Mr. Birman joined the Company in 1980, where he performed various metallurgical functions, including Deputy Head of a hydrometallurgical plant, before leaving to join Konversia Corporation as Economics Director in June 1990.
From 1992 till 1996, Mr. Birman worked as Managing Director at Binom, an investment company.
In 1996, Mr. Birman returned to the Company as Deputy General Director.
He assumed his current role as Finance Director in 1997. Mr. Birman is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Akzhal Mine.
Mr. Birman is a graduate of the Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute.
He was born in 1959.