NEFAZ appointed Nikolai Pronin as CEO, effective October 1, 2013. The former long-term head of NEFAZ plant, Rais Malikov, becomes an adviser of Nikolai Pronin. The strategic objective of the new CEO of NEFAZ is to create a NEFAZ center for the development and production of special vehicles throughout the corporation.

Prior to that, in 2009-2012, Nikolai Pronin was an advisor to the General Director of JSC KAMAZ by strategy.