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Vladimir Pravdivy

Investor

Chief Executive Officer at AVIV Group

Tivat, Montenegro

About

Joined AVIV Group as CEO in March 2025, succeeding Ait Voncke. Previously spent nearly a decade at Avito, including seven years as CEO and a period as CFO, where he oversaw significant revenue growth.

Experience

  1. AVIV GroupChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentBerlin, Germany
  2. Avito, a part of Prosus groupChief Executive Officer (CEO)2016 — 2023Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
  3. AVITO.ruCFO2014 — 2016Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
  4. Prof MediaCFO2006 — 2013
  5. Mobile TeleSystemsFinance Director2004 — 2006
  6. ABBYY Software HouseCFO2001 — 2004
  7. PricewaterhouseCoopersAssistant Manager1997 — 2001

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolDiploma of Professional Development, Executive Development Program2010 — 2012
  2. Imperial College LondonAI for Growth Program2019
  3. ACCAcertified accountant1997 — 2000
  4. Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and EconomicsFinance and Credit, Corporate Finance1992 — 1997

Skills & more

Classifieds1Team Leadership2Strategic Planning80Negotiation40Management68Strategic Business Change5New Business Development5E-Commerce4Entrepreneurship1Pre-IPO1Business Transformation1Online Marketplace1
+12 moreGrowth StrategiesInformation TechnologyOrganizational CultureTalent ManagementBoard RelationsProduct ManagementGovernment RelationsBusiness InnovationCorporate FinanceRestructuringFinancial ReportingManagerial Finance

Languages English · Russian · Ukrainian

From Vladimir's professional profile.

Colleagues at AVIV Group

Baptiste Capron
Managing Director France at AVIV Group
Dr. Robert Wagner
Managing Director and COO Germany at AVIV Group
Lars Nordmark
Chief Financial Officer at AVIV Group
Mark Loughran
Transformation Advisor at AVIV Group
Olaf Zschiedrich
Interim Chief Technology Officer at AVIV Group
Olga Kim
Chief People Officer at AVIV Group
Ovidiu Solomonov
Chief Operating Officer at AVIV Group
Piet Derriks
Managing Director Belgium at AVIV Group

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