Appointments in Produkty Pitania Company
— 2005-06-24 —

Moscow, June 24, 2005, Mikhail Plukhin appointed Producty Pitania Plant General Director. Vladimir Zarudny, his predecessor at the post, appointed Producty Pitania Director for Development and moved to the company’s Moscow-based office.

Mikhail Plukhin was born on July 3, 1962 in Sverdlovsk. In 2005, he earned his MBA at a graduate school for International Business,  with the People’s Economy Academy of the Russian Government. In 2000, he earned his legal degree at Kaliningrad State University and in 1995 he graduated from the Baltic State Academy in Kaliningrad as Radio Engineer.

Before he came to work for Produkty Pitania, Mr. Plukhin was Chairman of the Development Committee for Special Economic Area of Kaliningrad Region  Administration. He held this position from 2001 till 2003. He also had taken important posts in public service sector in Kaliningrad. As Produkty Pitania Plant General Director he will supervise finance management, organizational structuring, quality management while working to improve the company’s leadership in frozen convenience foods market sector .

Vladimir Zarudny has worked at the post from 1998 till June 2005. He has  supervised the construction of the 3 existing facilities which have provided steady production growth and trade leadership. Mr. Zarudny was appointed the Director for Development, to help optimize the company’s operations as they expand across Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Brukhovetskaya Village in the Krasnodar Territory.

Produkty Pitania President Stefano Vlahovic stated: “Streamlining cooperation of all departments and plants of the company largely depends on correct and efficient management. I am sure that Mr. Plukhin’s vast managerial experience and professional skills will further promote production growth. At the same time, as our business expands its presence in Russia and CIS, our regional operations have also been looking forward to further expansion with stronger coordination. Having made large investments in production and technologies, we are now setting the priority of promoting our key brand Zolotoy Petushok by expanding distribution and establishing a competitive network of regional offices”.