OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2012. Vladimir Borzenkov, Director of Sviaz-Bank’s Corporate Business Development Department, has been named yet another time among the best corporate bankers by Kompaniya magazine.* Vladimir Borzenkov was ranked among the Top 50 bankers the first time in 2010, and this time he has been placed 14th, ahead of candidates of several major Russian and foreign banks, reported the press-centre of Sviaz-Bank.

Vladimir Borzenkov has been rated highly a second time by the professional community and experts.

Vladimir Borzenkov was born in 1979 and studied at the economics departments of the Moscow Banking Institute, majoring in banking business, and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics, in finance and credit. He has specialized in customer relations. Between 1998 and 2004, Vladimir Borzenkov held a succession of positions in Russia’s Sberbank and Guta-Bank. In 2004, he was appointed head of Sviaz-Bank’s customer service, and now he has been Director of Sviaz-Bank’s Corporate Business Development Department since 2008.

“Customers are little surprised at the variety of banking services they get from major banks operating in Russia. Quality of the banks’ services and their focus on the customer and his preferences are now the competitive advantages that come first. We are trying hard to follow this trend and developing specific programs that help our corporate customers to improve the efficiency of their business, the speed and transparency of fund management, and minimize risks,” said Vladimir Borzenkov about the trends in the corporate services market and his nomination.

*Profil magazine (its supplement Karyera (Career) magazine, No.10 (152), “Top 50 Corporate Bankers.” By tradition, the principal criteria for voting on the nominees were: personal public image of a ranked nominee, his/her business reputation and professionalism, relations with customers, and economic efficiency of decisions he/she makes; and the company’s public image, business reputation, reliability and financial stability, and the number and quality of services it offers.