OREANDA-NEWS. August 19, 2014. BDO Russia has appointed Vladislav Pogulyaev as CEO of ZAO BDO. In his new role Vladislav will focus on further development and growth of BDO in Russia.

Vladislav joined BDO in October 2005 and has been leading BDO Russia’s audit services since December 2011. Vladislav has been working in the audit profession for more than 15 years and has versatile hands-on experience in business development, client relationship management and provision of high quality services. Vladislav graduated with distinction from the Economics faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University and has a PHD in economics. Vladislav holds a CPA degree and a statutory unified auditor qualification certificate. Currently, he is completing an MBA Executive program at the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo".

Andrey Dubinsky, Managing Partner of BDO Russia, commented on the appointment: "On the eve of its 25th anniversary, our company is entering into a new development stage. We need a significant upgrade to meet future challenges fully prepared. So, we made an important decision to appoint a new CEO. This choice is based on our balanced assessment of Vladislav’s professional skills and his commitment to BDO’s values as well as his personality – we all know Vladislav as an energetic, open minded and ambitious executive, who realizes the need for changes which are vital for new breakthroughs in business".

”I’m honoured to be appointed as CEO of BDO.” - Vladislav Pogulyaev says. “I am sure that in the current situation of high uncertainty BDO as the largest national audit and consulting group has all the capabilities and professional expertise and successfully combines in-depth local insights with wide international experience and best practice. This let us provide our clients with exceptional quality services and enter a new stage of development even more successful".

BDO Russia is a leading national audit and consulting group operating on the Russian market since 1989. Until 1992 the Company operated under the brand “Unicon”. The company’s reported turnover for 2013 is about 4.6 billion rubles. BDO Russia ranks as the third best among the largest audit and consulting groups in Russia (according to the agency “Expert RA”) after major international audit and consulting firms.