Bashneft announced that Sergey Zdolnik has been appointed Vice President for Oil and Gas Production; Igor Kalyuzhny has been appointed Vice President for Information Technologies; Vitaly Kozlov has been appointed Vice President for Refining and Petrochemicals; Igor Marchenko has been appointed Vice President for Strategy and Development; and Vladislav Pozdyshev has been appointed Vice President for Organizational Development and Human Resources. Denis Stankevich, Bashneft's Vice President for Economics and Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed First Vice President for Refining and Commerce as from May 19, 2015. He will replace Maxim Andriasov, who has decided to continue his career outside the Company.

Since September 2014, Mr. Zdolnik has been the acting Vice President for Oil and Gas Production of JSOC Bashneft. Since February 2015 Mr. Kalyuzhny has been the acting Vice President for Information Technologies of JSOC Bashneft. Since September 2014, Mr. Kozlov has been the acting Senior Vice President for Refining and Petrochemicals of JSOC Bashneft.

Since January 2015 he has been the acting Vice President for Strategy and Development of JSOC Bashneft. Since October 2013 he has been the Vice President for Human Resources of JSOC Bashneft. Since April 2013 he has been the Vice President for Economics and Finance and Chief Financial Officer of JSOC Bashneft.