Ruslan Alikhanov takes position of FESCO President
Ruslan Alikhanov has been appointed the President of Far-Eastern Shipping Company plc (FESCO, the Group, FESCO announced. Yury Gilts, Ex-President of the Group, has taken the position of Advosor to FESCO President in charge of the company’s strategic development.
“We are sure, Ruslan’s vast experience will let improve operational efficiency of FESCO Group and its companies, ensure maintenance and consolidation of its leadership in market segments that are traditional for us and gain a position in new ones,” said Aleksandr Vinokurov, Chairman of FESCO BoD.
Before coming to FESCO Group Ruslan Alikhanov was a partner at McKinsey & Co from 2001, where he led the strategy and corporate finance practice in Russia and the company management practice in Eastern Europe. From 1996 till 1998, Alikhanov was a project manager at the World Bank, in 2000-2001 worked at Dell.
Alikhanov has a Master’s Degree in Finance, holds an honours degree from Texas University, Missouri University and Baku State University.
FESCO is one of the largest Russian port owners and operators with integrated rail and logistics businesses and primarily focused on intermodal deliveries of containerized cargo. The Group owns port, rail and shipping assets, which allow it to provide door-to-door logistics solutions and control almost all steps of the intermodal transportation value chain.
The majority of FESCO’s operations are located in the Russian Far East and the Group benefits from growing trade volumes between Russia and Asian countries.
FESCO controls the Commercial Port of Vladivostok, which has throughput capacity of 3.9 million tons for general cargo and oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600,000 TEUs in containers. FESCO is one of Russia’s top 10 private railcar operators providing services under the Transgarant (100%) and Russkaya Troika (50% JV with Russian Railways) brands. The Group owns a fleet of vessels mostly deployed through own line and logistics operations. In 2012, consolidated revenue of FESCO Group reached USD 1,197 million.
