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Anatoliy Yurkevych, Ph.D. (42) Chairman of the Board of Directors, Non-executive Director

Mr. Yukevych, Ph.D. in Information and Technology, is the founder of Milkiland. He is an entrepreneur, and accomplished businessman in many fields outside the dairy sector

Frederick Aherne (62) Board Member, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Frederick Joseph Aherne was appointed as a CEO of Milkiland N.V. on 17 June 2011 after occupation of the position of Non-executive Director of the Company from December 2010 to June 2011.
Mr. Aherne started his career in Great Britain spending 12 years in various technical positions in local companies. Then Mr. Aherne joined Nestle where he spent the next 24 years with various positions in the UK and latterly in Ukraine where since 2003 he was Technical Director and (2008) HR Director. In 2010 he left Nestle and operated a consultancy based in Ukraine which worked with clients in the fields of operational improvement and senior management coaching. Mr. Aherne holds a degree in Fuel Engineering from Leeds University and has completed post graduate studies in IMD (Lausanne) and London Business School

Olga Yurkevych (63) Board Member, Chief Operation Officer, Executive Director

Ms. Yurkevych, the Issuer’s Board Member since 2007, has been with the Group for a long time. In 2000 she started in the Group as Director of Nizhyn Dairy Plant, and during 2002-03 accomplished major major turnaround and modernization of newly acquired Mena Cheese Plant. Ms. Yurkevych possesses broad managerial experience obtained during her tenure in a number of public and private companies. Prior to joining the Group she headed Financial Planning Department of Chimkent’s Regional Administration, Regional Consumer’s Association of Chimkent. Ms. Yurkevych holds Masters Degree from Lviv Trade and Economy Institute

Vyacheslav Rekov (35) Board Member, Non-executive Director

Mr. Vyacheslav Rekov joined the Group in 2001 as Chief Financial Officer and then served as the Group’s President and CEO from 2003 to 2011. At 17 of June 2011 he was appointed as a Non-executive Board Member responsible for strategic acquisitions and integration of the new businesses and Investor Relations. Mr. Rekov’s prior professional experience includes positions of Deputy Director for Economics at JSC “Illichivsk Sea Fish Port”; Financial Director at JSC “Ocean Fish” Illichivsk; and Director of JSC “Odessa Bakery Plant #2”. Mr. Rekov received his Masters in Management from Odessa State Economy University

Willem van Walt Meijer, Ph.D. (52) Board Member, Non-executive Director

Willem van Walt Meijer was appointed as non-executive Director of Milkiland N.V. in December 2010. Mr. van Walt Meijer started his career at Unilever in 1983 and spent more than 20 years there, embracing executive positions in different regional offices of Unilever, including the Netherlands, Ireland, Indonesia, and Russia. After leaving Unilever he worked for Friesland Foods as Managing Director of Cheese Division (2006-08) and Leader of Classic Dairy Division (2008). Starling from end 2008 and until now Mr. van Walt Meijer is the Board's Chairman of Midoceanbrands, one of a leading European distributor of promotional products. He holds a Doctoraal degree in Economic science from State University of Groningen, and has accomplished post graduate studies at Harvard University and Kellog School of Management

Pavlo Yokhym (38) Board Member, Executive Director

Mr. Yokhym was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Issuer in May 2008. During his career Mr. Yokhym has held managerial positions in numerous companies incorporated in the Netherlands. He gained his credentials also during constant education all over the Europe. He holds a diploma in global management obtained from ESC Toulouse and in Commercial Economics from the High School of Amsterdam

Gerard Heerink (54) Board Member, Non-executive Director

Herard Heerink was appointed as a Non-executive Director of Milkiland N.V. on 17 June 2011. He got a broad experience in the development of the milk supply chains with the involvement of Dutch farmer’s cooperatives on the positions of a Managing Director responsible for Cooperative affairs and Raw materials supply in the Head Office of FrieslandCampina at Amersfoort and Friesland Foods te Meppel companies (2004-2009). He was also active in several corporate positions at Dutch Dairy Cooperatives and Organizations of Farmers (1982-1990). He holds a degree of Master of Science of Food Technology from Wageningen University and MBA in agricultural and food chain from Nijenrode Buisiness University

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