Admiral Markets AS Management

Management Board

Eduard Kelvet

Before joining the supervisory board in February 2024, Eduard was the Head of Compliance Estonia at Admirals. His roles at MoneyZen OÜ, Citadele Bank, and AS TBB Bank endowed him with expertise in corporate governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance. With a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Law from The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, he combines legal and financial acumen seamlessly.

Eduard Kelvet
Chairman of the Management Board

Andrey Koks

Andrey Koks joined Admiral Markets in 2020. Obtained a bachelor’s degree in Information Communication Technology from the Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences. Has over 19 years of experience working in IT, including 6 years on IT managerial positions. Before joining Admiral Markets, held various positions in Symantec, and Kuehne+Nagel.

Andrey Koks
Member of the Management Board

Aleksandr Ljubovski

Aleksandr joined Admirals in 2010 and has since held several managerial roles across the company’s operations, including leadership in risk and compliance functions, as well as contributions to the product development team. He earned a diploma in Logistics from Tallinn University of Applied Sciences and later completed an Executive MBA at the Estonian Business School. Before his tenure at Admirals, Aleksandr gained experience in the international logistics sector.

Aleksandr Ljubovski
Member of the Management Board

Supervisory Board

Alexander Tsikhilov

Has been involved in several entrepreneurial projects, including an internet service provider. Founded Admiral Markets in March 2001. Obtained MBA in 2006 and PhD in Business Administration in the Swiss Business School in 2015

Alexander Tsikhilov
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Anatolie Mihalcenco

Obtained a degree from ITMO University in Saint-Petersburg. Joined Admiral Markets in 2004 as IB manager. After moving to Tallinn in 2011, has been working as a Chairman of Supervisory Board for Admiral Markets Group.

Anatolie Mihalcenco
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Anton Tikhomirov

Has been working in the industry since 1999, managing a financial broker firm. Joined Admiral Markets during the company’s merging with the local Russian broker. Has been developing Admiral Markets’ business activity in Spain and Latin America. Currently responsible for the supervision of the regional structure as well as research and development of KPIs and other critical business metrics.

Anton Tikhomirov
Member of the Supervisory Board

Dmitri Lauš

Obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Estonian Business School and currently obtaining the Master’s degree (Executive Global MBA) in Business Administration in IE University (Madrid, Spain). Together with Alexander Tsikhilov, founded Admiral Markets headquarters in Estonia. With a background in financial technology, played an integral part in the company’s technological development and is responsible for the innovation and development of company’s talents.

Dmitri Lauš
Member of the Supervisory Board

Auditor

On September 19, 2022 Admirals Group AS announced that the company had appointed the auditing company AS PricewaterhouseCoopers (registry code 10142876) as the company's auditor for the financial year 2022. As PWC is one of the world’s leading companies in its field, one of the arguments in choosing the audit service was their international experience and long-term knowledge of the field. At the same time, we are bound by successful previous cooperation with them and we highly appreciate their professional team.

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Committees

Credit Committee

Members of the Credit Committee are Anatolii Mikhalchenko, Anton Tikhomirov and Sergei Bogatenkov.

The function of the Credit Committee is:

• Evaluates the compliance of the leverage (credit), which is offered to clients by companies that that belong to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets AS in connection with using investment services, with applicable legislation and risk management principles of Admiral Markets AS

• develops and makes a proposal to the Management Board for establishing the limits of the credit offered to clients and

• evaluates, no less often than one (1) time a year and each time when applicable legislation is amended, the implementation of the limits of credit and, where necessary, makes a proposal for updating the limits of credit and prepare a corresponding draft resolution.

Remuneration Committee

Members of the Remuneration Committee are Anatolii Mikhalchenko and Anton Tikhomirov.

The function of the Remuneration Committee is:

• Evaluates the implementation of the remuneration principles (incl. the reward system) in Admiral Markets AS and in companies that belong to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets

• Evaluates the impact of the remuneration-related resolutions on compliance with the requirements laid down about risk management and prudential requirements and

• Exercises supervision of the remuneration (incl. rewarding) of members of the Management Board and employees of Admiral Markets AS and of companies that belong to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets AS, evaluates, no less often than one (1) time a year, the implementation of the remuneration principles and, where necessary, makes a proposal for updating the remuneration principles and prepares draft remuneration resolutions for the Supervisory Board (concerning the remuneration of members of the Management Board) and the chairperson of the Management Board (concerning the remuneration of employees), respectively.

Risk and Audit Committee

Members of the Risk and Audit Committee are Anatolii Mikhalchenko, Anton Tikhomirov and Olga Senjuškina.

The function of the Risk and Audit Committee is:

• To evaluate the implementation of the risk management principles in Admiral Markets AS and in companies that belong to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets AS, following the risk management principles of Admiral Markets AS and applicable legislation;

• Upon occurrence of unexpected events that may have a significant impact on Admiral Markets AS and/or on a company that belongs to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets AS, to ensure the implementation of the procedure that ensures the continuity of activities and, where necessary, to develop, without delay, a more detailed or additional action plan in order to prevent or at least minimise an adverse impact on Admiral Markets AS and on companies that belong to the same consolidation group as Admiral Markets AS;

• to evaluate, no less often than one (1) time a year, the implementation of the risk management principles and the principles of ensuring the continuity of activities and make proposals, where necessary, for updating these principles and prepare, where necessary, proposals for amendment

• to advise the Supervisory Board on exercising supervision of accounting, auditing and internal control, establishment of the budget as well as lawfulness of activities;

• to monitor and analyse processing financial information to the extent that is necessary for preparing interim and annual reports, efficiency of risk management and internal control, the process of auditing annual accounts or a consolidated report and independence of an audit firm and a sworn auditor that represents it on the basis of law as well as the compliance of their activities with the requirements of the Auditors Activities Act;

• to make proposals and recommendations to the Supervisory Board for appointing or recalling an audit firm, appointing or recalling an internal auditor, preventing or removing problems and inefficiency in the organisation and for compliance with legislation and good professional practice.

Nomination Committee

Members of the Nomination Committee are Anatolii Mikhalchenko and Anton Tikhomirov.

The function of the Nomination Committee is:

• makes proposals to a corresponding management body of Admiral Markets AS or of a company that belongs to the same consolidation group for appointing members of a lower level management body.

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