OREANDA-NEWS. April 01, 2011. The Board of Directors of Russian Railways has appointed Salman Babayev Vice-President of Russian Railways with responsibility for commercial activities, reported the press-centre of Russian Railways.

Salman Babayev graduated from the Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1978, specialising as a Rail Operations Engineer.

He worked at Far Eastern Railways from 1978 to 1980 as assistant yardmaster and duty officer at the station Komsomolsk-on-Amur, station manager at the station Komsomolsk-Sortirovochny and finally train dispatcher at the Komsomolsk Branch of Far Eastern Railways.

1980-1982 - Chief Engineer, Station Head, Komsomolsk-Sortirovochny

1982-1986 - Station Head, Khabarovsk-2, Head of Traffic Department, Khabarovsk Branch, Far Eastern Railways

1987-1997 – Head, Urgalsk Branch, Baikal-Amur Railways, First Deputy Head, Baikal-Amur Railways, Head, Baikal-Amur Railways

1997-1998 - First Deputy Head, Far Eastern Railways

1998-1999 - Deputy Head, North-Caucasus Railways

1999-2002 - Deputy Head, Moscow Railways, Head, Corporate Service Centre for Road Transport, Deputy Chief, Moscow Railways

2002 – Head, Centre for Corporate Transport Services, Russian Ministry of Communications

2002 - Head of Volga Railways

2003 - Vice-President, Russian Railways - Head of Centre for Corporate Transport Services

August 2005 - Vice-President, Russian Railways

July 2007 - General Director of First Freight Company

March 2011 - Appointed Vice-President of Russian Railways on commercial activities.