EVRAZ announced organisational and management changes effective November 2014.
Pavel Tatyanin will take over as the new CFO while EVRAZ’s North American and South African businesses will continue to report to him. His new responsibilities will include financial planning and analysis, financial strategy and corporate finance. Giacomo Baizini will step down from his position of the CFO and stay with the company.
The Steel and Railway Products Divisions will be merged into a single Steel Division, headed by EVRAZ Vice President Aleksey Ivanov. Ilya Shirokobrod will lead the division’s sales efforts as vice president, Sales, Steel Division. Shirokobrod will be in charge of EvrazHolding Trading Company, EVRAZ Metal Inprom and East Metals AG, and will also manage EVRAZ’s global vanadium business.
Marat Atnashev, EVRAZ vice president, Major Projects, head of the Iron Ore Division, will expand his role to cover EVRAZ’s business in Ukraine, and will oversee the company’s logistics including EVRAZ Nakhodka Sea Port.