Vimpelcom appoints Anton Kudryashov head of Russia business unit
MOSCOW. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Former CTC Media Anton Kudryashov will head OJSC VimpelCom , the Russian business unit of telco Vimpelcom Ltd, and serve as its General Director effective January 16, 2012, VimpelCom Ltd said in a statement
Elena Shmatova, current Head of the Russia business unit and General Director of OJSC VimpelCom, will be joining VimpelCom's finance team in Amsterdam as Group Director Business Control, Development and M&A, reporting to Chief Financial Officer, Henk Van Dalen.
Kudryashov "will focus on further enhancing the company's pricing, network and customer offering and delivering on the strategic Value Agenda, including achieving the targeted savings through our operational excellence program," the statement said.
Kudryashov was appointed CEO of CTC Media in August 2008. He started his professional career at CS First Boston international investment bank. Later he became one of the founding partners of Renaissance Capital investment bank. He also held senior executive positions in insurance and private equity.
In 2002-2003, he served as restructuring CEO of NTV-Plus. In 1998, Kudryashov founded Afisha Publishing House, one of the most dynamic publishing start-ups in the last 10 years in Russia. He was the Chairman of the Board of Afisha Publishing House until 2005.