OREANDA-NEWS.  October 01, 2014. CTC Media, Inc. (“CTC Media” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CTCM), Russia’s leading independent media company, announced that existing Board member Jorgen Madsen Lindemann has been elected to serve as Co-Chairman of the CTC Media Board of Directors in place of Lorenzo Grabau.

The Company also announced that Mathias Hermansson, 41, has been appointed as a member of the CTC Media Board in place of Mr. Grabau. Mr. Hermansson has been the Chief Financial Officer of Modern Times Group MTG AB since March 2006, and is responsible for MTG’s finances, strategy, corporate finance and legal affairs. Mr. Hermansson had previously served as a member of the CTC Media Board of Directors between December 2009 and April 2013.

Mr. Lindemann, Mr. Hermansson and Ms. Irina Gofman are therefore now the three members of the CTC Media Board designated by MTG Russia AB pursuant to the stockholders agreement among the Company, MTG Russia and Telcrest Investments.

Lorenzo Grabau commented: “I have been honoured to serve as the Co-Chairman and a Director of CTC Media. My new role as Chief Executive Officer of Kinnevik requires me to dedicate all my time to our direct investee companies, and I look forward to continuing to provide guidance to Jorgen and Mathias through my contribution as an MTG Board member.”