– RUSSIA, Moscow / UK, London – Petropavlovsk PLC (LON: POG | MOEX: POGR) today announced the appointment of Natalia Yakovleva to its Board as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect.
“I am pleased to welcome Natalia to the Board of Petropavlovsk, where her background, experience and skill set will be of vital assistance for the deliberations of the Board and in the work of the audit committee. Her appointment is the culmination of a thorough search for the appropriate candidate as we fulfull our undertaking to shareholders to recruit additional independent directors and build on the breadth and depth of experience of the Board,” commented Board Chairman James Cameron.
Natalia Yakovleva will join the audit committee.
About Natalia Yakovleva
Ms. Yakovleva, a Russian national and a fluent English speaker, is a certified accountant and experienced auditor, having spent 23 years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Russia including 12 years as an audit partner. She currently serves as an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit and ESG committees at Globaltruck Management JSC; as an independent director of Mediascope JSC, and as general director of City Portals Network JSC.
Natalia Yakovleva joined PWC in Moscow in 1993 and during her time with the organization became an audit partner and served variously as PWC Russia’s leader for corporate responsibility, regulatory contacts, and quality review. Since leaving PWC in 2016, she has taken on roles as an independent director at media metrics specialists Mediascope (formerly TNS Gallup) and, since 2017, at leading, publicly-listed Russian logistics company Globaltruck Management. In August 2020, she was appointed general director of City Portals Network, a holding company with a portfolio of Russian regional online media, where she also serves on the boards of several of its subsidiaries.
Ms Yakovleva graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of International Relations with a specialist degree in international economics, auditing and accounting. She is an ACCA certified accountant and Institute of Directors certified independent director.
About Petropavlovsk
Petropavlovsk PLC is a major integrated Russian gold producer with JORC Resources of 19.50Moz Au which include Reserves of 7.16Moz Au. Following its IPO on the Alternative Investment Market in 2002, Petropavlovsk was promoted to the London Stock Exchange in 2009, where today it is a Premium Listed company and a constituent of the FTSE 250, FTSE 350, and FTSE All-Share indices. The Company’s shares also trade on the Moscow Exchange and are a constituent of the RTS Index and MOEX Index.
The Company’s key operating mines (Pioneer, Malomir, and Albyn) and its Pokrovskiy Pressure Oxidation Hub, are located in the Amur Region in the Russian Far East. Petropavlovsk has produced a total of c.8.6Moz of gold since operations began in 1994 and has a strong track record of mine development, expansion, and asset optimization.
Petropavlovsk is one of the region’s largest employers and one of the largest contributors to the sustainable development of the local economy.
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