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INTERVIEW
SBERBANK
170 YEARS. BY YOUR SIDE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
ANNUAL REPORT
2011
Alexander Bazarov
Member of the Management Board,
Vice President, Director
of the Corporate Clients Department
>> Sberbank's social responsibility means
doing everything that is described in detail in
our Strategy and consistent with our mission
and values, and doing it well. What we do is
very simple: we say what we think, do what
we say and believe in what we do. Good ends
cannot be achieved through unethical means
For Sberbank, 2011 was not only an anniversary year; it was a year of
records for the Bank as a whole, for its corporate business and for the
Corporate Clients Department, which provides financial services to the
Bank's largest customers. We broke almost all the records that could
be broken and set all the records that could be set. The total value of
the Department's loan portfolio exceeded RUB 3 trillion. In 2011 alone,
we extended RUB 1 trillion worth of loans to our customers. We will
certainly continue to expand our operations.
The Bank finances all sectors of the Russian economy. The structure
of our loan portfolio virtually mirrors the structure of Russia's national
GDP, and we have recorded major achievements in each sector. One
highlight is the extremely complex project finance deal we did for Rus-
Vinyl, which was recognised by a number of international experts as the
best European deal in the petrochemical sector in 2011, an achievement
of which we are very proud.
One of our priorities is helping develop Russian infrastructure. This
is a very complex sector that requires long-term financing, specific
expertise and an understanding of prospects for economic develop-
ment. We believe infrastructure is a key sector that will help create
numerous jobs and improve the standard of living in all of Russia's
regions. In 2011, we began work on a number of new projects and
plan to close several major deals in 2012. One of them will be join-
ing a joint venture to develop Russia's airports with Changi Airports
International, a Singapore-based company recognised as a leader in
the global airport business.
We believe infrastructure is a key sector
that will help create numerous jobs and
improve the standard of living in all of
Russia's regions
We also finance about half of all agriculture projects in Russia: there is
not a single region in the country that is not home to a project financed
by Sberbank. Russia's agriculture sector is one of our priorities. Today
Sberbank's agriculture loan portfolio totals some RUB 655 billion. In
2011, the Bank extended over 18,000 loans worth a total of more than
RUB 455 billion to agriculture companies. However, it is worth remem-
bering that it is not us that feeds the country but our clients.
NEW LOANS TO AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES
RUB billion
400
300
200
100
455
389
362
0
2009
2010
2011
We are optimists and so we believe that in business there is enough
room for growth in all sectors of the economy and for our clients, em-
ployees and investors. Business is infinite and an understanding of
long-term growth trends is of great use to us all.
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