Ilim Group, St. Petersburg, Russia, has appointed Alexander Pozdnyakov VP-director, Bratsk Branch, effective February 20. As a member of the first level team, Pozdnyakov will manage the Bratsk Mill, forest branch, in the Bratsk district, and the ramping-up of its new softwood pulp line. He will report to Brett Mosley, Ilim Group VP, manufacturing.
Raisa Bouneeva who currently holds the position of Bratsk Branch director, after transition will move to the Ilim Group head office in St. Petersburg to manage large capital projects.
"Alexander Pozdnyakov will be focused on the achievement of targeted production and financial results for our Bratsk branches, as well as on industrial safety and environmental protection. I wish both Alexander and Raisa every success in their new roles," said Franz Marx, CEO of Ilim Group.
Pozdnyakov graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute of the Pulp and Paper Industry, the St. Petersburg State Technical University of Plant Polymers, and the Russian Government Academy of National Economy. He started his professional career as a senior foreman at the Astrakhan cardboard and paper mill in the cardboard-and-paper shop. He went on to manage the board-and-paper shop, the corrugated containers shop, and the production and supervisory division at the mill.
In 1999, Pozdnyakov was appointed deputy general director of operations at Kotlas Pulp and Paper Mill. Has served as chief managing director of Kotlas beginning in 2003. In July 2007, he was appointed director of the Koryazhma branch of Ilim Group. In October 2007 he was appointed Ilim Group VP, managing director of the Ilim West business unit.
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