Mrs Olga Melnikova is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Management Committee of EPH Ltd. Mrs Melnikova is responsible for the Board of Directors and the Management Committee. Mrs Melnikova is also involved in the Company’s strategic planning, identification of development priorities and strategy execution.
Mrs. Melnikova graduated from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering in 1991 with a degree in Engineering and Mathematics.
Alexander Nikolaev is responsible for execution of the Company’s projects and acquisitions, and management of the Moscow-based project management and property operations team. Mr. Nikolaev is Managing Director of Valartis Group’s Russia and CIS operations.
After graduating from Moscow State University for Foreign Affairs he was Head of Russian and CIS operations for Smith Management LLC, a U.S. private investment corporation.
He has over seventeen years of experience in real estate development and managing investments in private and public equity.
Mr. Hans Messmer is an independent director with significant expertise in international banking and financing. Until June 2019 he was the CIO of CAIAC Fund Management AG in Liechtenstein.
Before joining CAIAC he held management positions in various asset management companies and acted as head of business development at Baader Bank (Munich) for exchange traded products. Prior to that, he was partner and manager for CK Trading Bank (Frankfurt) and director for several public funds.
Mr. Messmer started his career as a registered stockbroker in New York and gained a license as a EUREX trader at Deutsche Börse AG. During his career he qualified as Investment Specialist for Structured Products, Hedge Fund Advisor and Commodity Advisor.
He holds an academic degree as MBA of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt specialising in Banking and Insurance.
Mrs Vera Christodoulou is the Managing Director and a Member of the Board of PNL Media Ltd, Capital Estate Group (C.E.G.) Ltd., EPH Real Estate Ltd. and Lexworth Finanace Ltd., all subsidiaries of EPH Group. She specialises in corporate governance, operations and communications.
She has over 20 years of professional experience in client relations, business development, compliance and communications in Cyprus. Mrs. Christodoulou worked in various management positions for Linebrook limited, Eurasia Capital, Mars Capital and DCS Group in Cyprus.
Mrs. Christodoulou graduated from the University of Lwivska Polytechnika Ukraine in 1989 with a degree in System Engineering.
Annamaria Vassiliades is a lawyer with expertise in International Tax Planning, M&A and commercial transactions. She graduated at the University College London and admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales in 2015. Five years ago she joined the law firm Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co. LLC.