Vitaliy Podolskiy has a wealth of executive and professional experience, having previously worked for over six years as Group CFO of X5 Retail Group N.V., Russia’s largest retail chain. While in this position he was awarded ‘Best Retail CFO’ by the Russian Management Association for five consecutive years. Mr Podolskiy has also held senior executive positions at companies including AT Kearney and Bankers Trust in New York, Ford Motors in Germany and Euroset in Russia.
Mr Podolskiy currently serves on the Board of two other publicly-listed companies: he is a director of OAO “Cherkizovo Group”, the leading Russian public vertically-integrated agro-industrial company (LSE-listed), and he is also the chairman of the Supply Chain Management Committee and non-executive Board Director of OAO “Rosinter Restaurants”, Eastern Europe’s largest public restaurant chain.
Vitaliy commented on his appointment: “I am very excited about Kazakhstan’s market, which has tremendous track record and growth opportunities and I am confident that Kazakhstan Kagazy, which is going successfully through a difficult restructuring, is ideally positioned to capitalize on them and reinforce its regional leadership in recycling and paper production”.
Kazakhstan Kagazy’s chairman, Sir Tony Baldry, commented: “It is with pleasure that I welcome Vitaliy to the board – his experience and skills will bring a great deal to the company. Kagazy has excellent growth prospects over the coming years. My fellow directors and I look forward to achieving this potential”.
Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC is the largest paper, packaging and recycling group in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.