OREANDA-NEWS. December 05, 2012. Sberbank Private Banking, the business block of the Sberbank Group that provides financial services to high-net-worth individuals, today announces the appointment of Anna Tokaeva as Managing Director, Head of Group. Anna will report to Elena Shilina, Head of Private Banking and Advisor to one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Management Board of Sberbank of Russia. Anna’s responsibilities will include developing the private banking business and servicing major clients.

Anna joins Sberbank Private Banking from UBS Group, where she worked for the past twelve years. During her tenure at UBS, Anna held a number of management positions ranging from Senior Account Manager/Associate Director (CRM and BD group) at UBS Global Asset Management in Chicago to Executive Director/Head of UBS Global Asset Management Russia and Executive Director of UBS Wealth Management’s Russian representative office. She has an extensive track record of working with major institutional and private clients in Russia, the USA and Europe.

“We intend to fulfil the ambitious task of building world-class private banking in Russia, and I am certain that Anna’s experience gained from working at global companies will help us reach this goal,” commented Elena Shilina. “Sberbank is the absolute leader for providing banking services in Russia. Our objective now is to start offering affluent private clients a fully fledged product line and new service format, which will meet the highest international standards of quality. We are delighted that such a world-class professional as Anna has joined our team and we wish her the best of luck.”