Vladislav Leonidovich Malkevich (Малькевич, Владислав Леонидович; Yasynuvata, 30 June 1936) is a Russian economist. He was General Director of Expocentre ZAO (from November 2002 to Marth 2012), member of the Board of Directors of UFI – the Global Association of Exhibition Industry (2003), Vice President of RUEF – the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs (2003), member of the International Academy of Business (2001), member of the International Academy of Creative Endeavors (1999). Education and academic degrees University Degree of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (1959), the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade (1978) Doctor of Technical Sciences (1968) Doctor of Economics (1982). Biography Vladislav Leonidovich Malkevich was born on 30 June 1936 in Yasinovataya, Donetsk Region, the Ukrainian SSR. The Great Patriotic War was on as he was going through his childhood. His father Leonid Petrovich Malkevich served as Chief of the South Urals Railroads. Vladislav's mother was a teacher of the Russian language and literature. Years in Radio Engineering Vladislav graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1959 majoring in radio technology. Under the system of job distribution current at the time, he was sent to work at a defence plant under the Ministry for Radio Industry of the USSR. His positions were: Equipment Tune-Up Engineer and later Foreman. Soon after Malkevich was promoted to the position of head of the section in charge of onboard equipment for strategic rockets. Those were installed at strategic launching pads manned by special units of the Soviet Army throughout the Country. Later he was put in charge of two assembly shops at the Plant. That was the time he was awarded his first medal from the Government: “For Work Excellence”. In 1963 V.L. Malkevich was appointed Deputy Chief Engineer of the same plant, thus covering the distance from a rank and file engineer up to the high position of a Deputy Chief Engineer of a major defence plant in only 4 years. From 1966 to 1971 V.L. Malkevich was Chief Engineer, Deputy Director for Research of the Central Research Institute for Technology of the Ministry for Radio Industry of the USSR. Move to Ministry for Foreign Trade In 1971 V.L. Malkevich was offered the position of the Head of a major trade policy division of the Ministry for Foreign Trade in charge of new technology/innovation-related issues (GITU). While at the Ministry, Vladislav Malkevich had a very close working relationship with then Minister