OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank announces that David Rafalovsky will be appointed Senior Vice President, CTO of Sberbank Group and Co-Head of the Technology Block on February 1, 2018. Mr. Rafalovsky will report to Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Executive Board.

Nikita Volkov, Senior Vice President, Head of the Technology Block, will be appointed Co-Head of the Technology Block on February 1, 2018.  Mr Volkov will also report to Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Executive Board.

David Rafalovsky joins Sberbank after 20 years at Citigroup Inc (US). Mr Rafalovsky started his career at Citi as a Lead Solutions Architect and worked his way up to the position of Global Head of Finance & Risk Infrastructure Technology and Deputy Head & CTO of Global Functions Technology Services.

Lev Khasis commented on the appointment: “Mr Rafalovsky has demonstrated a high level of professionalism, results oriented innovation and leadership skills throughout his successful career. His considerable experience and profound knowledge of modern banking architectures & platforms will help Sberbank strengthen its leading position as a preeminent digital bank, and I wish him success in his new role.”