Year of birth: 1971. Sergei Kuznetsov started his career in 1994 as an expert in trade operations for steel and steel products at the State Owned Foreign Trade Association Promsyrioimport (Industrial Materials Import/Export). In 1995-2001 he worked as a commercial representative at Steel Trading Section of Moscow Representative Office of Cargill Enterprises, Inc. He joined Severstal in 2002 to head Business Planning Group responsible for acquisitions of foreign assets and development of international projects. In 2004 he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Severstal North America. In 2008 he became Chief Financial Officer of OAO Severstal. In July 2009 Sergei became CEO of Severstal International and CEO of Severstal North America.
Sergei graduated from BaumanMoscowStateTechnicalUniversity in 1994, where he majored in Engineering. In 1998 he received his Finance MBA from CaliforniaStateUniversity, Hayward.