OREANDA-NEWS. On 20 February 2009 Svyazinvest announces new management appointments. The following were named deputy general directors of Svyazinvest:

Alexei Alexeievich Lokotov;

Viktor Dmitrievich Savchenko;

Elena Vladimirovna Umnova;

Nadezhda Valentinovna Filippova.

The range of Alexei Lokotov’s duties will include economic issues, reports, statistics, business development and the tariff policy of the Svyazinvest Group.

Viktor Savchenko will be in charge of legal support for the Svyazinvest Group, as well as corporate governance.

Elena Umnova will deal with issues pertaining to the financial and budgetary policy of the Group, and also relations with financial and lending institutions.

Nadezhda Filippova’s range of dutie includes organizational development and staff management, as well as the development of corporate culture.

General Director of Svyazinvest Evgeny Yurchenko had the following to say about the new appointments: “The Svyazinvest Group faces ambitious strategic challenges which need to be resolved in the near future. The company is currently seeing the arrival of managers with great expertise in the telecom industry and hands-on experience at Svyazinvest.  These are definitely talented, top-notch managers whose rich industry experience will raise the efficiency of the holding’s management and generate new impetus to the development of the Svyazinvest Group on the Russian telecommunications marke”.

For reference:

Alexey Alexeyevich Lokotkov was born on April 25, 1950 in Moscow.

In 1977 Mr. Lokotkov graduated from the correspondence division of the All-Soviet Construction Engineering Institute with a major in Industrial and Civilian Construction”.  He is a candidate of sciences and assistant professor.

1975-1980 – senior manager, head of the production division of the All-Russian Construction and Assembly Association (Rosssyazstroy).

1980-1986 – head of division, deputy director of Head Administration of Capital Construction of the Ministry of Telecommunications of the USSR.

1986-1990 – chief engineering of the Construction and Assembly Administration of the Ministry of Telecommunciations of the USSR in the People’s Republic of Mongolia.

1990-1992 –division head of economics at directorate of design and construction association Glavmosstroy.

1992-2000 – deputy head, chief accountant of administration for engineering and technical association Service, MGTS.

2000-2003 – first deputy general director of Elektrosvyaz, Moscow region, first deputy general director of Central Telecommunications Company (CenterTelecom).

2003-2006 – deputy general director, CFO of CenterTelecom.

2007-2008 – first deputy general director of Soyuztelefonstroy.

Honorary wireless operator. Master of telecommunications. Awarded medal “850th Memorial Anniversary of Moscow.

Victor Dmitrievich Savchenko was born on February 5, 1960 in the village of Velikaya Topol, Klintsovsky district of the Bryansk region.

In 1986 Mr. Savchenko graduated from the Moscow State University with a major in jurisprudence.

1986-1991 – people’s magistrate in the city of Chekhov, Moscow region.

1991-1993 – deputy chairman of the committee for property management and privatization of the Chekhov district of the Moscow region.

1993-1994 – director of a law firm.

1994-1996 – attorney at Inter-Republic Board of Lawyers under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

1996-2001 – lawyer of international legal firm Clifford Chance (currently called Clifford Chance Pьnder).

2001-2009 – director of legal support department, executive director, head of department of corporate governance and legal support at Svyazinvest.

Member of Management Board of the Association of Russian Lawyers.

Elena Vladimirovna Umnova was born on August 10, 1954 in Saint Petersburg.

In 1976 Ms. Umnova graduated from the Voronezh Institute of Technology with a major in “Economics and Organization of the Machine Engineering Industry”.

1977-1990 – economist, engineer, and head of the sector for enterprises of the national economy.

1990-1999 – economist, head of commercial department, head of economic planning department in the banking sector.

1999-2003 – head of sector for financing and placement of resources, head of division and director of additional branch office, deputy branch manager pf Bank Menatep Saint Petersburg, Voronezh.

2003-2005 – CFO of Svyazinvest.

2005-2007 – head of department of business integration and subsidiary management, deputy director of corporate governance, director of unit for regional development of the corporate center of Comstar United TeleSystems.

2007-2008 – financial director of plant Etalon.

2008-2009 – deputy manager of Tambov Division of Central Black Earth Bank of Sberbank of Russia.

Nadezhda Valentinovna Filippova was born on August 25, 1953 in Moscow.

In 1975 Ms. Filippova graduated from the First Moscow Institute named after I.M. Sechenova. Candidate of Science, assistant professor.

1975-1993 – scientific and teaching activity in the Sechenova Moscow Medical Academy.

1993-1995 – instructor.consultant at the TMI-Russia School of International Management.

1995-1996 – director of development at Lanit.

1996-1997 – senior consultant of ZAO Connect Communications.

1997-2000 – director of East Line teaching center, a state company.

2001-2002 – head of HR at Rusargo.

2002-2006 – executive director/head of HR department, Svyazinvest.

2006-2009 – vice president/head of HR department and corporate governance, senior vice-president, director of HR and corporate development at ZAO VTB24.

In 10 years was ranked among the 20 top HR managers.

In 2005 named best HR manager by Russian Association of Managers.