LEU-AGRO - Key Persons


Alexander Gorelov

Job Titles:
  • Project CFO / Head Financial Planning
Alexander brings with him more than 7 years' experience in finance industry, were he has started as an auditor and later management consultant in EY, working in Russian companies like RZD, Togliatti Azot, Rostec. Among the initiatives provided, was the optimization of business processes and cost cutting. Alexander worked with budgeting at SIBUR subsidiary, Russian largest petrochemical company, preparing and consolidating budgets of several refining plants. Later he has been CFO at Gazprom Bank where he was working in the Investment Banking, with responsibilities in cash flow planning, projects development and taxes. Parallel to his role as CFO he also participated in Revision committees of several Gazprom Bank's subsidiaries. Alexander has earned a master's degree of the Financial University under the Government of Russian Federation (specializing in international accounting and auditing), and a Bachelor of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University. He also possesses Diploma in Management accounting of CIMA certification. Alexander is fluent in Russian and English Language.

Alexander Kassl

Job Titles:
  • Head of Soil Science and Internal Research ( R & D )
Alexander brings 40 Years of Agriculture Science and Research with him to the Project, Consulting Farmers in Europe and CIS Countries on Crop Production with Focus on Soil Cultivation, Fertilization and Chemical Application. He has been advising Farmers in the CIS Countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan sins 1992 when he was working for Companies like AGRO-Linz Austria, Sandoz AGRO and Novartis AGRO Switzerland. Later he has developed and managed the Agriculture Trial-Site Station for Syngenta Switzerland / Russia based in Krasnodar, working with the University of Kuban on Crop Production, and supporting Farmers in Krasnodar and the Southern Region of the Russian Federation. After he was the Developing Manager based in Lipetsk for the Main R&D Trial Site in Lipetsk for Syngenta Russia, supporting the Central Black Earth, Volga Delta, and the Ural Region of Russia. The Trial Site is focusing on Soil Science and Biology, Sustainable Soil Cultivation Practices, Demonstration-Trail and the use of Herbicide, Fungicide, and Insecticide. Additionally he was Focusing on Seed Variety Trails on all Black Earth Region Crops like Winter and Spring Wheat, Barley, Grain-Corn, Sugar beet, Soybean, Canola, Sunflower, Potatoes and Vegetable.

Law Degree

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Robert Nilsson

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Production Director
  • COO Cattle and Milk Production
Before relocating to Russian, Robert has worked as a production director, consultant and an auditor for large agricultural Beef Projects in Northern Europe, such as Hkscan and Fivestar LLC He has graduated from a Higher School of Farm and Cattle Management in Ă–nnestad Sweden. Robert is fluent in Russian, English and Swedish With over 20 years of cattle management, livestock, dairy and production audits experience in Russia. He has been serving as a CEO of Prokorov, a Russia - based cattle management company and as CEO of Agrokultura Livestock, (Voronezh, Russia) a company with a livestock herd of more than 15'000 cows. Before relocating to Russian, Robert has worked as a production director, consultant and an auditor for large agricultural Beef Projects in Northern Europe, such as Hkscan and Fivestar LLC

Roman Huerlimann

Job Titles:
  • Agriculture Engineer
  • Head of Telematic
Roman is an Agriculture Engineer with more than 15 years experience . He developed innovative Telematic System's for the European Farming Industry.

Sture Gustavsson

Job Titles:
  • Head Agronomist
Sture is an agronomist with over 20 years of experience. He has developed innovative farm practices and technologies that boost economic crop yields, control pests and weeds. He has been an adviser to many European and Russian farmers, companies, and others members of the AG community to implement the latest methods and tools for growing crops profitably and sustainability. Since 2012, he has been running Sture Gustavsson Management AB, where he has been consulting internationally within the agriculture sector. Previously, he has served as a CEO and a chief agronomist at Black Earth Farming, which was among the first foreign-financed companies that undertook investments in the Russian agricultural sector. He also was a managing director of Mellersta Sveriges Lantbruks AB - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investment AB Kinnevik, which operates farms in Sweden and Poland. Sture has a degree in farm management from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Thomas Lange

Job Titles:
  • Head Technical Planning
Thomas brings with him 10 years of agriculture experience, technical planning and management in Grain and Row Crop Farming. He has been working at the Family Farm back home in Germany. Parallel to his Study at the University of Applied Sciences Anhalt Bernburg (Germany) he was working different internship's at Companies like H.R.D. Agriculture Holding GmbH Nörten-Hardenberg Kaliningrad, Farming Company OOO Druzhba Kaliningrad and EKONIVA-Agro Holding Voronezh Region Russia. After finishing the master's degree his has been General Director Farming Operation at S.C. TOMICOM PLUS S.R.L and S.C. LINOC AGRO S.R.L Agriculture Company in Romania. Thomas has earned a Bachelor of Engineering, (Crop and Animal Production, Agronomy and Business Management), and Master Degree (Agriculture Economics and Vertical Integrated Business Development) at the University of Applied Sciences Anhalt Bernburg (Germany).

Vladimir Diveev

Job Titles:
  • Head of Infrastructure and Facilities Development
Vladimir has over 25 years of experience in agricultural production and construction. For the last 18 years, he has held top management positions at international companies based in Russia, such as NovaTech (the largest in Russia importer of agricultural equipment). CEO at Hydrotron LLC, (the company constructs livestock facilities, warehouse storage and processing to the vegetable industries and irrigation development for agricultural companies). Agro-Nova, as well as Agrifac-Rus (both importer of western agriculture technologies) .