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TMK announces key appointments at the Company following its acquisition of Chelpipe

TMK announced a number of key appointments following its acquisition of an 86.54% stake in Chelpipe.

Igor Korytko, CEO of TMK, became CEO of Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant (Chelpipe) and Pervouralsk Pipe Plant (PNTZ). Boris Kovalenkov, who previously held the above positions, will continue working for the Company. Vyacheslav Popkov, TMK’s First Deputy CEO – Chief Engineer, will become First Deputy CEO – COO of Chelpipe and PNTZ.

The Company also announced new appointments in Commerce following the integration of Chelpipe Group into TMK. Andrey Parkhomchuk will retain his position as Deputy CEO for Commerce and remain responsible for sales and procurement, transport logistics and business growth considering the Company’s new assets. Vladimir Oborsky, who previously served as TMK’s Deputy CEO for Sales, will be appointed as Deputy CEO for Marketing responsible for marketing, exhibitions and communication with key partners.

Denis Prikhodko, who was previously Commercial Director of Chelpipe, will lead the merged sales division as Sales Director. Procurement and Logistics will be headed by Alexey Talnikov, formerly Director for Procurement and Logistics at Chelpipe.

Vladimir Toporov, the former Technical Director at Seversky Pipe Plant (part of TMK), will become Managing Director of PNTZ. Valentin Tazetdinov will be Managing Director of Chelpipe and the CEO of SOT and ETERNO. Fagim Valeev is appointed Head of Meta Group. Alexey Smirnov will continue as the Head of Uraltrubostal Trade House, and Evgeny Gaas will lead ChelPipe Group’s oilfield services division.

 “We take the most flexible approach possible when making staffing decisions in order to retain all the strengths of TMK and Chelpipe management and to maximize the synergies from reinforcing our team with the highest caliber talent. Our goal is to make the merged group the global leader not only by production volumes, but also on measures such as financial performance, operational efficiency, level of digitalization, adoption of best management practices, environmental performance and corporate social responsibility,” said Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, Chairman of TMK’s Board of Directors.