Moscow, Russia - January 25, 2010, Moscow, Russia - UC RUSAL, an aluminium and alumina producer, announced a management reshuffle in its Aluminium Division.
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Eugueny Zhukov, who previously held the position of managing director of the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KrAZ), was appointed general director of the Urals aluminium smelter (UAZ).
Mr. Zhukov graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical Institute majoring in chemistry and biology. In 2001, Mr. Zhukov received a second university degree from the Krasnoyarsk Academy of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold majoring in non-ferrous metallurgy. Mr. Zhukov's aluminium career started in 1993, when he joined KrAZ as an anode operator.
Mr. Zhukov has since completed a long journey to become a deputy production director at the Novokuznetsk smelter in 2001, head of a reduction shop at NkAZ in 2002, head of the reduction area at SAZ in May 2005, managing director of SAZ in November 2005, and managing director of KrAZ in 2008.
Mr. Zhukov will be replaced by Eugueny Nikitin, the former managing director of the Sayanogorsk smelter (SAZ). Mr. Nikitin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers as an electrical engineer. In July 1993, he joined the Sayanogorsk smelter as a pot operator. After a short period of time Mr. Nikitin was appointed reduction shop supervisor and then senior supervisor in 2000, and head of the production unit of the reduction area in 2003.
From 2004 to 2006 Mr. Nikitin worked at RUSAL's Engineering and Construction Company as head of the Reduction Area Project. In February 2006, Mr. Nikitin was appointed head of the reduction area at SAZ, and managing director of SAZ in 2008.
Boris Smolyanitsky, who had been managing UAZ for nine years, was appointed adviser to Head of the Aluminium Division.
After graduation from the Kamensk-Uralsk Aluminium College in 1965, Mr. Smolyanitsky started working as a design engineer at a trading equipment plant. Mr. Smolyanitsky joined the Urals aluminium smelter in 1967 where he held various positions, from an overhaul supervisor in the heat and water supply shop to a head of shop.
In 1975, Mr. Smolyanitsky graduated from the mechanical department of the Urals State Technical University. During the period from 1989 to 1996, Mr. Smolyanitsky's positions included head of material support, deputy director for general affairs, and commercial director. In 1996, Mr. Smolyanitsky was appointed deputy general director of UAZ and then general director of the smelter in November 2000. ■