Former First Vice President of VTB Andrey Puchkov was appointed Managing Director of United Shipbuilding Corporation. In this respect reported At the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.
“I am confident that Andrei Sergeyevich’s rich management experience, combined with a clear understanding of the goals and objectives that the shipbuilding industry is currently facing, will help to quickly stabilize the financial situation of the largest state-owned shipbuilding holding,” said Deputy Prime Minister. Words of Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation potential customers department press office.
Orders for approval of the new general manager (as well as the new composition of the USC JSC board) were signed by the Federal Property Management Agency.
“Why did they sign unprofitable contracts?”
Andrey Puchkov replaces Aleksey Rakhmanov as CEO of USC JSC; He has been at the helm of the company since 2014.
“Under his leadership, the company reached a rhythmic pace” registered manturov “Most importantly, Rakhmanov managed to retain the workers’ collectives of shipyards and design bureaus, which made it possible to implement a number of large-scale state projects in military shipbuilding and civil shipbuilding, including the resumption of the construction of the nuclear icebreaker fleet.”
Prior to his appointment to USC, Rakhmanov was the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia. In the department he oversaw shipbuilding, automotive industry, agricultural engineering, transportation and engineering.
Last week, Vladimir Putin criticized Alexei Rakhmanov.
“Aleksey Lvovich, why did they sign unprofitable contracts?” — discussed President at a meeting on shipbuilding on 18 August.
“This issue relates to chief orders who, when we begin construction, do not have practically a full specification and understanding of what the ship or vessel will consist of,” the USC president replied.
According to him, the company “went too far in the customer direction.” When discussing a contract with private traders, the price is called approximate, the project is completed during construction. Later it turns out that sometimes the costs of the shipyard exceed the agreed amount.
“I sprinkle ash on my head, but it always seemed to me first the Motherland, then our finances,” continued Rakhmanov.
Putin replied that “the interests of the Fatherland are directly linked to fiscal discipline.”
“And vice versa, violation of fiscal discipline does not fit the interests of the Motherland. “I draw your attention to this,” said the president.
“A great lawyer, think tank of projects”
in VTB reportedHe said that Puchkov has worked for the company for more than 20 years.
He served as the vice president of the legal department, the head of this department, and a member of the board of directors. In 2018, the Supervisory Board approved him to the post of First Vice President – Chairman of the Board. Puchkov’s area of responsibility included working with the group’s non-core and distressed assets, as well as the legal and administrative areas.
“Andrey is a great lawyer, the think tank of many of our projects, a person who knows how to work clearly, precisely, without unnecessary words, but also who knows how to be responsible and courteous to people. I am sure that a specialist of this level can ensure the implementation of large projects, ”said Andrey Kostin, VTB President and Chairman of the Board, about his former colleague.
It was previously reported that United Shipbuilding Corporation would be transferred to the trust management of VTB. The head of the bank, Andrey Kostin, will become the chairman of the board. Now on the board of directors of USC, St. Petersburg’s former governor, Georgy Poltavchenko.