Touch Michael Boris

Touch Michael Boris

Biography

Education

1998: University of Maryland

In 1998 he graduated from the University of Maryland in the USA with a degree in Economics and Finance.

Career

1998: GE Capital

Immediately after graduating from the University in 1998, he began his career at GE Capital, where he managed projects in 12 countries and developed business in the USA, Mexico and Russia.

Chief Financial Officer of GE Money Bank Russia

While working at GE Money Bank Russia, he served as CFO.

2007: Executive Vice President of Svyaznoy Group

Since 2007, he acted as Executive Vice President of the Svyaznoy Group.

2013: CEO

In August 2013, he headed the company as CEO.

On January 15, 2015, it became known about the departure of Michael Tach from Svyaznoy Group of Companies. ^[1] its^[1].

author = Oleg Malis Surely there will be a version that Michael and I did not work together, so I will immediately refute it. Michael in 2015 successfully completed an important stage in the development of the retailer and only after that came to me to discuss his decision to change his career.

2016: Chief Executive Officer of M.Video

In 2016, Michael Tach was appointed Executive Director of the M.Video retail chain.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M.video is responsible for the entire operations of the company, managed by the Retail Sales Directorate, the Commercial Directorate, the Marketing Directorate, the Directorate for Supply Management, Distribution and Logistics, Information Technology and Projects, the Financial Directorate, the Human Resources Directorate, the Retail Network Development Directorate and others. CEO of OOO M.video Management reports directly to Alexander Tynkovan, President and CEO of M.video Group.

Michael Tach worked as CEO of M.video Management for only 7 months and left the company in August 2016.

"The new management model of the company, introduced at the beginning of this year, has already proved its effectiveness - M.video has strengthened its leadership position in the market and is successfully piloting or has already launched a number of projects aimed at developing the segment of connected devices and services (connected services), online sales. I am grateful to Michael for his participation in the development of the business, the dynamics and positive motivation that he managed to bring. Michael leaves the company, and we made this decision together, since our views on the methods and pace of implementation of M.video's strategic plans turned out to be different, "said Alexander Tynkovan, President and CEO of M.video Group M.Video^[2]

2017: Alfa-Bank

From October 6, 2017 to April 9, 2019 - Head of the Retail Business block. Alfa-Bank

2019: Deputy Chairman of the Management Board

Since April 10, 2019 - Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Director of Retail Business, Member of the Management Board of Alfa-Bank.

2022

Investing in Direct Courier Delivery Service

On February 21, 2022, Master Delivery, which develops the Direct courier delivery service, announced the attraction of $6 million in investments for development abroad, as well as for further scaling in the Russian market. Invested in the startup:

• Yum! Brands Inc. (brand owner of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut);
• businessman Aleksei Romanov;
• founder of the fintech project "Conscience" Oleg Ryazhenov-Sims;
• former head of Svyaznoy Denis Lyudkovsky;
• restaurateur and co-owner of the media agency MGCom Dmitry Gorelik;
• top Alfa-Bank manager Michael Touch;
• Master Delivery CEO Igor Shiyanov;
• venture capital arm of Boston Consulting Group. Read more here.

Dismissal from Alfa-Bank

In 2022, he left Alfa Bank.

Family

He is married and has three children.

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