December 23, 2014, Moscow - Sberbank has summed up the first results of its Strategy & Leadership club, which was launched in 2014. The Strategy & Leadership club is a roundtable format discussion - managers and owners of leading companies in the regions sit down with management from Sberbank and discuss issues facing entrepreneurs and industry.

Club participants have included some of Sberbank's most reliable and trusted partners - directors and owners of entities that have achieved results and recognition in their region and beyond.

In 2014 the club held 40 meetings across Russia from Kaliningrad to Magadan. Discussion topics have included Economic development in the region: challenges and new opportunities; Lean technology for business; Economic outlook in the country: dynamics of major currencies; Development prospects for industry and many others.

Club participants confirm that these meetings give new momentum to the development of relations between the bank and clients.

"Sberbank strives to build partner relations based on trust with clients," said Senior Vice-President of Sberbank Svetlana Sagaidak. "The format of interaction at our club is still not well known in Russian business, however, I am sure that such meetings will become one of the main platforms for discussing business issues in the regions."

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Sberbank of Russia
Alexander Baziyan
Public Relations
Tel. +7(495) 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

Sberbank of Russia is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 110 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with more than 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia. The official website is www.sberbank.ru.

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