Kalmykov Andrei Yuryevich

Kalmykov Andrei Yuryevich

Biography

Andrei Kalmykov was born in 1974.

Education

In 1996 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation. He speaks English and Turkish.

Career

Since April 1996, he served as commercial director of Institute of Business LLC.

From November 1998 to November 2008 - Commercial Director, CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sunrise Tour Group of Companies.

From December 2008 to April 2010 - Assistant Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Since April 2010, he has been the Deputy General Director - Commercial Director of Aeroflot.

2012: Suspicions of involvement in the bankruptcy of Lanta-tour voyage

People calling themselves former employees of the tour operator "Lanta-tour voyage" accused Andrei Kalmykov of the problems of "Lanta-tour voyage." According to the authors of the letter, his relatives control the Sunrise Tour company, which competes with the Lanta Tour Voyage^[1].

"We directly declare that Kalmykov is to blame for the suspension of the Lanta Tour Voyage, and Kalmykov is to blame for the Capital Tour," the statement says, dated January 30 (Vedomosti has the text of the appeal).

According to the authors, Kalmykov, who holds the position of Deputy General Director of Aeroflot, was guided by personal goals: "Eliminate competitors from the market and" clear "the road for the" family "Sunrise company. According to SPARK, the owner of 1% of Sunrise Tour is Alexander Fadeev, and 99% of this company is Sunrise Asset Management, which is owned on a parity basis by Oksana and Evgenia Kalmykov. Oksana is the wife of Andrei Kalmykov.

Aeroflot said in a statement that the company was not involved in the bankruptcy of Lanta Tour Voyage^[2]

Later, the airline announced that it would check its contractual relations with the Sunrise tour operator^[3]

2022

Resignation as CEO

The head of the Pobeda airline, Andrei Kalmykov, resigned. This became known on March 4, 2022.

Before leaving, he wrote a farewell letter to the airline staff.

Today is my last appeal to you as CEO. I made a difficult decision to leave our project, "the letter says.

Kalmykov remains in Russia and will develop other projects in which "he can bring more benefit," he said in a farewell letter.

The company confirmed Kalmykov's departure to the publication.

This is his personal decision, - said the representative of Pobeda.

Kalmykov added that at the beginning of March 2022, the company is "absolutely stable," there is a "record amount of money" in its accounts, and the company has no credit obligations.

His deputy Andrei Yurikov became the acting head of Pobeda. He was deputy general director for engineering and aviation support of the company.

On February 27, Baza, citing a source, reported that Kalmykov left Russia on February 24. He flew to Switzerland with his family, wrote the Telegram channel.

Kalmykov flew to Frankfurt on February 22, - said then the official representative of "Victory[4].

Appointment as CEO of Perekrestok

On August 31, 2022, X5 Group announced the appointment of Andrei Kalmykov as the new CEO of Perekrestok. In this post, he will replace Vladimir Sadovin, who has been acting head of the retailer since the beginning of 2022. Then Vladislav Kurbatov, who headed Perekrestok, was appointed general director of the Pyaterochka chain of stores near the house (also owned by X5).

I'm happy to join the Kh5 team. Perekrestok was the first supermarket in Russia and grew into the largest chain in its segment. Now I will make Perekrestok the most effective supermarket chain with a unique assortment and high quality of products, - commented on his appointment Andrei Kalmykov.

Andrey Kalmykov appointed general director of Perekrestok

Igor Shekhterman, Chief Executive Officer of X5 Group, expressed confidence that Andrei Kalmykov's personal qualities and professional competencies, especially his ability to create a unique client offer, motivate the team and achieve results, will help implement the company's strategy in the supermarket segment.

Perekrestok is the largest supermarket chain in Russia and the second largest Kh5 format (after Pyaterochka). At the end of June 2022, the Perekrestok chain united 986 supermarkets.^[5]

Senior analyst at Gazprombank Marat Ibragimov, commenting on Kalmykov's appointment as head of Perekrestok, noted that X5 usually supplied personnel for the entire retail market, and now decided to attract top managers from another industry. But in general, there were such cases in the industry. Thus, the former general director of Pyaterochka and Magnit Olga Naumova came to retail after working in the structures of Severstal and NLMK, the expert noted in a conversation with Kommersant.

The general director of Infoline-Analytics Mikhail Burmistrov notes that the experience of the previous successful leaders of Perekrestok Vladimir Sorokin and Vladislav Kurbatov shows that for effective management and transformation of the network, first of all, competencies are needed in building complex systems that Andrei Kalmykov has.

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