Eduard Voytenko

• CEO at Baikal Communications Group (Russia)
• CEO at Edward’s East Strategies (countries of Central Asia, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus)
• lobbyist, specializes in the development and implementation of GR and lobbying projects in the interests of large international and domestic companies from various industries, including companies with state participation. Consults corporate CEOs on HR-aspects in the domain of Government Relations. Coordinates the work of the legislative and regulatory blocks of the company 
• manages the development and implementation of election campaigns on a regional and federal scale and the implementation of anti-crisis communication activities in the interests of public authorities and business 
• responsible for strategic and operational management in the company
• founder of the Research Centre for Legal Expertise
• head of the board of trustees at Lake Baikal Foundation for Environmental Applications and Research
• geography of responsibility: Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Uzbekistan and Eurasian Economic Commission
• PhD candidate in political science, Master of Law; academic director of the advanced GR training for practitioners at MGIMO School of Business (“GR and Lobbying in Business and Non-profit Sector” program)
• co-author of the book “Lobbying and GR. Concepts, functions, tools”
• laureate of the Top 1000 Russian Managers Ranking by the Russian Managers Association in nomination Professional Services, the section of Government Relations Directors and Top 250 Leaders 
• the scope of professional interests and practice includes strategic and political consulting, regulatory risk management, lobbying and technologies of interaction between business and government in Russia, Central Asia, the EU and the USA, consulting in the field of investments in the Russian Federation and support of investment projects, communication consulting and international negotiations, HR-consulting in the field of Government Relations
• implemented dozens of media, social and political, governmental, GR and lobbying projects at federal and regional levels, as well as a number of international media and communication campaigns
• graduated from Cherepovets Military Engineering Institute of Radio and Electronics as Electronic, maintenance Engineer, Chinese Translator. Holds a degree in Media Management from National Research University Higher School of Economics. Defended PhD thesis on the topic “Impact of the Media on the Social and Political Modernization Processes in Taiwan” in St. Petersburg State University; graduated from the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law  under the Government of the Russian Federation with a master’s degree in Jurisprudence (“Legal Service in public authorities”), the title of the master’s thesis: “The influence of the modern Russia legal doctrine on lawmaking practice”