Mr Nesis was appointed Chief Executive in September 2011. He was JSC Polymetal’s CEO from 2003, becoming a member of the Board in June 2004. Between 2002 and 2003, he was CEO of Vostsibugol and in 2000 he was Strategic Development Director at the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant. From 2001 to 2002 he headed the Investment Planning Department at SUAL-Holding. From 1999 to 2000 he worked for McKinsey in Moscow, and from 1997 to 1999 he was an analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York. He graduated from Yale University in 1997 with a BA in Economics.