OREANDA-NEWS. On October 24, 2007 Deputy General Director of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel was named the best Personnel Director in Russia and became a laureate of ARISTOS-2007 Award instituted by the Russian Managers Association and Kommersant Publishing House, reported the press-centre of Norilsk Nickel.

O. Golodets says that by awarding the title to a Norilsk Nickel officer, the business community acknowledges the performance of the Company’s management team, which considers personnel management policy among its top priorities.

"We clearly understand that nowadays only businesses that consider their employees as a key factor are capable of achieving dynamic development in the long term. In the last several years Norilsk Nickel, the employer of more than 86 thousand people, stabilized its position in the base metals market and became a world-class company. In many respects this achievement is based on efficient implementation of the Company’s integral personnel management strategy", - Ms. Golodets said.

ARISTOS (“the best” in Greek) is an annual prize which is awarded to the most outstanding representatives of the Russian business community, to managers whose work meets the highest international standards, who apply modern business organization concepts in their business activities and are widely recognized as leaders in their area of business. The winners of ARISTOS-2007 were determined by voting of the specially created Prize Academy comprised of the leading representatives of the Russian business community.