The Board of Directors of AVTOVAZ made a unanimous decision to approve Maxim Sokolov as president of the company. The decision came into force on May 23, 2022. This is stated in the message of the automaker.
M. Sokolov was born on September 29, 1968 in Leningrad. In 1991-1993 he taught the history of economic studies and macroeconomics at the Faculty of Economics of St. Petersburg State University. In 2008 he defended his PhD thesis, and since 2011 he has been a teacher, head of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the Higher School of Management of St. Petersburg State University.
In the period from 1994 to 2004, he was the General Director of CJSC "Rossi", then - the General director of LLC "Corporation C". In 2004, he joined the administration of St. Petersburg, where he headed the Committee on Investments and strategic projects of the city government. At the end of 2009, he was appointed Director of the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of the Government of the Russian Federation. In May 2012, he was appointed Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, where he worked until 2018. In 2018-2019, he held senior positions in PJSC LSR Group. At the end of 2019, he took the position of Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, where he oversaw the committees for the development of transport infrastructure, tourism, transport, investment and the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg‑St. Petersburg.
AVTOVAZ is the largest and one of the oldest Russian automakers, which produces cars under the most famous LADA brand in Russia. Since 1970, the company has produced more than 30 million cars of more than 50 different models. Currently, LADA cars are manufactured at two sites: AVTOVAZ JSC in Togliatti and LADA Izhevsk LLC in Izhevsk. LADA cars are presented in the B, B+, SUV and LCV segments and are divided into 5 families: Vesta, XRAY, Largus, Granta and NIVA. The brand has the largest official dealer network in Russia, including more than 300 centers.
