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Alexander Vedyakhin

Alexander Alexandrovitch Vedyakhin (Russian: Александр Александрович Ведяхин; born 20 February 1977) is a Russian business manager, First Deputy Chairman of the board, under CEO Herman Gref, and member of the supervisory board of Sberbank.[1] He oversees the development of business-to-business services for corporate clients, the sales network and international business, and leads the ESG division of Sberbank. He is a member of the board of Sberbank Corporate University,[2] and a member of the board of directors of the Skolkovo Foundation.[3] In 2020–2022, he was included in Kommersant's Top 1000 Russian Managers list.[4][5][6] He has worked in the banking sector since 1999 and has been First Deputy Chairman at Sberbank since 2018.[7]

Alexander Vedyakhin
Александр Александрович Ведяхин
Born (1977-02-20) 20 February 1977 (age 47)
Volgograd, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
Education
Occupations
Years active2018–present
EmployerSberbank
TitleFirst Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank
Board member of
AwardsMedal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
Order of Alexander Nevsky

Birth and education

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Vedyakhin was born on 20 February 1977 in Volgograd, the fourth largest city on the Volga river, the administrative centre of the Volgograd Oblast, and a large industrial and university centre.[8]

In 1999 he graduated with honours from the Volgograd State Technical University with a degree in world economics.[9] In 2001, he was awarded a degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.[10]

In 2010, he graduated from the banking MBA program at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a specialization in banking management.[9] Two years later, he completed a joint advanced training program of Sberbank and London Business School.[11] From 2016–2018, he trained at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[11] In 2018, he completed a course in artificial intelligence and machine learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[9]

Career

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Before Sberbank management (1999–2015)

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Between 1999 and 2008, Vedyakhin was employed at the Volgograd branch of Sberbank, where he advanced from a senior cashier-controller to deputy branch manager.[12][13] At the end of 2007, Sberbank acquired the small Ukrainian bank NRB-Ukraine and registered it as a subsidiary in Ukraine.[14] In 2008, he took the position of First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank in Ukraine.[12][13] After the purchase of the Turkish DenizBank by Sberbank in 2012, he moved to the position of chief risk officer (CRO) and joined the board of directors of the Turkish bank.[12][9]

Sberbank management (2015–present)

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In July 2015, Vedyakhin moved to Sberbank's central office and became Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Sberbank Group, and head of the Risk Block. He oversaw the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Competence Development Centre for Data Research.[15][12][9]

Since June 2018, he has been a member of the executive board and First Deputy Chairman of the board. He is in charge of the Corporate and Investment Business, the sales network, the International Business department, the Problem Assets department, the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning department, the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Centre for Partner Financing and Special Projects, the ESG Directorate, the Centre for High-Potential Business Lines, and the Marketing and Communications department.[16][9]

In addition, he is a member of the board and Academic Council of Sberbank Corporate University;[8] a director of the Skolkovo Foundation;[17] on the supervisory board of the FinTech Association (Russia).[18] He is also on government working groups concerning systemic technological changes in the field of industrial construction,[19] research centres in the field of Artificial Intelligence.[20]

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko noted that, due to Vedyakhin's active participation, the National Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence and the federal project of the same name were developed, resulting in Sberbank becoming the federal centre of competence in the field of AI.[21]

Sanctions

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In the spring of 2022 Vedyakhin was included, along with Herman Gref, in a list of sanctions by the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

Awards and recognition

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On 17 November 2016, Vedyakhin was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class "for a great contribution to the development and improvement of the banking system".[28] In 2021 he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.[9]

He was acknowledged as third in Kommersant's Top 1000 Russian Managers list for 2020,[29] and as number two on the list in 2021 and 2022 in the category of Commercial Directors (Banks).[30]

Family

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Vedyakhin is married and has two daughters.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "В Москве прошел XII Всероссийский форум по корпоративному управлению" [XII All-Russian Corporate Governance Forum was held in Moscow]. Interfax (in Russian). 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Руководство — СберУниверситет" [Management — Sber University]. Sber University (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "В "Сколково" упразднили позицию председателя фонда после отставки Дворковича" [Skolkovo abolished the position of Fund Chairman after Dvorkovich's resignation]. TASS (in Russian). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ^ "ТОП-1000 российских менеджеров (126407) - Лучшие выбирают лучших" [Top-1000 Russian managers (126407) - The best choose the best]. Kommersant (in Russian). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "ТОП-1000 российских менеджеров (133674) - Управленческий карантин" [Top-1000 Russian managers (133674) - Managerial quarantine]. Kommersant (in Russian). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. ^ "ТОП-1000 российских менеджеров (140522) - Лучшие выбирают лучших" [Top-1000 Russian managers (140522) - The best choose the best]. Kommersant (in Russian). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Первым зампредом правления Сбербанка вместо Полетаева станет Ведяхин" [Vedyakhin will become the first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank instead of Poletaev] (in Russian). Interfax. 14 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Alexander Vedyakhin". Sberbank Corporate University // Board of the Corporate University.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Alexander Vedyakhin". Skoltech (Profile). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Vedyakhin Alexander Aleksandrovich". Tadviser (Profile). 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b Ведяхин Александр Александрович [Vedyakhin Alexander Alexandrovitch]. BFM.RU (in Russian). 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d Ageeva, Nadejda (25 June 2020). Александр Ведяхин — РБК: «Пандемия стала мощным триггером инноваций» [Alexander Vedyakhin — RBC: “The pandemic has become a powerful trigger for innovation”]. RBC (in Russian).
  13. ^ a b Ageeva, Nadejda (10 June 2020). Александр Ведяхин: «Один из приоритетов Сбербанка — мир без бумаги» [Alexander Vedyakhin: "One of Sberbank's priorities is a world without paper"]. RBC (in Russian).
  14. ^ "Украинский бизнес Сбербанка. Досье" [Ukrainian business of Sberbank. Dossier]. TASS (in Russian). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Alexander A Vedyakhin". Bloomberg (Profile). 2022.
  16. ^ "Sber's Alexander Vedyakhin on Becoming an ESG Leader". Bloomberg. 2021.
  17. ^ "В "Сколково" упразднили позицию председателя фонда после отставки Дворковича" [Skolkovo abolished the position of the chairman of the fund after the resignation of Dvorkovich] (in Russian). TASS. 12 April 2022.
  18. ^ Члены Наблюдательного совета Ассоциации ФинТех [Members of the Supervisory Board of the FinTech Association] (PDF). FinTech Association (in Russian). 18 January 2022.
  19. ^ Андрей Белоусов возглавил рабочую группу по системным технологическим изменениям в сфере промышленного строительства [Andrey Belousov headed the working group on systemic technological changes in the field of industrial construction]. Government of the Russian Federation (in Russian). 16 March 2021.
  20. ^ Правительство утвердило состав рабочей группы по центрам в сфере ИИ [The government approved the composition of the working group on centres in the field of AI] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 13 September 2021.
  21. ^ Прямая речь, Группа (19 February 2022). Дни рождения [Birthdays]. Kommersant (in Russian).
  22. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  23. ^ "U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (press release). 24 February 2022.
  24. ^ "UK adds 33 persons, 26 organizations to Russia sanctions". Interfax. 24 March 2022.
  25. ^ Nolsøe; Pop, Valentina (2022). "Russia sanctions list: What the west imposed over the Ukraine invasion". Financial Times.
  26. ^ "Russian banks say UK sanctions will not affect their operations". TASS. 24 March 2022.
  27. ^ "ВЕДЯХИН Александр Александрович". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  28. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 ноября 2016 года № 608 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" [Russian Federation Presidential Decree of 25 October 2014 No. 608 "On conferring state awards of the Russian Federation"] (PDF). President of Russia (in Russian). p. 18. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  29. ^ Рушайло, Петр (15 September 2020). Лучшие выбирают лучших [The best choose the best]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  30. ^ Рушайло, Петр; Кочетова, Марина (27 September 2021). Управленческий карантин [Managerial Quarantine]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  31. ^ Александр Ведяхин // Первый заместитель председателя правления Сбербанка // Биография [Alexander Vedyakhin // First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank // Biography]. Banking Review (Profile) (in Russian).
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