EuroChem, a nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer company headquartered in Moscow, Russia, has appointed Valery Lepekhin as chief audit executive.

Lepekhin previously served as chief audit and investigations executive at Russian fertilizer company Uralkali. He served in the same capacity at GAZ Group, a cooperative enterprise between Ford and the Soviet Union.

Other past positions include chief financial officer at Central European Aluminum Company, United Oil Group, and Russian state-controlled national oil pipeline company Transneft.

Earlier in his career, he served as an auditor at KPMG.