Elena Fedyashina
Elena Fedyashina is one of Russia’s leading forces for the business advancement of women. She is the Executive Director of the Committee of 20, an association of Russia’s most successful businesswomen who work to enhance women’s business success and underscore the power of women to drive economic development. She co-founded “Leadership without Boundaries” community bringing together senior corporate women to get more women onto Boards and into C-suites.
Elena has initiated and implemented numerous highly successful projects including mentorship programs for women entrepreneurs from the regions of Russia and cross-industry program for corporate “high-potentials”; women’s business exchange as well as numerous educational programs. Elena directed 15 major International Conferences and Forums. She has also conducted several surveys on women economic participation to raise awareness of gender equality issues.
On behalf of Russia, Elena spoke at numerous major International Forums such as Business Women’s Network Summits; Vital Voices’ Forums; APEC Meetings of Women Leaders; Women’s Forums in Deauville (France); World Forums of TIAW; Global Summits of Women, BPW Forums, Uniglobal Research Conference (London, UK); Center for Corporate Diversity (Norway), lectured at Simmons Business School ( USA). She has quite a few publications both in Russian and international press. She is a recipient of the 2008 TIAW World of Difference 100 Award honoring the world’s most effective champions of women’s economic advancement.
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20.11.2014
The Committee of 20 presents its new all-Russia Survey «Developing Entrepreneurial Skills in the Context of Relevant and Efficient Business Support Measures»
The goals and objectives of the survey: More →
19.11.2014
The International Forum «Women in today's economy: heading towards entrepreneurship? » was held in Moscow on 19 November 2014, organised by the non-profit partnership “The Committee of 20” in the framework of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
The International Forum «Women in today's economy: heading towards entrepreneurship? » was held in Moscow on 19 November 2014, organised by the non-profit partnership “The Committee of 20” in the framework of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The Forum, as always, was focused on the most relevant aspects of female entrepreneurship, and increasing women’s role in the country’s economic development. More →
19.11.2013
The International Forum “Women in the Modern Economy: challenges and solutions” was held in Moscow on the 19th of November in the Marriott Grand hotel in Moscow.
It was organized by the “Committee of 20”. 125 people attended the Forum, 69 of them being CEOs, VPs and Managing Partners of the big multinational and Russian companies. The participants represented more than 100 companies and organizations, Universities, NGOs and media. More →
19.10.2013
The 9th edition of Women’s Global Forum completed its work in Deauville, France. More than 1200 participants from 70 countries participated in the event. 
The Women’s Forum Meetings aim to bring together leaders from all over the world – women and men – representing the business world, the government, academic circles, culture, etc. in order to give new perspectives to key issues in our present and our future; to create a powerful, global network in order to strengthen the influence of women throughout the world; to draw up innovative and concrete action plans to encourage women’s contribution to society and promote diversity in the business world. More →
04.10.2013
Svetlana Balanova and Tatyana Zrelova, members of the Committee of 20 have become the winners of the competition held by EY in Russia “Entrepreneurial Winning Women”.
They were recognized and selected by the reputable jury as winners in the categories “Master of Business” and “IT and Telecommunications” respectively. More →
