Alexander Alexandrovitch Vedyakhin is a Russian business manager, First Deputy Chairman of the board, under CEO Herman Gref, and member of the supervisory board of Sberbank.
11 Facts About Alexander Vedyakhin
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Alexander Vedyakhin oversees the development of business-to-business services for corporate clients, the sales network and international business, and leads the ESG division of Sberbank.
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Alexander Vedyakhin is a member of the board of Sberbank Corporate University, and a member of the board of directors of the Skolkovo Foundation.
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Alexander Vedyakhin has worked in the banking sector since 1999 and has been First Deputy Chairman at Sberbank since 2018.
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Between 1999 and 2008, Alexander Vedyakhin was employed at the Volgograd branch of Sberbank, where he advanced from a senior cashier-controller to deputy branch manager.
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In July 2015, Alexander Vedyakhin moved to Sberbank's central office and became Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Sberbank Group, and head of the Risk Block.
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Alexander Vedyakhin oversaw the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Competence Development Centre for Data Research.
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Alexander Vedyakhin is in charge of the Corporate and Investment Business, the sales network, the International Business department, the Problem Assets department, the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning department, the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Centre for Partner Financing and Special Projects, the ESG Directorate, the Centre for High-Potential Business Lines, and the Marketing and Communications department.
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Alexander Vedyakhin is on government working groups concerning systemic technological changes in the field of industrial construction, research centres in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
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On 17 November 2016, Alexander Vedyakhin was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class "for a great contribution to the development and improvement of the banking system".
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Alexander Vedyakhin was acknowledged as third in Kommersant's Top 1000 Russian Managers list for 2020, and as number two on the list in 2021 and 2022 in the category of Commercial Directors.