NLMK'S LISIN NOMINATED AS GOVT CANDIDATE FOR UNITED SHIPBUILDING BOARD

摘要

The chairman of the board of Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Company (NLMK), Vladimir Lisin, has been nominated as the Russian government's candidate for a seat on the board of directors of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the government said on its website. An executive at USC told Interfax that Iisin already sits on the corporation's board of directors. "Lisin is the owner of the Volgo-Baltic Company, so he has links to shipping; secondly, he is the owner of the Novolipetsk plant, which supplies steel for the fleet. He is also a person who has links to [shipbuilding]," the source said.