the upcoming develop Development at Hard Rock Cafe, for Food Canada, was hosted by the ment opportunities in the energy sector hosting the event. Embassy. Both of there were highpro in Tatarstan. This inaugural presenta On August 22 a Happy Hour Reception file events that gathered representa tion marked beginning of an active took place at the veranda of the newly tives of the toplevel business circles. campaign by Tatarstan to encourage opened Mexican restaurant "La On October 2 Moscow chapter held a Canadian business interest in their Hacienda" (Komsomolsky prospekt, Breakfast Brief with Peter Harder, Republic, which has a unique relation 13). This informal event provided those Canada's Deputy Minister of Foreign ship within the Russian Federation. We who chose to remain in Moscow during Affairs and G8 Sherpa. Mr. Harder thank Hans Gjerdrum (KUDU summer time with an opportunity to shared his views and experiences with Industries) for making these presenters have a nice time in the company of the the G8 meetings in Russia and offered available to CERBA. old friends, and also to meet new ones. insights into the development of the November 15 All day workshop enti The guests enjoyed delicious Mexican RussianCanadian relationships. tled "Effective Bidding in the IFI snacks and drinks, warm atmosphere CERBA would like to thank its business (International Financial Institutions) and fresh air during one of the last sum partner Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Market Place." Organized in collabora mer days. CERBA would like to thank for its continuing support of the associ tion with Alberta Economic Doug Steele, the owner of "La ation. Development (Shane Jaffir), and in Hacienda", for providing a venue, conjunction with DFAIT, this workshop snacks and drinks for the event. We are CALGARY was presented by Mr. Hussein Amery, also grateful to Barry Shea,