A. I. Kazmin is a prominent Russian statesman. In the period from 1996 to 2007, he served as chairman of the board and president of Sberbank of the Russian Federation. In the 2000s, Andrei Ilyich Kazmin was on the list of the thirteen most powerful financial figures of the country. In the late 2000s, he acted as Director General of Russian Post.
Kazmin Andrei Ilyich: biography. Scientific and teaching activities
Kazmin A.I. was born on June 25, 1958 in Moscow. In 1980, he graduated from the Faculty of Credit and Economics of IFI. In 1982, Kazmin Andrei Ilyich (photo presented in the article) began working in one of the capital's branches of the USSR State Bank as an economist. Since 1983, after graduating from the full-time postgraduate study at the IFI, he was accepted for teaching at this university, held the position of assistant to the department. In 1984, he defended his thesis.
From 1985 to 1988, Kazmin Andrey Ilyich held the position of Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Credit and Economics, IFI. In the period from 1988 to 1993, he served as senior research fellow in the commission of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences for the Study of Natural Resources and Productive. Since 1991, the department was renamed the RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences).
Work in the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
Between 1990 and 1993 Kazmin Andrei Ilyich served as adviser to the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1993 interned in Germany. In 1993, he was appointed deputy finance minister of the Russian Federation (at that time the department was headed by B. Fedorov). Kazmin Andrei Ilyich was in charge of the issues of monetary and credit policy, the securities market, relations with the CIS countries, and interaction with commercial banks. He was in this post until 1996 inclusive.
While working in the ministry, Kazmin Andrey Ilyich was a member of the government commission dealing with monetary and financial policy issues, led its working group (he held the post of executive secretary until 1997). In addition, in 1995 he was responsible for the issuance of NEOs, the first securities for the population, and took part in collateral auctions.
Sberbank of Russia
In 1996, he was relieved of his post and took up the duties of chairman of the board and president of Sberbank of Russia, which was considered one of the largest banks in the country (according to 2001, it kept deposits from three quarters of Russians). At the same time, the Sberbank, which belonged to the Bank of Russia, was politically neutral: according to media reports, A. Kazmin remained loyal to all structures and large political figures.
Soon after his appointment as head of the Sberbank, the publication of reporting on accounting rules generally accepted in the United States was started, and an English-language website was opened on the Internet. In the spring of 2000, reporters were informed that Sberbank had signed a cooperation document with the Tyumen Oil Company and provided a loan of $ 300 million (the money was intended to expand the network of gas stations). In addition, another $ 200 million was promised for the development of new oil and gas fields.
In the summer of 2000, Kazmin A.I. became vice president of the WSBI (World Institute of Savings Banks). In the same year, Sberbank introduced a new banking service for Russia - an educational loan. In August, Kazmin approved a decision to open a loan for RAO UES of Russia in the amount of $ 200 million.
Among the most powerful financial figures in Russia
In 2001, Kazmin was awarded the Order of Honor. In 2002, he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the international company Europay International. In 2003, the company Rambler, he was awarded the title "Person of the Year" (nomination "Business and Finance").
In 2003 and 2004, as the only representative of the banking sector, Kazmin A. I. was included in the list of thirteen most powerful business figures in Russia, in which he took the last, thirteenth place.
Under the leadership of Kazmin, Sberbank was gradually geographically restructured. With his efforts, the Bank overcame the crisis of 2004. According to analysts, by 2005, Andrei Ilyich Kazmin had turned Sberbank, which was considered the "ineffective socially-oriented state machine", into a fast-growing and highly profitable banking institution. It is known that over five years his assets have quadrupled.
From February to November 2005, A. Kazmin was a member of the directors of MMK (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works). In 2006, he was engaged in the production of additional issue, as a result of which the bank's capital increased by almost a quarter.
"Russian Post"
In October 2007, the new Prime Minister of Russia, Viktor Zubkov, proposed the appointment of A. I. Kazmin as head of the Russian Post. The head of government called this work "an important area requiring modernization of development."
Soon, the president adopted Kazmin’s report on the results of the work of Sberbank headed by him and agreed to the prime minister’s proposal. Experts regarded this appointment as a step on the way to implementing the president’s idea of using postal services to provide banking and financial services to citizens.
Further, the media received information about the sale by Kazmins of his shares in Sberbank (their market value at that time was about $ 29 million). Kazmin emphasized that there is no connection between this step and his preferences as an investor. The ex-chairman emphasized that he has no moral right to continue to vote at the meeting. Therefore, he sold his shares. In November 2007, the meeting of shareholders prematurely terminated Kazmin’s powers as chairman of the board and president of Sberbank. As everyone expected, his place was taken by the former head of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development of the Russian Federation G. Gref. No other candidates were voted on.
In December 2007, Kazmin A. I. took the post of head of the Russian Post. As reported in the media, his application was the only one to participate in the competition. There were no more candidates for the post of general director of FSUE.
In January 2009, information was received about his transfer to another job. According to the press, the reason for this was the global crisis, which prevented the agency from implementing an expensive project to reorganize its branches to provide the population with banking and financial services.
Presently
It is known that A. Kazmin is a member of the General Council of Delovaya Rossiya (a public organization that unites entrepreneurs and created for a constructive dialogue between business and government), as well as the board of trustees of the Center for Russian National Glory (a public foundation, non-political organization created in 2001).
About personality
It is known about A. I. Kazmin that he is fluent in 3 foreign languages: German, English and Czech. He has published more than fifty scientific publications on credit, finance, and banking. Fifteen of them are published abroad. He was awarded the Order of Honor (2001), the Order of Merit in the Field of Financial Activities and Economics, as well as the Order of Merit to the Banking Community.
Kazmin Andrei Ilyich: personal life, family
Information about his personal life is rather stingy. It is known about the family of Kazmin Andrei Ilyich that he lives in a civil marriage with Alla Aleshkina, his former first deputy. The woman left the post after Kazmin’s resignation from the post of head of Sberbank.
