Taraburin Andrei

Biography

2023: Appointment as President of Svyaznoy

In mid-March 2023, it became known about the change of president of Svyaznoy. This position was taken by a former member of the board of directors of Svyaznoy Bank JSC Andrei Taraburin, replacing Alexei Vukolov, who headed the retailer for less than a year.

As Kommersant writes with reference to Svyaznoy's letter to employees dated March 10, 2023, in a new role among the priority tasks of Andrei Taraburin "will be the stabilization of the company's business."

The new president of Svyaznoy was a former member of the Board of Directors of Svyaznoy Bank JSC Andrei Taraburin

On March 9, 2023, the retailer's employees were informed that Dagmara Ivanova, who previously held the positions of Managing Director of M. Video - Eldorado and Senior Vice President of Svyaznoy, became the executive director of the network. Ivanova, as the newspaper notes, in a welcoming letter announced an "extremely difficult period" that the company lives, and the need to change the business model.

A source close to the company notes that before leaving Svyaznoy, Dagmar Ivanov was engaged in increasing business efficiency, during its work, in particular, the retailer had a contract with Apple.

In addition, she is a person from the team of Oleg Malis, and now, most likely, she returned at his request to try to save the company, the source believes.

Earlier in 2023, Svyaznoy initiated its own bankruptcy due to debts of more than 15 billion rubles. At the same time, the company had difficulties much earlier than the initiation of bankruptcy, and the revival of the network is unlikely, experts interviewed by the publication say. They noted that in 2022, the company closed CStore mono-brand stores that distributed Apple products, which makes it difficult for the company to successfully compete in assortment and prices with other market participants. The company's financial problems will not contribute to the conclusion of contracts for exclusive sales with manufacturers.^[1]

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