Director of Amurmetall-Lityo LLC (Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia). He began as an electrician on the Baikal–Amur Mainline and over 30+ years in business has built a rare mix of management, legal and commercial expertise across forestry, truck sales and service, building materials manufacturing and international trade. Today he leads a foundry producing castings to customer drawings for the mining, processing, energy and road construction industries. He speaks the customer’s language — on the shop floor and at the negotiating table alike.