SBE Sibir Energy

 

TIDMSBE 
 
RNS Number : 3595X 
Sibir Energy PLC 
12 August 2009 
 

 
 
12 August 2009 
 
 
Sibir Energy Plc 
("Sibir" or the "Company") 
 
 
Directorate Changes 
 
 
Sibir is pleased to announce the appointment to its board of Messrs Dmitry 
Bekker, Maxim Viktorov and Andrei Martianov as non-executive directors with 
immediate effect.  Mr Bekker is a representative of both OJSC "The Central Fuel 
Company" and the Government of Moscow.  Messrs Viktorov and Martianov are 
nominees of OJSC "The Central Fuel Company" and JSC Gazprom Neft 
respectively. In addition, with immediate effect, Messrs William Guinness and 
Stuard Detmer have stood down from the board, and Mr. Detmer has stood down from 
his position as the CEO of the Company. 
 
 
Effective immediately, Vadim Yakovlev who is currently a non-executive director 
has become  the Chairman of the Company in succession to William Guinness 
and Igor Tsibelman, previously First Deputy CEO, has become the Chief Executive 
Officer of Sibir in place of Stuard Detmer. 
 
 
Mr Dmitry Efimovich Bekker, aged 41, graduated from the Far East State 
University in Vladivostok in 1989 qualifying as a lawyer. From 1989 to 1993, Mr 
Bekker held various legal roles including Senior Inspector for the Office of the 
Public Prosecutor of the Sakhalin region, Head of the Legal department at Joint 
Venture Russian-Japanese Company "Diana" and Deputy of the General Director on 
legal issues at the International Business Centre "LADA". In 1994, he joined the 
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk branch of OJSC Inkombank, initially as the chief of the law 
department, and ultimately served as managing director before joining OJSC Bank 
of Moscow in 1999 as a branch director. From 2002 to 2009, he was located in the 
bank's head office in Moscow where he held the positions of general director of 
the regional business department and the corporate business department.  He is 
currently President of OJSC "The Central Fuel Company" in Moscow which he joined 
in February 2009. 
 
 
Mr Maxim Valeryevich Viktorov, aged 37, graduated magna cum laude from Moscow 
State University's Department of Law in 1997.  As a qualified lawyer, from 1992 
to 1997 he worked as Legal Assistant to the Chairman of the Moscow Region 
Government and in 1998 was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional 
election commission by the Governor of the Moscow Region. From 2000 to 2003 he 
was a member of the Commission of the Expert and Consulting Council for National 
Security Issues of the Federal Assembly - Parliament of the Russian Federation 
and from 2005 to 2008 was Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council for Mass 
Communications in the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian 
Federation. He is partner of the Legal Intelligence Group in Russia and a 
director and sole proprietor of Legal Intelligence Group Limited in the UK. He 
has acted as Chairman of The Investment Program Foundation's Council since 1999 
and currently serves as a director of two of Sibir's subsidiaries, Moscow 
NPZ Holdings B.V. and OJSC "Moscow Oil and Gas Company". In addition, he is 
currently a member of the Board of Trustees of both the Moscow Suvorov Military 
School and the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia and holds a number of 
state and public awards. He is also a member of the Public Chamber of the 
Russian Federation by Presidential decree. 
 
 
Open Joint Stock Company "The Central Fuel Company" is currently interested in 
69,714,254 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company representing 
approximately 18.03 per cent. of the Company's entire issued share capital. 
 
 
Mr Andrei Alexandrovich Martianov, aged 38, graduated with honours from the 
Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) in 1994 with a degree 
in International Economics. In 1997, he subsequently attained an Executive MBA, 
Postgraduate Certificate in International Business from The Graduate School of 
International Business of the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow Member of 
the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants ("ACCA") in the United 
Kingdom and a qualified Certified Public Accountant in the State of Maine, 
U.S.A. Mr Martianov commenced his career with ZAO KPMG in Moscow, Russia in late 
1994 where he progressed to the role of Manager in the Financial Services 
division. In 1999, he was admitted to the ACCA and seconded to KPMG LLP in New 
York, U.S.A. as a Senior Manager in Financial Services managing audit and 
consulting assignments for a wide range of US and international clients, before 
returning to ZAO KPMG in Moscow to become an Audit Partner in Financial Services 
in 2006. In December 2007, he left KPMG to join the Russian Insurance Company 
ZAO "MAKS" and is currently an Executive Director in Moscow responsible for the 
management of all aspects of the company's operating activities. 
 
 
Stuard Detmer, outgoing CEO of Sibir, today commented: 
 
 
"Maxim is a welcome addition to the Company's board. I believe that he will be 
very instrumental in Sibir's future growth and development." 
 
 
"Andrei is also welcomed and brings a wealth of international financial 
experience and knowledge, which will serve the Company well as it seeks to 
enhance and strengthen the operation and stewardship of its management 
information systems and internal controls." 
 
 
"Finally, we welcome Dmitry who brings considerable knowledge of the Company's 
existing assets in the Moscow region, but who will also be important to the 
Company as it furthers its relationships throughout the Russian Federation." 
 
 
"I believe that now is an appropriate time to step down from the board and wish 
Igor and his colleagues every success in realising Sibir's future potential." 
 
 
Igor Tsibelman, new CEO of Sibir, today commented: 
 
 
"On behalf of the board, I would like to thank both William and Stuard for their 
significant contributions to the Company and wish them well in their future 
endeavours." 
 
 
Contacts: 
 
 
Igor M. Tsibelman, CEO, Sibir Energy plc 
Moscow +7 (495) 792 3045 
 
 
Rory Murphy, Strand Partners Limited 
London +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 
 
 
Nick Miles, M: Communications 
London +44 (0) 20 7153 1535 
 
 
 
 
Additional Information on the new Director Appointments: 
 
 
Mr Bekker is currently a director or partner of the following companies or 
partnerships: 
 
 
None 
 
 
Mr Bekker has held the following former directorships or partnerships within the 
past five years: 
 
 
None 
 
 
Mr Viktorov is currently a director or partner of the following companies or 
partnerships: 
 
 
Legal Intelligence Group 
Legal Intelligence Group Limited 
Moscow NPZ Holdings B.V. 
OJSC "Moscow Oil and Gas Company" 
 
 
Mr Viktorov has not held any former directorships or partnerships within the 
past five years. 
 
 
 
 
Mr Martianov is currently a director or partner of the following companies or 
partnerships: 
 
 
Insurance Company ZAO "MAKS" 
 
 
Mr Martianov has held the following former directorships or partnerships within 
the past five years: 
 
 
ZAO KPMG 
 
 
There is no further information required to be disclosed in accordance with 
Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Messrs 
Bekker, Viktorov or Martianov. 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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