Oleg Astafurov becomes head of Alliance Healthcare Russia
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Executive Summary
Oleg Astafurov has become new director general of Alliance Healthcare Russia succeeding Igor Varlamov who led the company since 2007. Mr Astafurov was most recently head of Rigla, the retail arm of one of Russian largest pharmaceutical wholesalers, Protek; he had worked for Protek for more than 15 years. Alliance Healthcare Russia (formerly Apteka-Holding) is another of the country's largest pharmaceutical wholesalers; it had a turnover exceeding $1 billion in 2009. The company employs more than 2,000 people and has more than 40 divisions and trading offices across Russia.