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Mr Albrecht has been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2002 and was appointed Co-Chairman in December 2003. He is president and CEO of Modern Times Group MTG AB, a publicly listed television and media group based in Sweden. An affiliate of MTG is one of CTC Media’s principal stockholders. Mr Albrecht joined MTG in 1997 and has served as its president and CEO since August 2000. Prior to joining MTG, Mr Albrecht worked for Daimler-Benz and for the CLT media group in Luxembourg, where he had responsibility for SuperRTL and CLT’s Digital-TV project, as well as for all television activities and development in Germany and Eastern Europe. Mr Albrecht also serves as a director of EM.TV, a German listed company.
Hans-Holger graduated with a Doctorate in Law from the University of Bochum in Germany.
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Mr Aven has been a member of the Board of Directors since July 2002 and was appointed Co-Chairman in December 2003. He is president of Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest commercial banks, where he is responsible for overall strategy and for relations with business and government leaders. An affiliate of Alfa Bank is one of CTC Media’s stockholders. Prior to joining Alfa Bank in 1994, Mr Aven was Minister of Foreign Economic Relations for the Russian Federation (1991 to 1992). He had previously worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.
Mr Aven is an internationally recognized economist and the author of works on econometrics and Russian agricultural reform. He holds a Ph.D. in Econometrics from Moscow State University. Mr Aven is chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Telecom, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Russia. He is also a trustee of the Board of the Russian Economics School and serves on the Board of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
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Mr Basunia joined the Board of Directors in June 2006. Mr Basunia was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. for more than twenty years until his retirement in December 2005, working in London, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and, for eleven years, the Russian Federation. Mr Basunia has worked in audit and business advisory roles for banks and other financial institutions, assisting on a variety of issues such as strategy, profitability reviews, risk management and human resource policies. His role at PricewaterhouseCoopers included serving as chairman of the supervisory board for Eastern European operations and as chairman of the audit committee for more than ten years. Mr Basunia was also chairman of the regulatory group established by the principal international accounting firms in the Russian Federation. Mr Basunia is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. |
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Mr Burdick joined the Board of Directors in June 2006. Mr Burdick has an extensive background in telecommunications and media, with over 25 years experience in the industry. Until July 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of HIT Entertainment Plc, a publicly listed provider of pre-school children’s entertainment. From 1996 to 2004, he worked for Telewest Communications, the second largest cable television company in the United Kingdom, serving as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer. In these roles he oversaw the financial and operational restructuring of Telewest and was responsible for leading and financing the acquisitions of a number of cable companies. Mr Burdick has also held a series of financial positions with TimeWarner, US WEST and MediaOne, specializing in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and international treasury. Mr. Burdick currently serves as a non-executive director and audit chairman of Singer and Friedlander, a UK merchant bank, owned by the Kaupthing Group, a non-executive director and chairman of Converse Technologies, an NYSE-listed company, and as a non-executive director of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation.
Mr Burdick holds a M.B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Ms. Gofman joined the Board of Directors in July 2008. Since July 2008, she is CEO MTG Russia and CIS. Prior to joining MTG, Ms Gofman served as Managing Partner (Media) of ESN Group, a Moscow-based investment and management company. Before joining ESN Group, Ms. Gofman was Chief Executive Officer of Rambler Media, a Moscow-based Internet media and services group, from 2004 to 2007. During her time at Rambler Media Group, Ms. Gofman led that company’s initial public offering and listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange. She previously worked for MTG between 2002 and 2004 as Chief Operating Officer of the Russian TV network DTV, where she was also instrumental in the launch of Viasat Broadcasting’s wholesale pay-TV business in Russia. Ms. Gofman has a Ph.D. in Philology from Moscow State University and an MBA from Babson College. |
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Mr Hermansson joined the Board of Directors in December 2009. He was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of MTG in March 2006, prior to which he served as Group Financial Controller between 2001 and 2006 and held various financial positions at MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting, Radio and Internet Retailing businesses. Mr Hermansson also served as Finance Director at the North American operations of MTG’s former subsidiary Metro International S.A. and, prior to joining MTG in 1999, worked for Unilever Sweden. |
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Mr. Khasis joined our Board of Directors in April 2009. He is the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Management Board of X5 Retail Group. Before the merger between “Perekrestok” and “Pyaterochka” in May 2006, Mr. Khasis served as the Chairman of the Perekrestok Supervisory Board. Mr. Khasis has held a number of senior Board and management positions, including Chairman of the Board of “Trade House GUM”, and Chairman of the Board of “Trade House TsUM”. Since February 2008, Mr. Khasis has served as the Chairman of the Russian Association of Companies of Retail Trade (ACORT). Mr. Khasis holds a PhD in Economics, a PhD in Law and a PhD in Technology. |
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Mr Klatten joined the Board of Directors in June 2006. Mr Klatten has extensive experience in the media industry and is currently chairman of the management board of EM.TV AG, a German publicly traded media and marketing company focused on sports and entertainment. Early in his career, Mr Klatten joined Martin Brinkmann AG in 1977 as senior legal advisor. In 1984, he was appointed to the board of Martin Brinkmann, where he was responsible for marketing and one year later became chairman of that board. In 1988, Mr Klatten moved to become chief executive officer of the television channel Sat. 1. In 1994, he moved to Spiegel-Verlag as management executive in charge of markets and revenue. Ultimately, he assumed management of Spiegel TV and, in September 2000, he became the chairman of the board of directors of SpiegelNet AG. Mr. Klatten studied jurisprudence and began his career practicing law in Hamburg, Germany. |
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Mr Sysuev has been a member of the board of directors since October 2003. He is first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Bank, where he is responsible for the bank’s regional branch network and banking in the regions. An affiliate of Alfa Bank is one of our principal stockholders. Prior to joining Alfa Bank in 1999, Mr Sysuev held senior posts in the Russian Federation government. Under President Yeltsin, Mr Sysuev was First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (1998—99), Vice-Premier of the Federal Government and Minister of Labor and Social Development (1997—98). He previously served as Mayor of Samara (1992—97) and he also represented Russia in the Council of the European Congress of Local and Regional Government. In addition to his role at Alfa Bank, Mr Sysuev is president of the Board of Congress of Municipalities of Russia (since April 2000), a member of the Presidential Council for Local Government, and deputy chairman of the Presidential Committee for Literature and the Arts. He has published numerous articles on the structures of post-Soviet Russia. |
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