People: CTC Media Inc (CTCM.O)


CTCM.O on Nasdaq

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18 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Angelo Codignoni

64 2011 Independent Co-Chairman of the Board

Lorenzo Grabau

48 2013 Co-Chairman of the Board

Boris Podolsky

38 2012 Chief Executive Officer

Nikolay Surikov

37 2012 Chief Financial Officer

Viacheslav Murugov

43 2010 Chief Content Officer; Director of CTC Network

Elmira Makhmutova

2013 Chief Marketing Officer

Natalia Albrekht

39 2008 Chief Organization Development Executive

Sergey Petrov

40 2008 Chief Infrastructure Officer

Viacheslav Sinadski

45 2009 Chief Strategy Officer

Konstantin Khachaturov

2012 Member of the Management Board, Chief Business Support Officer

Joergen Lindemann

2013 Director

Jean-Pierre Morel

2013 Director

Timur Weinstein

38 2013 Director

Tamjid Basunia

67 2006 Independent Director

Irina Gofman

43 2008 Independent Director

Werner Klatten

67 2006 Independent Director

Dmitry Lebedev

44 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Angelo Codignoni

Mr. Angelo Codignoni serves as Independent Co-Chairman of the Board at CTC Media Inc., since December 2011. He has served as a member of the CTC Media Board of Directors since June 2011. Mr. Codignoni has almost 30 years of experience in television, media and advertising, including the creation and management of television networks in Europe and Asia. Most recently, from 1996 to 2006, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EUROSPORT SA, Europe's sports television network. Mr. Codignoni currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately-held companies. Mr. Codignoni graduated with a degree in economics from Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy.

Lorenzo Grabau

Mr. Lorenzo Grabau has been appointed as Co-Chairman of the Board of CTC Media Inc., effective April 30, 2013. He has been a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Modern Times Group MTG AB since 2011. He has served as Non-Executive Director of SoftKinetic BV and Rouge Partners Sarl since 2011. Mr. Grabau is a former Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 1994 after five years with Merrill Lynch. Lorenzo held a number of leadership positions within the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking division, including Head of Media and Head of Consumer Retail. Lorenzo is a graduate from Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy.

Boris Podolsky

Mr. Boris Podolsky has serves as Chief Executive Officer at CTC Media Inc since June 13, 2012. Previously, from June 13, 2012 to October 1, 2012, he acted as Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Between December 15, 2011 and June 13, 2012, he was Acting Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer at the Company. Apart from that, from December 10, 2007 to December 15, 2011, he was the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Podolsky joined CTC Media in 2007 as its Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Acting CEO in late December 2011. He was appointed as Director of the Company's subsidiary EvereST-S in August 2010, and was appointed as a director of the Company's subsidiary CTC Network in October 2010. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Podolsky served as Director of Finance, Corporate Reporting and Compliance of Mobile TeleSystems, briefly serving as its acting chief financial officer in 2006. From 1994 to 2004, he held numerous positions at Ernst & Young, including five years as Manager, Assurance and Compliance, Corporate Finance & Transaction Support-USA, where he provided audit and transaction support services for a number of global companies. Mr. Podolsky is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Masters in Economics, with Honors, from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance.

Nikolay Surikov

Mr. Nikolay Surikov has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CTC Media Inc., effective October 1, 2012. Mr. Surikov, a Certified Chartered Accountant, served as CFO of VTB Factoring from 2009 to 2012. VTB Factoring is of factoring market in Russia and a subsidiary of VTB Bank. While at VTB Factoring, he was responsible for building from scratch the finance and operational functions and automation of the main business process. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Surikov served as Director, Corporate Reporting of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS). MTS is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company and the mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. While at MTS, he was responsible for building a centralized well-automated corporate reporting function. He also participated in the finance integration of its numerous legal entities, ERP implementation and SOX compliance projects. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Surikov held numerous positions at Ernst & Young, including two years assignment as a Manager, Assurance and Compliance, in Italy, where he provided audit and transaction support services for a number of global FMCG and telecom companies. He also served as Manager of Assurance and Compliance - Russia where he provided project leadership for several audit projects for telecom companies. Mr. Surikov received a Masters in Economics, with Honors, from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance.

Viacheslav Murugov

Mr. Viacheslav Murugov is Chief Content Officer of CTC Media Inc., and Director of CTC Network, subsidiary of CTC Media Inc. He joined the company in 2005. Mr. Murugov was appointed as a director of the company's subsidiary CTC Network in October 2010. Mr. Murugov previously served as an executive producer and department director at the company's CTC Network. Mr. Murugov also served as acting General Director of the company's DTV Group in 2009. Before joining the company, Mr. Murugov was a producer at REN TV from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Murugov was also a co-founder, a member of the board of directors, and creative director of LEAN-M, a Russian television production company, until he sold his interest in 2009. Mr. Murugov graduated from the Tver (Kalinin) Suvorov Military School in 1986 and from the Penza Artillery Engineering College in 1991. He is also a graduate of the TV journalism department of Moscow State University.

Elmira Makhmutova

Ms. Elmira Makhmutova has been appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer of CTC Media Inc. She was previously Marketing Director of the Peretz channel. Maksim Pobedin, former Deputy Marketing Director of Peretz, will take Elmira's previous position. Elmira has been with Media for 5 years. Before joining CTC Media, Ms Makhmutova was Promotion Director at NTV from 2004 to 2007. She was also a producer of morning broadcasting at Channel One in 2003-2004. From 1999 to 2003, she studied and worked in the USA in various marketing, advertising and PR companies. From 1997 to 1999, she worked at NTV as correspondent and later as announcement editor. She has been awarded a number of prestigious TV prizes, including: a "TEFI-2010" award in the "Best TV promotion" category, as well as three gold, two silver and two bronze awards at the Promax&BDA international television promotion and design competition in 2007, 2011, and 2012. She graduated with a distinction from the Department of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1995, and acquired her PhD in Foreign Media and Journalism in 1997, also achieving a distinction. She also studied at Belmont University (USA) from 1993-1994, majoring in Broadcasting.

Natalia Albrekht

Ms. Natalia Albrekht is Chief Organization Development Executive of CTC Media Inc., since October 2008. She also assumed responsibility for Human Resources and Administration in 2009. Ms. Albrekht was appointed as a director of the company subsidiary CTC Network in October 2010. Before joining the company, Ms. Albrekht was the head of the personal insurance development center of the Rossgosstrakh Group, a group of insurance companies, in Moscow from 2006 to 2008. From 2005 to 2006, Ms. Albrekht was the head of operations at IES Holding, a power supply and gas distribution company. From 2002 to 2005, Ms. Albrekht was the head of client services at NTV-Plus, a Russian satellite pay-TV company. Ms. Albrekht is a graduate of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Sergey Petrov

Mr. Sergey Petrov is Chief Infrastructure Officer of CTC Media, Inc. He joined CTC Media in 1998 and was appointed General Director of the company's Television Station Groups in March 2006 and Chief Infrastructure Officer in November 2008. Mr. Petrov was appointed as a director of the company's subsidiary EvereST-S in August 2010, and he was appointed as a director of the company's subsidiary CTC Network in October 2010. He also serves as General Director of the company's CTC Moscow station. He previously held a number of positions with the company, including Director of the CTC Sales Department from 2000 until March 2006 and Director of CTC Distribution from 1999 through 2000.

Viacheslav Sinadski

Mr. Viacheslav Sinadski is Chief Strategy Officer of CTC Media, Inc. He joined CTC Media in May 2007 and currently serves as the company's Chief Strategy Officer, in charge of corporate strategy, business development and M&A transactions. Mr. Sinadski was appointed as a director of the company's subsidiary EvereST-S in August 2010, and he was appointed as a director of the company's subsidiary CTC Network in October 2010. Prior to joining CTC Media, he was a managing director of Alfa Capital Partners private equity fund and worked as managing director and a member of the board of OJSC Narzan, where he was responsible for strategy, business development and M&A activities. He was also a co-founder of the corporate finance division of Deloitte & Touche in Russia, where he served as a head of the corporate finance department. He later served as director of investment banking with Troika Dialog. From 1991-2000, Mr. Sinadski worked in the United States with AT Kearney, PWC and Cannon Associates, a Bain & Co. spin-off. He is a graduate of Moscow Automotive Institution, and holds an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Konstantin Khachaturov

Mr. Konstantin Khachaturov has served as Chief Business Support Officer, and Member of the Management Board at CTC Media Inc since October 19, 2012. He heads a Directorate for organizational development and business support, which includes the business administration, organizational development, human resources, IT and TV technology departments. He was Vice President in charge of corporate development at SITRONICS OAO from 2008 to 2012, working in telecommunications solutions, information technology, and system integration and consulting, as well as the development and production of microelectronics. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Khachaturov was in charge of the technological strategy division of the Strategic Planning and Control Department of Mobile TeleSystems MTS. He has also worked for IBM Eastern Europe/Asia, PricewaterhouseCoopers and LVS Group.

Joergen Lindemann

Mr. Joergen Madsen Lindemann has served as Member of the Board of Directors at CTC Media Inc since April 2013. Mr. Lindemann was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Modern Times Group MTG AB in September 2012, prior to which he served as Executive Vice President of MTG Group's Nordic Broadcasting (free-TV, pay-TV and radio) operations from October 2011 and as CEO of MTG Denmark from 2002. Mr. Lindemann has worked in the MTG Group since 1994.

Jean-Pierre Morel

Mr. Jean-Pierre Morel has been Member of the Board of Directors at CTC Media Inc since April 2013. He is a partner at EKWATA Consulting and Acceleration, Ltd. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Morel was Deputy General Manager at TF1, a French television channel. From 1997 to 2007, he was Chief Financial Officer and General Manager for finance administration and information technology at TF1 Publicite. From 1990 to 2007, he was Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer at TF1. Mr. Morel served on the Board of Directors of TF1 Video and TF1 Enterprise, Teleshopping from 1992 to 2005 and was a director at e-TF1 from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Morel was Chairman of the Board of Directors of EuroSport from 1993 to 2000. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of ETDE. Mr. Morel holds Masters of Business Administration from ESCP Europe (Paris). He is also a Certified Chartered Accountant and holds a degree from the Kellogg School of Management.

Timur Weinstein

Mr. Timur Weinstein is appointed as the Director of CTC Media, Inc. He is a shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of WeiT Media, a production company he founded in 2009. WeiT Media became strategic partners with Endemol, an international television production and distribution company, in 2010. Endemol now owns 51% of WeiT Media. Mr. Weinstein has been a producer and director of the National Cinema Award ceremony “Nika” since 2000, and a producer and director of the National Sport Award ceremony “Slava” since 2003. Between 2000 and 2006 Mr. Weinstein was a shareholder and general producer of Lean-M Company, one of Russia’s top production companies, which he founded. Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) acquired a controlling share of Lean-M Company in 2006, the first joint venture between a international television company and a Russian production company. SPTI purchased Mr. Weinstein’s share of Lean-M Company in 2009. Mr. Weinstein graduated from Azerbaijan State Medical University in 1996 with a degree in psychiatry and from the Russian Institute of TV Workers in 1997 with a degree in TV directing. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Television, the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Art, and the Russian Producers Association.

Tamjid Basunia

Mr. Tamjid Basunia is an Independent Director of CTC Media Inc., since June 2006. Mr. Basunia was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. for more than 20 years until his retirement in December 2005, working in London, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and, for 11 years, the Russian Federation. Mr. Basunia has worked in audit and business advisory roles for banks and other financial institutions, assisting on a variety of issues such as strategy, profitability reviews, risk management and human resource policies. His role at PricewaterhouseCoopers included serving as chairman of the supervisory board for Eastern European operations and as chairman of the audit committee for more than ten years. Mr. Basunia was also chairman of the regulatory group established by the principal international accounting firms in the Russian Federation. Mr. Basunia is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Since July 1, 2008, Mr. Basunia has served as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Promsvyaz Bank, a privately owned bank in Russia.

Irina Gofman

Dr. Irina Gofman is Independent Director of CTC Media, Inc., since July 2008. Ms. Gofman has served as CEO of MTG-Russia and CIS since 2008 and is employed by an affiliate of MTG Russia. Prior to joining MTG, Ms. Gofman served as managing partner (media) of ESN Group, a Moscow-based investment and management company. Before joining ESN Group, Ms. Gofman was chief executive officer of Rambler Media Group, a Moscow-based internet media and services group, from 2004 to 2007. During her time at Rambler Media Group, Ms. Gofman led that company's initial public offering and listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange. Before joining Rambler Media Group, Ms. Gofman worked as chief operating officer of the DTV Russian television network from 2002 to 2004. The company acquired the DTV network from an affiliate of MTG Russia in April 2008. Ms. Gofman has a Ph.D. in Philology from Moscow State University and an MBA from Babson College.

Werner Klatten

Mr. Werner E. Klatten is an Independent Director of CTC Media, Inc., since June 2006. Mr. Klatten is currently chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Sporthilfe, a member of the supervisory board of MAMA AG, vice chairman of the supervisory board of Constantin Medien AG, a German publicly traded media and marketing company focused on sports and entertainment, as well as president of Highlight Communications AG, an affiliate company of Constantin Medien AG. From September 2001 until August 2008 Mr. Klatten was Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the management board of Constantin Medien AG. Early in his career, Mr. Klatten joined Martin Brinkmann AG in 1977 as senior legal advisor. In 1984, he was appointed to the board of directors of Martin Brinkmann, where he was responsible for marketing and one year later became chairman of that board of directors. In 1988, Mr. Klatten moved to become chief executive officer of the television channel Sat. 1. In 1994, he moved to Spiegel-Verlag as management executive in charge of markets and revenue. Ultimately, he assumed management of Spiegel TV and, in September 2000, he became the chairman of the board of directors of SpiegelNet AG. Mr. Klatten studied jurisprudence and began his career practicing law in Hamburg, Germany.

Dmitry Lebedev

Mr. Dmitry Lebedev serves as Independent Director of CTC Media, Inc., since December 2011. He has more than 20 years of banking experience in Russia. Mr. Lebedev has served as Chairman of the Management Board of Bank ROSSIYA, a Russian national corporate bank, since 2006, and joined Bank ROSSIYA in 2004 as Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Bank ROSSIYA has an indirect interest in Telcrest Investments Limited ("Telcrest"), which holds a 25.2% stake in CTC Media. Mr. Lebedev also serves on the board of directors of several affiliates of Bank ROSSIYA, including SOGAZ, the second insurance company in Russia.
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