ALROSA has appointed Nikolay Gorokhov as head of the company’s branch in Vladivostok.  He takes over from Semyon Lavrentiev, who has moved to head the Diamond Sorting Center in Mirny, Yakutia.

Gorokhov, who has been with ALROSA since 2001, starting out with the Company’s Yakutsk Diamond Trading Company, will, in his new role, be responsible for rough diamond sales in Vladivostok, logistics, Chinese market research and increasing the efficiency of the branch.

Lavrentiev, who has managed the Vladivostok branch since 2018, has been appointed as the head of the Diamond Sorting Center (DSC) in Mirny. Sketching out his background, ALROSA said that after joining ALROSA as a diamond sorter at DSC in 2003, he held the position of diamond evaluator from 2005 to 2008. From 2008 to 2018, Lavrentiev worked at ALROSA’s Kommeral company, the division responsible for sale of industrial diamonds, where he rose from a leading expert to becoming a director.

“My congratulations to Nikolay Gorokhov on his appointment as director of our Far East branch,” commented Evgeny Agureev, Deputy CEO of ALROSA. “He will continue working with customers from Asia-Pacific and strengthening (the) positive image of ALROSA. I also would like to thank Semyon Lavrentiev for his work and to wish him success in his new position.”