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Education

Ivan Podbereznyak in 2004 graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with a degree in Jurisprudence, qualification "International Lawyer with Knowledge of Foreign Languages."

Career

2003-2015

From 2003 to 2014. practiced law in leading consulting law firms.

In 2014-2015, he worked at the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), supporting investment activities and portfolio companies of the fund, as well as operational and regulatory issues.

2015-2022

From 2015 to 2022 headed the areas on corporate issues and structuring in leading Russian industrial companies, banks, investment companies, including the largest Russian gold mining company in Russia - Polyus, PJSC Credit Bank Moscow and RT-Business Development LLC, investment division of the State Corporation Rostec. In 2022, he was appointed Deputy General Director of the SME Corporation, where he was responsible for financial and guarantee support for SMEs, business consulting support on guarantees and guarantees, risk management policy when providing guarantees, risk assessment for banks to place company funds.

2023: Appointment of the Board of SME Bank

On January 17, 2023, Ivan Podbereznyak was appointed the new chairman of the board of SME Bank. Previously, he worked as Deputy General Director of the SME Corporation. This decision on the appointment was made at a meeting of the supervisory board of the credit institution.

Among the tasks of the new head of the bank is to complete the work on the transformation of SME Bank, making it a digital bank for small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, it should increase the volume of direct lending to entrepreneurs and "make SME Bank the first bank to work out failure factors with entrepreneurs, giving them the opportunity to correct mistakes and apply again," the report said.

There is also work to improve the efficiency of capital management at SME Bank. This should ensure financial stability, development and increase in the volume of credit guarantee support for small and medium-sized businesses, including express lending and expansion of the line of industry products.^[1]

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