Scabara Alexander

Scabara Alexander

Biography

2022: Appointed Chairman of the Board of Home Credit Bank

On July 15, 2022, Alexander Skabara officially took office as chairman of the board of Home Credit Bank, replacing Alexander Antonenko. The latter decided to leave the credit institution to start developing his own projects. What business he intends to do is not specified. Antonenko quits after three months of work.

In a letter, Antonenko said that in April, Czech shareholders asked him to head Home Credit in order to successfully complete the sale, increase business efficiency and bring the bank to profit.

{{quote 'I have always dreamed of developing fintech and I am happy to return to what I can do best. Undoubtedly, I am going to do this in partnership with the bank and the shareholder, - he stressed (quote from RBC). }} In May 2022, it was reported that the Home Credit group (a subsidiary of the Czech PPF Group) would leave Russia and sell a 49.51% stake in Home Credit and Finance to a group of private investors. Home Credit has a controlling share of 50.49%.

After that, Expert RA reduced the credit rating of the Russian bank Home Credit by one step, from ruA- to ruBBB +. The rating agency explained that this is due to a change in the composition of the shareholders of the credit institution and the removal of the "support factor from the previous owners."

{{quote 'Alexander's priorities in his new position: preservation and development of the current business, improvement of financial indicators, determination of priority tasks, development of a development strategy, "the press service of Home Credit Bank told TASS. }} Earlier, Skabara was the head of the operational unit of the Conscience project of QIWI Bank. In addition, at one time he was engaged in the development of prepaid cards in the Svyaznoy group of companies. ^[1]

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