Yermakova makes up Belgazprombank’s interim administration

<p> MINSK, Jun 18 - PrimePress. Nadezhda Yermakova, head of the interim administration at Belgazprombank, has formed an eight-member administration and distributed their duties and responsibilities, the bank’s press service said in a statement on June 18. </p> <p>   </p> <p> All members of the interim administration represent high-ranking officials of Belarusbank and Belagroprombank. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Yermakova will be responsible for risk management, internal audit, information policy and personnel. </p> <p>   </p> <p> As a member of the interim administration, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Belarusbank Alexander Yegorov will acts as Yermakova ‘s substitute in her absence. He is also in charge of assets and liabilities management, bank finance, budget, information technology, retail business, regional network, financial reporting. </p> <p>   </p> <p> As a member of the interim administration, Galina Tarasova shall supervise legal issues, case management, corporate management, documentation issues; Dmitri Dudik - treasury, settlements; Anna Babitskaya - international settlements, correspondent relations with international financial institutions; Yuri Delikatny - financial monitoring, internal control system. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Valery Simonov shall be responsible for development and support of retail services, acquiring, processing, payment systems of retail business, cash circulation, cash operations, collection; Alexander Rusakomsky - for corporate business, lending to corporate clients, problem assets; Natalia Poyasok shall supervise risk management. </p> <p>   </p> <p> As previously reported, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) on June 15, 2020 appointed the interim administration to Belgazprombank OJSC headed by Nadezhda Yermakova. The bank’s board was suspended for the period of the interim administration. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Earlier, the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus conducted searches at Belgazprombank’s head office in Minsk in the framework of criminal cases of tax evasion and money laundering. The investigators claim there was an organized criminal group in Belgazprombank to withdraw money abroad. Fifteen people, including top managers of the bank, were detained. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Former head of Belgazprombank Viktor Babariko, who is now considered as one of the key rivals of Alexander Lukashenko in the forthcoming presidential elections in Belarus, and Babariko’s son Eduard, who heads his father’s election campaign headquarters, were detained and taken to the SCC Financial Investigations Department in the morning of June 18 for questioning. Their homes were searched. Babariko previously emphasized that according to the law there can be no claims against the bank and its related companies, and the actions of the authorities are a political frame-up. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Belgazprombank was established in 1990 and is the authorized bank of the Gazprom Group in Belarus. Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprombank each hold a 49.66% stake in Belgazprombank, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus holds a 0.49% share, and 0.18% is held by Belarus’ Ministry of Energy. Belgazprombank belongs to Tier I Group. End </p>

2020-06-19

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