Amtel-Vredestein

Gennady Frolov has been appointed deputy general director of public and investor relations at Amtel-Vredestein, the company announced.

Frolov was born in Moscow on Sept. 7, 1963. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Languages in 1985 and studied at the IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1994.

Frolov worked in the foreign economic relations department of the Industry Ministry from 1990 to 1992. He has also worked as PR director at TNT Express, Cherkizovsky Holdings and, most recently, the Istok Group.

Andrei Makov has been appointed deputy general director for legal issues, the company announced.

Makov was born on Jan. 26, 1965. He graduated from the international law department at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, or MGIMO, in 1986.

From 1986 to 1995, Makov was in the diplomatic service of the Foreign Ministry. In 1995, he moved to Juris, eventually becoming first deputy managing director. Since 2001, he has worked in the legal departments of Cargill, Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia and the Istok Group, and was appointed director of Istok's Moscow operations in 2004.

Ernst & Young

Mary Whitnall has been appointed leader of Ernst & Young's energy, chemicals and utilities group in the CIS, the company announced.

Whitnall was born on July 18, 1961, in London. She graduated from the University of London in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in languages.

Whitnall started her career in Ernst & Young's London office in 1985. In 1993, then a senior manager, she was transferred to the CIS, working in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and later in Moscow. She was promoted to partner in 1997 and transferred to the firm's office in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In 1999, Whitnall transferred to the Middle East, working primarily in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She returned to Moscow in 2004 as an audit partner in the energy, chemicals and utilities group.

PwC

Mark Thompson has been appointed director with PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia's sustainability practice, the company announced.

Thompson was born in 1962 in Stroud, England. He earned a bachelor's degree in natural environmental sciences from Sheffield University in 1984, and a master's in pollution and environmental control from Manchester University in 1986.

Thompson has worked as an environmental researcher and consultant in England and Hong Kong. In 1997-99, Thompson was a business manager of DG Environmental (Geodelft). In 1999, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers U.K. as a senior manager with the sustainability practice.

UralSib

Alexei Chalenko has been appointed chief director of private asset management at UralSib, the company announced.

Chalenko was born on Dec. 1, 1974, in Novosibirsk. He graduated from the economics department at Novosibirsk State Technical University in 1995, and received a master's in finance and fund markets from the Higher School of Economics.

Chalenko began his career in 1996 as a director at Prema-Invest. He went on to work at Unibest, MDM-Bank and Konversbank, before starting at UralSib in 2002 as head of asset management.

Alexander Pugach has been appointed director of debt instrument operations, the company announced.

Pugach was born on Dec. 19, 1974. He graduated from the economics department at Moscow State University and started at NIKoil as a trader in derivatives.

Pugach was later appointed client manager for debt instrument operations at Business Block, becoming director of debt instrument operations in 2003.