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Vladimir Lisin has been a member of the Board Directors of Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) since 1996 and its chairman since 1998. Since 1993, he has served as a Board member of several leading Russian metal producers, including NLMK, MMK and Sayansk and Novokuznetsk Aluminium Plants.

A graduate of the Siberian Metallurgic Institute, he started his career at the Tulachermet Metals Works as a foreman, rising through the ranks to become section manager and shop manager. His postgraduate studies include an MSc in 1989, a PhD in engineering and DSc in economics.

He holds various patents for metallurgical processes and has published numerous articles on metallurgy and economics. He is a professor of the Academy of National Economy and the holder of the Council of Ministers’ prize in the science and engineering (1989), the Honorary Metallurgist of Russia (1999), the Knight of the Order of Honour of the Russian Federation (2000) and the Knight of the Order of St. Sergiy Radonezhsky (2001).