What is Russia – and life in Russia – really like? Is crime really rampant, with murders on the street every day and night? Are all civil servants really corrupt? Is everything really for sale? Are all the women really that pretty? Do polar bears really walk on the streets? Do only crazy people actually do business there? Are all the stories we hear and read true? Can you really lose everything you own or have invested overnight?

In a multi-media format, this presentation will answer these and many other questions and provide considerably more information provided regarding “Russian reality”, ranging from the geopolitical and macro-economic to the micro-economic and personal, from one of the most experienced “Westerners” in Russia today.  Mr. Enneking will also describe one mechanism for investing in Russia, Tera Capital Fund, which he founded with a Russian partner in 2005.

Mr. Enneking is the Chairman of Altima Asset Management, which manages Tera Capital Fund, the only fund of funds in the world focused on Russia.  He maintains his full-time residence in Moscow and has lived and worked in Russia since 1994. Most recently, he was a director of two diversified private equity (PE) funds, one founded in 1996, and the second created in 2005 by splitting the original fund into two funds, with approx. $50 million under management.

As Vice President for Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) of a major European company, Mr. Enneking has conducted analyses of approximately 1,000 companies located throughout Europe and was the principal on transactions totaling over $8 billion over the past 12 years.

Mr. Enneking holds an undergraduate and three graduate degrees in international business (MBA) and law (JD), including one post-doctoral degree (LLM). He also holds a graduate degree in International Security Studies from the US Army War College. He has taught in English, Russian and French in various undergraduate and graduate business schools in the US, France and Russia.