Ilya Herkus will step down as president of Torpedo on March 1

Ilya Gerkus will leave the post of president of the football club “Torpedo” on March 1. The vacant position will be occupied by Yaroslav Savin, reported press office Moscow team.

The decision to terminate cooperation, Mr. Herkus made jointly with the Board of Directors of the club, the press service reports.

“In accordance with the principle of separation of powers, the head of the executive body will no longer be a member of the club’s board of directors. Its new composition, in accordance with the accepted legal procedures, will be formed by mid-March 2023, ”the words of the acting president are quoted in a press release. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Torpedo Anatoly Khodorovsky.

According to the press service, the new club president Yaroslav Savin was born in 1984. He graduated from the Johan Cruyff Institute and the Barca Innovation Hub. Both schools are located in Barcelona. Mr. Savin trained at Manchester United, Galatasaray and Barcelona. In addition, he has served as Nike Football Club Manager and CEO of Under Armor’s partner network in Russia, and founded the Sportuniver sports university.

Ilya Gerkus has served as president of Torpedo since August 18, 2022. He was born in 1972 and graduated from St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance. Since 2008, he worked as Deputy General Director for Economics and Finance at Zenit, and in 2011, he took the position of Deputy for Strategic Development at the St. Petersburg club. From 2016 to 2018 he was the president of FC Lokomotiv.

Now Torpedo occupies the last, 16th place in the Russian Premier League and is in the relegation zone. After 17 league matches, the team has accumulated six points, winning one match, drawing three and losing 13 times.

Erdni Kagaltynov