Russian grocery retailer X5 Retail Group has appointed Kirill Grodinsky as CEO of its IT business.

Grodinsky has “significant” experience in FMCG and e-commerce, the firm said today (31 January). From 2006 he served as general director of O-Courier, the major delivery channel of Ozon.ru in Moscow and St Petersburg Regions, for two years. He was then appointed as Ozon.ru’s deputy CEO and operational director in 2008.

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In 2010 Grodinsky became the head of Alterwest, a Russian leader in ice cream and frozen foods.

X5’s IT business focuses on e-commerce and operates through www.bolero.ru and www.003.ru online stores.

The division posted 2010 net sales of US$20.3m and $6.9m in the fourth quarter.

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