Siman Povarenkin (Born 1969 in Omsk) is a Russian entrepreneur with investments in metals & mining, geophysics and medical and health technology in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
He serves as Non-Executive Director of Saddleback Corporation Ltd.[2] One of Povarenkin’s substantial investments was in GeoProMining (GPM), an international gold and copper mining company with operations in Russia and Armenia.
In 2009 GPM Asia acquired mining and processing operations located in Binh Thuan province in the south-east of Vietnam.
[9][10][11] Povarenkin has a passion for European and Russian art, which influenced him to purchase the 19th-century chateau in Normandy (France), which was previously owned by Yves Saint Laurent.
He is a noted gastronome with a great interest in foods from around the world, and has studied the culinary arts from regions ranging from Latin America to South East Asia.