OREANDA-NEWS . September 4, 2012. Integra Group (LSE:INTE) announces that Steven Dashevsky has been elected a member of the Group’s Board of Directors. He will fill the vacancy created after Robert Maguire resigns from the Board. Mr. Dashevsky, 38, has been in investment and brokerage business for the past fourteen years and is currently a founding partner in his own investment boutique Dashevsky and Partners.

Mr. Dashevsky has been also appointed to the Company’s Audit and Compliance Committee. The Board’s appointment of Mr. Dashevsky to the Board of Directors will be subject to re election at the next shareholders’ meeting to occur later in 2012.

Commenting on Mr. Dashevsky’s election, Integra’s Board Chairman John Fitzgibbons said:

“We are pleased to welcome Steven to the Board. Steven's extensive knowledge of the Russian oil industry, combined with his capital markets experience, will add value to Integra's Board. We are grateful to Bob Maguire for his contribution to the Board over the past five years and wish him success in his future endeavors.”

Biography of Steven Dashevsky:

Steven Dashevsky, 38, began his career with Aton Capital, a leading independent Russian investment bank, in 1998. Since May 2002, Mr. Dashevsky served as Managing Director, Head of Research of Aton Capital and following the acquisition of Aton Capital by UniCredit Group, since July 2007 Mr. Dashevsky served as Managing Director, Head of Equities, UniCredit Securities, being responsible for all equity sales, trading, research and derivative activities of UniCredit Group in Russia. In July 2009, Mr. Dashevsky resigned his position with UniCredit Group to develop his own investment boutique business Dashevsky and Partners Limited, and to become an Advisor to Dean of Skolkovo School of Management, a leading Russian business school. Mr. Dashevsky graduated from Baruch College of The City University of New York in December 1996 with Cum Laude honors, having majored in Finance and Investments. In 1999, Mr. Dashevsky completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program and received the CFA designation.