OREANDA-NEWS. Elena Shmatova shall begin her work as Vice President of Finance of FESCO Transportation Group on September 2, 2013.

Elena will be responsible for financing across the whole transportation group, including the financial aspects of the strategy, financial planning and procurements, support of business activities of the company, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Before joining FESCO, Elena held senior positions and was the CEO at the VimpelCom company since 1999 and she also previously worked in the EMS Garantpost, SprintInternational and GlobalOne companies. She graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Communications.

FESCO President Ruslan Alikhanov noted: "Elena Shmatova is a known and respected professional in the field of finance. We are delighted that she will become a member of our team of associates. Elena Alexandrovna’s experience in her role of head of the financial department will contribute to the strategic objective of improving the efficiency of our activities by strengthening financial discipline, cost optimization, improving the quality of planning.