Kotilevsky Alexander

Career

2023: Appointment as CEO of Apple in Russia

At the end of January 2023, it became known about the change of the CEO of Apple Rus. He was appointed Alexander Kotilevsky. Since the end of 2017, the Russian representative office of the American manufacturer electronic engineers Apple has been headed by Vitaly Morozko.

The fact that Alexander Kotilevsky began to lead Apple's office in the Russian Federation was reported by TASS, citing data from SPARK-Interfax. It is noted that the change of CEO occurred on January 27, 2023.

At the end of January 2023, it became known about the change of the CEO of Apple Rus. Alexander Kotilevsky was appointed him

TASS notes that information about the new general director has not been published in the public domain. Andrey Popelnyukh, a specialist at the Intercession law firm, believes that the change in the head of Apple Rus is a consequence of the companies' failure to comply with the requirements for processing personal data, which is why she was brought to administrative responsibility.

The appointment by the CEO of a person who previously implemented the procedure for localizing personal data in the company testifies to the intentions of the company "left the Russian market" to minimize the potential risks of prosecution for similar violations in the future, from which the conclusion follows about the formal continuation of the company's activities in Russia. At a minimum, the American brand did not refuse warranty obligations in the Russian Federation, "he said.

Infoline CEO Ivan Fedyakov says that Apple had assets in the Russian Federation that the company failed to realize and which will be impossible to take out.

Therefore, I think that what is left, I want to share someone, "he said.

Earlier, RBC, citing sources in the commercial real estate market, reported that Apple would refuse to lease a Russian office in the Romanov Dvor business center near the Kremlin in Moscow.^[1]

2019

In 2019, the Roskomnadzor website reported that Kotilevsky was appointed responsible for the procedure for processing personal data of Apple customers in Russia.

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