OREANDA-NEWS. October 6, 2011. Protek Group informs of changes of personnel in the retail section of Rigla Pharmacy Chain. Andrey Gusev, who held the position of General Director, stepped down on 1st October 2011 upon the termination of his contract.

Aleksander Fillipov, who held the position of First Deputy General Director of Rigla Pharmacy Chain will be Andrey Gusev's successor as General Director.

Aleksander Fillipov has worked at Protek Group since 1994. He started his career as a business manager of the Branch of ZAO CV Protek in St. Petersburg. Then he was appointed as Branch Director. In 1999 he was transferred to the position of Deputy General Director of HR of ZAO CV Protek. In 2001 he participated in the creation of the Rigla Pharmacy Chain  and held the position of First General Director from 2001 until 2005. Since 2005 he held the position of the First Deputy General Director of ООО Rigla. He was responsible for the expansion of the chain and merger and acquisition.

The President of Protek Group commented on the organizational reassignment in the retail section of the Group “Aleksander Fillipov is an experienced manager that has been working at the Group for 17 years. I hope the Company will enforce the realization of strategic objectives aimed at improving the effectiveness of the drug store chain as a result of the new General Director”.

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Rigla Pharmacy Chain was created in 2001 represents the retail section of business of Protek Group. According to the results of first six months of 2011 the chain includes about 655 in 27 regions. It is second best among drug store chains with regards to sales*. According to the results of the first half of 20011 the market share is 2.48%*. The Company develops two drug store types: Rigla self service drug-store and drug store discounter with the brand "Be healthy!".