Andrei Zemnitsky
President of A1

Mr. Zemnitsky serves as President of A1 where he is responsible for overall strategic business development. From 1998 to 2000 he was an advisor to the World Bank (IBRD), dealing with international trade in financial and telecommunication services. From 2000 to 2002 he was a Vice-President of the Investment Banking Directorate at the Russian Investors Company, participating in a vast number of M&A and consulting projects. In 2003 Mr. Zemnitsky served as Deputy Director of the Business Development Department at VimpelCom where he was responsible for the development and implementation of VimpelCom's acquisition strategy in Russia and across the CIS. From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Zemnitsky was a Project Manager at Alfa Group Corporate Center, where he held responsibility for the strategic and investment planning processes of the Group companies and provided expert counsel to Alfa Group companies regarding merger and acquisition activities. From 2005 until July 2009 he served as Vice-President and Senior Vice-President in the Business Development Department at Altimo. Mr. Zemnitsky holds a Masters Degree in Economic Theory and also is a candidate of economic science at the State University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He was awarded a CFA designation in 2004 and is one of the founders of CFA Association (Russia). He was born in Novosibirsk, Russia in 1976.

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