OREANDA-NEWS. July 06, 2011. As a part of the new approach ING Commercial Banking in Russia supports NES activities and establishes the ING Visiting Professorship in 2011, reported the press-centre of ING.
 
In 2011 the position will be taken by Sergey Sanzhar, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance from London Business School, who will deliver two courses within “Masters in Finance” program at NES – “Corporate Finance” and “Mergers and Acquisitions”.
 
“Our new format of cooperation is a logical continuation of fruitful interaction between NES and ING. Now we have a good foundation for further practical initiatives and interesting joint projects in the future”- said Alexander Kabanovskiy, Head of Corporate Finance department at ING Commercial Banking in Russia.
 
“We are grateful to our long-term partners ING that contributes to the application of the advanced western experience into the educational practice and genuinely cares about training of future professionals. I should also note that Sergey Sanzhar is an exceptional choice for this role,” said professor Sergei Guriev, Rector of the New Economic School.
  
About the New Economic School
The New Economic School was founded in 1992 by a group of leading Russian and international academic economists. The mission of the New Economic School is to benefit Russia's private and public sectors through excellence in economics education and research. The core of NES is its resident faculty of 23 young Russian economists with PhDs in economics and finance from the world leading universities, including Harvard, MIT, LBS, Michigan, and Wisconsin-Madison. NES is ranked the best economics institution in terms of research in the Soviet successor states and is a top 100 economics institution in Europe (RePEc). According to the SSRN rating, NES stands among the top 100 economics departments in non-OECD countries. NES faculty carries out academic and applied research on the major issues affecting the Russian economy at the Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) at NES. CEFIR at NES is ranked 14th globally in research among economic think tanks.

About Sergey Sanzhar
Professor Sergey Sanzhar is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at London Business School since August 2009 (formerly - Assistant Professor of Finance, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina). Professor Sanzhar specializes in corporate finance, internal capital markets, bankruptcy and distressed restructuring, capital structure. His faculty profile provides additional information.
 
About ING
 
ING Group is a global financial institution of Dutch origin with a history that goes back 150 years. The Company provides a wide range of financial services, including banking and investment services, life insurance and retirement services, to over 85 million customers in more than 40 countries around the world.