EVRAZ

Born in 1964.
Mr Frolov has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2005 and was elected Evraz's CEO effective 18 January 2007. He joined EvrazMetal, a predecessor of Evraz Group, in 1994, and subsequently held various positions at EvrazMetal and Evraz. Mr. Frolov served as Evraz's Chief Financial Officer from 2002 through 2004 and as Senior Executive Vice President from 2004 through April 2006, responsible for strategy and business development, finance, corporate affairs and communications, business processes, human resources, legal affairs and information technology. From May 2006 until December 2008, Mr. Frolov served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Evraz, Mr. Frolov worked as a research fellow at the I.V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy.

A director of OAO Raspadskaya and ZAO Raspadskaya Coal Company, ZAO Yuzhkuzbassugol Coal Company and OAO OUK Yuzhkuzbassugol, ZAO Kazankovskaya Coal Company, Evraz Vitkovice Steel, Evraz Inc NA and Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation.

Mr. Frolov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a first-class honours degree in 1987, and  received a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1991 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Alexander Frolov
Chief Executive
Officer

 

Born in 1974.
Mr Tatyanin was appointed Senior Vice President and Head of International Business in July 2009. His responsibilities include the financial performance of Evraz’s steel and mining operations in North America, Europe and Africa together with the global vanadium business. He is also responsible, in an international context, for trading in steel and other commodities, strategic development and M&A transactions.

Mr Tatyanin joined Evraz in April 2001 and, between 2002 and 2004, held the posts of Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director for Corporate Finance. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2009.

Before joining Evraz, Mr Tatyanin held various positions in the financial sector. He was Vice President of Adamant Financial Corporation, responsible for M&A transactions and asset restructuring, between 1999 and 2001 and, during the period 1997 to 1999, was Vice President of United Financial Group, Deutsche Bank’s Investment Banking division.

Mr Tatyanin graduated with honours from Moscow State University in 1995 with a degree in Accounting and Economics and studied Economics in Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. He received a Master’s degree with honours in International Business from Moscow State University in 1997.

Pavel Tatyanin
Senior Vice President
Head of International Business

 

Born in 1961.
Mr Kachur joined Evraz in 1993 and, as Vice President for Business Support and Interregional Relations, is responsible for safety and security issues within the Group.

Prior to his appointment as Head of Business Support and Interregional Relations in 2000, Mr Kachur held various positions within the Group. From 1995 to 2000 he was Chief Executive of security enterprise, Interlock, and was responsible for security matters within Evraz. Between 1993 and 1995 he was Deputy Chief Executive, with responsibility for general issues, at EvrazMetal, a predecessor of Evraz.

Prior to joining Evraz, Mr Kachur was involved in production and process management at the Russian Automobile Plant ZIL.

Mr Kachur graduated from Moscow State Industrial University in 1979 with a degree in Engineering.

Leonid Kachur
Senior Vice President
Business Support and Interregional Relations

 

Born in 1970.
Mr Baizini is responsible for finance, treasury, controlling, reporting, IR, taxation, insurance, legal matters, IT and environmental policy. Before taking over as CFO in July 2009 he was responsible for business development in Asia-Pacific, sales and operations planning and coordinating aspects of international integration.

Between 1998 and 2005, Mr Baizini was a consultant with McKinsey's Milan and Tokyo offices where his principal focus was on electric utilities. He also co-led the successful development of McKinsey’s IT consulting arm in Japan.

From 1994 to 1998 Mr Baizini was a consultant with JMAC, Japanese consulting firm, where he specialised in cost reduction and operational efficiency programmes in relation to both manufacturing and service industries.

Mr Baizini holds a degree in Physics from Oxford University.

Giacomo Baizini
Vice President of Corporate Affairs
CFO

 

Born in 1974.
Mr Gaponov joined Evraz in 2002 and, prior to his appointment as Vice President, Information Technologies in 2006, he combined the positions of Vice President for IT of Evraz Group with Director for IT at ZSMK, NKMK and Evrazruda. Between 2003 and 2005 he served as Director for Information Technologies. He was the former Head of Evraz Group’s Enterprise Resource Planning System department and was also responsible for IT business projects at NTMK.

Before joining Evraz, Mr Gaponov was responsible for IT projects with Deltek Systems Inc., the State contractors based in McLean, USA (1999-2000) and prior to that he worked with UNICON/MS Consulting Group (1995-1999).

Mr Gaponov graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Management in 1997 with a degree in Economics and Mathematics from the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics.

Igor Gaponov
Vice President
Information Technologies

 

Born in 1954. 
Mr. Harris is also President of Strategic Minerals Corporation since September 2009.

Mr Harris has held the post of Vice President, Vanadium Assets since 2007 when he joined Evraz following the acquisition of Strategic Minerals Corporation.

Mr Harris has 32-years’ experience in the vanadium sector and was formerly Vice President in charge of operations at Strategic Minerals Corporation, in the US, a position he held since 2002.

Prior to this he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Minerals Corporation (2000-2002) and was Managing Director of Vametco Minerals Corporation, the South African subsidiary of Strategic Minerals (1997-2000). Mr Harris also held various management positions during his 16 years at Stratcor’s Hot Springs, Arkansas plant, commencing in 1977. These included General Manager for Vanadium Operations, Plant Manager for Hot Springs Operations and Project and Process Engineer for Vanadium Operations.

Mr Harris graduated from the University of Nevada, Mackey School of Mines, with a degree in Chemical Engineering in 1977.

Daniel Harris
Vice President
Vanadium Assets

 

Born in 1966.
Ms Ionova joined Evraz in 2006 as Vice President for Human Resources and is responsible for all issues related to human resources within the Group.

Prior to joining Evraz, Ms Ionova served as Head of Human Resources at NDK Merkury where her responsibilities included analysis of the holding company’s personnel structure and the implementation of more effective work systems (2003-2006). Ms Ionova previously held the positions of Deputy Head of Human Resources (1999-2003) and Manager for Human Resources (1997-1999) at NDK Merkury. Between 1995 and 1997 Ms Ionova served as Manager for Human Resources at Russian Gold.

Ms Ionova was voted Russia’s Best Human Resources Director at the Aristos Awards 2009.

Ms Ionova graduated from the Management Faculty of the Russian State University of Physical Training, Sports and Tourism in 1987 and holds a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Natalia Ionova
Vice President
Human Resources

 

Born in 1975. 
Mr Ivanov joined Evraz in 2002. Prior to his appointment as Head of the Siberia Division in May 2009, he served as Senior Deputy CFO responsible for supervising Controlling and Treasury functions (2008-2009) and was Director of Controlling through 2002-2009.

Between 1998 and 2002 Mr Ivanov held various positions in Liggett-Ducat where his responsibilities included production, controlling and logistics. He was formerly Head of the Credit Department at Inkombank (1997-1998).

Mr Ivanov graduated from INSEAD in 2002. He holds a degree in Finance from the Financial Academy of the Government of the Russian Federation and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants since 2004. In 2008 Mr Ivanov received a diploma in Human Resources from the Australian Professional Association.

Aleksey Ivanov
Vice President
Head of the Siberia Division

 

Born in 1978. 
Mr Kuznetsov joined Evraz in 2002 and was appointed Vice President for Strategic and Operational Planning in July 2009 with responsibilities for strategic development, sales and operational planning, project management and valuation.

Prior to this Мr Kuznetsov held various positions within the Company and served as Director for Strategic Planning and Investment Analysis between 2008-2009. He was formerly Head of the Financial Analysis and Valuation Department with responsibilities for financial analysis, the valuation of investment projects and M&A transactions (2006-2008). During the years 2002-2006 Mr Kuznetsov was Manager of the Capital Markets and International Investments Department and was involved in all of the Company’s M&A transactions.

Mr Kuznetsov graduated with honours from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2001 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics. He also received a Master’s degree in Economics from the New Economic School in 2002.

Alexander Kuznetsov
Vice President
Strategic and Operational Planning

 

Born in 1966.
Mr Lagutin joined Evraz in January 2010 having served, during the preceding five years, as an executive director of Belon which, in 2006, was the first coal producer in Russia to go public. During that period Mr Lagutin was responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and key investment projects.

Mr Lagutin was twice awarded the Order of the Honour by the Governor of Kuzbass for his achievements in the region while at Belon.

Prior to this Mr Lagutin held executive positions in Russian oil and energy sector where his experience encompassed operations management, production, marketing and sales of non-fuel petroleum products.

In 1998-2000 he was General Director of the Ryazan Oil Refinery, in 2000-2001 and 1995-1998 held various positions at Alfa-Eco and previously served as Head of the Moscow office of Global Natural Resources, Inc.

Mr Lagutin graduated with honours from the Military Institute of the RF Ministry of Defence in 1990. He received an Executive MBA degree from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, in 2003.

Konstantin Lagutin
Vice President
Head of Iron Ore Division

 

Born in 1979. 
Mr Sotnikov joined Evraz in 2002 and, prior to his appointment as Vice President, Head of the Urals Division in May 2009, he held various positions within Evraz. From January 2009 to May 2009 he was Deputy Vice President, Evraz Steel Divison. Between 2006 and 2009 he served as Director for Project Management, EvrazHolding and before this he was Director for Development, NTMK (2005-2006) and Director for Development, Kachkanarsky GOK “Vanady” (2004-2005). From 2002 to 2004 Mr Sotnikov was Head of Project Financing and Investment Project Analysis at EvrazHolding, Evraz’s managing company.

Mr Sotnikov received a degree in Economics from the Moscow State University and the New Economic School in Russia, a Ph.D. in Economics from the Moscow State University.

Dmitry Sotnikov
Vice President
Head of the Urals Division