Executive Management

Mr. Shamolin was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTS in May 2008 and was elected to the Board of Directors in October 2008. Prior to his current role, Mr. Shamolin held the position of Vice President, Head of MTS Russia since August 2006. In this capacity, Mr. Shamolin managed the largest MTS business unit, one which contributes roughly 75% of value to MTS. During his tenure, revenues grew 67% and operating efficiency improved considerably as Mr. Shamolin presided over sustained growth in voice usage and the adoption of value-added services, both of which led to an over 50% rise in average revenue per user (ARPU). Mr. Shamolin joined MTS in July 2005 as Vice President, Sales and Customer Service. Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Shamolin worked at Interpipe Corp. (Ukraine) as Managing Director of the Ferroalloys Division and from 1998 to 2004 he worked at McKinsey & Co. Mr. Shamolin graduated from the Russian Academy of Government Service under the President of the Russian Federation in 1993. From 1996 to 1997, he studied at Wharton Business School, where he completed finance and management course for top managers.

Dr. Hecker joined MTS in May 2006, and he currently serves as Vice President – Strategy and Corporate development. Prior to joining MTS, Dr. Hecker worked at A.T. Kearney Europe from 2000 to 2006, where he was occupied in the fields of strategy, marketing and finance in European telecommunication and consumer goods industries. Prior to that, he worked in several positions as a Junior Lawyer in Berlin and Brandenburg (Germany). Dr. Hecker is a graduate in International Politics and Administration of the Pierre-Mendez-France-University in Grenoble (France) and a graduate in Law (1. and 2. German State Exam) and Modern History of the Georg-August-University in Goettingen (Germany) ,where he holds a PhD in Constitutional History.

Mr. Mikhail Gerchuk was appointed Vice President – Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of MTS in December 2008. As the CCO of the Company, Mr. Gerchuk is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s marketing, sales and customer service strategies, as well as realization of overall revenue targets. Mr. Gerchuk joined MTS in August 2007 as the Group Marketing Director. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development and implementation of MTS’ marketing strategy and achievement of revenue growth targets in all countries of operation. Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Gerchuk was Chief Commercial Officer at Vodafone Malta from 2006 to 2007, where he accomplished revenue growth and increased market share for the business. He held senior marketing positions at Vodafone Group, UK between 2002 and 2006, including Head of Voice Propositions between 2004 and 2006 and Senior Global Marketing Manager between 2002 and 2004. Mr. Gerchuk also worked as an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton in London from 1999 to 2002 and before that as Category Marketing Manager at Pepsi-Cola and Brand Manager at Mars Inc. Mr. Gerchuk holds an MBA from INSEAD and an M.A. in Economic Geography and English from the Moscow State University.

Mr. Alexey Kornya was appointed to the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MTS in July 2008 following the departure of the previous CFO, Vsevolod Rozanov. Mr. Kornya has been at MTS since July 2004, most recently as the Chief Financial Controller, since March 2007. Prior to this role, Mr. Kornya was the CFO of MTS’ Macro-Region Urals between July 2004 and October 2004, and Business Planning Director between October 2004 and March 2007.

Mr. Gromakov joined MTS in 1994 and currently serves as Vice President – Technology Development. Prior to joining MTS, he worked at various enterprises of the industrial military complex in the telecommunications field. Mr. Gromakov has received a number of state awards in science and technology. He is Vice President of the Russian National Radio Association and is also a member of the governing bodies of the 3G Association and the Russian GSM Association. Mr. Gromakov is also a member of the International Academy of Network and the International Academy of Information Science, Processes and Technologies.

Mr. Ushatskiy has served as Vice President, Technology and Chief Technology Officer of MTS Group since April 2009. He is responsible for managing technology development, strengthening the efficiency of the Company’s networks and enforcing high quality standards across the MTS Group. Mr. Ushatskiy has been with MTS since 1996, advancing from a specialist position to a variety of network operations roles to becoming the Deputy Head of MTS Russia for Technology. He graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1997 and received an executive MBA from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2004.

Mr. Raspopov has served as Vice President – Director of Business-Unit ‘MTS Foreign Subsidiaries’ since January 2008, having been appointed acting Vice President, Director of Business-Unit ‘MTS- Foreign Subsidiaries’ in May 2007. In June, 2006 Oleg Raspopov was invited to Mobile TeleSystems as Head of the Department of Extra Input Management. In 2004, he created and then headed an insurance broker Energoprotection and from 2002 to 2004 he was an Advisor to the CFO in RAO UES of Russia and a member of the Board of Directors of several companies affiliated with RAO UES of Russia, including Ren-TV and LEADER Insurance Co. From 2001 to 2002, he worked as a lawyer in Gazpromenergoservice. Mr. Raspopov graduated from the Federal Tax Police Academy specializing in law and from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation as an economist.

Mr. Terebenin has served as Vice President – Corporate Communications of MTS since January 2006 and he is responsible for supervising PR, IR and some aspects of GR. Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Terebenin held the position of Director General and Partner at R. I. M. Porter Novelli Communications Holding from 2003. He joined Triangle Porter Novelli Communications Agency in 1999 as a Partner and, before this, held a number of management positions at Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta, Dun and Bradstreet CIS and AIG Russia. Mr. Terebenin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (MGIMO) in 1985, majoring in International Economic Relations and Arabic.

Since January 2008, Mr. Ibragimov has served as Vice President – Corporate and Legal Matters. Mr. Ibragimov joined MTS in June 2006 as Director of Legal Department and in February 2007 he occupied the position of Director for Corporate and Legal Matters. Prior to joining MTS he worked in the Moscow Bar ‘Ibragimov, Kogan and Partners’. From 1997 to 2002, he worked as Deputy Director – Head of Tax and Legal Consultation Department in the company Top-audit. From 1992 to 1996, he headed legal services of several commercial banks. Mr. Ibragimov is a member of the Russian Tax Law Association and his work is often published in Corporate Lawyer magazine. Mr. Ibragimov graduated from the faculty of law at the Moscow State University where he also attended a postgraduate course. He is a candidate of jurisprudence.

Mr. Nikonov has served as Vice President – HR & Administrative Activity at MTS since July 2006. Prior to joining MTS, Mr. Nikonov worked as Deputy Director of OJSC Power Machines, where he supervised HR and Administrative Activity. From 2003 to 2005, he was the Deputy Director of ROSNO, where he headed the HR Department, administrative activity and internal control. From 1992 to 2002, he worked for the federal tax authority, where he held a range of positions. Mr. Nikonov graduated from the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as a military interpreter.

Mr. Belik was appointed Vice President – Corporate Security in October 2005, having joined MTS in February 2005 as Director of the Security Department of Macro-Region ‘Moscow’. From 1992 to 2004, Mr. Belik served for the intelligence service of the Russian Federation and in the Department of Internal Security of the Russian Federal Security Service. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Belik served the government communication troops. In 1999, Mr. Belik graduated from the Academy under Russian Federal Security Service as a lawyer. In 1987, he graduated from the High Military College after M. Kalinin, specializing in the operation of radio-relay and tropospheric communication systems.

Mr. Aleksander Popovskiy was appointed Head of MTS Russia in August 2008. Prior to his current role, Mr. Popovskiy served as the Head of the South Macro-region of MTS Russia since June 2007. From July 2004 to June 2007, he was the Head of the Volga North-West Macro-region. Mr. Popovskiy joined MTS in April 2001 as the Director of Operations in the town of Kirov. Mr. Popovskiy graduated from the Vyatsky State Technical University in 1999 with a degree in computing. In 2002, he received a postgraduate degree from the same university in system analysis. In 2005, Mr. Popovskiy received a Candidate of Science degree in engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute. He also attended the Executive MBA program at the London Business School.

Mr. Dubovskov has been Director General – Business Unit ‘MTS Ukraine’ since January 2008. He joined MTS Ukraine in December 2007 as First Deputy Director General. From 2006-2007, he was the head of macro-region MTS Ural. From 2004 to 2006, he was head of the MTS branch in Nizhny Novgorod. From 2002 to 2004, he headed Tele2’s operations in Nizhny Novgorod. Mr. Dubovskov has a wealth of experience in working for Russian and foreign telecommunications companies. From 1993 onwards, he occupied a number of management positions in such companies as Millicom International Cellular S.A., Millicom International Cellular B.V., Regionalnaya Sotovaya Svyaz LLC and CJSC 800 as well as other companies in Moscow, Alma-Ata, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm. Mr. Dubovskov graduated in 1993 from the State Institute of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov.