Aleksey Pesoshin introduces a new Head to the employees of the Tatarstan Venture Investment Fund

On 10 November at the Kazan Technical Park Idea, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin introduced a new Head to the employees of the Tatarstan Venture Investment Fund.

The regional Prime Minister thanked Aynur Aydeldinov who was the Fund Director since 2007 for his substantial contribution into the social and economic development of the republic, for successful implementation of programmes of support provided to technological companies, innovational projects and youth entrepreneurship. Thus 365 projects which won the Idea-1000 programme brought the total revenues of more than 10bn rubles and created about 800 jobs.

Also 7.3bn rubles were invested into 52 projects during the period of Aydeldinov being in office, which made it possible for companies to create 10 200 jobs, to get 28.7bn rubles of revenues and to pay additional 13.3bn of taxes into the budget of the republic.

“Due to you the Tatarstan Venture Investment Fund has become acknowledged not only in the country but also far beyond it. Today it is the brand of the republic,” Aleksey Pesoshsin emphasized.

The Fund Supervisory Council made a decision to appoint the Director in innovations from the Ak Bars Bank Department of Strategies, Innovations and Marketing Damir Galiev a new Director of the Fund and introducing him, Aleksey Pesoshin emphasized that the experience and knowledge of the new CEO should facilitate further successful and targeted work as one of the priorities of the state policy today is provision of technological independence and competitiveness.