Akinin Maxims Nikolaevich

Akinin Maxims Nikolaevich

Biography

Born January 21, 1973

In 1995 he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Chemical Engineering.

In 2010, he was educated at VAVT (All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade) with a degree in Business Management.

After graduation, he worked in the field of IT.

2018: Director of Telecommunications Department "CIS Classics"

In 1998, he was appointed director of the telecommunications department of CJSC Classica CIS.

2005: Deputy Director of Telecom Sales at Alcatel

Since 2005 - Deputy Director of Sales to Telecom Operators at Alcatel (since 2006 - Alcatel-Lucent, Russia).

2008-2009: Director of Operator Sales at Nortel Networks in Russia

From 2008 to 2009 - Director of Sales to Operators at Nortel Networks (Russia).

2010: Level 3 Communications Account Director

Since 2010 - Director of Customer Relations, Level 3 Communications.

2011: Sales Director in Russia and CIS Level 3 Communications

In 2011, he was appointed Director of Sales in Russia and the CIS Level 3 Communications.

2017: Director of the Department for Work with International Telecom Operators Rostelecom

Maxim Akinin joined Rostelecom in June 2017 as director of the department for working with international telecom operators.

2021: Atlas CEO

On April 6, 2021, it became known that the general Rostelecom Atlas FOCL Russia director was replaced in the project company "" - an LLC created to execute the TEA NEXT project for laying from the western to eastern borders.

Instead of Larisa Tkachuk, who headed Atlas since November 2020, Maxim Akinin became the general director of the company. This follows from the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.

Rostelecom said that during the work of Larisa Tkachuk ensured the start of the technical implementation of the TEA NEXT project.

Maxim Akinin combines the position of director of the department for work with international telecom operators Rostelecom and the management of Atlas. The priority tasks facing Maxim are to ensure the continuity of the development of the project and its commercial implementation, the operator's press service said.

Vsevolod Korzhaev, project director of the department for working with international telecom operators of Rostelecom, said that, in addition to Rostelecom, Atlas will include other shareholders. Rostelecom replied that as of April 2021, work continues on structuring and formalizing agreements for the entry of alleged external investors. Who it will be is not yet called in Rostelecom.

Finam Group analyst Leonid Delitsyn said that the peculiarity of the Atlas business model consisted in the intention to sell the infrastructure to telecom operators, including foreign (for example, Chinese).

Both foreign and Russian shareholders need confidence that the company's director will be able to convince potential consumers to acquire infrastructure. Maxim Akinin, who heads the department for working with international telecom operators, knows the needs and decision-making system in foreign companies, since he worked at Nortel and Level3 before Rostelecom, "said[1]