29 January 2010, Friday
The Supervisory Board of FUIB (First Ukrainian International Bank) has made a decision to appoint Konstantin Vaysman to the position of Chairman of the Management Board. Until Mr. Vaysman is approved by the National Bank of Ukraine, Gennadiy Molodchinnyi will be Acting Chairman of the Management Board.
"FUIB has been and remains a strategically important assets of SCM, we are confident in its growth potential, and we are going to pay significant attention to its development. At present the Bank possesses everything that can foster its prosperity: first of all, the clients and partners’ trust in the Bank, support on the part of its shareholders, and professional team," Ilya Arkhipov, Deputy Chairman of the FUIB Supervisory Board, Director of Business Development of SCM, says. "We are glad that Konstantin Vaysman, having a significant experience of working in the banking sphere, including his experience of managing leading Russian banks, will join the Bank team as the Chairman of the Bank Management Board. I am confident that Mr. Vaysman’s thorough understanding of the banking sector, its peculiarities both within the active growth and recession period, will enable FUIB under supervision of Mr. Vaysman to grow successfully and solve the tasks set by the Bank's shareholders."
Mr. Vaysman graduated from the State Academy of Management (Moscow), Business Administration Institute (Caen, France), and Chicago School of Business (Executive MBA). He has sound business experience: for seventeen years he has held managerial positions in various leading Russian financial institutions.
After seven years with Moscow Credit Bank as the Head of Financial Planning and four years as CEO and member of the Board of Directors at RosEvroBank he was First Vice-President for Strategy and Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Uralsib Financial Corporation until the end of last year.
"I am grateful to SCM for the confidence they have in me, and I am really happy to join the FUIB team," Konstantin Vaysman marks. "I believe that my experience and professionalism of the FUIB team will foster the Bank further growth and strengthening of its market position."
The FUIB shareholders express their commitment to the approved Bank development strategy and are confident that the developed plans and programmes will be implemented in full. They also express their gratitude to Rafal Juszczak, having held the position of Chairman of the FUIB Management Board since July 2008, for his significant contribution to the FUIB performance and achievements, who has coped successfully with his duties, having ensured the platform for the Bank further development.
