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Appointment of CEO to Global Ports

Global Ports Investments PLC ("Global Ports" or the "Company" and, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, the "Group") (LSE ticker: GLPR) today announces that the Board has appointed Albert Likholet, currently Managing Director of Petrolesport and First Container Terminal, as CEO of the Global Ports, effective 16^th July 2020. Albert Likholet will also continue in his role as the Managing Director of Petrolesport and First Container Terminal.

This decision follows the announcement on 25 June 2020, that Vladimir Bychkov will depart from the Group effective 15^th July 2020.

More information on the Global Ports web-site.

Brief biography of Albert Likholet

Mr. Likholet was appointed as Managing Director of Petrolesport in August 2018 and First Container Terminal in May 2019. He previously held the position of CEO at Novoroslesexport (“NLE”), the NCSP Group container terminal located on the north-east coast of the Black Sea, for seven years, having been promoted from his role as the Container Terminal Manager.

Mr. Likholet commenced his career in the ports industry in 2002 working as a grain inspector for the Control Union at Novorossiysk, Temryuk and Port Kavkaz marine terminals. He joined NLE in 2003 as a berths and yards development coordinator before making his way up to hold a number of management positions. During his term NLE was converted into a modern container terminal through several stages of investments, while retaining historic bulk and general cargoes. He has a degree in Management & Economics from the Novorossiysk State Maritime Academy.

About the Company

Global Ports Group is a leading operator of Russian marine terminals. Global Ports runs port facilities that focus on handling various cargo and is the No. 1 operator in Russia by capacity of terminals and container volumes.

Global Ports, the part of Delo Group, operates a network of five marine container terminals in Russia and two in Finland, and a logistics complex near Saint Petersburg.

Delo Group is the major Russian transportation and logistics holding company that owns and operates port container terminals in the Azov and Black Sea, Baltic and Far-Eastern basins, a wide network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and flatcars. The headquarters of the Group is the Management Company “Delo”, 70% is owned by the Group’s founder Sergey Shishkarev and 30% owned by State Corporation Rosatom. 

The Group’s stevedore business is represented by DeloPorts holding and the leading operator of port container terminals Global Ports. TransContainer and Ruscon assemble the transportation and logistics business of Delo Group.
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