Gazprom has elected Vyacheslav Mikhalenko as Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Moscow.

Vyacheslav Mikhalenko was born in October 1965 in the Bryansk Oblast. In 1989 he graduated from the Bryansk Institute of Transport Machinery, majoring in Internal Combustion Engines. He holds a PhD in Engineering.

Vyacheslav Mikhalenko has served in Gazprom for more than 22 years now.

Between 1989 and 1992 – Process Engineer, Dispatch Engineer, Engineer at the Gas Compressor Service (GCS) of the Beyneu Line Pipe Operation Center, Saratovtransgaz Association.

Between 1992 and 1995 – Shift Engineer, Equipment Repair Engineer, Head of GCS-1 at the Kursk Line Pipe Operation Center, Mostransgaz.

Between 1995 and 2002 – Deputy Head – Chief Engineer at the Tula Line Pipe Operation Center, Mostransgaz.

Between 2002 and 2006 – Director of the Engineering Center, Mostransgaz.

Between 2006 and 2007 – Deputy Director General for Prospective Development – Head of the Directorate for Gas Pipelines Operation in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Tomsktransgaz.

Between 2007 and 2012 – Chief Engineer – First Deputy Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk (before February 2008 – Tomsktransgaz). In 2012 he was working part-time as Director General at Gazprom Invest Vostok.

Alexey Golubnichiy, the former head of Gazprom Transgaz Moscow, was relieved of his post due to appointment as Deputy Director General of Gazprom Export.