Corporate Governance

Valery Senko heads the Board of Directors of RBC. Valery also occupies the position of Director for Investments at ONEXIM Group since. He serves on the Board of Soglassye insurance company, OPIN investment and real estate development group, Renaissance Credit bank, Optogan and yo-Auto. Prior to that, Valery held a number of positions at the Corporate Development and M&A with Norilsk Nickel, focusing on implementing the company's international M&A and corporate development projects, and managing investor relations. In 2000-2002, Valery worked as a business analyst with ROUST Inc, Sputnik Group and Gazprom-Media. He graduated magna cum laude from the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs with a degree in international economics.

Alexander Morgulchik is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of RBC. Mr. Molgulchik has professional experience in accounting and finance, and participated in a number of commercial ventures, including a hardware and software vendor. Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics.

Sergey Lavrukhin is a member of the Board of Directors. Currently, Sergey occupies the position of General Director of RBC. Prior to that he had held positions of Executive Director of ONEXIM Group and General Director of the Jivi! Media Group, had served as Executive Director at the ADV advertisement holding company and at the 2x2 TV channel, as well as Finance Director at the Prof-Media media holding company. Before that, over the course of four years, Sergey had served as Finance Director of the Russian branch of the Hachette Filipacchi Media publishing holding company. Apart from the advertising experience in the media sector, Sergey had worked as Finance Director of the PIT brewing company, also served in various finance positions in the telecommunications business (Golden Telecom) and in heavy engineering (ABB Uniturbo). Sergey graduated from the Moscow Management Institute majoring in business management, and completed an International Executive course at the INSEAD international business school in France.

Christophe Francois Charlier is a member of the Board of Directors of RBC. In addition Mr. Charlier holds the post of Deputy CEO of ONEXIM Group, serves on the Board of Directors of Renaissance Capital (RFHL), Rusal Global Management, and TGC-4 and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Optogan. Prior to joining Onexim, Christophe was Director of Strategic Development and M&A at Norilsk Nickel from 2002 to 2004. From 1998 to 2002, Christophe was Vice President of LV Finance, a corporate finance and venture capital boutique in Moscow. Prior to that, Christophe worked in the Investment Banking Group of Renaissance Capital in Moscow and in the M&A Group of JP Morgan in New York. Christophe graduated cum laude with a BSE with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School and a BA in International Relations from the College of Arts & Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ekaterina Salnikova is a member of the Board of Directors of RBC. In addition Ms. Salnikova holds the post of Deputy CFO of ONEXIM Group and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Polyus Gold, Quadra (former TGC-4), APR-Bank and OPIN. Prior to that, Ekaterina served as Director for Corporate Entities at Interros in 1998-2005. In 1991-1997, she held various positions at the Russian State Anti-Monopoly Committee and was a member of the Committee’s Board. Throughout her career, Ekaterina served on the Boards of Directors of SIDANKO, ROSBANK, Prof-Media, Power Machines, APK Agros. Ekaterina graduated from the Sergo Ordjonikidze Management Institute with a degree in organization management and from Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a PhD in jurisprudence.

Vladimir Pakhomov is a member of the Board of Directors of RBC. In addition, Mr. Pakhomov is a member of the Board of Directors of the Quadra (former TGC-4). Earlier Vladimir held a position of Director for Investments of ONEXIM Group and the post of Vice-President of Aquila Capital Group. Prior to that, Vladimir was with the Renova Capital investment fund, corporate finance department of Alfa Bank and also worked at the foreign transactions department of the Central Bank of Russia. Vladimir graduated summa cum laude from the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs with a degree in international economics.

Anton Kiryukhin is a member of the Board of Directors of RBC. In addition Mr. Kiryukhin holds the post of Head of Investment Banking and Financing Department at MDM Bank. Anton graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, has CFA certification.

Michael Hammond is a member of the Board of RBC. Mr. Hammond is a partner of City Capital Corporation Ltd. He previously occupied the post of Managing Director at ABN-AMRO Rothschild and held executive positions at Flemings, UBS Warburg and Swiss Bank Corporation. Mr. Hammond began his professional career at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1982, whereupon he occupied various senior management positions with the bank in New York, Tokyo and London. Education: university degree, University of Rochester, USA.

Neil Osborn is a member of the Board of RBC. Mr. Osborn began his media career as a reporter for the Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) in 1972. In 1975, he transferred to the Liverpool Daily Post as a special correspondent, and in 1978, proceeded to the magazine Institutional Investor, where he took up a senior editorial position. In 1983, he joined Euromoney as the Editor for the US issue, and then became the Editor of Euromoney in 1985. In February 1988, he was designated as the magazine’s Executive Director, and since 1990, he has been Publisher and Managing Director of Euromoney. Mr. Osborn is also on the Board of Directors of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Education: university degree, Worcester College, Oxford, Great Britain.