CTC Media Names Alexey Shchedrin Chief Strategic Communications Officer

(RTTNews) - CTC Media, Inc. (CTCM), a Russian independent media company, Friday announced the appointment of Alexey Shchedrin as Chief Strategic Communications Officer, effective today.

Alexey will head the Strategic Communications. This includes Financial Communications and Investor Relations, which will continue to be led Ekaterina Ostrova; Public Relations, headed by Maria Starovoyt; and Communications Support for Television Projects, led by Elena Shneyderova, who was previously responsible for the CTC channel public relations.

Shchedrin, 28, served as the Director of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at Nord Gold N.V. from 2011 until October 2013, where he was responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the company's financial and corporate communications, as well as investor relations.

From 2009 to 2011, Alexey was the Senior Consultant for Corporate and Financial Communications at the communications agency, Mikhailov and Partners. From 2006 to 2009, he worked at Severstal, LLC., as an investor relations manager.