Kalanda Larisa Vyacheslavovna

Kalanda Larisa Vyacheslavovna

Biography

In 1985, Larisa Kalanda graduated from the Sverdlovsk Law Institute with a degree in Jurisprudence, in 1994 - graduate school of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus.

Since 1997 - Deputy Head of the Legal Service of TNK OJSC, TNK-BP Management OJSC.

2003: Vice President, Legal Support, TNK-BP Management

From September 2003 to 2006 - Vice President for Legal Support of the Business of TNK-BP Management OJSC.

2006: Vice President of Rosneft

Since 2006, Vice President of NK Rosneft has been overseeing the legal support of the company's financial and economic activities, the development and implementation of a legal policy to protect the assets and interests of the Company (its shareholders), subsidiaries (affiliates).

2007: Acting General Director of Rosneftegaz

Since June 2007, Kalanda has been acting general director of Rosneftegaz, whose board of directors is headed by Igor Sechin.

2009: Deputy Chairman of the Board of Rosneft

In October 2009, by a decision of the Board of Directors of the company, she was appointed deputy chairman of the board of OAO NK Rosneft.

He is a member of the board of directors of Transneft, AK. At this time, Larisa Kalanda owns 874,168 shares of Rosneft OJSC (0.0082% of the company's authorized capital).

In 2012, when Rosneft was headed by Igor Sechin, Kalanda was included in the company's board and appointed vice president for interaction with authorities. Since July 2015, she also headed the company's apparatus.

Kalanda was the key manager of the company. A former federal official says that without her, Sechin did not make a single important decision and entrusted her with solving the most important issues. "For example, in 2012-2013, Kalanda was engaged in coordinating with state agencies the conditions for the purchase by Rosneft of TNK-BP assets and the purchase by BP of 5.66% of Rosneft's shares," the source recalls RBC.

In May 2016, it became known that Kalanda had expired and would not be renewed due to the personal circumstances of the top manager.

Two sources of RBC claim that the reason for Kalanda's departure is disagreements with Sechin, but they do not explain the details. Kalanda did not leave, she was fired - two interlocutors of RBC are categorical.

A friend of Kalanda explains that she is "connected with Sechin a lot," so Sechin found it difficult to part with her, unlike the former vice president of Rosneft for finance Svyatoslav Slavinsky, who recently ended a three-year contract and was not extended. In the summer of 2015, it became known that another top manager, Rashid Sharipov, also close to Sechin, left Rosneft. At the time of his resignation, he held the post of chief of staff of Sechin (Kalanda just replaced him as acting). "Both Larisa and Rashid are too independent," the source said. At Rosneft, "everything is extremely vitriolic and ambiguous to subordinates, she [Kalanda] acted as an interpreter. Until some point, this was perceived, although not without criticism, "he adds.

As of May 2016, Kalanda owns 2.17 million shares of Rosneft (0.0205% of the authorized capital). On May 26, this package on the Moscow Exchange cost 707.25 million rubles^[1].

In March 2021, Forbes estimated Larisa Kalanda's fortune at $75 million. As a source, income from work at Rosneft and Transneft, investments in Rosneft shares are indicated.

Family

Kalanda's husband is the first deputy director of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) Vladimir Kalanda. In 2014, he earned 4 million rubles, follows from the declaration posted on the FSKN website. His wife indicated an income of 334.5 million rubles. For 2015, the declaration was not published. In April 2016, President Vladimir Putin announced the liquidation of the FSKN as an independent structure. Together with the FMS, the service became part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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