Andrey Akimov

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Andrey Akimov
Born
Andrey Igorevich Akimov

(1953-09-22) 22 September 1953 (age 69)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
OccupationBanker

Andrey Igorevich Akimov (in Russian: Андрей Игоревич Акимов, born 22 September 1953 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprombank (open joint-stock company).[1] He is believed to be a former KGB agent and a member of the Russian Intelligence Community.[2]

Early life and education

Akimov was born in Leningrad in 1953. He earned his degree from the Moscow Financial Institute in 1975, studying international economics, finance and banking.[3]

Career

Vneshtorgbank

From 1974 to 1987, Andrey Akimov was employed in Vneshtorgbank at senior positions heading the financial operations department, which was involved with securities, of VTB USSR until 1985.[4] From 1985 to 1987, he held a post, which is usually given to an undercover KGB agent, as Deputy Director General of the Vneshtorgbank branch in Zurich (Switzerland).[2] From 1987 to 1990, he held a post, which is usually given to an undercover KGB agent, as the Director General of the Soviet-controlled Donau Bank in Vienna (Austria) at the same time Alexander Medvedev worked at Donau Bank.[2][3][5]

IMAG GmbH

From January 1991 to November 2002, he was a Managing Director of the financial company IMAG GmbH in Vienna (Austria), which specialized in financing the oil and natural gas industry, and was regular advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of Vneshtorgbank.[3][5]

At IMAG, Akimov had a mandate from the Supreme Economic Council under the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation "in order to attract loans and investments in the Russian economy" (Russian: «в целях привлечения кредитов и инвестиций в российскую экономику»).[4] Through IMAG, Akimov participated in the Russian privatization project including attracting investment from Bear Stearns for AvtoVAZ instead of the traditional Soviet Union supporter Fiat, investment from Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co (KKR) for KamAZ, and Bear Sterns for Tomskneft.[4]

GPB

In November 2002, Akimov has taken up a post of the Chairman of the Management Board of the GPB (OJSC).[3]

Krasny Okyabr

Following the bankruptcy of Krasny Oktyabr in 2009 in which the Andrei Borodin led Bank of Moscow was a large creditor, Akimov, as the interim manager of the plant, appointed the Ukrainian Dmitro Gerasimenko, who is the owner of Dieg-Impex LLC (Russian: ООО «Диег-Импэкс»), to be executive director of Krasny Oktyabr[a] and who in November 2018 "sold" the plant to Pavel Krotov.[6][7][b]

Corporate boards

Since December 2006, Akimov is a member of the Novatek Board of Directors. Since June 2011, he is a member of the Gazprom Board of Directors.[3] He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the CSKA ice hockey club.

Awards

Awarded the Order of Honor (2008), Order for Merit to the Fatherland, 4th Class (2013), and the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2017).[9]

Sanctions

In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on him and 23 other Russian nationals during the War in Ukraine.[10][11]

Personal life

His romantic partner has been identified as the painter Marianna Chaykina in Russian media.[12] She has a Cypriot passport.[12] She is listed as a co-owner of some of Akimov's companies.[12] She bought a $15.6 million flat in London through a shell company.[12]

The Pandora Papers leaks revealed that Akimov owned at least eight shell companies over the period 2007–2018.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Dmitro Gerasimenko, who began his career with Dneprospetsstal (Russian: «Днепроспецстал»), placed numerous persons from Dneprospetsstal at positions at Krasny Oktyabr including his mother Svetlana Gerimenko, who became financial director, Eduard Shifrin, who worked with Svetlana Gerasimenko at Dneprospetsstal, Vadim Leibenzon, who Gerasimenko calls his “right hand” and in the early 1990s led the steel shop at Dneprospetsstal and became general director of Dneprospetsstal in 1998-2001 and 2003-2004, and Konstantin Ryabov, who became the president of Red October International and was very close to Viktor Pinchuk who had been a co-owner of Dneprospetsstal until 2008.[6]
  2. ^ Pavel Krotov is a friend of Oleg Deripaska and Ramzan Kadyrov.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Andrey I. Akimov" (in Russian). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Report Links Putin to Dresdner". The St. Petersburg Times. 1 March 2005. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Andrei Akimov". Russian Capitalist Wiki. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Бирман, Александр (Birman, Alexander) (17 May 2005). "Акимов и "Газпромбанк": Орден национального достояния. «Газпромовская» «дочка», которая гуляет сама по себе" [Akimov and Gazprombank: Order of the National Treasure. "Gazprom" "daughter", which walks by itself]. Компания (ko.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 May 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Андрей Игоревич Акимов" [Andrey Igorevich Akimov]. Gazprombank (in Russian). 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b Титов, Сергей (Titov, Sergey) (26 March 2016). "Борьба за «Красный Октябрь»: Кому достанется крупнейший в России производитель спецсталей. Сталевар в электросталеплавильном цехе волгоградского металлургического завода «Красный Октябрь». Имущество завода «Красный Октябрь» арестовано, его владелец стал обвиняемым в уголовном деле и уверяет, что стал жертвой рейдерской атаки. РБК разбирался в скандале вокруг крупнейшего в России производителя спецсталей" [Fight for "Red October": Who will get Russia's largest producer of special steels. Steelmaker in the electric steel-smelting shop of the Volgograd metallurgical plant "Red October". The property of the Krasny Oktyabr plant was arrested, its owner became a defendant in a criminal case and assures that he was the victim of a raider attack. RBC dealt with the scandal surrounding Russia's largest manufacturer of special steels]. RBK (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b ""Охотa на ведьм закончится»: Дмитрий Герасименко продал волгоградский «Красный Октябрь"" ["The witch hunt will end": Dmitry Gerasimenko sold the Volgograd "Red October"]. Finance.Rambler.ru (in Russian). 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ^ Мышкин, Сергей (Myshkin, Sergey) (31 March 2010). "Кто Вы г-н Кротов? За бизнесменом Кротовым купившим долги Филарета Гальчева, может стоять Олег Дерипаска?" [Who are you, Mr. Krotov? Could Oleg Deripaska be behind the businessman Krotov, who bought the debts of Filaret Galchev?]. FLB (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Акимов, Андрей Игоревич". ТАСС. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  10. ^ "Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update". United States Department of the Treasury. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  11. ^ "США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из "кремлевского списка"" [The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list"]. Meduza (in Russian). 2018-04-06. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Russian bankers shuffled personal wealth offshore long before latest sanctions, Pandora Papers show - ICIJ". 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-11.


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