Russia’s gas monopoly, Gazprom, will probably go through a management upheaval in the following three weeks. An endless string of resignations and appointments there may begin already today, October 1, starting from Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Ananenkov.
The blow could hit five more top managers of the monopoly despite that Gazprom BOD extended their tenure for another five years past week.
Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Ananenkov, who supervises industrial issues in the gas monopoly, may vacate the office October 1, Interfax reported Saturday. Ananenkov is one of a few top managers in Gazprom Management Committee with the gas degree.
Despite that Ananenkov has always been very cautious, the reasons that could explain his potential ouster are numerous. One of them is the desire to take over Gazprom after Alexey Miller.
Theoretically, Ananenkov could be viewed as a potential successor to Miller, but he has never been close to any groups in power. In time of being acting CEO at Gazprom, a businessman close to Gazprom said, Ananenkov “failed to match the decisions to decisions of people that control the monopoly from outside.”
Another reason, perhaps, is the influence of Gazprom former Deputy CEO Alexander Ryazanov, who vacated the office in November 2006.
Ananenkov and Ryazanov used to clash on such key issues as independent exports of Gazprom Neft, dates to launch production at Kovykta field and Eastern Program.
The lame speech of Ananenkov at the Government’s Council for Fuel and Energy Complex in July 2007 could be also viewed as the cause of the future changes. Then, Ananenkov voiced the company’s desire to get Chayandinskoe field and some areas of Sakhalin-3 with no tender whatsoever.
And last but not least, Ananenkov’s destiny could be just an element in impending large-scale management upheaval at Gazprom. “Let’s wait, everything will be clear during three weeks. It will be a package decision on careers,” said a source on condition of anonymity.
The blow could hit five more top managers of the monopoly despite that Gazprom BOD extended their tenure for another five years past week.
Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Ananenkov, who supervises industrial issues in the gas monopoly, may vacate the office October 1, Interfax reported Saturday. Ananenkov is one of a few top managers in Gazprom Management Committee with the gas degree.
Despite that Ananenkov has always been very cautious, the reasons that could explain his potential ouster are numerous. One of them is the desire to take over Gazprom after Alexey Miller. Theoretically, Ananenkov could be viewed as a potential successor to Miller, but he has never been close to any groups in power. In time of being acting CEO at Gazprom, a businessman close to Gazprom said, Ananenkov “failed to match the decisions to decisions of people that control the monopoly from outside.”
Another reason, perhaps, is the influence of Gazprom former Deputy CEO Alexander Ryazanov, who vacated the office in November 2006.
Ananenkov and Ryazanov used to clash on such key issues as independent exports of Gazprom Neft, dates to launch production at Kovykta field and Eastern Program. The lame speech of Ananenkov at the Government’s Council for Fuel and Energy Complex in July 2007 could be also viewed as the cause of the future changes. Then, Ananenkov voiced the company’s desire to get Chayandinskoe field and some areas of Sakhalin-3 with no tender whatsoever.
And last but not least, Ananenkov’s destiny could be just an element in impending large-scale management upheaval at Gazprom. “Let’s wait, everything will be clear during three weeks. It will be a package decision on careers,” said a source on condition of anonymity.
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