Anton Abdukhamidov

Corporate development director – Yandex at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

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  • Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

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Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Anton is currently a head of corporate development projects at Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), #1 technology ecosystem in Russia & CIS and one of Europe's largest technology companies. Brief Yandex overview: · Search: 79% of total Russian monthly internet audience with 56.9% market share in Russia as of June 2019 · Geo products: (i) Yandex.Maps is the leading mapping & navigation service with 35 mm MAU, (ii) Yandex.Navigator has presence in 4 countries with ~20mm MAU as of June 2019 · Mobility services: (i) #1 e-hailing service in Russia with presence in 17 countries (acquired UBER in post-Soviet Union countries in 2017), (ii)Y.Drive is top-2 global carsharing service, (iii) self-driving cars, tested on the streets of Moscow, Tel Aviv & LA · E-commerce: a leader in Russia’s e-commerce space

In his role Anton is responsible for business development of internal startups and minority investments of Yandex Group. The list of internal business initiatives managed by Anton and his team includes, but not limited to the following: - YandexDrive (carsharing business): in 2 years after public launch became the dominant player in the Russian market and top-2 player globally - Voice technologies: Yandex voice assistant Alisa, has 45+ million monthly users across Yandex apps, smart home devices, connected cars and more in 2 years since public launch - YandexEducation: (i) launch of product management school, (ii) launch of YandexPracticum, online program that trains people for the most in demand data science professions, (iii) launch of Yandex.Textbook, a free online learning platform for primary school teachers, with interactive tasks in math and Russian language - YandexCloud: public launch of Yandex cloud solutions

Prior to Yandex, Anton worked for 7 years in various roles in investment banking and principal investments in Sberbank Group (LSE: SBER), the largest financial institution in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe.

Anton is also an advisor and investor to fast growing companies.

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