OREANDA-NEWS. On 13 January 2009 was announced, that Ekaterina Nikitina had been appointed Director of Human Resources of Basic Element.

Ekaterina Nikitina joined Basic Element in 2002.  From 2002-2006, she was HR Manager and led the Recruitment and HR administration Group. In 2006, she was appointed Deputy Director of the HR Department, and since June 2008 she served as Acting Director of Human Resources.

Ekaterina Nikitina graduated from the Simferopol State University named after Frunze with a degree in Romano-Germanic Philology and has a Diploma from the Management Consulting School at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Prior to joining Basic Element, Ekaterina Nikitina worked as HR consultant and the executive search manager in Antal International, ARTIS Consulting, Morgan Chase Group (United Kingdom) and Ernst & Young.