Paata Dzhikidze

• Nominated by Russian Independent Directors Association (IDA) • 7 years of cumulative board member experience in 4 companies, including 2 years as a chair • 3 public sector companies were privatised, the last one for 1+ billion roubles; transfer of shareholder control of one company to another government agency; • Special prize ranking Director of the year of the IDA Community 2020, and 2021

A registrar is like a stock-transfer agent / share registry / transfer secretary. It (registrar) is keeping registers of securities holders. • Performed 32 board evaluations in 17 companies, majority of them are listed on Moscow Exchange, 2 of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange. • Performed a corporate governance practice evaluation in a bank. • Realized some full due diligence for evaluation of other registrars that are targets. -2021 Director of Strategy; -2023 Director of Strategy & CorpGov.

• Provision of a wide range of advisory services for local and global corporate services include due diligence for both buy-side and sell-side • Stakeholders' and contractors management • Liaison with key partners – auditors and lawyers • Elaboration of valuation models, discounted cash flow and tweaking of analog method • Preparation of investment proposals • Corporate org structure redesign • … More on http://linkedin.com/in/paata

-MNP was the largest division of OMZ (heavy industry; ticker LSE: OMZD, 4th listed from Russia) -4 units: oil & gas equipment & tools, shipbuilding, offshore units design and construction -15 sites (engineering bureaus, plants and wharves) in 4 countries: Russia, Romania, Ukraine, USA Responsibilities: business planning in business-level and corporate level, assessment of acquisitions and exits, assessment of R&D programs, analytical support of projects and functions.

A course by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Independent Directors Association (Russia). Activities and Societies: Alumni Club board member

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/