Management

Vladimir became Chief Operations Officer of SUEK in 2006.

Career

Vladimir worked for Gukovugol Industrial Association for over 15 years, beginning his career as an Overman at the Zapadnaya underground mine. In 1998, he was appointed General Director of Gukovugol, a position which he held for four years. He was appointed Head of the Coal Industry Department at the Russian Ministry of Energy in 2002, and Head of the Mines Inspectorate for the Federal Administration of Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) in 2004.

In 2006 Vladimir became Chief Operations Officer of SUEK and in 2007 he was appointed to the company’s Management Board. He has been awarded the Order of Courage for a mine rescue operation, and holds all three degrees of the Miner’s Glory medal.

Education and qualifications

Vladimir graduated from Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute as a mining engineer and has a PhD in Engineering Science.

Alexander was appointed Chief Audit Executive at SUEK in May 2011.

Career

From 2000 to 2005, Alexander worked as Assistant Manager in the Energy and Mining Department at PwC.

In 2005, he joined SUEK as Head of the Audit Department and was subsequently appointed Chief Audit Executive in May 2011.

Education and qualifications

Alexander is a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), where he studied International Economic Relations. He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA, US).

Igor has been Chief Commercial Officer of SUEK since 2007.

Career

Between 1996 and 2001, Igor worked at the Moscow office of the Japanese Nichimen Corporation in its Department of Coal and Metals. From 2001 to 2005, he headed the export divisions of Vostsibugol, Rosuglesbyt and SUEK.

In 2005, Igor was appointed Managing Director of SUEK AG, and became JSC SUEK’s Chief Commercial Officer since 2007.

Education and qualifications

Igor graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys, where he studied Metal Forming. His postgraduate studies were at the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he majored in Public Sector Economics.

Sergei was appointed Public Relations and Communications Director at SUEK in February 2007.

Career

Sergei’s early career was spent with the Soviet Union Association of Friendship Societies. From 1984 to 1990, he worked for the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, subsequently joining the USSR President’s Press Office. He was later a political consultant and commentator. His roles also included advisor to the Chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Broadcasting Company and, in 2001, Chief of Staff of the Department of Presidential Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Between 2004 and 2006, Sergei was Vice President of the National Reserve Bank. He was then appointed Deputy General Director of the National Reserve Corporation.

In 2014, he was elected to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. He was also appointed Chairman of the Commission on Development of the Real Sector of the Economy of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Education and qualifications

Sergei is a graduate of the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Denis joined SUEK as Director of Logistics in 2012.

Career

In 1994, Denis began working for the MAIR Industrial Group and in 1996 was appointed Export Director. In 2000, he worked as General Director of Saratov Metalware factory. In 2002, he was appointed Vice President of the Group, where he was responsible for investments, IT and logistics.

From 2008, he worked for United Metallurgical Company (OMK), where he was simultaneously General Director of the Baltic Metallurgical Terminal (Ust-Luga) and Director of Logistics of OMK.

Education and qualifications

Denis graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1994. He also obtained an Executive MBA from Antwerp Management School, Belgium, and from the Institute of Business Studies in 2011.

Nikolay was appointed Chief Financial Officer of SUEK in October 2016.

Career

From 2006 to 2008, Nikolay was Chief Financial Officer of EuroChem. Before joining EuroChem, he held several management positions at ABB Group in Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

Between 2009 and 2015, Nikolay was a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of JSC EuroChem. From 2015 to 2016, he was a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of EuroChem Group AG.

From 2012 to 2018, Nikolay was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Siberian Generating Company, where he chaired the Audit Committee.

Education and qualifications

Nikolay graduated from Moscow State University in 1989, where he studied Political Economics. He also holds a PhD in Economics.

Alexander was appointed General Counsel of SUEK in January 2008.

Career

Between 1986 and 2001, Alexander worked in the Public Prosecution Department. He subsequently joined SIDANCO – TNK-BP Management, where he held several positions including General Counsel of SIDANCO’s branch in Saratov and Head of the Legal Department.

Alexander joined SUEK in 2005, initially as Deputy General Counsel, and was then appointed General Counsel in January 2008.

Education and qualifications

Alexander graduated from the Saratov Law Institute in 1986.

Stepan took up his position at SUEK in November 2018. In this role, he solves the issues of upgrading the Group's energy facilities, developing the heat supply infrastructure, improving the environmental efficiency of power facilities.

Career

Since 2004, he worked at the Russian office of McKinsey and was in charge of the electric power industry and heat supply in Russia and the CIS. Stepan supervised projects in the field of power generation, network development and operation, sales activities.

Education and qualifications

Stepan graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. He specialised in regulatory and environmental aspects of the power industry.

Dmitry has been Director of HR and Administration at SUEK since September 2014.

Career

In his early career, Dmitry spent more than six years working as a doctor. Between 1997 and 2004 he worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb, a US pharmaceutical company, where he started as a Medical Representative and then held the positions of Regional Manager, Training Manager and Sales Efficiency Manager.

In 2004, Dmitry joined the Russian Aluminium and Magnesium Institute as HR Director. In 2005, he was transferred to the RUSAL Management Company, where he worked in a number of roles including Head of Recruitment and Director of Compensations. From 2007 to 2008 and 2012 to 2014, he was HR and PR Director at Kirovsky Zavod.

From April 2008 to February 2012, Dmitry was Director of HR and Administration at SUEK, a role he returned to in September 2014.

Education and qualifications

Dmitry is a graduate of Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. In 2005, he attended a Human Resources Management course at the Management Centre Europe (MCE) in Belgium.

Sergey Tverdokhleb has been Strategy and Corporate Policy Director at SUEK since 2019.

Career

From 1995 to 2004, he worked in the analytical and economic divisions of the following commercial banks: SBS-Agro, Avtobank and MDM Bank. In 2004, he began his tenure with ОJSC SUEK as an adviser to the CEO. In 2009, Sergey was appointed Director of the Corporate Policy and Special Projects Department at SUEK. Since 2019, he has been Director of Strategy and Corporate Policy.

Education and qualifications

Sergey graduated from the History Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Finance and Credit Department of the Finance Academy under the Government of Russia.

Vladimir Tuzov has been SUEK’s Chief Strategy Officer since August 2015.

Career

Vladimir began his career in 2001 as a production planning engineer for Pechiney, an aluminum company in France. Over the next five years he held various managerial roles in production, marketing, and supply-chain management for non-ferrous and ferrous metallurgical companies in France, Russia, Guinea and Ukraine.

Between 2007 and 2013, Vladimir worked for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Russia and the US. At BCG, he provided consultancy services to financial institutions, heavy industry, mining, automotive and processing companies.

From 2013 until 2015, Vladimir worked at pulp and paper company Ilim Group as Deputy CEO for Strategy and Product Management, and served on the Board of Directors of Ilim Gofra.

Education and qualifications

Vladimir graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, majoring in Biomedical Engineering. He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Management from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MBA from Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania).

Irina was appointed Procurement Director at SUEK in May 2011.

Career

Between 2002 and 2011, Irina worked at Uralkali, a potash mining company, where she held a number of senior positions including Director of Inventory and Logistics.

Education and qualifications

Irina graduated from Perm State University, Faculty of Law, in 1998 and from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, in 2001.

Vladimir Dolgopolov was appointed General Director of JSC Daltransugol in November 2018.

Career

Vladimir started his career as a mechanic for the repair and maintenance of transshipment machines in the CJSC Second Stevedoring Company in Saint Petersburg. Then he continued his career as a senior mechanic of the conveyor repair group of the Chief Mechanic Service in OJSC Rosterminalugol, where he worked since 2005 till 2008.

He has been employed in JSC Daltransugol since June 2008 and began his career as a senior engineer at the terminal. From December 2008, he worked as a chief mechanic, from February 2010, he was appointed Technical Director. Since November 2018, he holds the position of General Director.

Education and qualifications:

In 2002, he graduated from Saint Petersburg State University of Water Communications with a degree in mechanization of handling operations.

Andrey Fyodorov was appointed General Director of JSC SUEK-Krasnoyarsk in 2007.

Career

From 1982 to 1991, Andrey worked as Overman at the Berezovsky open pit, production association Krasnoyarskugol in Sharypovo (in 2003, the Berezovsky open pit joined SUEK). He worked at the mine for over 20 years, rising from Overman to Chief Engineer of the enterprise. In 2005, he was invited to JSC SUEK-Krasnoyarsk to occupy the position of Technical Director. Since 2007, Andrey has served as General Director of JSC SUEK-Krasnoyarsk.

Andrey Fyodorov has the honorary title of the Honoured Miner of the Russian Federation, Honorary Worker of the Fuel and Energy Complex; Full Companion of the Miner’s Honour. He was awarded the golden badge of the Union of Coal Manufacturers.

Education and qualifications

Andrey graduated from Moscow Mining Institute in 1982 majoring in Physical Processes of Mining Practice. Candidate of Science (Engineering).

Nataliya was appointed CEO of SUEK Ltd in March 2018.

Career

Between 1996 and 2009, Nataliya worked in a Russian group of companies engaged in Consulting and Information Technology, where she held a number of senior positions including the positions of Finance Director and Executive Director.

Between 2009 and 2015 she worked as a Senior Manager in a Cyprus audit firm (a member of Impact International).

In 2015 Nataliya joined SUEK in the position of Chief Accountant of SUEK Ltd (Cyprus).

Education and qualifications

In 1996 Nataliya graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Kuban State University where she studied Accounting and Auditing. Her postgraduate studies were at the Faculty of Law of the Kuban State University where she majored in Civil Law. She holds qualification and is a Fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). She is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus.

Yuri was appointed CEO of SUEK AG in March 2007.

Career

Between 1999 and 2003, Yuri worked in the sales department of an export division of Kuzbassrazrezugol. After a one year break, he returned to the coal mining industry as a lead manager in SUEK’s sales department.

In 2005, he continued with SUEK AG as a lead trader for the Atlantic region. In March 2007, he became CEO of the company.

Education and qualifications

Yuri graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University where he majored in Accounting and Auditing.

His career began at Sorsk Molybdene Combine Works (currently, Sorsky GOK LLC). From 1987 until 1998, Alexey held the position of Opencast Mining Head, then, up to the year 2000, Production Director of Sorsky GOK LLC.

In January 2000, in the crisis, Alexey was appointed Head of OJSC Zhirekensky GOK, where he held the position of General Director until October 2001.

In 2002, Alexey became Head of SUEK representative office in Chernogorsk, and after its transformation to the company's branch, was appointed Branch Manager in 2003.

Alexey Kilin is the author of scientific papers in the area of blasting operation innovation, and, since 2005, the full member of the Russian Academy of Mining. Since the establishment of the regional industrial association LLC SUEK-Khakasia in the Republic of Khakassia in 2007 engaged in the extraction and enrichment of coal, Alexey has been at its head.

He has been awarded the medal of the Order of National Merit of I and II degrees, is Full Companion of the Miner’s Honour and the Honorary Worker of the Fuel and Energy Complex.

Education and qualifications

Alexey graduated from Krasnoyarsk Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals named after M.I. Kalinin, majoring in Technology and Overall Mechanization of Surface Mining; Mining Engineer, Candidate of Science (Engineering).

Valeriy Kuletsky was appointed General Director of JSC Razrez Tugnuisky of Tugnuisky Washing Plant LLC in 2016.

Career

From 1981 to 2008, Valeriy held various positions at mining enterprises of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2008, he moved to the Russian Federation and was appointed Deputy Executive Director for Operations of OJSC Razrez Tugnuisky. From April 2011 to 2016, he acted as Executive Director of OJSC Razrez Tugnuisky and Tugnuisky Washing Plant LLC.

Valeriy is Full Companion of the Miner’s Honour; in 2014, for work achievements and a significant contribution to the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the medal of the Order of National Merit of II degree. In 2016, Valeriy was awarded the medal for Distinguished Service to the Republic of Buryatia.

In 2012, he was recognized as the Best Director according to the results of JSC SUEK’s production competition.

Education and qualifications

Valeriy graduated from Ekibistuz Engineering and Technical Institute named after Academician Saptaev majoring in Surface Mining; Candidate of Science (Engineering).

Alexey Rykovanov has been General Director of JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport since November 2019.

Career

From 2004 to 2009, he worked as Deputy General Director for Capital Construction at OJSC Posyet Commercial Port.

In 2009, he was appointed Managing Director of LLC Mechel Engineering — OJSC Dalvostniiproektugol.

In 2011-2014, Alexey was Branch Director of LLC Mechel Engineering — Dalniiproekt. In February 2014, he began working as Deputy General Director for Capital Construction — Development Director of JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport.

Since November 2019, he has been General Director of JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport.

Education and qualifications

Alexey graduated from the Siberian State Industrial University with a degree in Industrial and Civil Engineering. He upgraded his qualification in the “Finance, money circulation and credit” sphere and he finished a training course “Management in the innovation sector”.

Career

Georgy Tsinoshkin’s career is inextricably linked to the coal industry and the only company – JSC Razrez Kharanorsky, where he has been working for more than 30 years. Initially he worked as Zonal Surveyor; in 2 years, Georgy became Chief Surveyor, while seven years later – Deputy Director for Production. In 2006, he was appointed Head of JSC Razrez Kharanorsky. Georgy is Full Companion of the Miner’s Honour, has the silver Miner of Russia badge, the honorary title of Honoured Miner of the Russian Federation.

Education and qualifications

Georgy graduated from Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute majoring in Mine Surveying. In 2006, he received another degree in Economics and Management in Chita State Technical University.

Evgeniy Yutyaev was appointed General Director of JSC SUEK-Kuzbass in 2011.

Career

Evgeniy’s career in mining began at the Oktyabrskaya mine in 1995, where he worked as Overman, Assistant Section Foreman, Head of Mining Operations, Head of the Economic Department, Deputy General Director for Economics - Chief Economist, Deputy Chief Engineer for Production, Chief Engineer.

In 2007-2008, Evgeniy worked as Director of the Kirova mine of JSC SUEK-Kuzbass (in the town of Leninsk-Kuznetsky).

2008 - 2011 – Deputy General Director - Technical Director of JSC SUEK-Kuzbass.

In 1993, Evgeniy graduated with honours from Kuzbass Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Underground Mining, qualified as Mining Engineer.

Education and qualifications

From 1993 to 1995, he studied at the Academy of Languages and Economics (Germany). Candidate of Science (Engineering).