ANDREI DUBOVSKOV
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Andrei Dubovskov was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTS Group in March 2011.
Andrei Dubovskov was born in 1966. He has been the Head of Business Unit MTS Ukraine since January 2008. He joined MTS Ukraine in November 2007 as First Deputy of General Director. From 2006 to 2007, he was the Head of Macro-region Ural. From 2004 to 2006, he was head of MTS branch in Nizhny Novgorod.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Dubovskov headed Tele2’s operations in Nizhny Novgorod. From 1993 onwards, he occupied a number of management positions in such companies as Millicom International Cellular S.A., Millicom International Cellular B.V., Regionalnaya Sotovaya Svyaz LLC and CJSC 800, as well as other companies in Moscow, Alma-Ata, Nizhny Novgorod, Ekaterinburg, Perm and Kiev. |
NATALIYA BEREZA
VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
Ms. Nataliya Bereza graduated from the Kyiv National Linguistic University in 1997. Prior to joining MTS Ukraine, Ms. Bereza worked for four years at Kraft Foods (Ukraine) and more than two years in the British American Tobacco (Ukraine), where she occupied various positions in the field of human resources. She is a member of a number of professional associations in the area of human resources management, including the European Business Association and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Ms. Bereza joined MTS in September 2006 when she headed the personnel training and development department. She was appointed to the position of the Director of Human Resources of MTS Ukraine in 2007. |
MIKHAIL GERCHUK
VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING
Mikhail Gerchuk was appointed Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of MTS in December 2008. In his current role, Mr. Gerchuk is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s marketing, sales and customer service strategies, as well as realization of overall revenue targets.
Mr. Gerchuk joined MTS in August 2007 as the Group Marketing Director. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and implementation of MTS marketing strategy and achievement of revenue growth targets in all countries of MTS operation.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Gerchuk was the Chief Commercial Officer at Vodafone Malta from 2006 to 2007, where he accomplished revenue growth and increased market share of the operator. He held senior marketing positions at Vodafone Group, UK, between 2002 and 2006, including the Head of Voice Propositions between 2004 and 2006 and a Senior Global Marketing Manager between 2002 and 2004. Mr. Gerchuk also worked as an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton in London from 1999 to 2002 and before that as Category Marketing Manager at Pepsi-Cola and Brand Manager at Mars Inc.
Mr. Gerchuk holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Economic Geography and English from the Moscow State University. |
DR. MICHAEL HECKER
VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Michael Hecker joined MTS in May 2006. He currently serves as Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Hecker worked at A.T. Kearney Europe from 2000-2006, focusing on strategy, marketing and finance in European telecommunications and consumer goods industries. Prior to that, he worked as a Junior Lawyer in Berlin and Brandenburg (Germany).
Michael Hecker was born in 1970 in Kiel (Germany). He is a graduate in International Politics and Administration of the Pierre Mendès France University of Grenoble (France) and a graduate in Law (1. and 2. German State Exam) and Modern History of the University of Göttingen (Germany), where he holds a PhD in Constitutional History. |
RUSLAN IBRAGIMOV
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE AND LEGAL MATTERS
Ruslan Ibragimov joined MTS in June 2006 as the Director of Legal Department and was appointed Director for Corporate and Legal Matters in February 2007. From January 2008, Mr. Ibragimov serves as Vice President for Corporate and Legal Matters.
From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Ibragimov headed legal services in several commercial banks. From 1997 to 2002, he worked as a Deputy Director and Head of Tax and Legal Consultations Department in the company Top-audit. Prior to joining MTS, he worked in a legal firm Ibragimov, Kogan and Partners.
Mr. Ibragimov graduated from the faculty of law at the Moscow State University in 1986 and pursued a postgraduate degree there.
Mr. Ibragimov is a member of the Russian Tax Law Association. |
ALEXEY KORNYA
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Alexey Kornya was appointed to the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MTS in June 2010. He served as acting Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MTS from July 2008 to June 2010. Alexey Kornya has been at MTS since July 2004. He started as the Chief Financial Officer of Macro-region “Ural” and since then served at various positions in the Company. Mr. Kornya served as the Chief Financial Controller from March 2007 to July 2008.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Kornya worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, OJSC North-West Telecom, and AIG-Brunswick Capital Management. He graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance in 1998. |
SERGEY NIKONOV
DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION
Sergey Nikonov joined MTS in July 2006 as Vice President for Human Resources and Administration.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Nikonov worked as Deputy Director of OJSC “Power Machines”, where he was managing HR and administrative activity.
From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Nikonov was the Deputy Director at ROSNO, where he headed the department of HR, administrative activity and internal control. From 1992 to 2002, he worked for the Federal Tax Police, where occupied a range of positions.
Sergey Nikonov graduated from the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as a military interpreter. |
ALEKSANDER POPOVSKIY
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Aleksander Popovskiy was appointed Head of Business Unit “MTS Russia” in August 2008. Prior to his current role, Mr. Popovskiy served as the Head of the South Macro-region of MTS Russia since June 2007. From July 2004 to June 2007, he was the Head of the Povolzhye North-West Macro-region. Mr. Popovskiy joined MTS in April 2001 as the Director of Operations in the town of Kirov.
Mr. Popovskiy graduated from the Vyatsky State Technical University in 1999 with a degree in computing. In 2002, he received a postgraduate degree from the same university in system analysis. In 2005, Mr. Popovskiy received a Candidate of Science degree in engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute. He also attended the Executive MBA program at the London Business School. |
OLEG RASPOPOV
VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF BUSINESS UNIT "MTS FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES"
Oleg Raspopov was appointed Vice President and Head of Business Unit "MTS Foreign Subsidiaries" in January 2008. He joined MTS in 2006 and has served as the Director of External Resources Department until May 2007, when he was appointed acting Vice President and Head of Business Unit "MTS Foreign Subsidiaries".
From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Raspopov served in legal positions at Gazprom Energoservice. From 2002 to 2004, he was an Advisor to the CFO in RAO "UES of Russia" and the member of the Board of Directors of several companies, affiliated with RAO “UES of Russia”, such as “Ren-TV” and Leader Insurance Co. In 2004, Mr. Raspopov created and headed an insurance broker Energoprotection.
In 2003, he graduated from the Federal Tax Police Academy specializing in law, and in 2006 he graduated the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in economics. |
VADIM SAVCHENKO
VICE PRESIDENT, SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
Mr. Vadim Savchenko was born in 1974. He is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the Humanitarian University in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Mr. Savchenko has over 15 years of operational experience in sales – from the coordinator of the sales department to the director of a branch in such companies as Pepsi International Bottlers LLC, Joint Stock Company “JTI” and OJSC “Vienna.”
Mr. Savchenko first joined MTS in 2005, when he assumed the position of the director of the department in charge of partner relations at macro-region “Ural” until 2007. From 2007 to 2008 he was the director of the Urals branch of OJSC “HARDWARE-Retail.” In November 2008, Mr. Savchenko became the Director of Sales at MTS Ukraine. |
VALERY SHORZHIN
DIRECTOR, PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
Mr. Valery Viktorovich Shorzhin has served as Director for Procurement Management, Member of the Management Board at MTS since 2011. He had also been a Member of the Company’s Management Board between 2009 and 2010. From 2008 to 2011, he served as Director of Information Technology. Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Shorzhin held the positions of Technical Director and Director for IT and Information Management of Farlep-Invest in Ukraine from December 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he held various information technology management positions at Sovintel.
Valrery Shorzhin graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1986. |
ANDREI TEREBENIN
ACTING VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Andrei Terebenin serves as Vice President for Corporate Communications of MTS since January 2006, supervising public relations, investor relations and some aspects of government relations.
Mr. Terebenin held a number of management positions at Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta, Dun and Bradstreet CIS and AIG Russia. In 1999, he joined Triangle Porter Novelli Communications Agency as a Partner. From 2003, Mr. Terebenin held the position of General Director and Partner of R. I. M. Porter Novelli Communications Holdings.
In 1985, Mr. Terebenin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (MGIMO) majoring in International Economic Relations and Arabic. |
ANDREI USHATSKIY
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Andrei Ushatskiy was appointed Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of MTS in April 2009. He is responsible for managing technology development, strengthening the efficiency of the Company’s networks and enforcing high quality standards across the MTS Group. Mr. Ushatskiy has been with MTS since 1996, advancing from a specialist position to a variety of network operations roles to becoming the Deputy Head of MTS Russia for Technology. He has graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1997 and received an executive MBA from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2004. |
FREDERIC VANOOSTHUYZE
VICE PRESIDENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Frederic Vanoosthuyze joined MTS in February 2010 and currently serves as Vice President for Information Technology.
Prior to joining MTS, Frederic Vanoosthuyze worked at Millicom International Cellular SA (Luxembourg) as Group Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2009. Prior to that, he worked at BASE, KPN Orange, Alcatel Bell and Siemens Atea.
Frederic Vanoosthuyze graduated from the High School of Liege and the University of Mons in Belgium with an Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications in 1995 and an Engineering degree in Computer Science and Management in 1999. He also received an Executive Master degree in IT Governance at the Solvay Business School in 2006. |