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Pursuant to the Articles, the Board of Directors is vested with the powers to perform all acts of administration and disposition in compliance with the corporate objects of the Company. All powers not expressly reserved by Luxembourg law or by the Articles to the general meeting of shareholders fall within the remit of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors may, subject to certain legal restrictions, authorise the payment of interim dividends.

The members of the Board of Directors are elected by a majority vote of shareholders at the annual general meeting, and the general meeting of shareholders may revoke their mandate at any time. The Board of Directors are appointed for one-year terms and may be re-elected an unlimited number of times. In the event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, the remaining directors may fill the vacancy on a provisional basis, with the next general meeting of shareholders to make a permanent appointment.

The number, remuneration and the term of the directors is determined by the general meeting of shareholders.

The Board of Directors currently consists of nine members, three of whom are deemed to be independent pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors on 25 April 2005.

The independent members serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to agreements. These agreements have a duration of one year and provide for identical terms for payment and level of compensation and reimbursement of certain expenses.

In July 2007, The Board of Directors approved The Policy governing the Board of Directors as a supplement to applicable laws and regulations and the Articles of Association.

For information on the Board Committees please refer to the Board Committees section.

With effect from May 17, 2010

Alexander G. Abramov, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Board member since April 2005.
Born in 1959. In December 2008, Mr.Abramov was elected Chairman of the Board of Evraz Group. Mr. Abramov has served in similar roles with Evraz since founding EvrazMetal, the predecessor of Evraz, in 1992, and was a member of the Original Group. Until 1 January 2006, he served as Evraz's Chairman of the Board and CEO, until 1 May 2006 — Chairman of the Board, then as a member of the Board (with no executive responsibilities). Mr. Abramov previously worked at the Institute of High Temperatures of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Mr. Abramov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a first-class honors degree in 1982, and he holds a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics. Mr. Abramov is a Bureau member of the Council of Entrepreneurs and a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs set up by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Abramov is currently CEO, Evraz Invest.

Mr. Abramov is currently member of the Evraz Group remuneration committee.
Otari I. Arshba, Member of the Board of Directors

Board member since May 2005.
Born in 1955. Mr. Arshba joined the Original Group in 1998, and until December 2003 served as Evraz’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications. Mr. Arshba worked in the state security apparatus of the Russian Federation until 1994. Mr. Arshba graduated with distinction from the Felix Dzerzhinsky KGB Higher School, and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Russian Academy of Government Service. In December 2003, Mr. Arshba was elected a deputy of the Lower House of Parliament of the Russian Federation — the State Duma.

Mr. Arshba is currently a Deputy of the State Dume of the RF Federal Assembly.
Alexander V. Frolov, Member of the Board of Directors

Board member since April 2005.
Born in 1964. Mr. Frolov joined the Original Group in 1994, and subsequently held various positions at EvrazMetal. Mr. Frolov served as Chief Financial Officer of Evraz from 2002 through 2004. From 2004 till April 2006 he was Evraz’s Senior Executive Vice President responsible for the functions of strategy and business development, finance, corporate affairs and communications, business process, human resource, legal and IT, and also a member of the Board of Directors. From May 2006 until December 2008Mr. Frolov served as Chairman of the Board of Directors . Starting 2007, Mr. Frolov was appointed CEO of Evraz Group.
Prior to joining Evraz, Mr. Frolov worked as a research fellow at the I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. Mr. Frolov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a first-class honors degree in 1987, and he received a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1991 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Mr. Frolov is currently Chief Executive Officer of Evraz Group S.A.
Karl Gruber, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent)

Board member since May 2010.
Born in 1952. Mr Karl Gruber has extensive experience in the international metallurgical plant business. Mr Gruber held various management positions, including eight years as a member of the Managing Board of VOEST-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI), first as Executive Vice President of VAI and then as Vice Chairman of the Managing Board of Siemens VAI. He also served as Chairman on the Boards of Metals Technologies (MT) Germany, MT Italy.

Graduated from Technical High School in 1973 with a diploma in mechanical engineering.

Mr. Gruber is currently Chairman of the Evraz Group remuneration committee and a member of the Evraz Group Health, Safety and Environmental Committee.
Olga Pokrovskaya, Member of the Board of Directors

Board member since August 2006.
Born in 1969. Ms. Pokrovskaya joined Millhouse LLC as head of corporate finance in July 2006. She previously held several key finance positions in Sibneft since 1997, including serving as head of corporate finance since 2004. From 1991 until 1997, she worked as a senior audit manager at accountancy Arthur Andersen. Ms. Pokrovskaya graduated with honors from the State Financial Academy in 1991.

Ms. Pokrovskaya is currently Head of Corporate Finance, Millhouse LLC. She is member of the Boards of Highland Gold (since January 2008), OAO Pharmstandard and Greenleas International Holding Ltd.

Ms. Pokrovskaya is currently member of the Evraz Group Audit Committee.
Terry Robinson, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent)

Board member since April 2005.
Born in 1944. Terry Robinson is a qualified chartered accountant and has 40 years international business experience. He was 20 years at Lonrho PLC, the international mining and trading group; and the last 10 years as a main board director. Since 1998 he has been variously been occupied with international business recovery engagements and investment projects including natural resources in the UK, Russia, the CIS and Brazil He is an independent non-executive director of the Toronto listed Katanga Mining Limited with copper and cobalt mining operations in the DRC and is a member of Katanga’s audit committee and compensation committee and until recently was Managing Director of Interactive Records Management Ltd, a private equity controlled investment. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales’ non executive director special interest group.

Mr. Robinson is currently Chairman of the Evraz Group audit committee and a member of the Evraz Group Health, Safety and Environmentalcommittee.
Eugene Shvidler, Member of the Board of Directors

Board member since August 2006.
Born in 1964. Eugene Shvidler is a graduate of the I. M. Gubkin Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas with a masters degree in applied mathematics, and holds an MBA in finance and MS in international tax from Fordham University. He worked as senior vice president of Sibneft beginning in 1995 and served as president of the company from 1998 through 2005.

Mr. Shvidler is currently head of Millhouse LLC.
He joined the Highland Gold board of directors in January 2008.
Eugene Tenenbaum, Member of the Board of Directors

Board member since August 2006.
Born in 1964. He served as head of corporate finance for OAO Sibneft in Moscow from 1998 through 2001. In 1994, he joined Salomon Brothers as a director for corporate finance, where he worked until 1998. Prior to that, he spent five years in corporate finance with KPMG in Toronto, Moscow and London, including three years (1990-1993) as national director at KPMG International in Moscow. He was an accountant in the Business Advisory Group at Price Waterhouse in Toronto from 1987 until 1989. Mr. Tenenbaum is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelors degree in commerce and finance from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Tenenbaum is currently managing director of Millhouse Capital UK Ltd and member of the Boards of Chelsea FC Plc, Chelsea Ltd, Chelsea FC Ltd, Chelsea Training Ground Ltd, Stamford Bridge Projects Ltd, London Square Management Company Ltd. He joined the Highland Gold Board of Directors in January 2008.

Mr. Tenenbaum is currently member of the Evraz Group remuneration committee.
Gordon Toll, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent)

Board member since May 2010.
Born in 1947. Mr. Toll's career has included chairman of FERROUS Resources Limited, Deputy Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines and Group Mining Executive, Rio Tinto, key positions with BHP Iron Ore, followed by executive appointments with Texasgulf Inc and Atlantic Richfield Coal. Mr Toll was previously Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group Limited. Mr Toll is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Member of the Institute of Directors MIoD (UK).

Graduated from University of Queensland, Australia in 1968 with a degree in mining engineering and received a master’s degree in Business Science in 1981 from Columbia University NY, New York.

Mr. Toll is currently Chairman of the Evraz Group Health, Safety and Environmental Committee.