Kornya Aleksei Valeryevich

Kornya Aleksei Valeryevich

Biography

Aleksei Kornya was born on December 16, 1975.

In 1998, he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.

He worked for North-West Telecom and PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit

In 2004, Aleksei Kornya began working at MTS as the financial director of the regional division of MTS Ural.

In 2004-2007, he was Director of the MTS Business Planning Group.

Since March 2007, he took the post of Director of the MTS Group for Controlling.

Since 2008 - BPiO, and since 2010 - Vice President of MTS PJSC for Finance and Investments.

In 2008, he joined the Board of Directors of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS Belorus).

In 2009, he joined the Board of Directors of International Cell Holding LTD.

In 2012, he became a member of the Board of Directors of CJSC RTK.

In 2014, he was included in the Board of Directors of MTS-Bank PJSC.

In 2015, he joined the Board of Directors of Sistema Capital Management Company.

In June 2015, by the decision of the General Meeting of MTS-Bank PJSC, he was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the company, a member of the Strategy and Risk Management Committee.

From June 2016 to March 2018 - Vice President for Finance, Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions of MTS.

As of March 2018, he is a member of the budget committee under the Board of Directors of MTS PJSC and the Supervisory Board of MTS Ukraine PrJSC.

2018: President of MTS

On March 1, 2018, by a decision of the MTS Board of Directors, he Aleksei Kornya appointed president of the Russian telecommunications operator and digital service provider MTS for a period of three years. In this post, he replaced Andrei Dubovskov, who, of his own free will, prematurely terminated the duties of president and chairman of the company's board.

Aleksei Kornya will take office as president of MTS on March 13, 2018.

We are confident that MTS President Aleksei Kornya will continue to implement MTS strategic initiatives towards the development of an effective ecosystem of digital services. There is no doubt that Alexey's extensive experience in the company, his immersion in all business processes and industry specifics will further strengthen MTS's position in all markets of presence and create additional opportunities for business growth in new segments, "commented Ron Sommer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MTS.

On June 22, 2018, by the decision of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of MGTS, Aleksei Kornya was included in the Board of Directors of the company.

2021: Leaving MTS

In early March 2021, Aleksei Kornya left MTS, where he served as president of the company. He is nominated for the position of First Vice President of AFK Sistema.

2022

Appointment as Executive Director of Magnit

On January 20, 2022, the appointment of Aleksei Kornya as the new executive director of Magnit was announced. In this position, the former president of MTS will deal with the digital transformation of the retailer, as well as the development of digital services for buyers.

According to TASS, citing Magnit's statement, Aleksei Kornya area of ​ ​ responsibility will include e-commerce, financial and legal functions, investment and risk management. At the same time, the director of digital technologies of Magnit is Yuri Misnik, who previously worked at Microsoft, Amazon and First Abu Dhabi Bank.

The ex-president of MTS became the executive director of Magnit and took up its digital transformation

The former executive director and deputy general director of Magnit was the founder of LamodaFlorian Jansen, who left the company in the summer of 2021. Then the retailer announced structural changes aimed at accelerating the pace of e-commerce development. As a result, the position of executive director held by Jansen was abolished.

With vast management experience in the telecommunications industry, Alexey will strengthen the Company's top management team, which will allow us to even more effectively solve the problem of aggressive growth and digital transformation of the Company, "said Jan Dunning, President, CEO of Magnit retail chain, commenting on Kornya's appointment as executive director.

By January 2022, Magnit is the second largest Russian retailer, its main competitor is the owner of Pyaterochek, Perekrestkov and discounters Chizhik Kh5 Group. At the same time, Magnit surpasses X5 in the number of stores: Magnit has 25,315 stores, while X5 has 18,648 stores.

By January 2022, Magnit continues the company's digital transformation. One of the main components of this program is the transition to the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) system^[1]

Performing the duties of Magnit's E-Commerce Director

The Board of Directors decided to terminate the powers of Andrei Lukashevich as a member of the Board. This became known on April 12, 2022. Lukashevich's function in the company will continue to be implemented by the executive director, deputy general director Aleksei Kornya, whose responsibility already included the e-commerce unit.

2024: CTF Executive Appointment

On June 5, 2024, it became known that MTS former president Aleksei Kornya took the post of co-head of the company CTF , one of the structures. " Alfa Group CTF is the owner, X5 Group which in turn manages the retail chains "," Five"" and Intersection"."Siskin

The fact that Kornya has been appointed to a new post is reported by RBC. As part of CTF, he is not engaged in operational activities. Knowledgeable individuals say its "role is more of a coordination and consultation role." In this case, the position is technical. It is also noted that at the end of March 2024, X5 Group shareholders included Aleksei Kornya in the supervisory board of the company.

Before becoming one of the leaders of CTF, Aleksei Kornya worked as the executive director of the Magnit retail chain. Infoline-Analytics CEO Mikhail Burmistrov notes that the top manager "objectively has very serious competencies in terms of the development of complex ecosystem businesses, experience in technology companies, and the use of customer data." This experience, according to Burmistrov, can be applied in the X5 Group, whose business is also based on an ecosystem approach: the active development of online business, loyalty programs, retail media, sales of ready-made food, etc.

In turn, Data Insight partner Fedor Virin says that the largest Russian retail is at the stage of "difficult transformation," which provides for the active development of the online direction. Kh5 Group develops various Internet services, including individual ones, such as Vprok. At the end of 2023, Kh5 Group processed approximately 76.5 million online orders, and the group's revenue from online businesses reached 123.6 billion rubles^[2]

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