OREANDA-NEWS. Member of the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel Mr. Guy de Selliers was named Independent Director 2006 within the National Award Director of the Year 2006, the press service of “Norilsk Nickel” reported.

The Independent Directors Association and international audit consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers initiated and organized the National Award.

Pre-nomination research analyzed information about 166 independent directors representing 90 companies. Public and private companies representing nearly every industrial sector and financial sector were in the focus of this research.

Mr. Guy de Selliers has been working as a member of MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Board of Directors since 2002. Since 2004 he took charge of the Board’s Audit Committee responsible for revising all material issues related to financial reporting including IFRS-based reporting.