ILIM TIMBER CONTINENTAL - Key Persons

Alexander Sovetnikov

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • CEO Ilim Timber, Business Unit Russia
Alexander Sovetnikov became head of the company in 2011 after previously working as Director for Investments and Production for two years. Until 2010 he was COO at Sveza (Moscow HQ), the world's largest manufacturer of birch plywood. Since 1979 he held leadership positions at aviation industry. Alexander Sovetnikov graduated from the Kuibyshev Aviation University with a degree in Engineering.

Michael Liche

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • CEO Ilim Timber, Business Unit Germany
  • Head of the Companies Ilim Nordic Timber GmbH & Co.KG
Michael Liche became head of the companies Ilim Nordic Timber GmbH & Co.KG and Ilim Timber Bavaria GmbH (Ilim Timber Germany or Business Unit Germany) in 2019 after previously working as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Controlling. He was working for 9 years at the company Beiersdorf AG before he joined Ilim Timber Germany (or Business Unit Germany) in 2012. Michael Liche graduated from the Hamburger Fern-Hochschule in Business and Administration.