Andrey Kostin

President and Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Committee for Strategy and Corporate Governance at VTB Bank.

A short biographical note:
Education: 1979: Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Major: Economics, Teaching of Political Economy. Degree: Political Economy.
2001: Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Professional Experiences:
1979–1992: diplomatic services.
1993–1995: deputy director of foreign investment at Imperial Bank.
1995: first deputy chairman of the National Reserve Bank.
1996: appointed chairman of Vnesheconombank by Presidential Decree.
2002: president and chairman of the management board of VTB Bank (PJSC).

Awards:
The Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov 2nd Class of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Service for the Motherland Order of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Classes.
The Order of Honour.
Order for Service to the Country (France) and others.