Good2Work - Profiled Leaders

Ilias Aliev, HR Director, Rosgosstrakh

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-19T14:46:42+04:00

Ilias Aliev was born in 1968 in Moscow. He graduated from Philological faculty of the Moscow state university of M.V.Lomonosov in 1992, the candidate of sciences.

Marina Novikova, Vice President, Organizational Development and Human Resources, VimpelCom

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-19T12:17:00+04:00

Marina Novikova has served as Vice President, Organizational Development and Human Resources in VimpelCom since December 2001.

Anatoly Karachinsky, President, IBS Group

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-15T16:30:52+04:00

Anatoly Karachinsky, the developer of strategies and investment policy of IBS Group of Companies. An expert and analyst in large-scale state and international IT projects.

Leonid Novoselsky, CEO of the Gradient Group.

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-15T15:51:00+04:00

In 1991 together with his friends, Leonid Novoselsky founded the company "Gradient" which started with one stall in the centre of Moscow. Today "Gradient" is one of the leading FMCG distribution companies in Russia with turnover of about $500 million, 4500 employees and branches in the majority of the largest cities of Russia.

Mikhail Khabarov, CEO, Alfa Capital

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-15T12:57:04+04:00

Before applying to the Alfa Capital CEO position Mikhail Khabarov headed Allianz ROSNO Asset Management company. Before that he worked at the position of CFO and CEO First Deputy of “ROSNO” Insurance Company.

Ruben Vardanian, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Troika Dialog Group

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-15T12:43:11+04:00

Ruben Vardanian is Troika Dialog Group’s Board Chairman and CEO. An employee at Troika Dialog since the company’s founding, Mr. Vardanian became head of the company in 1992. Since that time, Mr. Vardanian has solidified his role as a key figure in Russia’s capital markets.

Sergey Petrov, the Founder of "Rolf" Group of Companies

Liza Barzova — 2008-08-15T12:16:44+04:00

Sergey Petrov - the Deputy of the State Duma, the member of the Budget and Taxes Committee, the founder of "Rolf" Group of companies.

Nadezhda Filippova, Senior Vice-President, Head of HR and Corporate Development Division of VTB24

Katia Barzova — 2008-08-05T12:38:00+04:00

Today, Nadezhda Filippova is a Senior Vice-President, Head of HR and Corporate Development Division in VTB24 bank.

Birger Steen, General Manager, Microsoft Russia

Anastasia Nekrasova — 2008-07-21T18:03:00+04:00

Birger Steen has been the General Director of the Microsoft Rus LLC since August of 2004 and heads the Board of Directors of Microsoft’s Russian office. In this position Mr. Steen is subordinate to Vahe Torossian, Vice-President of Microsoft in the Central and East European region.

Vladimir Skvortsov, CEO, AlfaStrakhovanie Insurance Group

Maria Pikalova — 2007-11-19T23:12:00+03:00

Vladimir Skvortsov is a recognized professional on the financial market and one of the most successful managers in Russia. In 2004, he was named the Best Manager in the Insurance Industry by Russian business magazine Kompaniya, and under his direction AlfaStrakhovanie Insurance Group was rewarded as the Company of the Year...

Andrei Kosogov, Member of the Supervisory Board of Directors of Alfa Group Consortium

Yury Barzov — 2007-11-18T11:52:46+03:00

Alfa Group Consortium is a Russian privately owned financial industrial conglomerate with over $ 32 billions of assets. Andrey Kosogov joined Alfa in 1992 by responding to a newspaper ad. He told us his stories. This brief profile explains why we rely on Andrey's advice and example.

Vadim Goryainov, Movie Producer, Krasnaya Strela

Kate Zakomurnaya — 2007-11-17T23:51:00+03:00

In Goryainov’s opinion to be a real entrepreneur means to change the reality around you. Being a manager you can only react to the outside “signals”, for example, to stockholders’ demands. But if you are a businessman...

Igor Salita, CEO, Jackpot

Elias Zinenko — 2007-11-17T20:05:00+03:00

Igor Salita belongs to successful earliest discoverers of business in Russia. One of the most remarkable competencies of Igor is his ability to create brilliant teams of talented people…

Andrey Yanovsky, CEO, Nidan Soki

Kate Zakomurnaya — 2007-11-17T20:03:00+03:00

In the early 1990s when he had just started his career in Coca-Cola almost nobody believed in Russian regional markets and nobody wanted to develop business outside Moscow and Petersburg. His ideas about going to new areas seemed absolutely crazy to senior managers and stockholders. But he turned out to be insistent and convincing enough...

Boris Volpe, SAP CIS

Elias Zinenko — 2007-11-17T18:31:00+03:00

Boris Volpe, currently Executive Director of SAP CIS, is known in business circles not only for his extremely successful sales and marketing experience, but also for his well-founded and highly professional approach to business. It may be because of his scientific background.

Vadim Asadov, CEO and Founder, NeurOK

Kate Zakomurnaya — 2007-11-17T16:25:00+03:00

Vadim prefers to work with stars only. He used to evaluate any person by his or her work’s result and does not see the problem in discussing any requirements of a star employee until this person is reasonable and correlates his desires with his commitments to the project. But if even the most talented employee begins to put himself higher than the company...

Yvon Chouinard, Founder, Patagonia Inc.

Maria Pikalova — 2007-11-15T20:40:00+03:00

Yvon Chouinard has proven that it is possible to make successful multi-million business following strict environmental principles and values. Yvon Chouinard is a world-class mountaineer and surfer, environmentalist and outdoor industry businessman, noted for his clothing and gear company, Patagonia...

Ricardo Semler, CEO and majority owner, Semco SA

Maria Pikalova — 2007-08-23T21:54:45+04:00

Many people have talked the talk of corporate democracy; but Ricardo Semler’s company walks the walk. Semler has let his employees set the terms of their employment: hours, salaries, wages, bosses. His unusual management policy pulled Semco out of its death spin and let it grow consistently for many years. It is not a form of altruism, but a better way of making business through enjoying life.

Steven Allan Spielberg, film director and producer, co-founder of the DreamWorks studio

Maria Pikalova — 2007-07-04T17:14:46+04:00

Steven Spielberg is not only the most powerful and successful filmmaker but also a brilliant manager that is able to make capricious talents work as one strong team. He works a lot, knows that money matters and uses his power to give young talents a start.