Avdeyev leaves Rosneft

Heading for the exit: Dmitry Avdeyev has reportedly left Rosneft

Dmitry Avdeyev, who has been managing finances at Russia's biggest oil producer Rosneft since June 2012, has left the company after it completed the $55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP, according to reports.

Vedomosti daily said Avdeyev, a former investment banker at at Morgan Stanley, left by "by mutual consent".

The news of Avdeyev's departure comes a day after Rosneft completed the acquisition of TNK-BP from BP and the AAR consortium of Soviet-born tycoons, marking the biggest deal in Russia's corporate history.

Kommersant business daily, citing unidentified sources, has tipped Svyatoslav Slavinsky, a senior banking services executive with Citigroup in Russia, as Rosneft's new vice president for finances.

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