Sberbank leave three members of the board at once: Alexandra Buriko, Sergey Maltsev (both deputy heads of the board) and Natalya Alymova. The first deputy chairmen of the bank will perform their duties. The credit institution said that the reshuffle took place “as part of the transformation of the management model and updating the strategy.”
Buriko took the position of director of the financial department of Sberbank in 2020, in February 2022 she joined the board. Maltsev has been on the board of the company since November 2020. Alymova has served as Senior Vice President since 2018.
“After the board of VTB and FC Otkritie went to the sanctions lists in full force, people lose their nerves – many have assets and families in Europe. They are accustomed to a certain way of life and do not want to lose it.” explained previously one of the sources of Frank Media.
Since the beginning of the special operation, several key employees have left the bank at once. So, on February 25 (the day after the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine), the deputy chairman of the board, Lev Khasis, left for the United States. He worked at Sberbank since 2013, his decision was announced immediately after the start of the conflict in Ukraine.
On February 27, the media reported that the bank was left by the executive vice president, chief technical officer, David Rafalovsky, under whom the most powerful Christofari computer at that time in Russia was created in 2019.
In early April, The Bell, citing sources, announced the departure of the head of SberX, Andrei Vanin, who has headed the division since 2019. According to the publication, as a result, a decision may be made to disband SberX. In “Sber” confirmedthat the top manager decided to continue his career outside the bank for personal reasons, he was replaced by the first deputy head of the board, Kirill Tsarev.
In addition, on May 16, TASS, citing sources, announced the dismissal of Andrey Shemetov, senior vice president of Sberbank. He left the post (it was noted that he did not appear at the workplace for two months) to pursue his projects. The Frank Media publication, citing sources, reported that the company was left by senior vice president Yulia Chupina (curator of the Strategy and Development block). Sberbank did not comment on this information.
Sanctions against Sberbank
The United States added Sberbank to the sanctions list on February 24, and later the company was blacklisted in several other countries. Since mid-April, Citymobil, the service of the joint venture between Sberbank and VK, has stopped working. On March 21, RBC sources reported that another service from the ecosystem was put up for sale – “Kitchen in the District”.
The American IT giant Apple removed the Sberbank application (as well as SberBusiness, SberInvestor X, Sberbank Investor and some others) from the AppStore on April 12. These measures were associated with sanctions against Sberbank, VTB, Promsvyazbank, Otkritie, Sovcombank, Novikombank and Alfa-Bank. As part of the restrictions, US legal entities and individuals are prohibited from conducting any transactions with blacklisted organizations.
Canada and the United Kingdom separately imposed their sanctions against Sberbank. The credit institution said that this would not affect the service to the Russians, “since the system has already adapted to the previously introduced restrictions.”
