Alexey Miller

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This article is about the CEO of Gazprom. For the Russian historian, see Alexei I. Miller.

In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Miller.
Alexey Miller
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Miller, 2019
Born
Alexey Borisovich Miller

(1962-01-31) 31 January 1962 (age 59)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
NationalityRussian
OccupationChairman of the Management Committee Gazprom
PredecessorRem Viakhirev (CEO of Gazprom)
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Alexey Borisovich Miller (Russian: Алексе́й Бори́сович Ми́ллер; born 31 January 1962) is a Russian business administrator. Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company Gazprom, Russia's largest company and the world's biggest public energy supplier.[1][2]

Early life[]

Miller was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) to an assimilated Russo-German family.[3] He went on to study at and graduate from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics from where he graduated with a PhD in economics.[4]

Career[]

Alexey Miller and Head of the China National Petroleum Company Zhou Jiping signed a $400 billion gas deal for natural gas supplies via the Eastern Route between Gazprom and CNPC, 21 May 2014[5][6][7]

Miller’s first role was as an engineer-economist in the general planning division of the Leningrad research institute of civil construction ‘LenNIIProekt’.[8]

In 1990, he briefly became a junior researcher at the Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and also became section head for the Economic Reform Committee at the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.[9]

From 1991 to 1996, Miller served with the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office under Vladimir Putin.[10] During this time, he was head of the markets monitoring division at the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate and was also deputy chairman of the External Relations Committee.[9]

From 1996 to 1999, he was Director for Development and Investments of the Port of Saint Petersburg. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Director General of the Baltic Pipeline System.

In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, and since 2001 he has served as Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom. Since 2002, he has also been deputy chairman of Gazprom’s board of directors. Putin secured Miller’s appointment as CEO so that his former colleague could put an end to fears that some of Gazprom’s executives had harmful third-party relationships.[4]

In April 2018, the United States placed Miller on the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) along with 23 other Russian nationals.[11][12] In response to the designation, Miller stated through a spokesperson, "I am finally included. This means that we are doing everything right".[13]

Awards and titles[]

Miller in meeting with President Vladimir Putin, 16 February 2018

In December 2005, Miller was named Person of the Year by Expert magazine, the influential and respected Russian business weekly. He shared the title in 2005 with Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the board of Gazprom.

Miller is also a recipient of:

  • Order for the Services to the Fatherland, I class (2017)
  • Order for the Services to the Fatherland, IV Class (2006)
  • Medal of the Order for the Services to the Fatherland, II Class;
  • Order of the Hungarian Republic Cross, II Class, for the services in the energy cooperation sector;
  • St. Mesrop Mashtots Order (Republic of Armenia);
  • Dostyk (Friendship) Order, II Class (Republic of Kazakhstan);
  • Order of Honor (Republic of South Ossetia);
  • Order of Merit of the Italian Republic;
  • Sergiy Radonezhsky Order of the Russian Orthodox Church, II Class;
  • Patriarchal Merit Certificate.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Robert Rapier: The 25 Biggest Oil And Gas Companies In The World: No.1: Gazprom Forbes, 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ A capitalist revolution. Gazprom's executives are ruthless politician-businessmen of the sort Britain once produced, The Guardian, 7 January 2009.
  3. ^ Andrew Davidson (editor): 1000 CEOs. Dorling Kindersley, 2009, p. 357.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Alexey Miller, Gazprom". EuropeanCEO.com. 4 August 2014.
  5. ^ Paton, James; Guo, Aibing (10 November 2014). "Russia, China Add to $400 Billion Gas Deal With Accord". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ Wright, Chris (22 May 2014). "$400 Billion Gas Deal Shows Russia Looking To China To Replace Western Money". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ Luhn, Alec; Macalister, Terry (21 May 2014). Written at Moscow. "Russia signs 30-year deal worth $400bn to deliver gas to China". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Alexei Miller". EuropeanCEO.com. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "CEO Bio". Gazprom.
  10. ^ Boyes, Roger (8 January 2009). "Comment: Gazprom is not a market player, it's a political weapon". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update". United States Department of the Treasury. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. ^ "США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из "кремлевского списка"" [The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list"]. Meduza (in Russian). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Gazprom CEO Miller says proud of inclusion on US sanctions list". euractiv.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

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Preceded by
Rem Viakhirev 		CEO Gazprom
30 May 2001–present 		Incumbent
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