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   Polymetal International plc (POLY)
   Polymetal: Board appointments

   18-March-2022 / 10:00 MSK
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   Release IMMEDIATE                                                       
   time    LSE, MOEX, AIX: POLY / ADR: AUCOY
   Date    18 March 2022

    

    

   Polymetal International plc

   Board appointments

   Polymetal announces appointments to its Board of Directors.

   Polymetal  announces  that  Janat  Berdalina,  Steven  Dashevsky,  Evgueni
   Konovalenko and  Paul J.  Ostling, have  been appointed  to the  Board  as
   Independent Non-Executive  Directors  with  effect  from  17  March  2022.
   Following these appointments, the Board will consist of seven members,  of
   which five are independent non-executive directors.

   Janat Berdalina

   Ms Berdalina  is  an  audit,  reporting,  tax  and  management  consulting
   professional. She was a Co-shareholder, Managing Partner and President  of
   KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia as  well as a Board Member of KPMG  in
   the CIS  for more  than a  decade. Janat  also held  Independent  Director
   positions at several Kazakh entities including Kazakhstan Stock  Exchange,
   KazTransGas, Kazpost.  She  was an  executive  at the  Foreign  Investors'
   Council in Kazakhstan and actively participated in the development of  the
   Tax Code and  the Law  on Auditing  in the  country. Janat  is engaged  in
   education work as the Chairwoman of  Board of trustees of Alma  University
   (Kazakhstan), a partner  of Arizona state  university (USA). Ms  Berdalina
   holds an  Executive  MBA from  Ecole  Nationale des  Ponts  et  Chaussees,
   France, a  degree in  economics from  the Academy  of Management,  Almaty,
   Kazakhstan and a degree in international business from Bristol University,
   UK.

   Steven Dashevsky

   Mr Dashevsky is  an investment  professional with  more than  20 years  of
   experience in financial markets. Mr Dashevsky works as the Chief Executive
   Officer  of  D&P  Advisors  LLP,  a  UK-based,  FCA-regulated   investment
   management company. Prior to founding D&P Advisors LLP, Mr Dashevsky  held
   various senior management positions in leading financial services firms.

   Evgueni Konovalenko

   Mr Konovalenko has  extensive experience in  investment banking and  since
   2005  has  held  various  executive  positions  in  Renaissance   Capital,
   including  current  role  of  Managing  Director,  Head  of  International
   Equities and FICC Sales. Prior  to joining Renaissance Capital, he  worked
   at UBS London as Vice President, Structured Products Group. Mr Konovalenko
   holds BA in Economics  from Columbia College  of Columbia University,  New
   York, NY, USA, and  MBA from Solvay Business  School, University Libre  de
   Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.

   Paul J. Ostling

   Paul J. Ostling  is a  seasoned executive  with a  more than  40 years  of
   experience. In a career spanning thirty years with E&Y, he was one of  the
   architects of E&Y's  businesses in  Russia and Eastern  Europe from  1991;
   and, ultimately, as  the Global Executive  Partner (1994-2003) and  Global
   COO (2003-2007), the  developer of  E&Y's unifying  global governance  and
   rewards system. After leaving E&Y  in 2007, he has  served on a number  of
   boards of directors and run several companies.

   Previous directorships:

     • Urakali (MOEX), Senior  Independent Non-Executive Director  (2011-2022
       resigned), Chairman  Audit  Committee, Chairman  of  Remuneration  and
       Positions Committee.
     • JKX Oil & Gas PLC (LSE), Chairman of Board of Directors (2015-2018).

   There is no further information  required to be disclosed under  paragraph
   9.6.13 of  the  United Kingdom  Listing  Rules  in respect  of  the  above
   appointments.

    

   Enquiries

       Investor Relations
   Polymetal         1 ir@polymetalinternational.com

   Evgeny Monakhov  +44 20 7887 1475 (UK)

   Timofey Kulakov   

   Kirill Kuznetsov +7 812 334 3666 (Russia)

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   based.

    

    

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   ISIN:           JE00B6T5S470
   Category Code:  BOA
   TIDM:           POLY
   LEI Code:       213800JKJ5HJWYS4GR61
   OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
                   disclosed under the laws of a Member State
   Sequence No.:   149901
   EQS News ID:    1305937


    
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