Belgazprombank gets new board, new acting CEO
<p> MINSK, Dec 11 – PrimePress. The Board of Directors of OAO Belgazprombank on December 8 unanimously adopted the decision to amend the composition of the Bank’s Management Board. The board comprises the bank’s current employees, with Deputy CEO Irina Potapova appointed Acting Chairperson of Belgazprombank Board, the bank said in a press-release. </p> <p> </p> <p> The board also includes Executive Director Tatiana Avramenko, Head of Financial Institutions Irina Antonova, Director of Corporate Business Department Alexander Vozhdayev, Director of Retail Business Department Konstantin Kiryanov, Executive Director Vladimir Korotkevich, Deputy Chairman of the Board Alexander Sotnikov. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the interim administration under ex-head of the National Bank of Belarus Nadezhda Yermakova was appointed to Belgazprombank on June 15, 2020 by resolution No.192 of the National Bank of Belarus of June 14, 2020. The Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus searched the bank’s office on June 11 as part of the criminal case on tax evasion, and detained 20 persons, including, according to some sources, two deputy chairs of the Board. Primary shareholders (Russian Gazprom and Gazprombank) called the actions of the National Bank and Belarus’ law enforcement illegal and refused to cooperate with the interim administration. For two decades, Belgazprombank was headed by Viktor Babariko, who attempted to run for president in the August 9 election. Babariko was detained on June 18. He said that no complaints had been filed against the bank and related companies. He believes the actions of the authorities are politically motivated. Babariko still remains in custody. The main shareholders of the bank – Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprombank - declared the actions by the National Bank and law enforcers illegal and refused to cooperate with the interim administration. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belgazprombank OJSC was established in 1990 as an authorized bank of Gazprom Group in Belarus. Russian Gazprom PJSC and Gazprombank JSC own 49.66% stake in Belgazprombank each; Gazprom Transgaz Belarus – 0.49%; Belarus represented by the Ministry of Energy of Belarus – 0.097%. Belgazprombank is a Tier I bank. End </p>
2020-12-12
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Belgazprombank gets new board, new acting CEO
MINSK, Dec 11 – PrimePress. The Board of Directors of OAO Belgazprombank on December 8 unanimously adopted the decision to amend the composition of the Bank’s Management Board. The board comprises the bank’s current employees, with Deputy CEO Irina Potapova appointed Acting Chairperson of Belgazprombank Board, the bank said in a press-release.
The board also includes Executive Director Tatiana Avramenko, Head of Financial Institutions Irina Antonova, Director of Corporate Business Department Alexander Vozhdayev, Director of Retail Business Department Konstantin Kiryanov, Executive Director Vladimir Korotkevich, Deputy Chairman of the Board Alexander Sotnikov.
As previously reported, the interim administration under ex-head of the National Bank of Belarus Nadezhda Yermakova was appointed to Belgazprombank on June 15, 2020 by resolution No.192 of the National Bank of Belarus of June 14, 2020. The Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus searched the bank’s office on June 11 as part of the criminal case on tax evasion, and detained 20 persons, including, according to some sources, two deputy chairs of the Board. Primary shareholders (Russian Gazprom and Gazprombank) called the actions of the National Bank and Belarus’ law enforcement illegal and refused to cooperate with the interim administration. For two decades, Belgazprombank was headed by Viktor Babariko, who attempted to run for president in the August 9 election. Babariko was detained on June 18. He said that no complaints had been filed against the bank and related companies. He believes the actions of the authorities are politically motivated. Babariko still remains in custody. The main shareholders of the bank – Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprombank - declared the actions by the National Bank and law enforcers illegal and refused to cooperate with the interim administration.
Belgazprombank OJSC was established in 1990 as an authorized bank of Gazprom Group in Belarus. Russian Gazprom PJSC and Gazprombank JSC own 49.66% stake in Belgazprombank each; Gazprom Transgaz Belarus – 0.49%; Belarus represented by the Ministry of Energy of Belarus – 0.097%. Belgazprombank is a Tier I bank. End