Having been trained as a social anthropologist, Oleg has 20+ years of practical experience in facilitating sustainable development initiatives and working at the interface of the private sector with communities and governments. At present, Oleg oversees strategic and field-based community relations activities in Iraqi Kurdistan as Social Performance Manager at Crescent Petroleum oil and gas company. Earlier, Oleg led the Sustainable Development team at Nordgold, worked as Social Performance Manager for different projects at Royal Dutch Shell, led the Social Performance team at the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in the Russian Far East, worked as Managing Director of the regional corporate philanthropy foundation at TNK-BP, a Russia's third-largest oil producer at the time.

Oleg Bazaleev
Social Performance Manager at Crescent Petroleum (Middle East)
Oleg Bazaleev
Other Speaker
Julia Bragina
Deputy head of the social development Department of Russian Railways
Анна Сорокина
Руководитель отдела аналитики, Социальная платформа Фонда Росконгресс – Фонд Инносоциум
Александра Лебедева
Управляющий директор, Блок агента Правительства Российской Федерации ВЭБ.РФ
Julia Zimova
Head of the Department of priority projects and strategic initiatives of the all-Russian popular front, member of the public chamber of Russia