Management Board
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VITALY NESIS
Polymetal CEO, Member of Polymetal’s Management Board, CEO of Polymetal Managing Company
Mr. Nesis has served as the Company's CEO since 2003 and has been a board member since 2004. In 2002-2003 he was the CEO of Vostsibugol, a major coal-mining company based in eastern Russia. In 2000 Mr. Nesis was the Strategic Development Director at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant and, from 2001 to 2002, he headed the Investment Planning Department at SUAL-Holding. From 1999 to 2000, he worked for McKinsey & Co. in Moscow and, from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Nesis worked as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York. He graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance with a degree in Economics. In 1997 he graduated from Yale University (USA) with a degree in Economics.
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VITALIY SAVCHENKO
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Savchenko has been the Deputy CEO for Production since April 2009. Prior to this role, starting in February 2008, he was Head of the production department of Polymetal Managing Company and, from July 2005 – head of its technical and production division. From 2004, Mr. Savchenko was head of its mining division. From 1994 to 2003, he worked at Priargunskoe mining and chemical company (Chita region) where he started as a shift boss and finished as a chief engineer of a uranium mine. In 1994 Mr. Savchenko graduated from the Frunzenskiy Polytechnic Institute (Republic of Kirghizia) with a degree in Underground Mineral Mining. Mr. Savchenko has been awarded a 3rd-category Miner’s Glory medal.
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SERGEY CHERKASHIN
Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Management Board
Mr. Cherkashin is the Company's CFO and Deputy Development Director, a position he has held since 2005. Before joining Polymetal, he worked in a number of management positions in the food-processing and machinebuilding industries. He served as the CFO of the Timashevsk Dairy Plant, Sales Director of the Ulyanovsk Automotive Plant (UAZ) and the Deputy CEO of Development at the Volgograd Dairy Plant No. 3. He also served as a board member at JSC Meat-Packaging Plant and Volgograd Dairy Plant No. 3. In 1996-1997, he worked as a consultant for AT Kearney in Moscow. Mr. Cherkashin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in Applied Mathematics in 1985, working in aerospace research for NPO Energiya in the city of Korolev. Mr. Cherkashin also attended the University of Hartford (USA), majoring in Accounting.
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VALERY TSYPLAKOV
Managing Director of JSC "Polymetal Engineering". Member of the Management Board
Mr. Tsyplakov is the Managing Director of Polymetal Engineering, a position he has held since 2004. In 1999-2000 he was the Deputy Head of Construction, later heading the Technological Research Department, and then going on to become the Deputy General Director for Mineral Resources, Design and Technology. From 1993 to 1999, he held several management positions at a number of companies. From 1988 to 1993, he served as Department Head at the Soviet Union Research Institute of Aeronautical Automation. Mr. Tsyplakov worked at the Physics Institute at Denmark's Orhus University from 1986 to 1987. From 1978 to 1988, Mr. Tsyplakov worked as Engineer, Chief Engineer, and then Research Fellow for the Plasma Physics Department of Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute. Mr. Tsyplakov graduated from Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute with a degree in Experimental Nuclear Physics, and has a PhD in Physics and Mathematics.