JSC VTB Bank (VTBR) 
JSC VTB Bank: Natalia Dirks elected as member of the Management Board 
 
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Natalia Dirks elected as member of the Management Board 
 
On December 22nd, VTB Supervisory Council passed a resolution to elect 
Natalia Dirks as the member of the Bank's Management Board. Her appointment 
will become effective upon approval of her candidacy by the Bank of Russia. 
In this capacity, she will report to the Deputy Chairman of the Management 
Board Vadim Kulik. 
 
As a member of the Management Board, Natalia Dirks will continue to 
overseeing operational business support, which includes conducting and 
supporting key banking operations, transactions processing, operational 
control, cash and cards circulation, administering ATMs, documents storage, 
and countering transactional fraudulent activities. Additional 
responsibilities will also include building up the digital back office, 
implementation of projects for the transition to paperless document 
management, the development of an electronic format for interaction with 
government agencies, as well as working on the robotisation of processes 
which is taking place across the Bank's functions. 
 
"Last year, VTB launched a large-scale digital transformation programme, 
which affects all areas of activities and includes, among other things, the 
transfer of the main operational processes to digital. Natalia Dirks has 
significant managerial experience in transforming support functions and 
improving the quality of service for external and internal customers, and, 
importantly, is able to create cohesive geographically distributed teams of 
like-minded people. I am confident that her appointment as a member of VTB 
Management Board will contribute to improving the efficiency of banking 
processes and the quality of VTB's customer service" Vadim Kulik said. 
 
Reference 
 
Natalia Germanovna Dirks has been working in the banking sector for more 
than 25 years. From 1998 to 2010, she worked in senior positions in the 
Russian division of the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group, and from 2010 to 
2019, she managed the operational function of Sberbank. In January 2020, she 
joined VTB Group as Head of the Business Operations Support Department - 
Senior Vice President of the Bank. She was also awarded with the 
commendation of the President of the Russian Federation. 
 
ISIN:          US46630Q2021 
Category Code: MSCM 
TIDM:          VTBR 
LEI Code:      253400V1H6ART1UQ0N98 
Sequence No.:  90190 
EQS News ID:   1157033 
 
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