QIWI plc announced the appointment of Alexey Mashchenkov as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective November 8, 2021. Alexey will be responsible for all the sets of issues related to the Company?s financial operations, investments, strategy, capital allocation and M&A. Alexey will take over the responsibilities of interim CFO, Elena Nikonova and report directly to CEO of the Group, Andrey Protopopov. Elena will continue to serve as Deputy CFO for Corporate Finance. Alexey is a seasoned CFO having experience with both private and public companies and a track record of successful financing, M&A and restructuring transactions. Alexey started his career as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Bain & Co, and has over 20 years of experience in a variety of finance and investment management roles. Prior to joining QIWI, Alexey served as Deputy CEO of Russian Fishery and earlier worked as Group CFO of Russian Standard Corporation.