Sandpiper Vadim Valeryevich

Sandpiper Vadim Valeryevich

Biography

Vadim Kulik was born in 1972. In 1995 he graduated from the Russian Chemical and Technological University named after Mendeleev and advanced economic training courses under the patronage of Margaret Thatcher, and in 1998 - the Russian Economic Academy named after Plekhanov with a degree in Finance and Credit.

In 1995, he worked as an economist in securities management at Imperial Invest.

In 1995-1996 - Leading economist at Imperial Bank.

In 1996-1997 - Deputy General Director of Veda-Consalt, Deputy General Director for Investment and Financial Planning, Kronus Firm.

1998: Head of Division at Probusinessbank

From 1998 to 2004, he held various senior positions (from head of department to vice president of credit risks) at Probusinessbank.

2004: Senior Vice President at VTB 24

From 2004 to 2008, he worked at VTB Bank 24, holding the positions of senior vice president, director of the risk analysis department and senior vice president, director of the credit and risk department.

2008: Head of Directorate at Sberbank

In 2008, he came to Sberbank, where he headed the directorate for the creation of a centralized credit back office for retail customers.

In 2009-2013 He served as director of the retail risk department, director of the risk department, vice president - director of the risk department, senior vice president of Sberbank.

2013: Member of the Management Board and curator of the Technologies and Risks blocks at Sberbank

Since January 2013, he has been a member of the board of Sberbank. Oversees and coordinates the work of the "Technologies" and "Risks" blocks. As a curator of the technological block, Kulik replaced Viktor Orlovsky.

Sberbank President German Gref assessed Vadim Kulik as an effective manager with an engineering education, behind whom the creation of the "Credit Factory"^[1].

2017

Resignation from the post of Deputy Chairman of Sberbank

In January 2017, Sberbank announced that since February 15, Vadim Kulik, who oversaw the Risks and Technologies blocks, has been resigning as deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank. Earlier, the Kommersant newspaper, citing its sources, wrote^[2]that Kulik was removed from the curacy of the Risks direction, since German Gref, as a supporter of personnel rotation, decided to give more authority to the head of the Risks block, Alexander Vedyakhin, and remove him from Kulik's curacy. Vedyakhin began to report directly to German Gref.

In the technological block, for which Kulik was also responsible, he did not find worthy tasks. The interlocutor of Kommersant, familiar with the situation, noted that the Technology block is globally supervised by the first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank Lev Khasis. Here there is a duplication of functions, which did not suit both. As a result, having lost the key direction for himself, Vadim Kulik decided to leave the bank.

Later, Sberbank said that Nikita Volkov, who had previously led the development and maintenance of banking information systems in the Technologies block, was appointed acting head of the Technology block instead of Vadim Kulik.

Lev Khasis told Kommersant that Vadim Kulik was leaving the post of deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank for personal reasons, but would continue to work in the Sberbank group in a different role. According to the newspaper's sources, he will go to work in a special company of the Sberbank group and will be engaged in building an ecosystem.

In addition, since February 2017, Sberbank Vice President Teymur Sternlib has been appointed Senior Vice President, Head of the Directorate for Digital Business Development. He replaced Mikhail Ehrenburg, who has been working at Sberbank since 2013. Ehrenburg left Sberbank.

According to Kommersant sources, Sberbank had a feeling that Lev Khasis promoted "his people" within the areas entrusted to him. So, for example, Teymur Sternlieb was deputy chief executive officer for business support of X5 Retail Group, which was headed by Lev Khasis for a long time before joining Sberbank.

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Since May 15, 2017, Vadim Kulik was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Otkritie Holding. Kulik's responsibility included the development strategy of the entire group, which includes Trust Bank (for reorganization with Otkritie Holding), Otkritie Broker and Otkritie FC.

In the new position, in addition to the strategy, he was responsible for managing the integration processes and associated risks in the group, as well as creating a new level of synergies between the companies that are part of the holding.

Otkritie Holding left the first deputy chairman of the board  Vadim Kulik

Six months later, Kulik left the post of first deputy chairman of the board of Otkritie Holding.

Transition to Gazprombank

On October 30, 2017, it became known about the transfer of Vadim Kulik to Gazprombank, in which he was appointed deputy chairman of the board. In a new place of work, the former IT curator of Sberbank engaged in the technological reform of a credit institution, which for a long time refrained from introducing new technologies.

Sources close to the company told about the appointment of Vadim Kulik to the post of deputy chairman of the board of Gazprombank to the Kommersant newspaper. According to them, Kulik began to oversee the risks, IT and operational activities of the bank.

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The interlocutors of the publication call Gazprombank  the most logical choice for Kulik.

On the one hand, this is a quasi-state bank, which guarantees a certain stability, while Vadim is not used to working in government agencies. On the other hand, it was in Gazprombank that he was asked to solve the ambitious task of turning an extremely conservative corporate institute into a technological bank. This task is similar to those that Sberbank once set for it, although it is less global, "one of Kommersant's informants said.

The newspaper notes that Gazprombank for a long time refused to master new technologies. In May 2017, a credit institution created a digital company, which in the future should develop into a high-tech bank for small businesses and individuals.

According to Alexei Sizov, a partner of Odgers Berndtson recruiting company, with the arrival of Vadim Kulik, Gazprombank acquired the best expertise on the market to introduce current practices in risk management and a good understanding of processes in IT and operational blocks.

His experience in creating a credit factory in Sberbank is unique in scale and complexity, "said Sizov.

According to Kommersant, Kulik considered the possibility of working in various banks, including Alfa Bank.^[3]

2019

Vadim Kulik left Gazprombank

On June 14, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Gazprombank, a decision was made on the early termination of the powers of Vadim Kulik. As stated in the bank's message, during the meeting of the board of directors, which took place on June 14, a unanimous decision was made to prematurely terminate the powers of V. Kulik. The reason for leaving is not specified. Back in early June, Reuters reported that Vadim Kulik could leave Gazprombank and go to VTB Bank.

Appointment as VTB Deputy Chairman, IT and Data Analysis Curator

Since September 2, 2019, Vadim Kulik was appointed adviser to the President-Chairman of the Board of VTB Andrei Kostin, and on September 26, the VTB Supervisory Board decided to elect him Deputy President-Chairman of the Bank from the date of approval of his candidacy by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In this position, Kulik will oversee information technology, risks, operational support for the business, as well as data analysis and modeling, VTB reported.

As VTB Chairman-President Andrei Kostin noted, the appointment of Vadim Kulik will contribute to the successful development of activities strategically important for VTB Group.

Earlier, TAdviser wrote that Kulik will take part of the powers from VTB Deputy Chairman Olga Dergunova, who has overseen the bank's IT block since 2016.

About considerable expansion of the IT block D1.87.D0.B5.D0.BB.D0.BE.D0.B2.D0.B5.D0.BA of VTB announced in February, 2019. By the end of 2020, the staff of the IT team of the bank is planned to increase to 5,000 people. VTB reported a focus on accelerating changes and bringing new solutions to the market.

The new VTB strategy for 2019-2022 involves the construction of an operational-technological platform, and this is more than the introduction of information technologies, the TAdviser source explained the logic of the permutations. - To solve this problem, a person with deep knowledge of banking products and processes with experience of their digital transformation is needed. Kulik gained such experience at Sberbank, where he was responsible for risks both IT and Gazprombank, where he also oversaw operational activities

2021: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Distributed Registry System

On July 6, 2021, it became known that Vadim Kulik was elected chairman of the board of directors of the blockchain operator - the company Distributed Registry Systems.

The company's goal is to create a Russian distributed registry infrastructure for the financial sector, introduce innovative services and study the potential for using blockchain in the Russian market.

In the structure of the board of directors of doshli: Dmitry Zauers, vice chairman of the board of Gazprombank, Artem Zheleznov, managing director of the Moscow Exchange for strategy and international presence, Vladimir Komlev, CEO of the National Payment Card System, Oleg Barybin, vice-chairman of Promsvyazbank, Tatyana Zharkova, CEO of the Fintech Association, Olga Skorobogatova, the first deputy chairman of the Central bank.

The development of distributed registry technology is an important strategic step for the Russian financial sector. To head the board of directors of the blockchain operator is a great honor and responsibility. I thank my colleagues for this opportunity and the trust they have placed in me. We are pleased to be able to share experience and expertise that will contribute to the introduction of distributed registry technologies throughout the country, "said VTB Deputy President-Chairman of the Board Vadim Kulik.

Director General of the blockchain operator "Distributed Registry System" appointed AFT General Director Tatyana Zharkova. It will also continue to lead the association.

I am grateful to our participants for their trust. We are faced with an extremely difficult, but even more interesting task - to launch application services for participants in the Russian market on technology that is just beginning to be used in the world - the blockchain. I am sure that we will cope, because to solve this problem, strong players in the financial market united, "commented Tatyana Zharkova, general director of the blockchain operator.

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