OREANDA-NEWS  On 10 November was announced, that the meeting of VolgaTelecom’s Board of directors took place on October 31. The Board made the decision of changing the composition of the Company’s Management board.

In accordance with the decision of the Board of directors Mr. Andrey Zakharov – the Company’s Deputy General Director – Technical Director - is a member of VolgaTelecom’s Management board.

Mr. Andrey Zakharov was appointed the Company’s Deputy General Director – VolgaTelecom’s Technical Director on September 30, 2008.

Andrey Zakharov was born in 1972 inGorky city. In 1994 he graduated from Tashkent state university with Master’s degree in applied mathematics and in 1999 he graduated from Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod state university with Master’s degree in radio-engineering. In 2004 he obtained MBA at InternationalUniversity (Moscow). He has been working in OJSC VolgaTelecom (before 2002 – OJSC Nizhegorodsvyazinform) since 1995; at first as a software engineer, then as chief engineer of Nizhny Novgorod trunk line exchange of Nizhny Novgorod regional subsidiary, and since 2003 he was the Company’s Deputy Technical Director.

Management Board is collegial executive body which executes shareholders’ general meeting and the Board of Directors resolutions and decision. Management Board draws up proposals on basic trends of activities, approves internal audit procedures, defines personnel and social policies as well as other issues related to its competencies.