Gazprom’s Board of Directors’ Meeting results were summed up in absentia.

The Board of Directors approved Andrey Kruglov, Head of Gazprom’s Finance and Economics Department, as Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee.

A. Kruglov will also retain his post of the Head of Gazprom’s Finance and Economics Department.

Reference:

Andrey Vyacheslavovich Kruglov was born in 1969. Graduate of the St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance (1995) with banking specialty. Ph.D (Ec.) holder. Theme of dissertation: Evolving hedging and insurance of financial risks.

1994 to 1995, economist, Department of international transactions, BNP Dresdner Bank. Since 1995, officer, St-Petersburg Mayor Office. 1997 to 2001, head of department for foreign trade and investments, Committee of foreign relations, St.-Petersburg Administration. 2001 to 2002, Deputy General Director, Invest-In Group of companies.

In April 2002, Andrey Kruglov was appointed Head of Gazprom’s Corporate Finance Department and in 2003 headed the united Finance and Economics Department. Member of the Management Committee.

Since Boris Yurlov was invited to work for the Federal Nuclear Energy Agency, A. Kruglov was named as Acting Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee on 13 April 2004.

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