OREANDA-NEWS. On October 13 the Gazprom leadership acceded to Alisher Usmanov's request for releasing him from his position as Director General of Gazprom Investholding.

At the meeting Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee thanked Alisher Usmanov for many years of conscientious fruitful work and wished him success and health.

Evgeny Shadrin was appointed Director General of Gazprom Investholding. Previously he used to be Director General of Factoring-Finance.

Gazprom Investholding is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom set up to deliver Gazprom's major investment projects. The company provides brokerage services in the security market as well as services for securities trust management.

Factoring-Finance is a subsidiary company of Gazprom Investholding.