Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for our overall governance and presently consists of nine members.

Audit Committee By-Law

By-law for the board of directors’ remuneration and nomination committee

Peter Gyoerffy.

Independent Board Member, Chairman of the Board

Peter Gyoerffy was born in 1959. In 1985 he graduated from University of Economics (Austria) with a Masters degree and worked many years for Mars Inc. and later as the CEO of Merkur superstores in Austria (Rewe-group). Since March 2007 Mr. Gyoerffy is an independent member and Chairman of the M.video Board. Mr. Gyoerffy owns and operates an independent firm specializing in international strategy consulting for retailers. He also is a member of the Board of the Austrian Kika/Leiner furniture group.

Pavel Breev

Board Member, General Director

Pavel Breev was born on 22 April 1967г. In 1986 he graduated from Moscow Aviation Engine College. Pavel Breev is a founder of M.video Group and has held various positions in management since 1996. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors and as the general director of OJSC “Company M.video” from the date of its incorporation in September 2006.

David Hamid

Independent Board Member

David Hamid was born on 11 December 1951. In 1973 he graduated from University of Bradford (UK). Mr. Hamid has served as an independent member of the Board of Directors of OJSC “Company M.video” since February 2007. Mr. Hamid has served as a non-executive director at Homeserve Warranties since 2006 and as the chairman of the Supervisory Board at Music for Youth since 2008.

Christopher Parks

Board Member, Chief Financial Officer

Christopher Parks was born in 1963. He received a BA from Simon Fraser University in Canada. Christopher worked for Price Waterhouse over the course of 9 years as Senior Manager for Canada, Belgium and Russia. For 4 years he served as Finance Director for GTS, the parent company of Golden Telecom. He joined M.video in 2006.

Alexander Tynkovan

CEO/President

Alexander Tynkovan was born on 14 June 1967. In 1992 he graduated from Moscow Energy Institute. He founded M.video in 1993 and has remained in management till present time.

Mikhail Kuchment

Non-executive Board Member

Mikhail Kuchment was born on 28 August 1973. In 1996 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). In 2004 - 2005 he was a marketing director of M.video Group, then in 2005 - 2008 he was a commercial director of the Company. Presently he is a Vice-President of LLC “Home Interior”.

Utho Creusen

Independent Board Member

Utho Creusen was born on 24 April 1956. In 1979 he graduated from the University of Cologne (Germany). In 2001 – 2008 he was a member of the Board of Media-Saturn-Holding. Since February 2010 he is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of DSG International.

Alexander Prisyazhnuk

Independent Board Member

Alexander Prisyaznuk was born on 23 May 1972. In 1995 he graduated from Kuban State University. Mr. Prisyazhnuk has held various positions and served as the member of the Board of Directors of the Group of Companies “Magnit” and its predecessor entities since 1997 till the end of 2008. He has been serving as the member of the Board of Directors of OJSC “DIXI Group” since 2010.

Walter Koch

Independent Board Member

Walter Koch was born in 1962. He graduated from University for the Applied Sciences (Aalen, Germany) in 1988. For almost two decades he obtained senior positions with the largest European home appliances manufacturers such as AEG and Electrolux, being in charge of the logistics and Supply Chain management. In 2007-2010 Mr. Koch served as Executive Vice-President and COO of Sanitec Corporation (Helsinki, Finland). Presently Mr. Koch owns and operates independent consulting firm.