OREANDA-NEWS. January 31, 2013. Vladislav Masalov, CEO of OJSC "Managing Company "United Engine Building Corporation" presented company's new managing director to the heads of divisions and shop managers of OJSC "Perm Engine Company". New Managing Director became Sergey Popov, formerly - Head of OJSC "STAR". His former position at OJSC "STAR" will be taken up by Sergey Ostapenko, company's chief designer.

Boards of directors of two Perm companies - OJSC "PMZ" and OJSC "STAR", included into United Engine Building Corporation, adopted a resolution on making changes in companies' management. Sergey Popov was appointed new Managing Director of OJSC "PMZ".

Sergey Popov was born in 1969 in the city of Rybinsk. In 1992 he graduated from Rybinsk Aviation Technical Institute with an "Engineer, mechanic and process engineer of   aircraft engines" degree, in 2002 he graduated from Moscow State University of Management with a "Personnel management" degree.  From 1993 till 2003 he had been working at OJSC "RPA "Saturn", where he had risen from mechanic to Production and Resources Deputy Technical Director - Chief Designer. From 2003 till 2005 he was in the position of Production Deputy Technical Director - Chief Designer, later - Executive Director of "Lyulka Scientific and Technical Center" branch. From 2005 till 2008 he was in the position of HR-Director of OJSC "RPA "Saturn". From January 2008 till July 2009 he was the head of OJSC "Perm Aggregate Association "Inkar". After that he returned to OJSC "RPA "Saturn" to the position of the company's Commercial Director. From January 2012 he had been the Managing Director of OJSC "STAR".

Sergey Ostapenko was appointed to the position of OJSC "STAR" Managing Director.

Sergey Ostapenko was born in 1972. In 1995 he graduated from Perm Polytechnic Institute with an "Aircraft instruments and measuring and computing complexes" degree. His career was developing at one company - Perm Aggregate design bureau (nowadays - OJSC "STAR"), where he started in 1993 as a programming engineer and in January 2012 he was appointed to the position of company's Chief Designer.

Personnel changes are related to the creating of "Engines for civil aviation" division within UEC, comprising of RPA "Saturn", "PMZ" and "Aviadvigatel".

OJSC "Managing company "United Engine Building Corporation" is a subsidiary of OJSC "UIC "OBORONPROM". UEC comprises of more than 85% of the leading companies, specializing in development, serial production and service maintenance of gas turbine equipment, and also key companies-suppliers of the industry. One of the business priorities of UEC is the implementation of comprehensive development programs for the industry companies involving introduction of new technologies corresponding to the international standards.

OJSC "UIC "OBORONPROM" is a multi-profile machine-building group founded in 2002. It is included into "Rostech" corporation. The primary businesses - helicopter building ("Russian Helicopters" holding), engine building (UEC holding), other assets.

"Rostech" - Russian corporation founded in 2007 for promotion of development, production and export of  high-technology industrial products of civil and military designation. It is comprised of 663 organizations which currently form 12 holding companies in military-industrial complex and 5 holding companies - in non-military industries. "Rostech" organizations are located on the territory of 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and supply their products to more than 70 countries worldwide. More than 900 ths. people work for the corporation companies (that is roundabout 2% of the able-bodied population of Russia). Net profit in в 2011 amounted to 45.6 bln. Rubles, tax deductions into the all-level budgets amounted to 100 bln. Rubles.