Paata Dzhikidze

• Conducted solo board valuation for MOEX-listed company (revenue > 250B RUB ~3.5B USD) • Russian Corporate Secretary study contributor, presented at Moscow Exchange • Solo webinar:Board Evaluation for Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Independent Directors • Proposed Corporate Governance Code revisions (evaluation frequency + director liability) at Russian Academy of Sciences

• Elected twice to the Vote Counting Committee at the IIA Russia General Assembly (held every three years), led presentation of voting results 2021-Dec-07 & 2024-Dec-17

Ассоциация профессиональных директоров АНД. • Alumbi Club Council Member, Independent Director Program, jointly run by IDA (Russia) + Lomonosov MSU

• 7 years of board experience across 4 state-owned companies while maintaining full-time role, managing up to 2 boards concurrently, elected by Rosimushchestvo (Russia's Federal Agency for State Property Management), including 2 years as Chair • Contributed to the privatization of 3 public sector companies, including 1+ billion RUB (~14M USD) asset sold at auction for +30% premium (800M starting -> 1.04B final) • Facilitated shareholder control transfer to another federal agency

VTB Registrar (leading share registry, 7K+ companies) Director of Strategy -> Corporate Governance • 2015-2024 Acting Internal Auditor (part-time) • 2020-2021 • Led 32 board evaluations for listed/state-owned companies (10 MOEX, 2 LSE) • Surveyed 500+ board/committee/C-level, interviewed 100+ directors + secretaries, performed 30+ board/committee observations • Undercover AGM/EGM observer. dozens shareholder meetings • Speaker. board evaluation workshop w/Debevoise & Plimpton • more: see on LinkedIn

• Led full due diligence + valuation: mining company (~$5M), engineering plant valuation (~$20M) • Created valuation models using dimension theory/regression: 3 days vs 3 months (same accuracy) • Defended valuations before investment banks ($20-100M) • Designed 7+ business units: cargo, food, gasoline storage, hospitality, legal/accounting, manufacturing, refueling (full strategies: KPIs, funding, exits) • Redesigned corporate structures + implemented accounting/budgeting systems for manufacturing

OMZ-MNP (MNP Group, aka OMZ Onshore & Offshore) OMZ's largest division (heavy industry: oil & gas equipment, shipbuilding, platform engineering) 15 sites across Russia, Romania, Ukraine, USA | 10k+ employees | Revenues $338M | LSE: OMZD Deputy Head of Analytical Department • 2002-2005 | Director of Strategy, FC Petroleum Investment House (investment boutique) • Led strategic planning from scratch across 15 sites in 4 countries... More on LinkedIn

A course by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Independent Directors Association (Russia)

A series 3.0 qualification certificate of financial market specialist in keeping registers of securities holders. These exam and certificate are like Series 7 (exam and license, U.S.A.) and other securities examinations.

State University - Higher School of Economics, http://www.hse.ru/eng/

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas, http://gubkin.ru/