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2022: IBS co-founder Matsotsky leaves the board of directors of VimpelCom

On April 27, 2022, the resignation of Sergei Matsotsky from the board of directors of VimpelCom was announced. The telecommunications company reported that the co-founder of the IBS IT group made such a decision of his own free will. According to TASS, the statement of the VimpelCom press service, from the moment of filing a notification of the refusal of his powers on the board of directors, Sergey Matsotsky stopped participating in meetings and absentee votes of the board of directors, and also does not receive information materials.

Co-founder of IBS Matsotsky left the board of directors of VimpelCom

Matsotsky has been on the board of directors of VimpelCom since March 2021. The reasons for his departure are not reported. Earlier in April 2022, IBS owner Anatoly Karachinsky fell under US sanctions. Although the source of claims was Otkritie Bank ( Karachinsky was a member of the supervisory board of this credit institution), IBS may also fall under restrictions as a result, lawyers interviewed by Kommersant say.

The source of the publication on the information security market believes that for IBS sanctions are critical both in terms of equipment supplies, for example, for information security, and in terms of working with partners abroad.

Earlier in April 2022, the board of directors of VimpelCom left the financial director of the telecom holding Veon (owner of the Russian telecom operator) Serkan Okandan and the chief managing director of Alfa Bank Vladimir Verkhoshinsky.

Thus , the board of directors of VimpelCom remained:

• Veon CEO Kaan Terzioglu;
• Veon HR Director Michael Schultz;
• former top manager of McKinsey & Company and sister of the ex-head of VimpelCom Natalya Izosimova;
• ex-CEO Qiwi Boris Kim;
• Veon Portfolio Manager Dmitry Shvets;
• Alex Bolis, head of corporate strategy, communications and investor relations at the holding.^[1]

2021: Approval of the new Board of Directors

On March 4, 2021, VimpelCom shareholders elected a new composition of the company's board of directors. The new members were:

• QiwiDirector General Boris Kim;
• former top manager of McKinsey & Company Natalya Izosimova;
• co-founder of IBSSergey Matsotsky;

The board of VimpelCom was left by Veon Deputy Chief Financial Officer Murat Kirkgoz, and the following members were re-elected:

• Veon co-directors Kaan Terzioglu and Sergie Herrero;
• Chief Financial Officer of Veon Serkan Okandan;
• Veon Strategy Director Alexander Kazbegi.

VimpelCom approves new board of directors

Thus, the board of directors of VimpelCom by March 4, 2021 consists of seven members. The top management includes 17 people - at least this number appears in the corresponding section on the website of the telecom operator.

According to TASS, the Russian News Agency, citing the VimpelCom press service, the changes in the company's board of directors correspond to the new operating model of Veon holding, which includes the Russian mobile and fixed-line operator.

As mentioned in Veon's 2020 results, the team completed a major transformation from a centralized structure to a structure with fully authorized operations in countries managed by local operating councils. This allowed us to further rely on local knowledge and experience, and accelerate decision-making processes in all local areas of business, "VimpelCom noted.

In early 2021, Veon introduced independent directors to the board of directors of Kyivstar. They became the chairman of the board of directors of the pharmaceutical company Darnitsa Group Dimtriy Shimkiv (at different times he was deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian representative office of Microsoft), co-founder of the investment fund Diligent Capital Partners Daniil Pasko and chairman of the board of Naftogaz Ukraine Andrei Kobolev.^[2][3]

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