The first live event of the year "Live Meeting with Marc Carena, Managing Director McDonald's Russia" took place in Moscow at the Moscow branch of Hamburger University on April 20, 2021. The event featured Marc Carena, Managing Director McDonald's Russia; Nathan Hunt, CERBA Founder and CERBA Moscow Chairman; Ekaterina Serebrenikova, Chief People Officer, McDonald’s Russia; Natalia Zygmont, Training Director, McDonald’s Russia. The discussion was centered around McDonald’s in Russia, its history, contribution to the development of the Russian economy, its big accent on the working process, staff training, and its focus on charity activities. After the main part of the event was over, guests took part in a tour around Hamburger University.

The event received extremely positive feedback from the participations who appreciated to meet face to face, as well as to learn a lot of new information about McDonald’s business model and corporate process.