HSE University Rector Joins VK Board of Directors
The heads of two major Russian universities have joined the Board of Directors of VK Company Limited. Nikita Anisimov has joined the board as Independent Director, and Mikhail Gordin, Acting Rector of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, has become a Non-Executive Director.
‘Nikita Anisimov and Mikhail Gordin both have unique experience of managing Russia’s leading scientific institutions,’ state the company representatives.
Nikita Anisimov has held senior positions at Moscow State University, Moscow Polytechnic University, and Far Eastern Federal University.
Mikhail Gordin has worked in senior management roles at major research institutes in the aviation industry, as well as at Sibur and TNK-BP Management.
Natalya Yakovleva, certified accountant and auditor, has also been appointed Independent Director.
In addition, two of VK's senior executives—Vladimir Gabrielyan and Alexander Ayvazov—joined the Board of Directors.
VK is building an ecosystem that is used by more than 90% of the Runet audience. Millions of people use its services to solve a variety of everyday tasks online: communication (Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, messengers and Mail.ru), gaming (My.Games), selling and finding goods and services, looking for jobs and employees (‘Yula’ and VK Work), ordering groceries and ready-made food (Delivery Club, ‘Samokat’ and Local Kitchen), finding cars for city trips (Citydrive), acquiring new skills and professions (GeekBrains, Skillbox and other educational projects), buying products on AliExpress, and much more.
The company is also developing its ecosystem of products and services aimed at the digitalisation of business processes—from web promotion and predictive analytics to corporate social networks, cloud services and enterprise automation.