MMC Norilsk Nickel has formed a Department of Corporate and Legal Issues with the aim of optimising the company’s organisational structure. Denis Morozov has been named as Deputy General Director for Corporate and Legal Issues.

In his new post, Mr. Morozov will be responsible for a variety of issues, including the following: legal work in connection with the activities of the company, its subsidiaries and other dependant organisations; the circulation of the company’s securities and derivatives on stock exchanges in Russia and abroad; cooperation with shareholders, institutional investors, credit agencies, market analysts and the regulators of both Russian and foreign stock markets; corporate governance; dividend policy; provision for the activities of the Board of Directors and the company’s Management Board; management of the company’s property;  coordination of the activities of the company’s subsidiaries and its dependant organisations; optimisation of the company’s corporate structure in Russia and abroad.

The Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel recommends the nomination of Denis Morozov for the Board of Directors’ approval as a member of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Biographical Information

Denis S. Morozov was born on March 30, 1973 in Vienna, Austria.

Education:
In 1993 Mr. Morozov graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University’s economics faculty as a specialist in political economy.
In 1996 he graduated with distinction from the Lomonosov Moscow State University’s faculty of jurisprudence as a specialist in law.
In 1999 he graduated from the Swiss Banking School as a specialist in commercial banking.
In 1999 he completed postgraduate study at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Moscow State Institute for International Relations as a specialist in international economic relations, and as a candidate of economic sciences.

Professional activity:
From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Morozov worked for OAO Ingosstrakh Insurance Company.
From 1992 to 1998 he worked for the joint stock commercial bank Alfa-Bank as Deputy Head of the Credit Section, Head of the Credit Section, Deputy Head of Credit Management, and Vice President.
From June 1998 to February 1999 he worked for the joint stock commercial bank The International Finance Company (Mezhdunarodnaya Finansovaya Kompaniya) as Director of Commercial Banking Operations Department.
Since March 1, 1999 he worked for RAO Norilsk Nickel as Head of the Administration of Corporate Structures, as Head of the Administration of Work and Corporate Capital, Investor Relations, as a member of the company’s Management Board, and as a member of the Board of Directors.
From 2000 to 2001 he was responsible for carrying out the restructuring of RAO Norilsk Nickel and establishing a new public company, MMC Norilsk Nickel, on the basis of The Norilsk Mining Company, a subsidiary of RAO Norilsk Nickel.

Posts held at MMC Norilsk Nickel:
Head of the Board of Directors’ Administration, Head of the Legal Department, Deputy General Director of Legal Issues.
Mr. Morozov is also a member of ZAO Polus’ Board of Directors.
Married, two children.