Vladimir Salakhutdinov, CEO, American Express Bank LLC, Country Manager American Express Russia, thinks that the key trait of a leader is the ability to delegate. Vladimir tells us about how he determines whether the person is ready for responsibility, what kind of qualities are necessary for employees on leadership positions, and we also talk about building the team.

At the age of twenty one, Thierry graduated from l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines (Graduate School of Engineering). He also got a diploma in Economics from l'Institut Français du Pétrole (The French Institute of Petroleum) and participated in diverse programs in Harvard and Stanford in London.

Like Filip Kegels (Danone) and David Yang (ABBYY) Thierry Chiche advises to read Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't a book written by Jim Collins.

He also recommends reading Dan Roam's The Back of the Napkin - international bestseller that proves that a simple drawing on a humble napkin can be more powerful than the slickest PowerPoint presentation.