Board of Directors

The Board of directors as above specified was formed according to the decision taken by the Company's shareholders at its annual general meeting on June 30, 2006.

Biographical data of members of the Company Board of Directors in brief

Gagarin Nickolay Alexeyevich

Date of birth: December 4, 1950.

Lawyer. Managing Partner to the non-profit organization of Advocatory Bureau “Reznik, Gagarin, Abushakhmin & Partners”.

Chairman of the Board of directors, JSC “Tuapsinskiy Marine Trading Port”.

Member of the Board of directors, JSC “Novollipetskiy Metallurgical Combine”.

Honored lawyer of the Russian Federation.

Universal expert in criminal protection, representation in the arbitration court, legal consulting in the field of economics and management. Provides consultations on legal issues to various Russian and foreign proprietary organizations.

1981 Award of “Order of Honour”.
1982 Diploma with honors of the Moscow State University, Department of law, speciality “Jurisprudence”.
1983to dateLawyer, Member of the Moscow Bar Association.
2002to dateLawyer, Member of the Moscow Chamber of lawyers.

Lisin Vladimir Sergeyevich

Date of birth: May 7, 1956.

Doctor of Engineering Science, Professor.

Chairman of the Board of directors, JSC “Novollipetskiy Metallurgical Combine”.

Vice-President, International Metallurgists Union.

1979  Diploma of the Siberian Metallurgical Institute named after S. Ordjonikidze (Novokuznetsk), speciality “Foundry of irons and non-ferrous metals”, qualification of metallurgical engineer.
1984  Postgraduate study in UKRNIIMET by correspondence (Kharkov, Ukraine).
1989  Candidate of engineering science, Ph. D. thesis in the Central Research Institute of ferrous metallurgy named after I. P. Bardin (Moscow).
1990  Diploma of the Higher commercial school under the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade of People's Friendship Order, the training program “Administration and activity management of joint ventures in the territory of the USSR” (Moscow).
1992  Diploma of the Academy of national economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow), speciality “Economics and management”, qualification “top manager”.
1996  Doctorate of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS), Faculty of engineering mechanics.
1997 Thesis for a Doctor's degree.

Saprykin Alexander Nickolayevich

Date of birth: May 12, 1967.

Diploma of the Moscow State Mining University (1994), speciality “Underground development of subsoil bedded mineral deposits”.

Chairman of the Board of directors, JSC “Stoilenskiy ore mining and processing enterprise”.

Chairman of the Board of directors, JSC “KMAruda Enterprise”.

Member of the Board of directors, OJSC “Studenovskaya Joint-Stock Mining Company”.

Member of the Board of directors, LLC “NLMK Trading House”.

Member of the Board of directors, JSC “Dolomit”.

Smolyanskiy Alexey Sergeyevich

Date of birth: March 19, 1974.

Diploma of the Russian Academy of Economics named after G. V. Plekhanov (1995), speciality “Finances and Credit”, qualification “economist”.

Candidate of economics science.

General Director of LLC “Rumelko”.

Chairman of the Board of directors, JSC “Korpus”.

Member of the Board of directors, LLC “NLMK Trading House”.

Member of the Board of directors, JSC “Saint-Petersburg Sea Port”.

Starostina Maria Nikolaevna

Date of birth: April 17, 1974.

Education:
19911996Lomonosov Moscow State University, faculty of law, Diploma in science of low, Qualification: Lawyer
09.199709.1998State University of Leiden (Netherlands), program LL.M, diploma in Master of Low
10.2005 Diploma of the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, advanced training program "Training of candidates in patent attorney"
09.200606.2007Lomonosov Moscow State University, journalism faculty, diploma in advanced training program "Economy and management in mass media"
Professional Experience:
06.199706.2003Attorney of Establishment of Moscow City Bar Association Advocatory Bureau "Reznik, Gagarin & Partners".
06.2003through the pr.The attorney of Moscow City Bar, carrying out the activity in the non-profit organization of Advocatory Bureau "Reznik, Gagarin, Abushakhmin & Partners".
2005through the pr.Patent attorney of the Russian Federation
Public activity:
12.2008through the pr.Co-chairman of Commission on development of international links of Moscow City Bar
Membership in board of directors:
08.2001through the pr.Member of BOD of ANO "Daily Newspaper Edition"
03.2005through the pr.Member of BOD of LLC "Rumedia"
03.2007through the pr.Member of BOD of NLMK International B.V.
08.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Carsid S.A.
08.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco Belgium S.A.
08.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco La Louviere S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco Coating S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Sorral S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Carsid Energie S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of THN S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco La Louviere Sales S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco Clabecq S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Verona Steel S.p. A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Jemappes Steel Center S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Manage Steel Center S.A.
09.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Safef Belgique S.A.
10.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of Duferco Transformation Europe S.A.
10.2008through the pr.Member of BOD of La Stephanoise de Laminage S.A.