Alexander Karminsky is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Economic Sciences/School of Finance at HSE University. Prof. Karminsky is also in charge of the Laboratory of Financial Innovation and Risk Management at HSE University. He is a distinguished scholar in the field of banking, risk management, and innovations research. He has authored a number of publications in international peer-reviewed journals and monographs. Prof. Karminsky is a member of organizing and scientific committees of important conferences and workshops in the field of finance and risk management both in Russia and abroad. Mikhail Stolbov is Chair of the Department of Applied Economics and Professor in the Economics and Banking Business Department at MGIMO University. Since 2015, he is a distinguished professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on financial stability, systemic risk, finance-growth nexus and green finance. Prof. Stolbov has a number of publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, both domestic and international. Prof. Stolbov regularly delivers talks at influential conferences in the field of international finance, financial stability and empirical macroeconomics in Russia and abroad.