PJSC "Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant" announced the results of the first meeting of the Board of Directors in its new composition on 28 February. The company elected Vadim Makhov, Professor of Business Practice at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO as independent director, Regina von Flemming, member of the Board of Directors of MTS PJSC as independent director, Douglas Gardner, member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Kaspi.kz and Managing Director of CAIGAN Capital as independent director. The three independent directors will oversee three of the four Committees of the Board of Directors: Douglas Gardner will chair the Audit Committee, Regina von Flemming will chair the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and Vadim Makhov will chair the Strategic Planning Committee. In addition, Michael Ruckman, President and Managing Director of Senteo Inc. and an international authority on customer experience management and client-centric usinesstransformations, has joined the Strategic Planning Committee.