OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2014. SME Bank (Vnesheconombank Group) together with the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation has held a research-to-practice conference “SME Promotion: International Experience and Russian Practice”.

The conference was held on May16 in the Financial University. The conference subject was employment of international practices of SME support and fostering innovative entrepreneurship in Russia.

The conference was attended by Sergey Silvestrov, Vice-Rector of the Financial University, Anna Zvereva and Kirill Semenov, Deputy Chairpersons of the Management Board of SME Bank, Olga Karaseva, Director of HR Department, Head of Educational Programs of SME Bank, Sergey Noskov, Director of Vnesheconombank’s Banking Activity Directorate, Victor Sedov, President, Member of the Board of the Center for Entrepreneurship, academicians and students of the Financial University, representatives of the banking and entrepreneurship community.