Directors and Senior Management
Leonid Y. Dyachenko — Executive Chairman
Mr. Dyachenko is a successful entrepreneur and businessman who has a diverse range of interests including trucking and transportation, pharmaceuticals, and oil trading. He manages the Moscow office of Urals Energy LLC and is responsible for day-to-day administration and government relations for the Company’s Russian subsidiaries. Mr. Dyachenko began his career as a technological engineer with construction bureau SALUT. In 1992, he was seconded to Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt, where he completed a management training programme in corporate finance. Since then, he has participated in a number of new businesses, primarily related to commercial trading and export finance. He graduated from Moscow Aviation Technology Institute with a degree in Technological Engineering. Mr. Dyachenko is a Russian citizen and is 46 years old.

Alexei Maximov — Chief Executive
Alexei Maximov, 50, is one of the founding shareholders of the group that became Urals Energy. He holds a BA in Economics and a MBA and has a background in venture capital, direct investments and turnaround situations in both Russia and the USA. During the period 2001 to 2005 Mr Maximov was involved with certain M&A activities of the Urals Group. He has followed closely the development of Urals and has a keen understanding of the challenges which the Company now faces.

Grigory B Kazakov — Chief Financial Officer
Mr Kazakov, 35, was previously Urals’ Vice President of Finance and has been with the Company since 2005. He has an extensive experience in the financial and oil and gas sectors and has held senior positions in PwC’s audit and transactions practices in Moscow. Mr Kazakov graduated from Gubkin Oil & Gas University. As the Chief Financial Officer he is responsible for the Company’s financial management and reporting.

Aleksey V Ogarev — Executive Director
Mr Ogarev, 52, is the former Deputy Chief of Administration to the President of the Russian Federation and has 20 years of experience in government with various agencies and has been involved in the energy industry since 2001. He is the current Vice President of Government Relations for the Company.