Gusakov Vladimir

Gusakov Vladimir

Career

2023: Appointment as CEO of ACRA

On August 18, 2023, the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) announced the change of CEO. Instead of Mikhail Sukhov, who will resign on August 30, 2023, a member of the Board of Directors of ACRA, Managing Director for Interaction with Issuers and Authorities of the Moscow Exchange Vladimir Gusakov was appointed. Sukhov will move to the position of adviser to the board of directors of ACRA.

Over the past three years, ACRA has strengthened its leadership in the rating services market due to its high reputation and quality of work, "says Sergey Dubinin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACRA, commenting on Sukhov's departure from the post of general director of the agency. - The Board of Directors thanks Mikhail Igorevich for achieving the main substantive tasks of ACRA development for 2020-2023 and expects to continue cooperation.

In turn, Mikhail Sukhov thanked the team, the board of directors, regulators, partners and shareholders for their joint work. He noted that by joint efforts it was possible to turn ACRA into a highly effective institution, which occupies an important place in providing the financial market with high-quality credit expertise.

My decision is connected with the achievement of my goals in business and administration and with the desire to focus in ACRA on more creative methodological and analytical areas, - said Sukhov, whose words are quoted by the agency's press service.

ACRA is the first Russian rating agency that has accredited Central Bank (now "," RA Expert NKR and NRA are already accredited with it). ACRA shareholders are 27 Russian companies, including Alfa-Bank Sberbank "." Severstal The role of Russian rating agencies increased significantly in 2022, when To Ukraine agencies, S&P Moody's and, left the Russian market due to a special operation and sanctions - Fitch it is their ratings that are now used in the regulation of the government and the Central Bank.^[1] Board^[2]

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