Board & Staff

The Bank has a professional management team with a clear growth strategy and primary focus on increasing the value of the business.

The total number of employees of Belgazprombank as of 01.01.2008 was 1024, including 536 branch employees. 71% of the Bank's personnel have university diplomas.

In accordance with the Charter of the Bank, the main governing bodies are the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Management Board and the Board of Directors.

General Meeting of Shareholders

The General Meeting of Shareholders is the highest governing body of the Bank. The General Meeting of Shareholders:

•  makes amendments to the Charter, including approving changes in the shareholders' funds of the Bank;

•  elects the members of the Board of Directors and may terminate their power;

•  approves the financial statements of the Bank, dividend policy and remuneration policy;

•  takes decisions on the Bank's reorganisation and liquidation.

The decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders are passed with a simple majority of votes. Resolutions on changes in shareholders' funds and discontinuation of activities of the Bank are passed by three quarters of the shareholders' votes.

Board of Directors:

•  implements resolutions of the General Meeting of Shareholders;

•  determines the size and members of the Management Board;

•  appoints the Chairman of the Management Board;

•  approves transactions with the amount exceeding 40% of the Bank's total assets;

•  makes recommendations to the General Meeting of Shareholders in regards to the Bank's annual accounts and dividend policy.

Nine members of the Board of Directors are elected by the annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

The last annual meeting of shareholders, which took place on 21.03.2008, approved the following members of the Bank's Board of Directors:

Board of Directors:

Chairperson of the Board of Directors:

Andrey Vyacheslavovich Kruglov,
Deputy Chairman and Head of the Finance and Economy Department at Gazprom

Members of the Board of Directors:

Farid Mashutovich Kantserov,
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprombank

Vladimir Vladimirovich Maiorov,
General Director of Beltransgaz

Nikolay Grigorievich Korenev,
Deputy Chairman of Gazprombank

Alexander Ivanovich Sobol,
Deputy Chairman of Gazprombank

Alexander Anatolievich Meshkov,
Deputy Head of the Administrative Division of the Management Board of Gazprom, Adviser to the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom

Viktor Alekseevich Korendyuk
First Vice-President - Head Regional Business Department, Gazprombank

Yuri Stanislavovich Nosov
Deputy Head of Management Committee - Head of Administration, Gazprom

Igor Igorevich Shatalov
Deputy Head of Finance and Economic Department, Gazprom

Management Board

The Management Board is formed by the Board of Directors. The Chairman is appointed by the Board of Directors. The Management Board reports to the Board of Directors and the General Meeting of Shareholders. In June 2000, the extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors appointed Mr. V. D. Babariko Chairman of the Management Board.

In addition to the Management Board and the Board of Directors, the Bank has Revision Committee, Internal Audit Division and uses services of an independent external auditor.

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