Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich: noble head of SUE "Vodokanal"

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Felix Vladimirovich - General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg", is a candidate of technical sciences.

Biography

06.10.1943 Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov was born in Kronstadt. The biography of this person is rarely found in public information sources. But there are some interesting facts. Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov is considered a respected person. His family is small: his wife Anna has been a business owner and individual entrepreneur since 2008; daughter Yanina, who, following the established family tradition of always moving forward, after graduating from graduate school, received a Ph. D. in economics; have a granddaughter.

Felix Vladimirovich was awarded the title of Honored Engineer of the Russian Federation.

Education and early career

Felix Karmazinov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport in 1966.

He worked at a marine plant in Kronstadt, was at the head of a branch of the Leningrad sewing association "Mayak", chairman of the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies.

After that, he became the head of the Vodokanal sewage economy. Later it was reorganized into State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal of St. Petersburg.

Achievements

Karmazinov Felix is an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg. 2001 brought him the status of the winner of the award in the field of science and technology. He was awarded the Order of Honor, the commander's badge of the Order of the Finnish Lion.

2016 Changes

Felix Vladimirovich took 82nd place among billionaires, his fortune was 10 billion rubles.

Karmazinov Felix headed the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg" for almost 30 years. He owns 50 hectares of land, houses. In a word, Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov does not have a shortage in real estate. Children, wife and he himself have agricultural land on their lands. In addition to growing cereals and vegetables, the land is used for raising livestock.

Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich: resignation

He left the post of general director of Vodokanal of his own free will. Leaving, on the last day Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov celebrated his 73rd birthday.

According to his acquaintance, Karmazinov had reasons for dismissal that he did not share with anyone. Applicants for the position of director periodically appeared. But despite this, Felix Vladimirovich remained - he managed to find a common language with the first persons of St. Petersburg for almost 30 years. We respect Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov as employees and colleagues. His resignation for the organization becamea serious test. Although it should be said that this was also not the latest news for the city.

As CEO, he always tried to use new technologies and improve production. According to consumers, Felix Vladimirovich did a lot for his city. And, it is worth noting, only good. During his work, the quality of water has improved significantly. He is considered one of the most experienced leaders.

Developers have never had any problems with Vodokanal. The terms of work and conditions were always predictable, carried out under the contract. Karmazinov held back the increase in water tariffs. For this, he was respected by members of the business structures of the city.

In the list of achievements of Felix Vladimirovich, it is worth noting the reconstruction of the Central aeration station, the launch in 2007 of new factories for the incineration of sewage sludge. By the way, water purification in St. Petersburg is 98%.

Uneasy life

The resignation of Felix Karmazinov, Director General of SUE Vodokanal, caused a mixed reaction among business people. The companies, whose business significantly depends on the managerial experience of the head of the SUE, were asked to assess the possible consequences of the upcoming change of the head of one of the most important monopolies.

Most businessmen believe that everyone should be grateful to Felix Karmazinov for creating an excellent water supply and sewerage system in St. Petersburg. The same opinion is also heldresidents of the city.

SUE "Vodokanal" had the fewest complaints from customers in terms of time and cost of connections, the degree of corruption in this process. Within the administrative boundaries of the city, this was an almost problem-free area. This is entirely the personal merit of Karmazinov.

Reputational Capital

At the same time, some experts note that other monopolists have a simpler "economy" than that which Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov had. "Vodokanal" has no particular problems, but the drainage system definitely requires large investments. It is necessary to build not only huge sewers, but also sewage treatment plants, sludge processing companies. This requires large expenses and organizational efforts. Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich coped with all this very successfully.

This fact, in the opinion of the business circle, explains the special (in comparison with the heads of other city monopolies) confidence in him from partners from Europe. Everyone knows that the EBRD willingly provided loans to Vodokanal of St. Petersburg and invested in projects to modernize the city's water supply and sanitation systems. Europeans were attracted by the fact that the organization always clearly fulfills its obligations under the programs. At the same time, not only to colleagues on projects, but even to companies that supplied equipment on lease. Given Russian conditions, such commitment is worth a lot. Probably no one will argue with that.

Positive Stubbornness

But some business professionalsbelieve that the attention of partners from Europe is explained not only by the personal merits of Felix Karmazinov, but also by their great interest in changing and improving the ecology of St. Petersburg, which directly affects the environment of northeastern Europe. In their opinion, the Europeans considered it necessary to encourage the Russians to seriously clean up the waters, which significantly polluted the Gulf of Finland and adjacent territories. For these purposes, they provided loans, financed common projects. In addition, they insisted on the use of European equipment for cleaning, so that everything was done not just for show, but with high quality.

As an example of the non-trivial achievement of Felix Vladimirovich and his colleagues, experts call the fact that in St. Petersburg for 20 years it was possible to reduce the level of water consumption from 220 liters per person per day to 190, thus approaching the European level. This reduction has had a major economic impact on the city through capital savings.

Felix Karmazinov's special merit is that Hansa Development's CEO believes that he was able to keep Vodokanal from a bad reform, which, according to him, is often catastrophic in Russia, leading to negative consequences. This organization is the last uncut piece. One of the colleagues notes that Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov for many years resisted attempts of various kinds of interests to push back, sometimes even evict SUE "Vodokanal" fromterritory on the banks of the Neva River, which is very attractive for developers. Perhaps, he believes, along with other experts, such stubbornness as a result led Felix Vladimirovich to leave.

Respectable

No one of the interviewed St. Petersburg experts confirms the version of dismissal after the discovery of abuse. Many, of course, are accustomed to believing that by managing the State Unitary Enterprise for a long time with billions of dollars in turnover, it is impossible to save "white clothes", but there was not a single big scandal with Felix Karmazinov. Despite the fact that there were always enough people who wanted to give him such a “gift”. He looks very respectable, especially against the background of colleagues, of which few could escape accusations of abuse. However, experts say that claims against Felix Vladimirovich may well arise after his resignation.

Experts also admit that the head of "Vodokanal" could leave at will. 30 years to manage the most complex economy is certainly tiring, and he is quite old. After all, you have to leave at some point. Experts recall that in 2000, Felix Karmazinov’s confessions appeared in print and information publications that he was burdened, in fact, by his bureaucratic status, he offered Smolny to manage Vodokanal of St. Petersburg in the format of a concessionary PPP. One of the experts thinks it is possible that he was simply tired of waiting for the consent of the city administration.

One big family

Like many CEOs and directors of large companies, the formerthe head owns plots with a total area of almost 50 hectares in the Priozersky district, several houses in the village of Solnechnoye. This is confirmed by extracts from Rosreestr.

The cost of one hundred square meters of land in Priozersky without development reaches 200 thousand rubles, on the territory near the lake it can reach up to 300 thousand rubles. Therefore, in total, land assets with residential buildings, estimated at 1 billion rubles, are owned by Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich. The wife has at her disposal the Sukhodolskoye recreation center in the same area. This is a premium-level cottage village on the shores of Lake Sukhodolsk with a restaurant, a sports complex and a paintball area. The total area of the land plot is 50 hectares. A hotel with 28 rooms and 46 cottages have been built on the territory. The family restaurant complex holds corporate events and provides catering services, in some cases by state order for universities in St. Petersburg. The value of the asset is more than 2 billion rubles.

Felina-lux, another company of Karmazinova Anna, is associated with the luxurious Sukhodolskoye base, which sells medical equipment. However, it is not possible to evaluate this asset, since the company has not submitted tax reports for a long time (it is included in the list of legal entities that have not reported taxes for more than a year).