OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank Private Banking, an area of business of the Sberbank Group that provides financial and non-financial services for high-net-worth individuals, announces the appointment of Evgenia Tyurikova as head of Sberbank Private Banking. In this position Evgenia will be responsible for the Sberbank Private Banking development strategy.

Her goals will include enhancing the quality of customer service, developing the philosophy and annual review of Sberbank Private Banking's investment strategy, and expanding the product suite through internal resources and by broadening partnership programmes. Evgenia begins working at Sberbank Private Banking today and will report directly to Alexander Torbakhov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank.

Evgenia Tyurikova has more than two decades of financial sector experience. She joins Sberbank Private Banking from Summa Group, where she was Vice President for Finance and Economics (CFO) since 2009. Prior to that she was Director of the Treasury, Accounting and Tax Planning Department at West Siberian Resources Ltd (Alliance Oil Company). From 2005-2006 she was CFO at Kommersant publishing house. Evgenia began her career at BFG Credit Commercial Bank in 1994, and left the bank as CFO.

Evgenia graduated from Moscow State Law Academy with a major in Law, and received a certificate from the professional tax advisor of the Russian Ministry of Finance, as well as an IAS certificate from ACCA. She also holds an MBA in Financial Management. Evgenia is a member of the Russian Association of Independent Directors, and a member of the board in a number of companies.

Commenting on the appointment, Alexander Torbakhov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, said: "The premium brand Sberbank Private Banking was established at the Bank in 2012. Sberbank Private Banking services Russia's most affluent individuals (who hold assets of more than RUB 100 mln at Sberbank), who are perhaps our most demanding clients. Private banking involves developing relationships with benificiaries of major Russian companies, and this is of great importance to Sberbank. Private banking at Sberbank is delivering excellent results - clients are provided with an extensive range of individual financial solutions using Russian and international platforms. In 2015 the team's work was highly rated by both clients and private banking market experts. I am certain that the appointment of such an experienced financier as Evgenia Tyurikova will help us take our affluent client business to the next level."