Three top managers leave VimpelCom – News – Telecommunications – Kommersant

Until the end of December, VimpelCom will leave Olga Filatova, Vice President for Human Resources Management, Organizational Development and Support, Igor Bardintsev, Vice President for Data Operations, and Igor Plotnikov, Vice President for Quality and Customer Experience, follows from a letter from Alexander Torbakhov, CEO of the company. address of employees dated December 9 (Kommersant has it). Mr. Plotnikov was appointed to the position of vice president only in April, he joined VimpelCom in the summer of 2020 as director of network and technology development.

The position of Mr. Plotnikov will be taken by Mikhail Karakulin, who until now was the technical director of the Moscow region of Vimpelcom, the company has begun searching for candidates for other positions, follows from the letter. In it, Mr. Torbakhov also notes that thanks to Olga Filatova and Igor Bardintsev, the company has gone through “all crises”.

Alexander Torbakhov, through the press service, confirmed to Kommersant that “some members of our team are indeed leaving the company”: “Igor Bardintsev and Igor Plotnikov left on December 9th. Before the end of the year, Olga Filatova will also leave. We are grateful to our colleagues for their long and fruitful work.”

Earlier, the top management of the Russian VimpelCom, headed by Alexander Torbakhov, agreed to buy the asset from the Dutch holding Veon in exchange for paying off its debt at the end of November (see below). “Kommersant” dated November 24). After that, Eurobond holders of Veon Holdings BV began to file claims against the company. The management company “Leader” filed a lawsuit against VimpelCom for 1.75 billion rubles. “Leader” also tried to stop the sale of VimpelCom to its top management through the court, but the Moscow Arbitration Court refused in satisfying the requirements for interim measures. Later, the management company (UK) Pervaya (the former Sber Asset Management) filed a lawsuit against VimpelCom for 2.13 billion rubles, follows from data files of arbitration cases. The application was filed on December 2, the essence of the claims is not disclosed.

Julia Silence