Mikhail Volkov, who currently heads the National Lottery, will replace Maxim Akimov as the new head of Russian Post. The government has already signed a corresponding directive
A source close to the company told RBK that the government had approved the candidacy of the new head of Russian Post, and a federal official confirmed it. Mikhail Volkov, benin phone number list who currently holds the post of head of the National Lottery (a brand of Sports Lotteries LLC, 48.4% of which belongs to VTB and 51% to the president of the International Boxing Federation, Umar Kremlev), will replace Maxim Akimov as the general director of the postal operator. The corresponding directive, according to one of RBK's sources, was recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, who oversees the work of Russian Post. At the end of October, the media wrote that Volkov was being considered as one of the candidates for the post of head of the company.
Later, the government press service confirmed this information. "The government sent a directive to the supervisory board of Russian Post on the appointment of Mikhail Volkov to the position of the company's general director. According to the document, state representatives on the company's board of directors must vote to dismiss the current general director, Maxim Akimov, and support the appointment of Mikhail Volkov to this post," the Cabinet of Ministers' Telegram channel said.
JSC Russian Post was established on October 1, 2019, on the basis of the federal state unitary enterprise of the same name. It is 100% owned by the state represented by the Federal Property Management Agency. Revenue under IFRS for 2021 amounted to RUB 228.1 billion, net profit was RUB 1.5 billion. Owns 50% minus one share of Post Bank (the remaining 50% plus one share is owned by VTB). The main sources of income are written correspondence, parcels and other postal items, issuance of pensions, e-commerce, retail, financial services, etc. Almost a quarter of the income - RUB 52.8 billion - was brought in by IT services: the pochta.ru portal, mobile application, personal account of a legal entity, electronic registered letters, etc.