On 23rd August 2006 a meeting of the Board of Directors of OJSC North-West Telecom was held. One of the issues on the agenda of the meeting was appointing the General Manager of OJSC North-West Telecom.

Based on the results of voting, a decision was taken to prolong the contract with the present General Manager of OJSC NWT Vladimir Alexandrovich Akulich. The term of office will be from 24th August 2006 till 23rd August 2008 inclusive.

Commenting on the prolongation of the term of office of Vladimir Akulich, Chairperson of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee of the Board of Directors of OJSC N.W.Telecom   Alexandr Ikonnikov noted: "The prolongation of the contract with Vladimir Akulich shows the appreciation of the work that has been done by North-West Telecom and the correctness of the development way, chosen by the Company, however, the main thing is the recognition of high professionalism of both the General Manager and the entire team of the top-management of OJSC North-West Telecom."

Vladimir Alexandrovich   Akulich was born on 23rd August 1956 in the city of Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR.

In 1978 he graduated from the Leningrad Prof. M.A. Bonch-Bruyevich Electrical Engineering Institute of Communications, majoring in Automatic Telecommunications.   

In 2003 he defended a thesis of the candidate of sciences at the Institute of Management and Economics and was conferred the degree of the candidate of economic sciences.

In February 2005 he was elected an academician of the International Academy of Communications.

From 1984 to 1992 he covered the distance   from an engineer of the Vyborgsky telephone centre of the Leningrad city telephone network to the Chief Engineer of the Nekrasovsky telephone centre of LGTS.

In 1992-1998 he was the Operation Manager and General Manager of OJSC Peter Star;

In 1998-2000 he was the Construction Manager of OJSC Petersburg Telephone Network;  

In 2000 he became the Deputy General Manager, OJSC Telecominvest;

In 2000-2002 - Director of Long-Distance and International Communication of OJSC PTN; Chief of the Main International and Long-Distance Telephone and Telegraph Centre of the PTN branch ;

2002-2003 – Deputy General Manager – Director in Charge of Strategic Development and Technical Policy, OJSC North-West Telecom ;

From August 2004 till now he has been the General Manager of OJSC North-West Telecom.    

Vladimir Akulich received the following awards: 2001 – Master of Communications, 2003 – medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg".

Family status:

married, with four children.