Chirakhov Vladimir

Chirakhov Vladimir

Education

Vladimir Chirakhov graduated with honors from the FSB Academy in 1996 with a degree in applied mathematics with the qualification of engineer-mathematician, and in 2001 - the Academy of National Economy under the Government with a degree in management. In 2013, he graduated from the Executive MBA course at the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management.

Biography

2001-2009

From 2001 to 2009, Vladimir Chirakhov worked in retail companies: Party-Electronics, M.Video and Lindex.

2009-2012: Work in the company "Korablik"

In 2009-2012, he worked at Korablik, where he was a commercial and then general director.

2012: Appointment as CEO of Detsky Mir

Vladimir Chirakhov took the post of general director of Detsky Mir.

2020: Appointment as President of AFK Sistema

On April 20, 2020, Vladimir Chirakhov took office as president of AFK Sistema "instead of Andrei Dubovskov, who was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the corporation.

In early March 2020, Chirakhov  left the post of general director of Detsky Mir ahead of schedule, and in early April he was elected chairman of the company's board of directors, and his deputy Maria Davydova became the new head of the retailer.

Under the management of Vladimir Chirakhov in a highly competitive market, Detsky Mir was able not only to increase its market share, but also to increase profitability, as well as return a significant part of the value to shareholders in the form of dividends, senior analyst at Gazprombank Marat Ibragimov told Kommersant. At the same time, the company has demonstrated progress in the online segment, which pays dividends during self-isolation and a drop in traffic in traditional retail, he recalls. Chirakhov's experience in building a retail business can be scaled up to all portfolio companies of AFK Sistema, including MTS retail, agrees Nikolai Gabyshev, managing partner of Peregrine Capital.^[1]

The head of Infoline-Analytics Mikhail Burmistrov believes that in the current economic situation, the experience of the anti-crisis management of Vladimir Chirakhov will be useful and will allow AFK Sistema to use the crisis to buy new assets.

2022: Departure from AFK Sistema

On July 12, 2022, it became known that Vladimir Chirakhov, who served as president of AFK Sistema, left the corporation. He will deal with his own projects and will also join the boards of directors of various assets of the corporation.^[2]. Tagir Sitdekov became the^[3] of Vladimir Chirakhov.

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