OREANDA-NEWS. August 4, 2011. X5 Retail Group N.V., Russia's largest retailer in terms of sales, announced today the appointment of Alexander Ermolenko as X5 Retail Group Supply Chain Director.

Alexander Ermolenko has longstanding experience in Russian retail operations, having served as Magnit’s Deputy CEO for logistics. He succeeds Dmitriy Ishevskiy, who has overseen the successful expansion of X5’s logistics infrastructure and is leaving X5 to pursue other opportunities.

Andrei Gusev, CEO of X5 Retail Group, said:

“We are grateful to Dmitriy for his valuable contributions in building X5’s logistics infrastructure. He has played a leading role in achieving X5’s significant increases in centralization and service levels. Alexander brings a wealth of supply chain management experience to X5, and I am confident he will enable us to make great strides in our objectives for logistics infrastructure improvement as a driver of the Company’s efficiency and growth.”

Alexander Ermolenko, 51, was born in Krasnodar. He graduated in 1987 with honors from

Novorossiysk Marine-Engineering Academy, Radio Engineering Faculty. From 1987 to 2000,

he was deputy Director of Communication, Electro-navigation and Information Department of

the Novorossiysk shipping company. From 2000 to 2010 he served as Deputy CEO for

logistics at JSC  Magnit.