– RUSSIA, Moscow / CYPRUS, Limassol – VK Company Limited (formerly Mail.ru Group) (LON: VKCO | MOEX: VKCO) today announced the additions to its Board of Directors of
- Nikita Anisimov as an Independent Director,
- Mikhail Gordin as a Non-Executive Director,
- Natalya Yakovleva as an Independent Director,
- Vladimir Gabrielyan as an Executive Director,
- Alexander Ayvazov as an Executive Director.
Nikita Anisimov and Mikhail Gordin both have unique experiences in managing Russia’s leading scientific institutions.
About Nikita Anisimov
Nikita Anisimov is the rector of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, and held senior positions at Moscow State University, Moscow Polytechnic University, and Far Eastern Federal University.
About Mikhail Gordin
Mikhail Gordin is acting rector of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and held executive titles in major research institutes in the aviation industry, including the position of CEO of the Central Institute of Aviation Motors. Previously, he held prominent roles at international companies, including Sibur and TNK-BP Management.
About Natalya Yakovleva
Natalya Yakovleva, a certified accountant, auditor, and independent director, has also been appointed as an Independent Director. She serves as an independent non-executive director and member of audit and remuneration committees at Petropavlovsk Plc, independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Globaltruck Management JSC, and as an independent director of Mediascope JSC.
About Vladimir Gabrielyan
Vladimir Gabrielyan (Executive Director) has served as VK’s First Deputy CEO since 2019. He has been with the Company for over 20 years since 2001 and is a known expert in big data and machine learning.
About Alexander Ayvazov
Alexander Ayvazov (Executive Director), SVP for Investments and Business Development at VK, oversees the Company’s M&A deals and the online education segment.
About VK
VK develops the ecosystem helping millions of people with their day-to-day needs online. More than 90% of the Russian internet audience uses ecosystem services.
The ecosystem enables people to keep in touch (using social networks OK and VKontakte, messaging apps, and email services), play video games (via MY.GAMES), get and offer items and services, browse jobs and hire talent (via Youla and VK Jobs), order food and grocery delivery (via Delivery Club, Samokat and Local Kitchen), get a ride (with Citydrive), master new skills (at GeekBrains, Skillbox, and other educational services), buy and sell at AliExpress Russia and fulfill other needs.
The VK ecosystem features several shared elements bringing the services together. Users can sign in to different services with a single VK ID account, pay and earn cashback with the VK Pay platform, get discounts and deals with VK Combo, access their favorite services via the VK Mini Apps platform – and the Marusya voice assistant can help with any task.
The company offers enterprises to employ its dynamic ecosystem to digitize their business processes, providing a range of solutions from online promotion and predictive analytics to corporate social networks, cloud services, and enterprise automation.
For more information: https://vk.company/en
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