Mechel OAO, the Russian mining and metals company, appointed Valery Sheverdin as Mechel’s vice president for Corporate Security.
“In the seven years that Valery has been working in our company, he has proved himself an excellent professional and experienced leader, capable of tackling the most complicated tasks. I am sincerely happy to welcome him to our top management and wish him further successes in his work”, Mechel CEO Oleg Korzhov noted.
Prior to his appointment, Sheverdin headed Mechel OAO’s corporate security division from June 2009 until March 2014. Between April 2011 and March 2014, he was the CEO of Mechel-Garant OAO. Prior to that, he headed Mechel-Tsentr, a private security company. Sheverdin also served in Russia’s armed forces from 1981 to 1995.
Sheverdin graduated from Higher Military Command School for Artillery in Kolomna with a specialty in command, tactical and artillery armament, as well as Russian Federal Security Service’s Moscow Military Institute for Border Troops with a degree in law.
