Herman Gref

Biography

Born in 1964, Mr. GREF received his undergraduate degree in Jurisprudence from Omsk State University, Faculty of Law. Following that, he received his postgraduate degree from the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University before completing his PhD studies in Economics at the National Academy of Economics established by the government of the Russian Federation. Starting his career in 1992 as first rank legal advisor at Administration of Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg, Mr. GREF served at the City Property Committee of St. Petersburg Mayor’s Office between the years of 1994-1997 as First Deputy Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee. Between the years of 1997-1998, he served as the Chairman and Vice Chairman at the City Property Committee of St. Petersburg Mayor’s Office. After holding the post of First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of State Property of Russia in 1998-2000, Mr. GREF served as the Minister for Economic Development and Trade of Russia between the years of 2000-2007. Mr. GREF has been a Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO of Sberbank since November 2007, Chairman of Sberbank JSC (Ukraine) Board of Directors since March 2008 and Chairman of DenizBank A.Åž. Board of Directors since September 2012.

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