Bashneft's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Nikolay Morozov to the post of the company's Chief Auditor. Nikolay Morozov will replace Alexander Pavlov, who will continue to work for Bashneft in a different position. The Board of Directors has also approved the appointment of Oleg Ryabov as General Director of LLC Bashneft-Retail Sales; he will replace Alexander Kreschenko, who has decided to continue his career outside the Company.

In 2013 and 2014 he worked as the Executive Director of ONEXIM Group. Since April 2014 until joining PJSOC Bashneft, he was the Internal Audit Director of PJSC Uralkali. From 2009 through 2014 he held the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Retail Sales of Petroleum Products of JSOC Bashneft; in 2014 and 2015 he was the Head of Retail Sales of Petroleum Product and the Regional Sales Director of LLC Bashneft-Retail Sales.