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JSC VTB Bank / Miscellaneous - Medium Priority Mikhail Sukhov appointed Deputy President-Chairman of VTB Management Board

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Press release

2 November 2016

Mikhail Sukhov appointed Deputy President-Chairman of VTB Management Board

On 2 November 2016, the Supervisory Council of VTB Bank has passed the decision to elect Mikhail Sukhov Deputy President-Chairman of the Management Board. His appointment will become effective once it has been approved by the Moscow Main Territorial Department of the Central Bank of Russia.

For reference:

Born: September 7, 1968; Moscow.

Education: 1990: Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University. 1990-1993: Post-graduate student of the Soviet Academy of Sciences' Institute of World Economics and International Relations, Moscow.

Professional activities: 1993-1996: Section head, deputy director, director of the Research and Forecasting Division of the Moscow branch of the Bank of Russia, Moscow. 1996-1998: Director of the General Analysis Division of the Bank of Russia Prudential Banking Supervision Department, Moscow. 1998: Deputy director, head of the Prudential Supervision Methodology Division of the Bank of Russia Prudential Banking Supervision Department, Moscow. 1998-2001: Deputy director of the Bank of Russia Prudential Banking Supervision Department, Moscow. 2001-2002: Director of the Bank of Russia Department for Licensing Credit Institutions and Their Financial Rehabilitation, Moscow. 2002-2012: Director of the Bank of Russia Credit Institutions Licensing and Financial Rehabilitation Department, Moscow. 2012-2016: Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia, Moscow.

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