Amsterdam, The Netherlands - September 4, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - VimpelCom Ltd., a provider of telecommunications services, promoted Anton Kudryashov to the group executive board as chief group business development and portfolio officer, effective October 14, 2013.
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In his new role Mr. Kudryashov will be based at the Group headquarters in Amsterdam, responsible for Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions, as well as strategic Business Control.
Mr. Kudryashov started his professional career with the international investment bank CS First Boston. Later, he became one of the founding partners of Renaissance Capital, a Moscow-based investment bank. During his career, Mr. Kudryashov has also held senior executive positions in insurance and private equity.
In 2002-2003, he served as restructuring CEO of NTV-Plus, Russia's leading multichannel satellite TV platform. In 1998, Mr. Kudryashov founded Afisha Publishing House, one of the most dynamic publishing start-ups in the last 10 years in Russia. Mr. Kudryashov was the chairman of the board of Afisha Publishing House until 2005.
Mr. Kudryashov is a graduate in Economics from Moscow Finance Institute and did his post-graduate studies at London School of Economics.
VimpelCom also announces the appointment of Mikhail Slobodin as Head of the Russia Business Unit, effective immediately.
Before joining VimpelCom Mr. Slobodin was an Executive Vice President of Strategy and New Business Development in OJSC TNK-BP Management. Prior to this, between 2003 and 2011 he held key positions in several companies in the Oil & Gas sector including as President of OJSC Russian Utility Systems; General Director, President of CJSC Integrated Energy Systems; Vice President for Energy of OJSC TNK-BP Management and as Director of the Engineering Business Development Department of OJSC TNK Management. He started his business career in 1998, as Head of the Economics Division in OJSC SUAL.
Mr. Slobodin has several state and professional awards. He is an Honored Employee of UES of Russia, a Correspondent member of the Russian Engineering Academy; he has an Acknowledgement by the President of the Russian Federation for his work aimed at promoting and supporting children’s sports in Russia and he was named the Best Manager in the Russian power industry in 2010, according to the Kommersant newspaper rating. ■