John Winsell Davies

John Winsell Davies (Russian: Джон Винселл Дэйвиз) one of the three Davies sons who own the world renowned [http://www.schramsberg.com/ Schramsberg Vineyards] (California State Historic Landmark 561) and J. Davies Winery Estates in St. Helena, Napa Valley. Founded in 1862, the winery grew in fame when President Richard Nixon toasted Chinese Secretary General Cho En-lai in The Great Hall of the People in the ground-breaking "Ping Pong Diplomacy" of 1972 and later in Moscow with Soviet Party Leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леонид Ильич Брежнев) in the Cold War-ending Detente Peace Accords.

After a bitter family dispute surrounding the will of their deceased father, Davies moved to Baku, Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea in 1998 and became one of the leading frontier investors of the former Soviet Union. After participating in a failed $1 Billion USD privatisation fund (as a result of the Russian Financial Crisis) which spanned the Caucasus Mountains, Caspian Basin, and through Central Asia to the Kyrgyz Republic; Davies eventually settled in Beijing, China by way of Anchorage, Alaska where he kept a low profile for some 18 months.

Davies later returned to Moscow, Russia on Christmas Day of 2002 and was of the very first foreigners to invest in Georgian sovereign Lari bonds as then President Eduard Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ შევარდნაძე) was being forced from office during the "Rose Revolution".

Davies then met with now Ukrainian President, Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенкоof) in Kiev the spring of 2003 to discuss the impending and successful "Orange Revolution".

Davies subsequently was the very first foreign fund manager to invest in Uzbekistan financial securities when Uzbek President Islom Karimov allowed for the repatriation of foreign currencies and he has been very active in the Regional Republics ever since with both the Alfa Group and Diamond Age.

Davies, now married to Jelena Bobroussova-Davies manages his investments in the former Soviet Union from his Moscow Citi offices and is currently involved in the Moldavian Wine Industry, Russian Natural Gas, and Belorussian real estate among other interests. Davies 44, is a graduate of Boston University.