MOSCOW- Russia's largest steelmaker NLMK said on Monday it had appointed Elena Lobodina as head of its trading department which manages NLMK's exports.
* Prior to joining NLMK, Lobodina was general manager at Gazprom's marketing and trading department, where she was responsible for business development
* Lobodina will be in charge of development of NLMK's customer service across global markets and the introduction of best practices in sales business processes
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