Polymetal International adds Janat Berdalina, Steven Dashevsky, Evgueni Konovalenko and Paul Ostling to its Board as Independent Directors

– JERSEY, St Helier –  Polymetal International PLC (LON: POLY) today announced the appointments of Janat Berdalina, Steven Dashevsky, Evgueni Konovalenko, and Paul Ostling to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors with effect from 17 March 2022, bringing the Board to seven members, of which five are independent.

About Janat Berdalina

Ms. Berdalina is an audit, reporting, tax, and management consulting professional. She was a Co-shareholder, Managing Partner, and President of KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia as well as a Board Member of KPMG in the CIS for more than a decade. Janat also held Independent Director positions at several Kazakh entities including Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, KazTransGas, Kazpost. She was an executive at the Foreign Investors’ Council in Kazakhstan and actively participated in the development of the Tax Code and the Law on Auditing in the country. Janat is engaged in education work as the Chairwoman of the Board of trustees of Alma University (Kazakhstan), a partner of Arizona state university (USA).

Ms. Berdalina holds an Executive MBA from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, France, a degree in economics from the Academy of Management, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and a degree in international business from Bristol University, UK.

About Steven Dashevsky

Mr. Dashevsky is an investment professional with more than 20 years of experience in financial markets. Mr. Dashevsky works as CEO of D&P Advisors LLP, a UK-based, FCA-regulated investment management company. Before founding D&P Advisors LLP, Mr. Dashevsky held various senior management positions in leading financial services firms.

About Evgueni Konovalenko

Mr. Konovalenko has extensive experience in investment banking and since 2005 has held various executive positions in Renaissance Capital, including the current role of Managing Director, Head of International Equities, and FICC Sales. Before joining Renaissance Capital, he worked at UBS London as VP, Structured Products Group.

Mr. Konovalenko holds BA in Economics from Columbia College of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, and an MBA from Solvay Business School, University Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

About Paul J. Ostling

Paul J. Ostling is a seasoned executive with more than 40 years of experience. In a career spanning thirty years with E&Y, he was one of the architects of E&Y’s businesses in Russia and Eastern Europe from 1991; and, ultimately, as the Global Executive Partner (1994-2003) and Global COO (2003-2007), the developer of E&Y’s unifying global governance and rewards system. After leaving E&Y in 2007, he has served on several boards of directors and run several companies.

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