OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2010. A General Stockholders’ Meeting of Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) was held, where it was decided to modify the membership of the Supervisory Board, reported the press-centre of Alfa-Bank.

Edward Kaufman was inducted onto the Supervisory Board. Thus, the Alfa Bank (Ukraine) Supervisory Board was increased from seven to eight members.

"I’m sure that Edward Kaufman’s experience in the sphere of investment banking will contribute to development of this business in Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) and achievement of the synergy effect as a result of the cooperation between the Ukrainian and Russian teams of Alfa-Bank”, noted Alexandr Lukanov, President, CEO of Alfa-Bank (Ukraine).

Edward Kaufman is a Member of the Executive Board, and Co-Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at the Alfa-Bank (Russia).

Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) is a universal commercial bank, which is a member of the Alfa-Group international consortium. The bank operates in all segments of the Ukrainian bank market. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the Bank maintains its position among the top ten major banks in Ukraine in total assets, and is one of the leaders in terms of the corporate accounts volume and the retail accounts growth rate.

Edward Kaufman graduated from Duke University with a BA in political science and Russian. He also holds an MA degree from The Joseph Lauder Institute of Management at the University of Pennsylvania (1992), and an MBA in finance and strategic planning from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1992). He has been at Alfa-Bank since 2007. Before joining Alfa-Bank, Edward Kaufman served as Managing Director and Director of Investment Banking at UBS from 2003 to March of 2007.

From 1997 to 2003, he worked at Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup), where he held various management positions in the London and Moscow offices. Before joining the investment banking business, Edward Kaufman worked as a strategic consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where his specialization was financial institutions, power engineering companies, and privatization issues.