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Amir Aisautov has been appointed SCM's Director of Mining and Metals Business.

SCM is committed to its traditions - to engage young specialists from globally-renowned consulting and audit companies for senior positions in its ore mining division. Thus, Metinvest CEO came to SCM from PWC, while his newly-appointed supervisor Amir Aisautov had previously worked for McKinsey & Company andClever Management. However, past experience proves that though executives of SCM Group have no background in metals, it doesn't harm Rinat Akhmetov's ore mining business. Today, financial links and seeking new opportunities for business development are more important than deep knowledge of the industry. Appointed last week, Kazakh expert Amir Aisautov will represent SCM as a shareholder in supervisory boards of mining and metals assets of the Group. Mr Aisautov will be responsible for the development strategies of this business, investments, finances and risks. Although, SCM has never had such a position before, supervision principle is not a new practice for the company. Since 2005, Ilya Arkhipov has been responsible for telecommunications, banking and media following exactly the same pattern. The newly-fledged executive has graduated from Kazakh National Technical University with a degree in Economics and Business Management. He also has an MBA degree of School of Business at Georgetown University (Washington, USA). It's worth noting that appointment of Mr Aisautov continues personnel revolution in ore mining business of the Group, which commenced as far back as in October 2009, when shareholders changed executives of three GOKs, as Rinat Akhmetov decided to focus on youth. Appointment of Mr Aisautov is part of the same trend - he is only 30.