The network of hypermarkets “Lemana PRO” replaced the general director // General Director of “Lemana PRO” became Denis Isaev

The new general director of Lemana PRO (former Leroy Merlin) was Denis Isayev. Data on his appointment to this position were entered in the database of the USRLE on September 22. The company did not announce personnel changes.

The company “L.E.V Management”, which transferred the network of hypermarkets to temporary management, said “Kommersant” about the absence of plans “to change the current top management”. Since 2019, the post of General Director of Lemana PRO was held by Laurent Defassier, who before his appointment to Russia held senior positions in the company in France and Spain.

Denis Isayev is the son of former State Duma deputy of the V convocation from United Russia Rizvangadzhi Isayev and the founder of Center-Hotel LLC, which owns the Marriott hotel in Krasnodar. In April, a court in Krasnodar, at the suit of the Prosecutor General’s Office, turned the assets of Mr. Isayev’s father, his relatives and associates into state income. It was about 18 billion rubles and several significant enterprises of Krasnodar, including Krasnodargorgaz and the Autonomous Heat Energy Company.

On September 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the transfer of Russian assets of foreign enterprises Nestle, FM Logistic, Auchan and Lemana Pro to the temporary management of L.E.V. Management JSC. On the eve of “Ashana” was replaced by the General Director, he became the former Executive Director of the Federal Property Management Agency Ilya Berdnikov. His predecessor, Asya Balabai, will continue as CEO of the company.