VTB Bank

JSC VTB Bank
Type Public (RTS:VTBR
LSEVTBR
MICEX: VTBR)
Industry Banking
Founded (1990)
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Key people Andrei L. Kostin, (Chairman)
Products Financial Services
Revenue US$ 5.9 Billion (2010)
Net income US$ 2.0 Billion (2010)
Total assets US$ 153.6 Billion (2010)
Employees 41.992
Website www.vtb.com

Bank VTB (Russian: ОАО "Банк ВТБ"), (RTS:VTBR, LSEVTBR, MICEX: VTBR) former Vneshtorgbank, is one of the leading universal banks of Russia and the largest in terms of authorized capital.

As of 31 December 2005 according to IFRS (consolidated), its shareholders equity totaled $5.3 billion. In December 2007 The bank sold its 5% stake in the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which it purchased for $1 billion in 2006, to the Russian Development Bank VEB for $1.45bn.[1]

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Management

As of September 2009, the Supervisory Council of VTB Bank consists of Alexei Kudrin (Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation), Arkady Dvorkovich (Aide to the President of the Russian Federation), Anton Drozdov (Chairman of the Management Board, Russian Pension Fund), Andrey Kostin (President and Chairman of the Management Board, JSC VTB Bank ), Alexey Savatyugin (Head of Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation), Vitaly Saveliev (CEO, JSC Aeroflot-Russian Airlines), Alexei Ulyukaev (First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation), Grigory Glazkov (Independent Consultant), Matthias Warnig (Managing Director, Nord Stream AG), Nikolai Kropachev (Rector of the St. Petersburg State University) and Muhadin Eskindarov (Rector of Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation).[2]

As of September 2009, its Management Committee consists of Andrey Kostin (Chairman since 10 June 2002), Mikhail Kuzovlev (First Deputy Chairman), Vasily Titov (First Deputy Chairman), Andrey Puchkov (Deputy Chairman), Gennady Soldatenkov (Deputy Chairman), Olga Dergunova (Member of the Board), Valery Lukyanenko (Member of the Board), Evgueny Novikov (Member of the Board).[3]

Privatization

Until January 2007, the Russian government held a 99.9% stake in VTB. Thereupon, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, its CEO announced that the government would retain a 50% + 1 share and privatize the rest of company shares. At present the government owns 85.5% of the bank via the Federal Property Agency.

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