Gubanov Andrei Borisovich

Gubanov Andrei Borisovich

Biography

Education

Andrey Gubanov graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.

He received an MBA from IE Business School.

Career

He held a number of leadership positions in LLC "R. I. K. +" - a multidisciplinary company engaged, among other things, in the distribution of components for PCs, the assembly of digital equipment, as well as consulting in the field of IT.

Member of the Board of the Beautiful Children in a Beautiful World Charitable Foundation.

Andrey Gubanov has held various senior positions in the group's companies M of Video El Dorado for 11 years and was responsible for launching telecommunication retailer the m_mobile and creating the B2B-Marketplace M.Business. The responsibilities included managing digital products, creating and maintaining a new telecommunications retailer (m_mobile), developing small format stores, managing both offline and online sales with a record market share, smartphones as well as building a B2B-Marketplace (M.Business).

2020

Vice President of VimpelCom

On July 28, 2020, it became known that Andrei Gubanov was appointed to the post of vice president for distribution of PJSC VimpelCom (Beeline brand). Bilaine claims that its expertise will transform the company's sales and customer service system at points of sale.

In this position, Andrei Gubanov will be responsible for strengthening Beeline's position in retail, as well as for the representation of the Beeline brand in all offline sales channels. Andrei Gubanov's tasks will include reforming retail, building effective sales office formats that meet the challenges of a changing market and customer expectations in the digital retail era. In addition, his area of ​ ​ responsibility will include the development of sales formats and the expansion of the partner network.

The functionality of Andrei Gubanov was previously in the area of ​ ​ responsibility of Yuri Smagarinsky, who left the company^[1]

MTS Telecommunications Business Equipment Director

He served as director of equipment telecommunication in business. MTS

2022: General Director of MTS Retail Network

On December 8, 2022, MTS PJSC announced the appointment of Andrei Gubanov as General Director of the MTS retail network (RTK JSC). The appointment comes into force on January 1, 2023.

In this role, Andrei will be responsible for strengthening MTS's position in the retail retail market and will replace Farid Kamalov, who was appointed CEO of Concept Group, in this position. During December, the transfer of cases will take place.

I wish Farid success in his role and thank you for a year and a half of work together. During this time, RTK has transformed into a retail network of a new format with a functional online store and an endless shelf, - commented MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev. I gladly greet Andrei in the team. It has goals to further strengthen our network's market position and promote ecosystem solutions. Loyalty to MTS digital services and products is largely formed through physical points of contact with the buyer and positively affects the "life time" of the client within the ecosystem, contributing to the achievement of our long-term business strategy, - added Vyacheslav Nikolaev.

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