Marat Devlet-Kildeyev | Chief Executive Officer

Marat Devlet-Kildeyev is our Chief Executive Officer and has been with our Group since 2015, where he was the general director and chief executive officer of Happy Cow. He became the President of Don Agro LLC in 2017 where he was responsible for developing relationships with potential investors and foreign partners as well as evaluating foreign capital markets. He took on the same role in Tetra JSC in 2018 and was appointed to our Board on 28 November 2018. As Chief Executive Officer, he is responsible for directing and controlling the operations of the Group and its key operational subsidiaries.

Marat Devlet-Kildeyev began his career in 1993 with Barclays Bank of Canada and its parent company, Hongkong Bank of Canada, now known as Hong Kong Bank of Canada, where he was deputy treasury manager and head of leasing. He then joined Renaissance Capital Limited in 1998 as chief financial officer and head of risk management in the investment banking department, before becoming the first deputy general director of the Renaissance Insurance Group LLC in 1999. He then joined a media company, Afisha Industries CJSC, as general director in 2001 before joining an investment holding company, Rinaco JSC, as managing director in 2003. He subsequently joined an engineering company, TKZ-Management LLC, as general director in 2005, and EMAlliance as first deputy general director in 2005. In 2006, he became the chief operating director of power and energy-focussed, ESN JSC. He then joined a media company, O.K. Solutions LLC, as general director in 2007, and the Moscow representative office of CTC-Media. Inc. as deputy general director and head of international broadcasting in 2009. In 2013, he joined ProdAlliance Limited, which was managing the business of our Group, as head of representative office until 2018. Marat Devlet-Kildeyev graduated with a Diploma in Russian Linguistics and Teaching Russian for Foreigners from the Leningrad State University in 1987 and received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto in 1993.

Ravi Chidambaram | Lead Independent Director

Ravi Chidambaram is our Lead Independent Director. He is currently the president of investment banking firm, TC Capital Pte. Ltd. Ravi Chidambaram started his career as a financial analyst in the investment banking division of Kidder, Peabody & Co. in 1986. In 1989, he left to join Commerzbank AG as a credit officer in the international division, sovereign risk unit until 1991. In 1993, Ravi Chidambaram was an associate in the corporate finance department of Goldman Sachs until 1996 when he joined Deutsche Bank as a director in the investment banking group. In 1998, he joined Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited as a director in the European telecommunications investment banking group until 1999 when he became a managing director of Bear Stearns and was head of the European technology investment banking group. Ravi Chidambaram left Bear Stearns in 2001 and became the president of TC Capital Pte. Ltd. in 2002. Ravi Chidambaram graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from Duke University in 1985 and was a Fulbright Scholar in Political Science at Kiel University from 1985 to 1986. He obtained his Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts degrees at the Wharton School and the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993.

Gavin Mark McIntyre | Independent Director

Gavin Mark McIntyre is our Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, member of the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. He currently is a director of several companies, such as Biolidics Limited, Subsidiaries of XiHe Holdings Pte, Aegis Interaktif Asia Pte. Ltd., VCPlus Limited (formerly known as Anchor Resources Limited), Nico Steel Holdings Limited, and Equitasasia Pte. Ltd. Gavin Mark McIntyre graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Curtin University of Technology, Australia and is a Certified Practising Accountant by The Australian Society of Certificate Practising Accountants.

Artur Nazaryan | Chief Financial Officer

Artur Nazaryan is our Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for the finance, accounting and taxation matters of our Group and has also been the Financial Advisor to Don Agro LLC since 2014. Artur Nazaryan began his career in 2004 as an accountant in the receivables department of Zaslon LLC, where his responsibilities included controlling accounts receivables ledgers and preparing presentations for potential customers. He moved to CJSC KPMG’s audit department in 2007 as auditor and audit supervisor, where he supervised audit and financial consulting engagements and prepared financial models and financial statements. In 2013, he joined Guardian Glass Rostov LLC, a float glass production company, as head of finance and was in charge of all manner of finance, including taxation, reporting, cash flow and working capital management and the development of management accounting systems. In 2014, he became the chief financial officer of ProdAlliance Limited until 2018. Artur Nazaryan graduated with Specialist Diploma in Organisation Management from the Southern Federal University in 2008. He has also been a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2015.

Vadim Novikov | Chief Operating Officer

Vadim Novikov is our Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for overseeing the entire operations of our Group and has been the General Director of Tetra JSC and Don Agro LLC since 2012 and 2014, respectively. Vadim Novikov started his career in 2001 as a legal counsel at Law Firm JSC JurCon, a local Russian law firm specialising in advising corporate clients in the power and energy sectors. He moved to an investment company, JSC Rinaco, as a legal counsel in 2003, and provided legal support in corporate and share capital transactions. In 2005, he joined EMAlliance where he was legal counsel, head of corporate and deputy head of tax and legal. Thereafter, Vadim Novikov joined ProdAlliance Limited in 2013 as legal counsel providing legal support for its investment activities until 2018. Vadim Novikov obtained his Diploma with Honours in Law from the Ural State Law University (formerly known as Ural State Law Academy) in 2001.