Board of Directors

In 2008, Alexander Popov was elected chairman of the Board of Directors and was named senior vice president in 2007.

Popov joined the company in 1996. He worked as head of the internal audit division under the Board of Directors, head of the audit and legal department, vice president for corporate construction and financial control.

In 2004, he was appointed director of the non-profit National Institute for Corporate Reform Foundation.

Popov was born in 1969. He graduated in 1993 with a degree in economics specialising in finance and credit from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation.

In 2006, Vladimir Gavrikov was elected to the Board of Directors and was appointed executive director in 2005.

Gavrikov joined the company in 1983. He worked as head of the office for social and cultural programmes, deputy head of the social development office, head of the social development office, social programmes supervisor, and deputy CEO for HR and social programmes.

Gavrikov was born in 1960. He graduated in 1983 from the Novomoskovsk branch of Moscow Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology with a degree in chemical engineering process automation and system mechanisation.

Gavrikov is a member of the Novgorod Regional Duma. He holds the title of Honoured Chemist of the Russian Federation and was awarded the Order of Merit, second degree, the Anniversary Medal in commemoration of Veliky Novgorod’s 1,150th Birthday, and a certificate of honour from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Science.

In 2008, Igor Belikov was elected to Acron’s Board of Directors.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2007. Belikov was elected to the Boards of several Russian companies, including Lukoil, Sibirtelecom, North-West Telecom, Southern Telecommunications Company and Astrakhanenergo.

In 2005, Belikov became a member of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service, deputy chairman of the Board of Corporate Directors Professional Community, and a member of the International Corporate Governance Network. Also in 2005, he became a member of the Russian Managers Association and chairman of its investment and corporate governance committee.

In 2003–2006, Belikov was an expert member of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD, Geneva).

In 2003–2004, he served as the executive secretary of the National Council on Corporate Governance.

In 2002–2004, he was a member of the Expert Board of the Russian Federal Securities Committee.

He has led the Russian Institute of Directors since 2001.

Belikov is a co-author of the Russian Code of Corporate Governance and the first National Report on Corporate Governance (2004).

Belikov was born in 1956. He graduated from Voronezh State University and the Institute of Advanced Professional Training and Retraining at the Finance Academy of the Russian Government.

Since 2009, Alexander Dynkin has been advisor to Acron’s CEO and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2008.

Since 2009, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Contemporary Development Foundation. In 2008, Dynkin became a member of the Russian Presidential Council on Science, Technology and Education.

Since 2006, he has led the Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO).

Since 2001, he has chaired the economics department at the International University in Moscow.

Dynkin was born in 1948. He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and the IMEMO postgraduate course. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has a Ph.D. in economics.

He holds the Order of Friendship, the Order of Honour and a medal in commemoration of Moscow’s 850th Birthday.

Since 2011, Zubakov has been an independent member of Acron’s Board of Directors and advisor to the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council (on a voluntary basis).

From 2004 to 2011, he was Deputy Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council.

In 2003-2004, Zubakov was Russia’s Ambassador to Moldova.

In 1999-2003, he was Russia’s Ambassador to Lithuania.

In 1998-1999, he served as Head of the Government Administration of the Russian Federation.

Between 1996 and 1998, he was Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

Zubakov was born in 1943. He graduated from the Higher School of the KGB with a degree in law.

Zubakov holds the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 4^th class, and the Order of Military Merit. He is a Vice Admiral, ret., and Class 1 Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation.

Viktor Kochubey was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007 and was appointed Acron’s senior deputy executive director and chief technology officer in 2009.

He has been with the company since 1978. He has served in various capacities including NPK operations head, acting senior vice president for operations, senior deputy CEO for operations and development, Acron’s chief technology officer, senior deputy executive director.

Kochubey was born in 1952. He graduated in 1978 from the Omsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in low temperature physics.

Kochubey is a member of the Novgorod Duma. He was awarded the Russian Order of Merit of the second degree and Anniversary Medal in commemoration of Veliky Novgorod’s 1,150th Birthday. He also holds the title of Honoured Chemist of the Russian Federation.

Shvalyuk was elected to the Board of Directors in 2011. Since 2005, he has headed Acron’s Finance and Economics Department.

Shvalyuk joined Acron in 1996 and held various positions, including assistant head of the finance division of the Board of Directors, head of the resource management and loan servicing group of the finance division of the Board of Directors, deputy head of the finance division of the Board of Directors, head of the finance division of the Board of Directors, and deputy head of the finance department.

Shvalyuk was born in 1967. In 1991, was graduated from Moscow Automechanical Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering, machine tools and equipment. In 2001, he received a degree in Management from the State University of Management.