OREANDA-NEWS  On 05 December was announced, that according to the decision of the Management Board of IDGC of Centre, the structure of the Company Management Board was changed.  Anatoly Merzlyakov's powers were terminated; Sergey Arhipov took his place.

This change is connected with the fact that on 21 September 2008, Anatoly Merzlyakov left the position of the First Deputy General Director of IDGC of Centre in connection with a transfer to another place of employment. On 1 October, Sergey Arhipov occupied the position of the First Deputy General Director of IDGC of Centre.

The company management highly estimated Merzlyakov's work with the Company. Anatoly Merzlyakov, being the First Deputy General Director of the Company, within the limits of the professional work supervised the issues of operative management of IDGC of Centre's branches which are in charge of the General Director. After the personnel changes, Sergey Arhipov is engaged in solution of these issues.

Information

Sergey Aleksandrovich Arhipov was born on 12 February 1967 in Ust-Nera settlement, Yakut ASSR.

In 1990, he graduated from the electric power faculty of the Alma-Ata power institute majoring in "Electric Systems and Grids".

For the previous five years, Sergey Arhipov occupied the following positions:

June 2003 - January 2006 - the Deputy General Director for Thermal and Electric Energy Selling of Khabarovskenergo, JSC;

January 2006 - May 2006 - the Executive Director of Energosbyt Rostovenergo, JSC;

May 2006 - March 2007 - the General Director of Energosbyt Rostovenergo, JSC;

September 2006 - March 2007 - the Managing Director of Rostovenergo, JSC, in the Southern Management;

April 2007 - July 2007 - the Deputy General Director - the Managing Director of Rostovenergo, JSC, in the Southern Management;

July 2007 - August 2007 - the Acting First Deputy General Director for Economy and Finance of SGK TGC-8, JSC;

August 2007 - November 2007 - the First Deputy General Director for Economy and Finance of SGK TGC-8, JSC;

March 2008 - April 2008 - Executive Director of Smolenskenergo, JSC;

April 2008 - October 2008 - the Deputy General Director - Director of Smolenskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre.