CFO

Konstantin joined the Group in January 2012 from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), where he was involved in auditing and consulting projects in various industries – from agriculture to heavy machine-building.
Before he was appointed CFO, Konstantin had been in charge of a full array of finance functions such as international and management reporting, tax planning, budgeting, investment analysis, controlling, and investor relations.
Konstantin graduated from the Department of Technical Cybernetics of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and then the Department of Economics of the St. Petersburg State University. Konstantin is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

E-Commerce Director

Elena Remennikova joined the company in 2013.
She is responsible for creating and developing online sales. Under her leadership, O`KEY created and launched its new online shopping website, initiated a pick-up service, and commenced regular home deliveries. Prior to joining O`KEY, Elena headed AMF, an international flowers and gifts delivery network. Previously, she worked as Commercial Director of Utkonos, where she was responsible for several areas simultaneously: procurement, marketing, advertising, and processing. She also worked as Procurement Director at both Pyaterochka and Karusel retail chains.
Elena Remennikova holds a degree in Economics (Merchandising) from St. Petersburg University of Economics. She also received an MBA degree from the Stockholm School of Economics, which included her thesis on "The History of Creation of Private Labels".

Human Resources Director

Elena has headed the Human Resources Department at O`KEY Group since September 2015.
She joined O`KEY in January 2013, and over the following two years served in various HR management positions in the Company's Sales Department. In her role, she is in charge of the centralised HR function, whose work is based on the human capital development strategy. One of the key objectives of the HR Department is to increase employee performance by introducing best HR practices. Elena is highly experienced with more than a decade of experience in HR. Before joining O`KEY, she was an HR Business Partner at Magnit federal retail network, overseeing HR processes in its business units.
Elena received a degree in Psychology from the Department of Business and Management of the Lipetsk State Technical University, and an MBA degree in Human Resources from the Moscow International Higher School of Business (MIRBIS).

Commercial Operations Director

As of 01.07.21. the position of Director of Commercial Operations is taken over by Christian Morat. Christian joined O’KEY on March 03, 2020 in the role of Commercial Director for the categories: Alcohol, Beverages, Tobacco and Private Label.

Christian has profound experience in building and optimizing business processes, managing and developing large international and local retail chains. Christian was engaged in the management of commercial departments and the assortment development, strategies for the implementation and promotion of sales for all food and non-food categories in hypermarkets in Germany, Moldova and Romania.

From 2012 to 2015 . Christian worked at X5 Retail Group in Moscow, where he implemented marketing and strategic sales projects in the Pyaterochka retail chain, as well as was engaged in the management and planning for food and non-food categories in the Karusel retail chain. Since 2018 , Christian has held the position of Commercial Director at the German non- food retail chain J. A. Woll-Handels GmbH, where he was involved in the restructuring of the buying process with an annual volume of more than 200 million euros, introducing the updated purchasing strategies and shifting to new buying channels in Asia.

Christian graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Germany - Master of Business Administration. Speaks German, English, Romanian.

Real Estate Director

Olga has led the Commercial Real Estate Department at O`KEY since June 2020. She is responsible for all matters related to the Company’s commercial properties. Olga has twenty years of experience in managing real estate in Russia. Her leadership experience at major Russian and international companies (ATON Investment Group, Castorama, Cushman & Wakefield, Metro Cash&Carry) has provided her with in-depth expertise in real property investment, rental management, real estate renovation, operation and expansion, as well as in many other areas.

Olga has a PhD degree in Economics. She is a graduate of Samara State University, State Academy of Economics, Heinrich Heine University (Germany) and also has a Skolkovo Executive MBA degree.