Shamolin Mikhail Valeryevich
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Shamolin joined MTS in July 2005 as Vice President for Sales and Customer Service. On August 15, 2006 he was transferred to the position of Vice President, Head of Business Unit “MTS Russia”. On May 29, 2008, the Board of Directors of OJSC MTS appointed Mikhail Shamolin as the President and CEO of the Company.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Shamolin worked at international consulting company McKinsey & Co. from 1998 to 2004. In 2004 and 2005, he worked at Interpipe Corp. (Ukraine) as Managing Director of the Ferroalloys Division.
Mikhail Shamolin was born in 1970. In 1992 he graduated from the Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University. Mr. Shamolin graduated from the Russian Academy of Government Service under the President of the Russian Federation in 1993. From 1996 to 1997, he completed a finance and management course for top managers at the Wharton Business School.
Pridantsev Sergey Vladimirovich
Director
Born on August 18, 1967 in Moscow.
In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute, and then Stanford Executive Institute (2000) and the Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation (2004). He was awarded PhD in Economics.
After graduation from the institute he led the laboratory of transport and technological robotics of the Moscow Automobile and Roads Institute. Subsequently from 1994 to 1995 he was with Astelit - a telecommunications operator.
In January 1995 - May 1997 he was the technical adviser to Hewlett-Packard (Moscow).
In 1997 he started working for Lucent Technologies as Head of the customer service in Moscow and Moscow region, and then was appointed First Deputy CEO (Sales Director in Russia and the CIS).
From April 2003 to January 2006 he held the position of Deputy CEO-Commercial Director of CenterTelecom OJSC.
From January 2006 to June 2007 he was CEO of CenterTelecom OJSC.
Since June 2007 he has been President of COMSTAR-UTS.
He was awarded the Medal of Ushakov for personal courage.
Hecker Michael
Director
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 consulting company 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.
Holtrop Thomas
Independent Director
Thomas Holtrop was born in 1954 in Germany.
Education:
1981 – 1983 - DEUTSCHE ANGESTELLTEN AKADEMIE (DAA), Düsseldorf, Studies of Business Administration,
Degree: Betriebswirt-DAA
1979 – 1981 - UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG, Studies of Psychology
In 2002-2004 - Member of the Board, Deutsche Telekom, in 2001-2004 he was President of T-ONLINE INTERNATIONAL AG.
From 1990 to 1999 Thomas Holtrop was in banking – Vice-President of AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL INC., New York; BOD member at BANK 24 AG, Bonn; BOD member at DEUTSCHE BANK 24 AG, Bonn.
Gerchuk Mikhail Yuryevich
Director
Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of MTS. In his current role, Mr. Gerchuk is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s marketing, sales and customer service strategies.
He was born in 1972.
In 1994 he graduated from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, economic geography faculty. In 1999 Mr. Gerchuk holds an MBA from INSEAD business-school. Mr. Gerchuk joined MTS in August 2007 as the Marketing Director of the Corporate Centre. Starting from the year 2003, prior to joining MTS, he worked at Vodafone Company, first as the Head of International Marketing Department, and then as the Chief Commercial Officer at Vodafone Malta. Mr. Gerchuk also worked as an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton in London from 1999 to 2002, focusing on marketing and strategy projects and before that as Category Marketing Manager at Pepsi-Cola and Brand Manager at Mars Inc. He started his career at chain advertising agency BBDO.
Backmeyer Ulf
Director
Ulf Backmeyer joined MTS in June 2003. At the present time he holds office of Director for Controlling of the Group’s Corporate Center. Before 1 December 2009 he was Deputy Director of Finance in MTS-Russia Business Unit.
As part of his job at MTS Mr.Backmeyer managed the project for the restructuring of financial functions in regions and macro-regions of the companies, including establishment of macro-regional accounting centers and has successfully implemented projects for increasing efficiency of MTS-Russia Business Unit.
Before joining MTS, from 1997 to 2003 Ulf Backmeyer worked for the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG and was in charge of business development in the CIS countries, financial issues and also projects in the field of mobile communications and the Internet.
Ulf Backmeyer was born in 1970, in Oldenburg (Germany). He graduated from Passau University (Germany) with diploma in Economics and International Cultural Studies.
Markov Konstantin Viktorovich
Director
Born on 15 May 1975 in Moscow.
In 1997 graduated from Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2000 he holds PhD in Economics. In 2003 has got MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada. Also certified with ACCA and CFA.
In 1994 – 1996 worked in Moscow branch of Deloitte and Touche, in 1996 – 2000 - in PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2001 – 2004 headed Treasury in one of telecommunication operator companies in Russia. In 2004 – 2005 LLP KaR-Tel GSM operator company in Kazakhstan CEO. From 2006 to 2008 headed OJSC MTS macro-region “Centre”. From 2009 to date - Director of OJSC MTS macro-region “Moscow”.
Redling Yngve
Independent Director
Born in 1943 in Stockholm Sweden.
Since 1975 active in Telecommunications in different management positions at Ericsson, for example:
- sales and marketing manager transmission Eastern Europe.
- sales and marketing manager for the US market of transmission systems.
- sales and marketing manager for Finland, Norway and Denmark of fixed line systems.
Director for Ericsson Telecom's 10 major local companies between 1990 and 1994. Ericsson Telecom was marketing and selling fixed network systems and products. The 10 major local companies were in Finland, Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, US, Mexico and Australia.
President of Ericsson Corporation in Moscow from 1994-1998. Founded in 1994 the company made a more than tenfold increase in sales by 1998.
Director for Ericsson Corporate Markets and Public Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa in 1999-2002.
In 2000 he was appointed as the Chairman of the board for the Swedish-Russian and CIS Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm Sweden. In 2005 appointed as the Chairman of the bilateral IT working group between Sweden and Russia
Ibragimov Ruslan Sultanovich
Director
Birth date: 20th August 1963
Graduated from the faculty of law at the Moscow State University in 1986 and then pursued a postgraduate degree.
PhD in Law.
From 1992 to 1996 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.
Joined MTS in June 2006 as the Director of Legal Department and was appointed Director for Corporate and Legal Matters in February 2007.
Member of the Russian Tax Law Association.
Author of the «Korporativnyj Yurist» (Corporate Lawyer) magazine.
Stankevich Victor Valerianovich
Director
Birth date: 14th May 1958
Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1981 with a grade in radio engineering.
In 1989 got the degree in international economic affairs by Russian Academy for Foreign Trade.
In 2002 he received the degree in Economics and Finance in the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Stankevich was a Head of laboratory, Deputy Director in Computer Aided Design Institute based on the Russian Academy of Sciences. In June 1996 he started his career in OJSC ROSNO Insurance Company, where he took up role as the Head of Treasury. In 2000 Mr. Stankevich was appointed to the position of the Deputy CFO. The next promotion to Deputy CEO followed in October 2003.
Victor Stankevich joined MTS in May 2006 as Director of Control Department.
Director for External Resources Control and Management since June 2007. Current position – Head of Procurement Compliance since February 2010.
Olkhovsky Evgeny Ivanovich
Director
Was born on 23rd October 1970 in the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Started his career in MTS since February 1996. His present position is Director of Strategic Planning and Control Department.
In 1993 he graduated from the faculty of theoretical physics of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
He rose from a billing specialist of MTS to Deputy IT Director in charge of development, to become then Director of Planning and Liaison Department in Technical/IT Unit. He is chairman of the PI committee (for performance improvement) of Technical and IT unit, deputy chairman of the strategic vendors management committee, and member of the investment committee of MTS-Ukraine, member of the supervisory board for MTS-Uzbekistan, MTS-Armenia and MTS-Turkmenistan.