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I would like to thank SPIBA executives for organizing very interesting meeting with the HR director of NISSAN Company - Yaroslava Vasilieva, which took place on the 27th of February...

Elena Boiko, General Director, Subway Russia, about "Breakfast with the Director"

I would like to thank SPIBA for organizing the tour to the production of one of the leading brewing companies in the world.

Genadiy Filashov, Business Analyst, BAT, about Look@HEINEKEN Russia

The meeting on the theme «CRM as a foundation for client-oriented technology» was useful for me for several reasons.

Mikhail Grushko, Business Development Manager, Tebodin, adbout the meeting on CRM technology

I want to express my appreciation to SPIBA for the interesting from all aspects meeting with Mr. Romuald Rytwinski, General Director, GM Auto, which was held in the format of...

Pavel Novikov, Director of Executive MBA Programs, SSE, about the "Breakfast with the Director"

I can only thank Atria Russia for a wonderful tour which changed my perception and wish them success in this delicate matter of feeding people and making them happy with...

Vladimir Sorokovikov, General Manager, LLC “Pilz Rußland” about Look@Atria Russia (Pit Product)

The story of Mr. Sheps wonderfully inspired me and helped to reflect on my role as a leader and manager. I would also like to thank him for original recommendations...

Galina Chernichkova, Head of recruitment and development, MTS about Breakfast with the Director

I would like to thank SPIBA and the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Information office in St.Petersburg for organizing the final conference of this remarkable cooperation project.

Nataliya Gololobova, Team Leader, CSR, Statoil ASA in Russia about the conference on CSR

My sincere thanks for nice meeting arrangement, great lecturer and tender concern to the audience!

Olga Nekrasova, Commercial manager, Ahlers, about "Customer centricity" workshop

An excellent opportunity to learn more about development of professional skills in these areas was offered to SPIBA members by the UK Consulate on 12 March 2013. Brilliant coaches from...

Irina Koshelkova, BD Manager BC Communications about Workshop in the UK Consulate

I would like to note that “Breakfast with the Director” format is the original idea of SPIBA and have no analogs in the city.

Anastasia Denisova, Business Development Manager, Acsour about "Breakfast with the Director"

We are very grateful to SPIBA and especially to Karina Khabacheva for notifying us of this event, and of course for giving us the opportunity to attend this interesting seminar.

Sergey Melnichenko, Vice President of corporate affairs, Holding RBI about Jack Trout lecture

Unlike most organizations of the similar sort, SPIBA is very informal and open for fresh ideas. But the most valuable thing you can get here is the vastest range of...

Dmitry Akulinichev, St. Petersburg and NW Regional Director, URSA Eurasia about SPIBA

On September, 25, 2012 the Environment, Health and Safety committee discussed labor safety issues in a production company. Discussion of this quite a technical topic turned to be very dynamic.

Anna Gavrilova, Associate Baker & McKenzie about the EHS Committee event

Let me thank SPIBA for a perfect opportunity of such informal meetings with the directors. Today I have visited “Breakfast with the Director” for the first time and I can...

Igor Gorokhov, Senior Attorney, CLS, about “Breakfast with the Director” with Alexey Ananishnov

I express my deepest gratitude for such a fascinating subject, professional guest speakers and perfect organization of the last HR Committee meeting! The event once again showed that the HR...

Anastasia Priyomova, Head of HR department of Ernst & Young about the meeting of the HR Committee

I would like to thank SPIBA and Norden company for such an interesting and helpful event they had organized in order to introduce very important issues of the society as...

Maria Zhitnikova, Deputy to Head of Finance department,BSH Bytowije Pribory about the trip to Oslo

Visiting IKEA on the 1st of July, to my mind, is one of the best events in the framework of Look@It I’ve attended. I express gratitude to Store manager IKEA...

Alexander Parshukov, Chief Investment Officer, VTB Development, about Look@IKEA

I would like to express my gratitude for the picnic, which was organized at the golf club "Gorki" last Saturday. It was a splendid idea for the weekend to have...

Anastasia Romanova, Zgroup, about SPIBA Golf Picnic

The event with Mr. Strom from Smurfit Kappa was impressive and constructive. The shared information by Mr. Strom and the open and active discussion with the auditory about the environment...

Kevin Jahn, Team Leader Business Development, Schneider Group, about Breakfast with Patrik Strom

Everyone in business circles of the city knows about the international association SPIBA, and happily collaborates with it. Another confirmation of this fact was a visit to the company "Galaxy"...

Kirill Shpara, Head of Business intelligence, Strategic planning and Assortment department, about Look@Galactika

Once again, I want to express my deepest gratitude to SPIBA for new knowledge and experience!

Arkady Davydenko, Project manager Pilz, about Look@Pulkovo

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to SPIBA team for unforgettable weekend-event held at golf-resort GORKI on 21 July 2018. Golf Picnic in a family-day format was beyond...

Elena Baidakova, Director, Russia, East Consulting Ltd, about SPIBA Golf Picnic

I would like to thank you for the excellent presentation and organization of the "Russian Standard Vodka" plant, and for the presentation of its product. We had the unique opportunity...

Ekaterina Kondrashina, Branch director of AEROCLUB St. Petersburg, about Look@Russian Standard Vodka

I would like to thank the organization SPIBA for their very informative and interesting event at the "Russian Standard" Vodka factory on 02.10.2017. My colleagues were pleased by the company’s...

Alexander Andrianov, Finance Director, JSC "Severen-Telecom"

SPIBA once again provided an opportunity to see live business operating. This time, we could see how Pulkovo Airport operates. It was interesting to see the progress of the infrastructure...

Sergey Fedorov, Counsel, Borenius Attorneys Russia, about Look@ Pulkovo

New stadium on Krestovskiy islad impresses, first of all, with its scope. This object is unique for our city and the whole country. I have visited several major football stadiums...

Alexey Pyatkov, Colliers International, about Look@Zenit Arena

Thank you very much SPIBA for the perfectly organized "Breakfast with the director" on the Unilever factory.

Ekaterina Vaulina, Rocco Forte Hotel Astoria about Breakfast with the Director at Unilever

I believe the organization of such meetings is important and necessary for direct and open dialog with top managers of large Western enterprises, which invested in Russian manufactory. Kappa is...

Victoria Gourinovich, CIS Logistics Director/Branch Director, Groupe SEB-Vostok. About breakfast with the Director: Patrik Strom, General Director, Smurfit Kappa

It was a great pleasure for me to attend one of the most interesting and professional events ever! Top-experts in the field of communications spoke at the round table “Brand:...

Margarita Polishchuk, Marketing & PR at IUSLAND Law Offices, about “Brand: the power of personality"

Thank you for organizing such an interesting and highly professional event on the topic «Women in Leadership».

Alexandra Nagornaya, Co-worker relations manager, IKEA, about the round table «Women in Leadership»

On behalf of Sokos Hotels I’m glad to express my gratitude to SPIBA for the opportunity to participate in such a large-scale and outstanding event as «10th Seminar on Cooperation...

Larisa Zamuraeva, Manager of Education, Sokos Hotels Saint-Petersburg about the seminar

Thanks a lot to SPIBA for having organized this morning meeting with Credit Agricole on "Russia and the global recovery in 2016"

Alberto Menegazzi, Director Business Development, BRP Saint Petersburg about SPIBA seminar

Would like to thank SPIBA team and Karina Khabachava personally for the greatly organized meeting and hoping to attend more events of this format in the future.

Sergey Dekussar,Marketing and Innovations Director, Ahlers Rus about Breakfast with Oleg Zherebtsov

Thanks to SPIBA and the staff of the club for giving us an opportunity to get acquainted with this sports game.

Svetana Mogiletskaya, Zgroup, about the GORKI Golf-Club event

Dear colleagues , let me thank you for a well-prepared, helpful and informative event Look@Baltika Breweries. It was a wonderful opportunity to shake hands with partners and spend some leisure...

Anna Sabanina, Head of the projects, Vedomosti

Thanks to SPIBA for choosing "Lively presentations" as a topic for the event and also for the great choice of speakers. It's always interesting to find out about the experience...

Anna Sabinina, Director of Marketing and PR, Colliers International

The meeting at the event: «Government Relations Practices in Russia: current state and perspectives» organized by SPIBA on October 28, 2014 is a wonderful opportunity to discuss development of GR...

Kedrin Aleksey, Vice President, Corporate Affairs Baltika Breweries about "GR practice in Russia"

The Mergers often lead to the need to learn to work within a new corporate culture. The corporate culture of a larger enterprise can be spread on the new acquired...

Vadim Mazin, Regional Sales Manager, Air France KLM about Business Breakfast

In the framework of an open discussion the guests eagerly shared their experiences. Thanks to SPIBA for an opportunity to share the best practices.

Marina Gaidina, HR Director, MM-Polygrafoformlenie Packaging about "Interaction with Trade Unions"

The Friday was amazing thanks to SPIBA and Look@Danone event. It’s a great idea and the format of the event. I would like to thank SPIBA for the organization, Danone...

Nadezhda Komarova, Sales and Marketing Specialist, Acsour about Look@Danone

Many thanks to SPIBA for the perfect organization of Art-Breakfast in the contemporary art museum Erarta.

Alla Sagaidakova, Business Development Director of Zgroup, about Art-Breakfast in Erarta Museum

Thank you to Karina and SPIBA for support to its members and variety of activities which they organize for all of us.

Miriam Lackovicova, Director of Sales and Marketing in Astoria Hotel, about Look@Gorki Golf Club

I found the event organized by SPIBA and Bank Saint-Petersburg very interesting. The topic was very up-to-date and the presentations of the bank and rating agency representatives were very informative.

Olga Mejericher, Finance Controller, JTI, about Business Breakfast in Bank Saint-Petersburg

We would like to thank SPIBA team for organization of Look@Fazer tour. It was our first time at the bakery production. We left the plant under impression from the production...

Alexander Solohin, Head of the Commercial Dep't, Property-M about Look@Fazer event

The SPIBA events always implicate diversity, creativity, usefulness and welcoming atmosphere. It is not only the possibility to know something new but also the occasion to meet your collegues or...

Ksenia Kolesnikova, Head of Alumni Communications, Graduate School of Management about SPIBA seminar

It was a great pleasure for me to visit the Round table on April 2nd, dedicated to the Organization of Students’ Practices.

Yuriy Romanchev, Head of recruitment dpt., Northern Capital Gateway about the round table

We have received not only a great pleasure of communicating with a true expert in the art of photography Yury Molodkovets, but also discovered a new effective tool for business...

Evelyn Ametova, Marketing and PR manager, Maxima Legal, about Art-Breakfast with Jury Molodkovets

SPIBA provides an amazing opportunity to see real production. It was definitely a great experience. I strongly recommend the Look@It SPIBA events.

Sergey Fedorov, Senior Associate, Attorneys at Law Borenius, Look@ Russian Standard

I am fully satisfied that I took part in the event. Middle and senior managers of logistics are taking part as from customer as from 3PL sides with similar objectives...

Nikolay Dymsha, Head of Warehousing, BAT Russia, about the logistics breakfast

From behalf of the Managing Partner of “PRESIDENT Consult” Mikhail Onatskii and me personally let me thank you for a wonderful event that held at Gorki Golf Club on the...

Olga Ivanova, Leading lawyer “PRESIDENT Consult”, about SPIBA Golf Picnic

I am very grateful to SPIBA and Gorki Golf Club for my first personal golf experience! Of course, in the movies and live I saw how the player is getting...

Tatjana Moiseichenko, PR and Communications Coordinator, NISSAN MANUFACTURING RUS , about SPIBA Golf Picnic

Allow me to thank you for the very interesting excursion to the Mariinsky Theater, organized by SPIBA last week. The incredible life of the theater, which usually remains a mystery...

Yulia Aray, PhD, St.Petersburg University Graduate School of Management

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