Yuri Ammosov is a senior policy officer of the Russian Government in charge of the venture capital and high tech development programs. He is the project leader for Russian Venture Company, a $500 million fund-of-funds, and worked on multiple other hi-tech incentive projects, such as technology parks, free economic zones, nanotechnology program, public IP commercialization regulation, R&D tax breaks etc. Prior to joining the government Yuri co-founded a number of tech startups in Internet, software and telecommunications, worked as a technology observer at Expert, Russia's leading business magazine, and previously worked at a number of Western and Russian investment banks, rising from an associate to a director. He has an B.A. in History from Moscow State University and an M.P.A from Princeton University.