Yevgeny Shkolov has been chosen to head Uralvagonzavod's board of directors

09.11.2011 — News

SVERDLOVSK REGION.

Seven out of the eleven members of the board of directors of the Uralvagonzavod research and production corporation, OJSC retained their posts. The new board was chosen on Nov. 7, 2011 at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.

The corporation's press office told RusBusinessNews that the board added the following members: Yury Borisov, the first deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation; Nikolai Arkhipov, the deputy director of the Russian Ministry of defense; Sergei Mayev, the chairman of the all-Russian public-state organization the Voluntary Association of Assistance to the Russian Army, Air Force, and Navy; and Evgeny Shkolov, an independent director.

The updated board is headed by Yevgeny Shkolov, who previously served with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while he was stationed with the KGB in Germany. Between 2007 and 2011 Yevgeny Shkolov was the Russian deputy minister of internal affairs.

The Federal Agency for Managing Public Assets owns 100% of the shares of the Uralvagonzavod research and production corporation, OJSC.