Age not a barrier to success for Novaport deputy CEO in Russia
Neelam Mathews Aug 1 2015 Pix-Neelam Mathews “Don’t hurry to reply, but hurry to listen.” Aviation industry executive Anna Varshavskaya seems to subscribe to this Russian proverb. At just 31 years of age, she has ascended to the position of deputy CEO at Novaport, a regional airport investment company that runs eight Russian airports, and is eyeing further growth. Influenced in her formative years by her father, a military pilot who flew Mi-8 helicopters, Varshavskaya felt that the closest she could come to obtaining his type of career would be to enter the field of aviation. After graduating from university in Moscow, she accepted a job as a dispatcher at Sheremetyevo International Airport whe...