Vitaliy Savelyev

Mr. Savelyev graduated from the mechanical engineering faculty of the Polytechnic Institute in Leningrad. He participated in the construction of the Sayanno-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant. In 1986 he received his second degree from the University of Engineering and Economics. In 1988 he founded and became head of the Leningrad branch of the Soviet-American company “Dialog” – the first company for computer equipment and software promotion. In 1989 he became a shareholder and a member of the board of directors of Dialog Bank. In 1990-1993 Mr. Savelyev was the President of Soviet-American enterprise DialogInvest. In 1993-1995 he became Chairman of Rossiya bank. In 1995 Mr. Savelyev worked as the Chairman of Menatep SPB bank, in 2001 he was appointed deputy chairman of Gazprom, from 2002 till 2004 was the vice president of Gros, an adviser of the general director of Svyazinvest for finance and IT-technologies, from 2004 till 2007 worked as the deputy minister of economic development and trade. Since 2007 First Vice President of Sistema, Head of telecommunications asset management division.