Mr. Tariko founded Russian Standard Bank with the mission of bringing affordable luxury to all Russian people. In less than 10 years, he has built the country’s largest and most profitable private consumer finance bank, which is widely viewed as a pioneer of the consumer credit sector in Russia. Mr. Tariko, who moved to Moscow at the age of 17, has become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Russia today. After starting a series of successful consumer businesses, he founded Russian Standard Bank in 1999.

Mr. Levin is a respected banking executive who joined Russian Standard Bank in 1999 as Director of Financial Markets. In 2001, Mr. Levin became Chief Executive Officer of Russian Standard Bank. After graduating from Moscow’s Financial Institute, Mr. Levin served at the Ministry of Finance before moving to the banking sector in 1991. Before joining RSB, he held positions at Sberbank and Mezhkombank.

Mr. Zelenov, Director of the Financial Institutions Department at the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank), was appointed an independent member of the Board of Directors of Russian Standard Bank in March 2010. Mr. Zelenov’s more than 30 years of experience in the banking sector has included work with international nonprofit associations, the Russian National Committee of the International Trade Chamber, the International Trade Chamber in Paris, Belvnesheconombank (Minsk, Belorussia), Commercial Industrial and Investments Bank, Prominvestbank (Kiev, Ukraine) and NOMOS-BANK (Moscow). He is also a member of Board of Directors of GLOBEX bank (Moscow).