EuroChem

Management

Dmitry Strezhnev

General Director

Born in 1968.

Dmitry owns 8% of the shares of MCC Holding Limited, EuroChem’s parent company. Before joining EuroChem as CEO, Dmitry was the head of Agrodortekhsnab LLP and Tekhsnab-2000 LLC, trading companies that sell road and construction machinery and provide maintenance works. He was also deputy director of Dorstroykomplekt CJSC, a company specialising in highway engineering and then head of the Likino Bus Manufacturing Plant OJSC, a large vehicle manufacturer. For several years Dmitry combined two executive positions in RusPromAvto LLC, a car, trucks, buses, road and construction equipment manufacturer, and in GAZ OJSC, an automobile factory.

He graduated with honours from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in physics and received an MBA from the Academy of National Economy of the Government of the Russian Federation.

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Igor Schelkunov

Administrative Director

Born in 1967

Igor joined EuroChem in 2005 as deputy administrative director and ran the department for HR policies. Igor accumulated many years of experience at Yuganeftegaz, a prominent Russian oil company. In 1988, he began his career as an oil and gas production operator, later taking on various management responsibilities in different divisions within the company. From 1997 to 2005 he was responsible for the company’s HR policy, first as division head and later as the deputy head of the HR department and then HR Director.

Igor graduated from the Tyumen Industrial Institute with a degree in technology and integrated mechanization of the development of oil and gas deposits.

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Andrey Ilyin

CFO

Born in 1972

In 1993 Andrey started his career with PriceWaterhouse (Moscow). From 1997 to 2004 he worked in London-based investment banks Nomura International plc, and later in Sindicatum Ltd, where he had equity research and investment banking responsibilities. Before joining EuroChem he was the CFO of MDM Bank in Moscow.

Andrey graduated with honours from the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the Finance Academy of the Russian Federation. He also holds a Certificate (with honours) in International Banking and Finance from London School of Economics. He is a Chartered Accountant (ACCA, UK).

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Igor Nechaev

Logistics Director

Born in 1966.

From 1988 to 1995 Igor served in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, from 1995 to 2005 he was employed at Severstal, where he worked his way up from a specialist in the Foreign Relations Department of the Sales Directorate to Commercial Director of the company. From 2002 to 2006 Mr. Nechaev was member of the Board of Directors of Severstal, from 2008 to 2010 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Severstal Vtorchermet and Severo-Zapad Ogneupor.

In 1988 he graduated from Cherepovets Higher Military Engineering School of Radio Electronics. In 2006 he received an MBA from Northumbria University Business School (Newcastle, UK). Mr. Nechaev is holder of Academician Bardin Award for his work “The Use of Converter Steel for Production of Cast Sections in Electric-Furnace Steelmaking Shop”.
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Alexander Tugolukov

Engineering Director

Born in 1962

From 1984 to 1994 Alexander worked at Gorlovka JSC Concern Stirol in Ukraine, where he held different positions ranging from Engineer to Deputy Engineering Director. In 1994 he was appointed Engineering Director and later Chief Vice-President for Technology Development at Stirol, which became one of the leading Ukrainian producers of nitrogen.

Alexander graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Chemistry and Technology with a degree in Inorganic Matter Engineering and Technology. During his career he has earned the title “Honoured Ukrainian Chemist,” in addition to a Rank II Medal for Service to the Russian Chemical Industry.
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Valery Rogalskiy

Sales Director

Born in 1968

Valery has worked in the fertilizer business since 1992 and during this time has been based in Cyprus, the UK and the Netherlands as well as in Russia. From 1996 to 2002 he worked as Commercial Director of V.T.I. Group – a fertilizer production, transport and distribution holding. Before becoming Sales Director, Valery was the Head of the Fertilizer Sales Department.

Valery graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering with a degree in Applied Mathematics.
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