Leonid Melamed

Leonid Melamed is the President and CEO of Sistema from May 29, 2008. Prior to his current role, he served as the President and CEO of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) from June 14, 2006. He is a member of the Board of Directors of MTS from June 23, 2006.

Prior to joining MTS, Leonid Melamed worked at ROSNO between 1991 and 2006, and served as the Director General and Chairman of the Management Board since 2003.

Between 2004 and 2006, Mr. Melamed served as the Chairman of the Expert Council on Insurance Legislation, part of the Russian State Duma Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets.

Mr. Melamed has won numerous awards in Russia for his successes in strategic leadership and operational efficiency. For instance, in 2004, Mr. Melamed was named “Person of the Year” in the annual “People of the Year” project by internet holding company Rambler. He was also selected as one of the 250 “Young Global Leaders” by the World Economic Forum in 2007.

In 2008, Mr. Melamed joined the Board of the GSM Association, the global trade association for the mobile industry.

Leonid Melamed was born in 1967 in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and holds PhD in Medicine.