Ilya Yuzhanov
"Mr. Ilya Yuzhanov is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OJSC Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond mining company by output, based in Russia, having been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2009. Additionally, he is a member of the Audit Committee of Rusnano State Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Yuzhanov chaired the Board of Directors of OJSC Polymetal, Russia’s largest silver producer. From 2004 to February 2013, Mr. Ilya Yuzhanov served as Chairman and member of the Supervisory Board of OJSC Nomos-Bank. He has also served on the boards of a number of other leading Russian companies including Gazprom (from 1999 to 2003), United Energy Systems of Russia (from 1999 to 2008), Russian Railways (from 2002 to 2004), OJSC Kirovsky Zavod (from 2006 to 2009), OJSC Uralkali (from 2006 to 2011), Otkritie Financial Corporation (from 2012 to 2014), OJSC Interregional Distribution Grid Companies Holding (from June 2008 to December 2008) and OJSC Novatek (from 2006 to 2009). From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Ilya Yuzhanov served as Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support to Entrepreneurship of the Russian Federation. "Mr. Yuzhanov is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Independent Directors of Russia and has been awarded the Association’s titles of Russia’s Best Independent Director in 2007 and 2010, and Russia’s Best Chairman of the Board in 2012. Mr. Yuzhanov graduated with honours from the Leningrad State University in 1982 and obtained his PhD in economics in 1989."[1]
Affiliations
- Chair, Polyus Gold International
