Viktor Vekselberg joined the new Board of Directors “ROSNANO”

Viktor Vekselberg, chief of “Skolkovo” fund and Nikolay Solomon, chief financial officer of ROSATOM joined the new Board of Directors “ROSNANO”.

Director of National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” Mikhail Kobalchuk (brother of a co-owner of a Bank Rossiya Yurii Kovalchuk), on the initiative of whom “ROSNANO” has been founded in 2007, resigned from the supervisory committee. Anatoly Chubais, CEO of ROSNANO, says about the fact that the idea of establishment of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation belongs to Makhail Kovalcuk. He came with his idea to the President Vladimir Putin and Mr.President approved this idea, says information resource in Rosnano. The Board of Directors leaved also the director general of Rosatom Sergey Kirienko and the president of ONEKSIM Group Mikhail Prokhorov, according to Rosnano materials.

The new Board of Directors is selected on the regular meeting of sheareholders Rosnano on July, 12. Besides Mr.Vekselberg and Mr.Solomon as representatives of Government, the Board also joined chief of Rosnano Anatoly Chubais, chief of RVC Igor Agamirzyan, chief of Vneshekonombank Vladimir Dmitriev, chief of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov and chairman of board of directors Rosnano Vladislav Putilin.

As independent directors the Board joined director of Photochemistry Center of Russian Academy of Science Mikhail Alfimov, the president of United Aircraft Corporation Mikhail Pogosyan, chief executive director of the Group “Deutsche Bank” in Russia Pavel Teplukhin and chief of audit committee Rosnano Seppo Remes.

Besides, the Board resigned vice-president of “Skolkovo” Fund Aleksey Beltyukov.

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