Interfax ranks high in Managers Association TOP 1000

Senior managers from the Interfax International Information Group received high rankings in the Russian Managers Association TOP 1000, unveiled at a press conference on Moscow.

For the first time, Interfax managers were ranked in the TOP 5 best media industry managers.

Roman Laba, an Interfax deputy general director, was ranked as the best media industry IT manager. Laba is the Interfax IT Development Manager and is in charge of the Group‘s well-known SPARK project.

Artem Pinchuk, who is general director of the Group‘s United Sales and Marketing Service, came first among marketing executives.

Sergei Yakovlev, general director of the Financial and Business Information Service, was ranked the fifth best commercial manager. He develops key information systems for the B2B market, including SPARK, SPARK Marketing, X-Compliance and EFIR.

Andrei Klimenko, head of the Interfax Group‘s Legal Department, was ranked the fourth best media business lawyer, a new category.

The TOP 1000 has been compiled since 2001 on the basis of an expert evaluation of the professional achievements of the leading managers at Russian companies.

The full version of the latest ranking is available at http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2810045.