Moscow, 22 September 2003. The high proficiency of top-managers of RAO "UES of Russia" has been confirmed by the professional reputation rating released by the Russian Managers' Association.

The Chairman of the Management Board of RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais is ranked by the Association's experts among Russia's top three managers. RAO UES Financial Director Dmitry Zhurba heads the list of Russia's top CFOs, and Vadim Galka, head the Company's Human Resources, ranks fourth among Russia's HR managers.

The Association's experts say, "Professional reputation includes not only the managers' professional skills, but also other characteristics of their activities, such as public reputation, leadership qualities, etc. Among contributors to the rating were 470 representatives from specialized public institutions, non-profit sectoral or regional business associations, leading investment companies and banks, and CEOs of Russian companies.

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* Russian Managers Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist in the development of community of top and middle managers in Russia.

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