Alrosa Deputy CEO Among Senior Exits

RAPAPORT... Yury Okoemov, one of Alrosa's deputy CEOs and head of its diamond-cutting division, is leaving the Russian miner, the company said Tuesday. Okoemov has been with the Alrosa since 1993. After his departure, employees of the cutting business will report directly toSergey Ivanov, Alrosa's CEO. Meanwhile, Alexander Matveev, a 10-year veteran and the headof Alrosa's legal department, is also leaving the company. Allworkers who previously reported to him will be supervised by KonstantinMashinsky, another deputy CEO of Alrosa. Additionally, Alexander Terentiev, adviser to the CEO andhead of the miner's office in Yakutsk, left the company this month to become firstdeputy head of the Committee for Precious Metals and Precious Stones ofYakutia. "For many years of work in the company, Yury Okoemov,Alexander Matveev and Alexander Terentiev have shown themselves to be trueprofessionals who contributed a lot to the company's leading position in theglobal market, helped to strengthen its reputation and [to] protect [its] interestsin the legal field," Ivanov said. Image: Yury Okoemov. (Alrosa)