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| | | Alexey Khudyakov - Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2009
Mr. Khudyakov was appointed as an independent director and Chairman of the Board on April 8, 2009. Mr. Khudyakov is a Vice President at Altimo, located in Moscow, Russia. Prior to his appointment at Altimo, Mr. Khudyakov was the former Vice President, Private Equity at Alfa Bank, managing the bank's investments in Golden Telecom and Kyivstar, and was an associate at the Moscow office of McKinsey & Co. from 1998 to 2002. He graduated MSc cum laude in Applied Math from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from INSEAD. Mr. Khudyakov is presently a director and audit committee member at Turkcell, a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, a director of Kyivstar (Ukraine); and a former director and compensation committee member of Golden Telecom, a company traded on NASDAQ, now part of Vimpelkom, a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| | | Evgeny Tulubensky - Director since November 2008
Mr. Tulubensky was appointed as a director to the Board on November 20, 2008. Mr. Tulubensky is currently the Chief Legal Officer at Severstal-Gold, and has held the positions of Senior Lawyer, ZAO Severstal Resources, Manager, OAO Severstal, and Lawyer at ZAO Severstal-Group. He was formerly a Consultant and Paralegal at Saint-Petersburg office of EY Law Services (CIS) B.V., Paralegal at Saint-Petersburg office of Ernst & Young (CIS) Limited and Associate Lawyer at Saint-Petersburg Bar Association. He graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University with law degree in 2004 and from Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, Russia, with an economics degree in 2008.
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| | | Oleg Pelevin - Director since November 2008
Mr. Pelevin was appointed as a director to the Board on November 20, 2008. Mr. Pelevin is currently the Head of Strategy at Severstal-Gold, and was a former Senior Manager of Strategy, ZAO Severstal Resources, a Consultant at American Appraisal Russia (Moscow office), and Head of the Investment Department at Alphayurservis. He graduated MS (engineer-mathematician) at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
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| | | Karl Glackmeyer - Director since April 2009
Mr. Glackmeyer was appointed as an independent director of the Board on April 8, 2009. Mr. Glackmeyer has over 40 years of experience in the mineral resource business. From 1994 to his retirement in 2004, Mr. Glackmeyer was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairstar Explorations Inc., a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. From 1984 to 1991, he was president of Yorbeau Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company traded on the Montreal Exchange. Mr. Glackmeyer obtained a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree from Laval University in 1967.
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| | | Igor Klimanov - Director since September 2009
Mr. Klimanov was appointed as a director to the Board on September 3, 2009. Mr. Klimanov currently holds the position of Manager of Strategy and Corporate Development at Severstal-Gold. He also assumed the Investor Relation role at High River in September 2009. Mr. Klimanov holds a PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and an Engineering Physics degree from the Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute.
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| | | Andrei Maslov - Director since September 2009
Mr. Maslov was appointed as a director to the Board on September 29, 2009. Mr Maslov is Investment Controller at Severstal-Gold and CFO of High River. Previously, he held the position of Financial Controller with Ascometal, a Severstal Group subsidiary in France specializing in production of rolled metal products, and worked as an analyst with the consulting firm Gibov, Emelianov I Partnery in Moscow. Mr. Maslov holds a degree in International Financial Relations from Moscow State University International Affaires.
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| | | Andrew Matthews - Director since October 2009
Mr. Matthews was appointed as an independent director of the Board on October 7, 2009. Mr. Matthews is a lawyer and consultant with thirteen years of experience advising senior management. Mr. Matthews is currently Vice-President of 2002905 Ontario Inc., a Toronto-based development company. He previously held senior positions at BMO Financial Group and Sun Life Financial Canada. Mr. Matthews obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton. He is a member of Law Society of Alberta.
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Board of Director Committees:
Audit Committee:
Alexey Khudyakov (Chairman), Andrew Matthews
Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee:
Alexey Khudyakov, Karl Glackmeyer
Health, Safety and Environment Committee:
TBD
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