Winning Customers

Annual Report 2009

X5 2009 Awards

X5 Retail Group’s achievements and professional excellence were recognised this year with numerous
industry awards. 

  • X5 topped the list for "Fastest Growing FMCG Retail Chain in 2009" and "M&A Deal
    in FMCG Sector" in a ranking by Russia's National Trade Association and news agency "INFOLine".
  • X5 was named "Company of the Year 2009" by publishing house RosBusinessConsulting Group and also ranked first in the retail sector category.
  • X5 was named "Retail Company of the Year" at the International "Retail Business 2009" Summit organised by BBCG in association with the World Retail Congress and the Russian Retail Companies’ Association. X5 also won an award for "Marketing Campaign of the Year" for Perekrestok’s Prime Minister's Price campaign.
  • Lev Khasis, X5's Chief Executive Officer, was named to the President of the Russian Federation’s "First Hundred" list of high-potential managers, an initiative to develop the country’s professional executive talent pool.
  • Lev Khasis, X5’s Chief Executive Officer, was awarded the prestigious "Person of the Year 2009" award by RosBusinessConsulting Group for promoting the interests of the retail sector and personal contributions to the development of a modern consumer market.  He was also awarded the Glory of Motherland decoration established by RBC, which is listed in the state public decorations register of the Russian Federation.
  • Lev Khasis was also named one of the "Top 100 Russian Managers of the Decade" by the National Association of Managers.
  • Evgeny Kornilov, X5’s Chief Financial Officer, won the award for "Best Investor Relations by a CFO" in the Focus Russia 2009 Thomson Reuters Extel Survey. Anna Kareva, X5’s Investor Relations Director, was named "Best Investor Relations Officer" in the Russian retail sector category.
  • Yuri Kobaladze, X5 Corporate Affairs Director, and Teimur Shternlib, X5 Chief Information Officer, were ranked number one for the retail sector in various categories of the National Association of Managers’ annual survey.
  • X5 North-West branch was cited as "Best Taxpayer 2008" by the St. Petersburg City Government.  
  • X5 South branch was rated "Most Socially-Oriented Company of the Year" by Molot newspaper of the Southern Federal District. 
  • Pyaterochka was named "Brand with the Best Reputation for Environmental Protection" by Reader’s Digest Magazine’s Russian edition.