Alexey Borisovich Miller (Russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Ми́ллер; born 31 January 1962) is a Russian businessman. Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company Gazprom, Russia's largest state-owned company and the world's biggest public energy supplier.[1][2]
Alexey Miller | |
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Алексей Миллер | |
.jpg) Miller in 2022 | |
| Born | Alexey Borisovich Miller 31 January 1962 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman of the management committee, Gazprom |
| Predecessor | Rem Viakhirev (CEO of Gazprom) |
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Early life
editMiller was born in Leningrad to an assimilated Russo-German family.[3] He studied at the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics from which he received a PhD in economics.[4]
Career
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Miller’s first role was as an engineer-economist in the general planning division of the Leningrad research institute of civil construction ‘LenNIIProekt’.[8]
In 1990, he briefly became a junior researcher at the Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and also became section head for the Economic Reform Committee at the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.[9]
From 1991 to 1996, Miller served with the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office under Vladimir Putin.[10] During this time, he was head of the markets monitoring division at the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate and was also deputy chairman of the External Relations Committee.[9]
From 1996 to 1999, he was Director for Development and Investments of the Port of Saint Petersburg. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Director General of the Baltic Pipeline System.
In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, and since 2001 he has served as Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom. Since 2002, he has also been deputy chairman of Gazprom’s board of directors. Putin secured Miller’s appointment as CEO so that his former colleague could put an end to fears that some of Gazprom’s executives had harmful third-party relationships.[4]
Sanctions
editIn April 2018, the United States placed Miller on the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) along with 23 other Russian nationals.[11][12] The sanction bars U.S. individuals and entities from having any dealings with him.[13]
Following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Miller was sanctioned by the British government which involved freezing his assets and a travel ban.[14][15]
Awards and titles
editIn December 2005, Miller was named Person of the Year by Expert magazine, the influential Russian business weekly. He shared the title in 2005 with Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the board of Gazprom.
Miller is also a recipient of:
- Order for the Services to the Fatherland, I class (2017)
- Order for the Services to the Fatherland, IV Class (2006)
- Medal of the Order for the Services to the Fatherland, II Class;
- Order of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2022);[16]
- Order of the Hungarian Republic Cross, II Class, for the services in the energy cooperation sector;
- Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (Armenia);
- Dostyk (Friendship) Order, II Class (Republic of Kazakhstan);
- Order of Honor (Republic of South Ossetia);
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic;
- Sergiy Radonezhsky Order of the Russian Orthodox Church, II Class;
- Patriarchal Merit Certificate.[8]
References
edit- ^ Robert Rapier: The 25 Biggest Oil And Gas Companies In The World: No.1: Gazprom Forbes, 7 May 2016.
- ^ A capitalist revolution. Gazprom's executives are ruthless politician-businessmen of the sort Britain once produced, The Guardian, 7 January 2009.
- ^ Andrew Davidson (editor): 1000 CEOs. Dorling Kindersley, 2009, p. 357.
- ^ a b "Alexey Miller, Gazprom". EuropeanCEO.com. 4 August 2014.
- ^ Paton, James; Guo, Aibing (10 November 2014). "Russia, China Add to $400 Billion Gas Deal With Accord". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Wright, Chris (22 May 2014). "$400 Billion Gas Deal Shows Russia Looking To China To Replace Western Money". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Luhn, Alec; Macalister, Terry (21 May 2014). Written at Moscow. "Russia signs 30-year deal worth $400bn to deliver gas to China". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Alexei Miller". EuropeanCEO.com. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b "CEO Bio". Gazprom. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Boyes, Roger (8 January 2009). "Comment: Gazprom is not a market player, it's a political weapon". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ "Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update". United States Department of the Treasury. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из "кремлевского списка"" [The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list"]. Meduza (in Russian). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "U.S. sanctions will push Gazprom CEO into shadows: analysts". Reuters. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich". The Guardian. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Путин присвоил главе Газпрома звание Герой труда" (in Russian). РБК. 20 January 2022.
External links
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- Biography of Alexey Miller, Gazprom website