OREANDA-NEWS. On 27 July 2009 was announced, that JSC RusHydro's Board of Directors held a regular session of the Board, which was conducted in the joint presence of Board members, and was chaired by the Russian Minister of Energy, Sergei Ivanovich Shmatko.

JSC RusHydro's Board of Directors elects a Deputy Chairman of the Board

The Company's Board of Directors elected Viktor Ivanovich Danilov-Danilyan as the Deputy Chairman of the Boar of Directors.

Viktor Ivanovich Danilov-Danilyan (born 1938) is the Director of the Institute for Water Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and a corresponding member of the RAS.  He is the author and co-author of more than 350 scientific works. Since 1991, he has held a range of civil service positions.  He served as the Russian Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (from 1991-1996), Chairman of the Russian State Committee for Environmental Protection (from 1996-2000), as well as a State Duma Deputy (from 1994 - 1995).  From 1992 to 1994, he was Chairman of the Russian Government's Anti-flood Commission; from 1993 to 2000, he was Chairman of the Government Commission for Baikal, and from 1994 to 2000, he served as the Chairman of the Russian Government Commission for the Caspian Sea.

JSC RusHydro's Board of Directors elects Rustem Khamitov as a Member of the Company's Management Board

The Company's Board of Directors elected Rustem Zakievich Khamitov as a Member of the Company's Management Board, effective as of July 28th, 2009.

Rustem Zakievich Khamitov was born August 18th, 1954.  In 1977, he graduated from the Bauman Institute as a mechanical engineer.  In 2003, he served as head of the Moscow Inter-district Tax Office No. 4 for major taxpayers at the Russian Ministry for Taxes and Levies.  From 2003 - 2004, he was head of the Major Taxpayers Administration at the Russian Ministry for Taxes and Levies.  From 2004 - 2009,  he has served as the head of the Russian Federal Water Resources Agency.

JSC RusHydro's Board of Directors elects the Company's Strategy Committee

The Company's Board of Directors elected the following members of the Strategy Committee (which operates under RusHydro's Board of Directors):

Vyacheslav Yuryevich Sinyugin, Deputy Energy Minister of the Russian Federation;

Maria Gennadyevna Tikhonova, Deputy Director of the department for economic regulation and property relations at fuel and energy complexes in the Russian Ministry of Energy;

Tatiana Viktorovna Zlydareva, Deputy Head of the division for fuel and energy and the coal industry at the directorate of the Russian Agency for State Property Management;

Valentin Efimovich Mezhevich, member of the Russian Federation Council Assembly, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council's Committee on Natural Monopolies;

Vsevolod Valeryanovich Gavrilov, Head of the directorate for the management of projects in energy saving and conservation at Sberbank of Russia;

Sergei Sergeyevich Beloborodov, member of RusHydro's Board of Directors;

Eduard Petrovich Volkov, member of RusHydro's Board of Directors;

Viktor Ivanovich Danilov-Danilyan, member of RusHydro's Board of Directors;

Vasily Aleksandrovich Zubakin, member of RusHydro's Board of Directors, Acting Chairman of RusHydro's Management Board;

Oleg Borisovich Oksuzyan, member of RusHydro's Management Board.

Vyacheslav Yuryevich Sinyugin was elected Chairman of the Company's Strategy Committee under RusHydro's Board of Directors.