Team

• Sergey Grischenko
  Deputy Head, Direct Investments Department

  In 1994 Sergey Grischenko graduated with honors from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Department of International Law. He has more than 10 years’ experience in investment business. From 1996 to 2003 Mr. Grischenko worked at Troika Dialog Investment Company, his last position being Director of the Legal Department. From 2004 to 2006 he headed the Corporate Affairs Department of Basic Element, the largest Russian direct investments fund.

  Since 2006 Mr. Grishchenko has filled top positions with Gazprombank, heading the Direct Investments Department since 2007. Sergey Grischenko serves as board member of major Russian companies including OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group), Uralmash Machine Building Corporation, SIBUR Holding, MOESK, Khimmash Group.

• Alexander Garankin
  Head of Petrochemicals Division

  Alexander Garankin holds a degree in finance from the Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics. Mr. Garankin has 15 years of experience in the investment field. Prior to joining Gazprombank in 2004, Alexander worked for Sovlink investment company. Mr. Garankin is in charge of projects related to acquisition, sale and management of assets in petrochemical industry. Alexander Garankin serves as board member of SIBUR Holding and SIBUR Mineral Fertilizers.

• Andrei Kormilitsin
  Vice-President, Head of Direct Investments Department

  Andrei Kormilitsin graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Institute for International Economic Relations. Mr. Kormilitsin has more than 10 years’ experience in investment business. Prior to joining Gazprombank in 2004, he worked at MDM Bank’s Corporate Finance Department and the Capital Markets Department of Troika Dialog Investment Company. He was actively involved in a number of investment, M&A and IPO transactions advising clients across a broad range of industries, including machinery, metallurgy, media and telecoms, FMCG and retail.

  In Gazprombank, Andrei Kormilitsin covers direct investment projects in heavy machinery; oil field services; nuclear, oil & gas and power engineering and construction. Mr. Kormilitsin serves as board member of Stroytransgaz, Stroytransgaz-M, InjGeo, South Center of Power Engineering, Eriell Group, etc.

• Vladimir Rumyantsev
  Managing Director, Media, Telecom, Internet and High-Tech Industries Division

  Vladimir Rumyantsev graduated from the Novosibirsk State University and City University Business School in London. Mr. Rumyantsev has been heading the Bank’s division focusing on telecoms, media, internet and high-tech industries since 2005. During his 15 years in the investment business, Vladimir Rumyantsev has worked with McKinsey, CSFB and held top executive positions in leading Russian media, telecom and internet companies (NTV-Plus, NTV, Stream/Stream-TV). He serves as board member of NTK, a leading Russian cable company; NetByNet Group, a major Moscow broadband operator; Morion, a leading high-tech company; Volga Telecom and Southern Telecommunications Company, two dominant regional telecom operators.

• Wolfgang Skribot
  Managing Director, Energy and Infrastructure Division

  Wolfgang Skribot graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He has more than 15 years of experience in corporate finance.

  Prior to joining Gazprombank in 2003, Mr. Skribot worked for IMAG and Enron Europe, managing the Eastern European gas business, and later on was a director of UFG (Deutsche Bank) Corporate Finance Department covering the energy sector. Wolfgang Skribot served as director on the boards of OGK-1, OGK-2, OGK-4, Mosenergo, MOESK, Mosenergosbyt, and a number of other companies in the energy sector. He was a member of the Unified Energy Systems’ restructuring committee and currently serves on the investment committees of InterRAO and RusHydro and is a member of the Antimonopoly Expert Council.