Herman Gref
| Herman Gref Герман Греф | |
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| Chairman and CEO of Sberbank | |
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Assumed office November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Andrey Kazmin |
| Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russian Federation | |
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In office 18 May 2000 – 21 September 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Andrei Shapovalyants |
| Succeeded by | Elvira Nabiullina |
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| Born |
Herman Oskarovich Gref Герман Оскарович Греф February 8, 1964 Panfilovo, Pavlodar oblast' Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | No affiliation |
| Spouse(s) | Yelena Gref |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Omsk State University Leningrad University |
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Herman[1][2][3] Oskarovich Gref (Russian: Герман Оскарович Греф, born February 8, 1964) is a Russian statesman and top manager. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007. He currently is the CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of the largest Russian bank Sberbank.
Education and early career
Herman Gref was born in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan) into a family of ethnic German deportees who were exiled there in 1941. After fulfilling two years of military service, he studied law at Omsk State University in Siberia from 1985 to 1990.
He then moved to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and taught law at Leningrad University until completing his post-graduate degree in 1993. In 1992 – 1998 Gref worked on several positions at the Saint Petersburg City Administration.
Work for the Russian government
In August 1998, Herman Gref was appointed First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation, and was a member of its board until 2000. He was also appointed to the board of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market of the Russian Federation and the board of state-owned Svyazinvest and Gazprom in 1999.
Gref was first appointed as Minister of the newly formed Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on May 18, 2000 and was reappointed to the position in the succeeding Cabinet in 2004.
Herman Gref was a major advocate of Russia’s joining the World Trade Organisation.[4][5] He is also responsible for creation of the Stabilisation Fund.[6][7]
Gref was considered as one of the liberal reformers in Vladimir Putin's administration of the early and mid-2000s, besides Alexei Kudrin.
Work as CEO of Sberbank
In November 2007 Gref was elected as president of the state-owned savings bank Sberbank at an extraordinary general meeting.[8] Under Gref’s leadership, the bank has undergone a number of radical changes aimed at improving its efficiency and corporate culture.[9][10]
Herman Gref is member of boards and supervisory boards of a number of companies, including Yandex.[11]
Personal life
Gref married the designer Yana on May 1, 2004 in the throne room of Peterhof Palace.[12] His wife has a teenage son from a prior relationship, just as Gref has a son, Oleg, from his marriage with Yelena, who refused to move to Moscow when Herman Gref was called into the government in 1998.[12][13] Since 2006 the couple has a daughter. Oleg studied jurisprudence in St. Petersburg until 2004 and moved to Germany for further education. Gref speaks German and loves Goethe and German Expressionism.[13]
References
- ↑ "World Economic Forum - Herman Gref". Weforum.org.
- ↑ "Executive Profile: Herman Oskarovich Gref". Bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - Herman Gref". forumspb.com.
- ↑ Profile at the Moscow Times
- ↑ ‘Russia’s been 10 years late to WTO’ - interview for RT
- ↑ Profile at Prominent Russians
- ↑ Russia: The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Stabilization Fund
- ↑ Catrina Stewart, "Sberbank Approves Gref as New Head", The Moscow Times, November 29, 2007.
- ↑ Katya Golubkova, "NEWSMAKER-Super-fit CEO of Russia's Sberbank drives a lean machine", Reuters, March 15, 2012.
- ↑ Dominic O’Neill, "Sberbank: Gref's great expectations", Euromoney.
- ↑ Steve Gutterman, "Russia search engine Yandex nominates state bank CEO to board", Reuters, May 6, 2014.
- 1 2 "Herman Gref heiratet im Peterhofer Thronsaal", Russland Aktuell, 5 May 2004, accessed 6 August 2010
- 1 2 Герман Греф в Лентапедии
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