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Management

Management

Igor Lytovchenko

President Kyivstar

Mr. Lytovchenko is one of the Company’s founders. He is a graduate of Kyiv State University, specializing in history, and the Ukrainian State Academy of Communications, specializing in economics. He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Communications of Ukraine and the International Informatization Academy, as well as a full member of the International Academy of Communications.

Kjersti Wiklund

Vice President, Chief Technical Officer

Before joining Kyivstar team KW had a position of EVP/CTO in DiGi Telecommunications (Malasia). She was also EVP/CIO at Telenor Nordic, before that she took over the positions of EVP/CIO in Telenor Norway and other companies. Her specialties: Strategy, Direction setting and General Management. Kjersti has a Master of Science, EE (Chalmers University of Technology) and Master of Business Management (Norw. School of Management). She is married, has two children- an 11-year old son and 8-old daughter.

Andrew Simmons

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Andrew Simmons has been appointed as CFO of Kyivstar and started his work on 19th June. Mr. Simmons is 47 years old, a British citizen and a qualified member of the Certified Institute of Management Accountants in London, UK. He worked continually in Russia since 1993, mostly in Pepsi-Cola for 8 years in various senior finance positions in Moscow and St.Petersburg including Finance Director for North West Russia for 3 years. Since 2002 was CFO in a Russian food production and distribution company and CFO for a large Russian pharmaceutical distributor with foreign investment from The Carlyle Group, a US private equity firm. Prior to coming to Russia, Andrew qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, in London and worked for Ernst & Young as a business management consultant in England.

Volodymyr Tkachuk

Administrative Director

Mr. Tkachuk previously served as our Commercial Director and advised our commercial department on economic matters. He has a degree in geomorphology and a Ph.D. in geological and mineral sciences from the State Research Institute of Chemistry and Physics of Minerals of the Ukraine Academy of Sciences.

Elena Kropivianska

HR and Organization Development Director

Elena Kropivianska joined Kyivstar team on February 23, 2004 and her first task was to form function of staff recruitment and development. Starting from March 2, 2007 Elena is a head of HR division. Elena got a master’s degree in the field of international economics and international business management (Kyiv National Economic University) and advanced her training skills at Indiana Training Exports, Inc., USA (1996), «Management of organisations», USAID, Indiana, USA (1996); «Projects and programmes evaluation», Evaluation Trust, UK (1999) etc. She has a solid experience in training and consulting in the field of organisation management, in programmes of personal and professional development, project management. In particular, Elena worked with OSCE mission in Georgia (2002—2003); International Finance Corporation, Belarus; Programme of market reforms in Ukraine; Canadian Bureau for International Education; «Policy Advisors for Reforms in Ukraine» project (2001—2003). Elena gives lectures in KMBS MBA programmes.

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