Mordovin Alexander Nikolayevich
Education:
– Moscow State University of Economics, Statistic and Informatics, Moscow, Russia;
– Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Work activity:
April 2019 — till present Deputy Chairman of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, since 2016 – Member of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture |
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November 2016 – till present Member of the Council for Agricultural and Environmental Management Issues within the Federation Council of the RF, the Leader of the Division “Viticulture and winemaking development, alcohol market regulation.” |
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2015 — till present Founder and General partner of the leading Russian trade fair for beverage production BeviTec
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January 2011 – till present Chairman of the Board of Barley, Malt, Hops, Beer and Beverage Union |
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December 2009 – till present Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the National Plant Breeders Association |
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December 2010 — March 2022 Chairman of the Board of Alcohol Raw Material Producers Union |
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January 2012 – November 2016 Assistant of the Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council for Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management |
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October 2008 – November 2011 Assistant of the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma for Agrarian Issues |
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2004 – 2008 Head of the Representative Office of BayWa AG in the Russian Federation (the most significant agricultural company of the European Community) |
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1994 – 2004 Expert of cooperation programs TACIS (European Community – CIS) related to agrarian issues and GR relations |
Awards:
- Certificate of Gratitude of the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (RosAlcoholRegulation) “For impeccable work and high achievements in professional activities” (2023)
- Certificate of Merit of the Governor of the Tambov Region for “Contribution to the development of food and processing industries of the agro-industrial sector and long-standing dedicated work”
- Certificate of Merit of the Governor of the Voronezh Region for “Longstanding fruitful work and professional competence in the agricultural sector”
- Certificate of Merit of the Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for “Freedom of competition and effective protection of business activity”
- Certificate of Acknowledgement of the Governor of Yaroslavl Region for long conscientious work and substantial contribution to development of the agro-industrial complex of Yaroslavl Region (2019);
- Certificate of Acknowledgement for the long dedicated work and great conribution to the agrcultural complex of Lipetsk Region issued by the Head of the Lipetsk Administration (2018);
- Certificate of Acknowledgement for the conribution to the agrcultural complex of the Republic of Chuvashia issued by the Head of the Chuvashia (2017);
- Medal “Serve Russia – serve the law” of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2017);
- Golden Medal for Contribution to the Development of the Agro-industrial Complex of the RF (2014);
- Silver Medal for Contribution to the Development of the Agro-industrial Complex of the RF (2011);
- Marked by Certificates of Merit for active participation in legislation of the Government of the RF, the State Duma and the Federation Council.
Professional experience:
From 1994 to 2004, Alexander Mordovin worked as an agro-financial expert in “Tacis” projects of the European Community. Over the last twenty years Alexander dealt with issues of grain and technical raw materials provision for Russian alcohol companies.
Widely known in Russia as well as abroad; is recognized as a market expert of raw materials, alcohol production and circulation. Alexander Mordovin became an ideological mastermind and creator of three industrial Unions: National Plant Breeders Association, Barley, Malt, Hops, Beer and Beverage Union, Alcohol Raw Material Producers Union.
One of the key aims of his activity is to harmonize the interaction between the links of the production chain “raw material producers – alcohol producers.”
At present, Alexander Mordovin is Deputy Chairman of the Public Council of the Ministry of Agriculture of the RF, a member of the Council for Agricultural and Environmental Management Issues within the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly, a leader of the division “Viticulture and winemaking development, alcohol market regulation”; a member of the interdepartmental Working group of the Ministry of Finance for improving the state regulation of alcohol and alcohol-containing production and circulation; a member of the interdepartmental Coordination Council of the Ministry of Agriculture for the development of selection, seed production and bio-technologies of agricultural plants; a member of the Presidium of the Federation Council Working group on improvement of legislation in the field of the government alcohol market regulation; included in the Expert Council of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of the RF.
Key achievements:
– creation and development of the unique agro-projects system, focused on interaction of plant breeders, agricultural and alcohol producers, guaranteeing complete support of the Russian alcohol companies with high-quality Russian grain and technical raw materials (over 4 mln.t.), including new barley varieties for beer and whisky production, corn for alcohol production, durum wheat and rye, beet molasses for rectified alcohol production in the Russian Federation;
– initiating the Expert Council within the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation;
– introducing a ban on subsidizing transnational brewing companies from the RF budget, creation of preference schemes for Russian brewing producers;
– management and running of annual business events of the Russian alcohol industry: Mid-Russian Grain Forum, Siberian Grain Forum, Field Day, Forum “Absolute Degree: Plato°-Brix°-Hess°”, Forum and contest ROSGLAVPIVO® – the Best Beer of Russia”, pageant contest “Beer Queen of Russia” etc.;
– initiating/participation in the development of key legislative and technical regulation issues for alcohol producers: raw materials, USAIS, licensing, packing, advertising, an alcohol market decriminalization system based on the analysis of raw material, energy and heat consumption levels etc;
– initiation of the Russia-Chinese intergovernmental agricultural Working group;
– development and implementation of “Beijing Program – 2012-2017” – the export program of grain and other agricultural products from Russia to Shanghai Cooperation countries;
– initiating the government export support system for the Russian agricultural complex.