Elena Shmatova was born in 1959 in Moscow. Graduated from economics department of the Moscow institute of communication. In 1990 held a post of the chief financial officer of company "EMS Garantpost". In 1992 was the deputy finance director of the operator of an international telecommunication Sprint International. Since 1999 works in JSC VimpelCom since a position of the financial controller. Afterwards it was appointed to a post of the director of treasury of the operator. Since 2003 – the vice president for finance, since 2005 – the executive vice president for finance. Since June, 2010 held a position of the CEO of JSC VimpelCom. Since January, 2012 worked in Vimpelcom Ltd holding (the director of business control, development, merges and absorption). Elena Shmatova decided "try new opportunities outside the company".