Vladimir Salakhutdinov has 12 years of experience in the financial services industry. From 2002-2009, he held various senior management positions at Western Union at the European headquarters in Vienna as well as in Moscow. Mr. Salakhutdinov worked as Operations Director for Eastern Europe and the CIS, as well as Vice President and Executive Director of Western Union MT East, a fully owned subsidiary managing Western Union’s business in Russia and the CIS region. From 1997-2002 Vladimir Salakhutdinov was employed by the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX). He started as an Economist and was soon promoted to Head of the Trade Management Department for the stock and corporate bond market. mark.k@bgssmartcard.com www.bgssmartcard.com